Kjetil Mørland (born 3 October 1980), better known as simply Mørland, is a

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singer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the

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along with

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with his song "

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Career

Mørland fronted the band Absent Elk from its 2008 inception, releasing the album '' Caught in the Headlights'' in the spring of 2009. The band supported

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and

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on UK tours before going on to tour the UK themselves in June 2009. In 2015 Mørland wrote "A Monster Like Me", and performed it at Melodi Grand Prix as a duet with Debrah Scarlett. They won the competition with 88,869 votes and represented in the

in Vienna. The duo performed in the second semi-final and qualified to the final on 23 May 2015, in which they placed 8th. In January 2018, he was credited as the writer and producer of Melodi Grand Prix 2018 entry "Who We Are" performed by 19 year old singer Rebecca. The song competed at the Oslo Spektrum on 10 March 2018, and finished in 2nd place behind the eventual winner

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. Mørland returned to Melodi Grand Prix as an artist in

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, with the self-written song "En livredd mann". The song competed in the final in Oslo Spektrum on 2 March 2019, but did not advance from the first round. In the same contest, he was also credited as a writer of Adrian Jørgensen song "Bubble", alongside

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and

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. The song placed second behind Keiino song "

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". In February 2020, he was credited as a writer and composer of the song "

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, alongside Brandstorp herself and

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. The song competed in the grand final of

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on 15 February 2020, winning with 200,345 votes, and was therefore selected to represent in the

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in Rotterdam. However, on 18 March 2020, the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2021 he returned once again to Melodi Grand Prix as a songwriter alongside Ingebritsen and singer Rein Alexander with the song "Eyes Wide Open" which qualified automatically for the final celebrated on 20 February 2021. The song failed to qualify to the Gold Final thus, it stayed out of the competition. In 2022 it was announced that he is taking part as a co-writer and producer in Eesti Laul 2023 for "House Of Glass" performed by

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(Janek Valgepea).

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Songwriting credits

References

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Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2015 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway 1980 births Norwegian pop singers People from Grimstad Living people Melodi Grand Prix contestants Melodi Grand Prix winners Melodi Grand Prix composers Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian male singers {{Norway-singer-stub