Marianne Pentha & Mikkel Gaup "Pages" | MGP 2021 Interview

Опубликовано 5 февраля 2021, 12:00

Sámi artists Marianne Pentha & Mikkel Gaup will sing "Pages" during Melodi Grand Prix 2021 Semi-Final 4. But Saturday, February 6 isn't just about MGP. It's also Sámi National Day in Norway. The pair tell us more about the joik, which features in their song, and also discuss their Sámi culture and why they want it represented at Eurovision.

About the singers:
Marianne Pentha (40) from Os in Østerdalen and Mikkel Gaup (53) from Alta. These two artists have known each other all their lives and are in fact also related. They have collaborated on several occasions, and already in 2017 started working on this song which they are now looking forward to finally show the MGP audiences and the world.

Marianne has a long career behind her in the Norwegian music industry. She has been a backup singer for several of Norway’s greatest artists, both on records and on tour. In 2012, she really took the step into the spotlight when she participated in the very first season of the music program “The Voice” on TV 2. There have been many more TV appearances since then, including “Beat for Beat”, the morning show “Go morgen Norge”, and “Sommeråpent”. Marianne has released two albums with the band Ánnásuolo, and in 2019 she had the Sami voice of Elsa in “Frost 2”. Last year she participated on the album “Juleroser”, in a Sami / Norwegian duet with Herborg Kråkevik. Many Eurovision fans may remember that she was a backup singer for KEiiNO in Tel Aviv in 2019.

Mikkel Gaup's first joik was a small sequence he made in the Oscar nominated film "Veiviseren" (Pathfinder) from 1987, where he also played the lead role. His career as an actor has since taken up most of Mikkel's time, with films and several TV series. This versatile artist has also been joiking at countless performances in Norway and abroad. He has also participated in several recordings, including with Dimmu Borgir and Trine Rein. In 2018 he released his debut album "Run Wolf".

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