Norway - Alessandra - Queen Of Kings

5 - 268 pts / 6 - 102 pts in semi 1

Alessandra won the final of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix with the song Queen Of Kings written by Written by Linda Dale, Henning Olerud, Stanley Ferdinandez and Alessandra Mele herself.

The song was released as a digital single on January 9 (Starlab/Universal).

With 2:28 on the clock, Queen Of Kings appears to be the shortest song in this year's contest. But the video version (with an intro in Italian) is longer than the single version so we'll have to see what is performed in Liverpool.

Update: She performed the version with the (prerecorded) intro, so far only released as videoclip.

The Da Tweekaz x Tungevaag remix was released on April 6. (see versions below for more details)

An acoustic version is released on April 13.

An Italian version is released on April 21, this does have the Italian intro that is also in the video version.

On May 19 the Billen Ted remix was released.

A digital set of versions was released on June 1st as Queen Of Kings (Complete). 

It includes all the versions marked # in the versions list. Still no Eurovision version though. So it's not really complete. See comments, thanks Krzysztof)

AVOID: A cdsingle (they even call it promo) with remixes available on e-bay is not official and has low audio quality mostly unofficial versions.

It appears to come from the same source as the similar counterfeits of Sweden, U.K. and Israel.

Rock cover

When I heard Queen Of The Kings I thought it would make a great symphonic rock tune. Lo and behold, I got my wish. A coverversion in that style was released by Pagefire (digital 11-5).

2020 singer Ulrikke finished second in this year's MGP.

All songs from the 2023 MGP have been released as digital singles.

Versions:

remix image

Queen Of Kings - Video version (also see comments)

- Youtube, not released as audio. 

Queen Of Kings - single version (2:28) #

- digital 9-1

Queen Of Kings - Da Tweekaz x Tungevaag remix (2:25) #

- digital 6-4

Queen Of Kings - extended mix (4:00)

Queen Of Kings - Da Tweekaz x Tungevaag extended (2:53)

- both extended versions available through DJ services (digtracks, Beatport)

Queen Of Kings - Acoustic #

- digital 13-4

Queen Of Kings - Italian version #

- digital 21-3

Queen Of Kings - Billen Ted remix #

- digital 19-5, also exists as instrumental (see comments)

Queen Of Kings - Gabry Ponte remix #

- digital 1-6

Queen Of Kings - Redfield remix #

- digital 1-6

Queen Of Kings - Instrumental #

- digital 1-6

Queen Of Kings - karaoke

- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Queen Of Kings - sped up #

- digital 1-6

Remixes by Stormby have also popped up, but so far they're not officially released.

Charts:

Norway VG Lista top 40: 15, 11, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 12, 25, 26, 22, 14, 5, 7, 13, 16, 19, 24, 25, 33, 39,

Sweden topplistan top 100: 52, 35, 39, 68, 78, 55, 47, 60, 79, 94, -, re: 69, 7, 10, 17, 23, 46, 51, 85, 59, 76, 81, 87, 87, 90, 94, 95

Finland top 20/50* (IFPI): 20, -, 20, /* 26, 40, 43, - re: 19, 4, 3, 7, 13, 13, 19, 15, 21, 29, 34, 44, 45, 50, -

*IFPI is publishing the Finnish top 50 from week 13

Netherlands top 100: 72, 12, 24, 56, 79, -

Ireland top 100 (IRMA): 18, 30, 60, -

Italy top 100 (FIMI): 33, 81, -

Germany top 100: 19, 32, 88, -

U.K. top 100 (OCC): 10, 23, 56, 88, -

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 5, 16, 36, 52, 92, -

Belgium (Ultratop Flemish): 21, 31, 26, 20, 34, -

France top 200 (SNEP): 152, -

Austria top 75: 8, 13, 30, 44, 69, -

Spain top 100: 59, -

Portugal top 200: 70, 144, -

The Oslo Collection

Links and sources:

Alessandra FB, Insta
MGP at ESC History
NRK MGP pages
Remember KEiiNO, Tix, Alexander Rybak and we still don't know what Mørland did.