Ola Nordmann (song)
| "Ola Nordmann" | ||||
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| Single by Plumbo | ||||
| from the album Rådebank | ||||
| Released | February 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lars Erik Blokkhus (music) Glenn Hauger (lyrics) | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Ola Nordmann" on YouTube | ||||
"Ola Nordmann" is a Norwegian language song by the Norwegian band Plumbo. The music was written by band member Lars Erik Blokkhus and the lyrics is by another band member Glenn Hauger. It is about the traditional Norwegian character Ola Nordmann. The song was a follow-up to Plumbo's successful single "Møkkamann" that topped VG lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart.
Plumbo took part in the 2012 Melodi Grand Prix in a bid to represent Norway in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2012, at the semi-final 2 stage held in Arena Larvik in Larvik, the song came first in 10 participating songs, winning the right to be featured in the Final 10 section. On 11 February, it took part in the Final 10, reaching the Top 4 stage but was voted out in favour of Tooji and his song "Stay".
| Song | Juries | Televoting Regions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ørland | Larvik | Florø | Total | Northern Norway | Western Norway | Southern Norway | Central Norway | Eastern Norway | Total | |
| "Ola Nordmann" | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 10,000 | 1,089 | 7,037 | 12,712 | 11,633 | 19,397 | 51,868 |
| "Somewhere Beautiful" | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 24,000 | 1,381 | 9,776 | 12,615 | 14,581 | 27,693 | 66,046 |
| "Things Change" | 4,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 8,000 | 2,452 | 11,552 | 14,907 | 19,963 | 22,811 | 71,685 |
| "Stay" | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 18,000 | 3,425 | 21,146 | 26,474 | 32,114 | 54,321 | 137,480 |