ESC 2008 Final - Norway Maria -"Hold on be strong", HQ Video

[alexandra141292]

I really love this song. The melody is amazing and song is clear to understand.. I remember that I had listened it again and again after esc finished in that year. Loves from Turkey!

[kontrafa]

perfect perfect perfect just perfect 12pts from Turkey:)

[ouraniarode]

she should have won!!!or kalomoira from greece!!not the other gay one!

[Nhrek]

Im kind of surprised this song went so far. Not that it wasn't good but its to original in a kind of way. It's like aldready heard it so many times. And I like a little more action on the stage or a more powerful song. Cause it is a big stage right? Russia was a good example but not the only one. I've hoped for Olta Boka, she was amazing!

[SweetBlondieZA]

I know that there's no one for me ! ;)

[Alex00221000]

Her hair, OMG its so beautiful

[Skhanumayn]

ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES IN EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!! GREETINGS FROM ARMENIA!!!

[SinineAudi]

For me ,

In 2008 , it was just good song .

In 2011 , it is one of my faves in whole ESC history :)

[Nichrida]

why oh why don't good songs get rewarded? DAMN alliances! DAMN!

[Zlampovsky]

@Nichrida Then why did Norway win one year later? All that bullcrap about political voting in every form of a non-winning song. Just enjoy the music and quit crying

[Nichrida]

@Zlampovsky there's no denying that there are alliances in ESC

[Zlampovsky]

@Nichrida True, but the impact is not as big as many people say. Your comment is an example of that. Norway robbed because of alliances in 2008, but yet they won one year later ? That is not possible

[sally4282]

im from malta i like it a lot you should have won

[IndigoHollywood]

you should have won...

[52405240]

I wanna hear 2pac motherfuckers.

[stellKK]

she should have won!

[iSunQueen]

11 people let go...

[freedomliberator]

I want to take a chance here to express my sincere & deepest condolences for all Norwegians killed and injured in the terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island on 22 July 2011.

[TheEuzkatroika]

@freedomliberator wow thanks baby

[ALLENGOLD12]

6 portugal

5 ukraine

4 greece

3 iceland

2 turkey

1 georgia

[ALLENGOLD12]

12 points norway

10 points serbie

8 points armenia

7 points israel.

[ALLENGOLD12]

2007 SERBIA WINS

2008 SERBIA OR NORWAY SHOULD HAVE WON

2009 NORWAY WINS

[khrisstkammi]

The Best Song Froms Norway!

[SPARTANJACK15]

Lol all the good song come 5th, this in 2008, UK in 2009, Azerbaijan in 2010 and finally Denmark in 2011... When wil it end?

[joberderpop7]

i love itt.. xfrom netherlands

[kerimhann]

norway sould have won with this song as well :) two years in a row. and she made great performance with a slow song. well done.

[SARVronski]

Wow, srsly Norway with a piece of crap like this? You can't represent your country singing a song in english sounding like you just came from a weekend english training course!!! What happened to king of trolls, it sounded 100 times better, and it represented a spirit of the country. Ok, come on you haters, I'm ready for you!

[EspienHD]

@SARVronski Ok, thats just funny :L

[allyrockful]

a great song!

[MajSolo]

not written by a norwegian. But by english speaking person.

Norway has become eveen worse than sweden in manipulating music.

At least this song was not written by any scandinavian.

so it is elegant and powerful.

[siridavidsen]

@MajSolo

It is written by a woman who has lived in Norway her entire life, Mira Craig...

[coopstian]

@MajSolo the song is writen by an norwegian woman, so so u are wrong

[detisecretgarden]

Norway always send beautifull songs!!

[TheLuflee]

The classest song from Norway! :)

And one of the best songs in eurovision history!

I'm still listening this song everyday. I listened this song more than 400!

[TheEuzkatroika]

@TheLuflee and christine Guldbranden?

[MrsLithuaniangirl]

Really great voice :*

[greekstyle1988]

Perfect douze points

[Shaenova1]

wow amazing voice!! :)

[Tempestuas]

What place did they come in?

[saweraelskersundus]

@Tempestuas 5th

[acikmacik]

Cute!  :*

[danielsen45]

watch?v=1Nrk3zOUhxc&feature=re­lated

That one is much better so sad really songs never get to the international final

[ChristosHLN]

1.Greece

2.Ukraine

3.NORWAY ! :D

4.Armenia

[OrthrusTails]

@ChristosHLN FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Greece only play on sex, never real talent -.-

[Djibrilliant13]

@OrthrusTails oh really??if u think so just check that great song we sent this year from greece and u will see...i wonder what crap u sent....

[OrthrusTails]

@Djibrilliant13 ours ddint make it because we went for someone we knew wouldnt win

its too expensive to pay for ESC...

and, you still play on sex and looks, suckers

[Djibrilliant13]

@OrthrusTails all do that including you too, suckeeerrrrr!!!!

[stellKK]

@OrthrusTails dont be an asshole.

[OrthrusTails]

@stellKK dont be realistic...

[personwithface1]

Why wont anybody try me

Story of my life!

Like if you agree

[raverab]

MARIA YOU ARE GREAT!!! I ALWAYS HEAR YOUR SONG FROM THAT DAY...A FRIEND FROM GREECE! raverab@yahoo.gr

[Pripph]

In my mind, the best song from Norway in the history of the ESC.

And Miss Haukaas-Storeng is just so beautiful...

[87AFK]

Wonderful!!!

[MariaSantouri]

Absolutely love this song! One of my favourite Eurovision songs....

[savolpen]

GREAT - Should've been the winner. LOVE! :)

[christinainthecity]

love this song so much! proud being a norwegian:)

[chazelc]

this song was my #1 in 2008!

from Turkey...

[LkeR26]

absolutly perfecttt !! from Turkey

[gorodskaja066]

Ja schitaju etu pesnju samoy luchshey pesney, ne toljko goda nu i poslednih let, ja v v ostorge Norvegija bila siljnoy i navsegda zabrala moyo serdce....

[nannouka1]

she's great and the song is a Eurovision gem!!!

[Luxiusta07]

my favorite eurovision song ever ! this singer is so beautiful <3

[MetalHardcoreMusic]

Brandy talore

[Vainny2]

tipical Eurovision song 

[anna90284]

I like

[GuggeGuffen]

Go Norway!

[MrLokomaniq36]

great

[glisha007]

I think that 2008 was great eurovision year, many songs are still hits (qele qele, secret combination, hold on be strong and many many others...). This years all songs are awful.

[MangaComix]

The thing is sweden always have good song. but it's not the 80ts anymore special song has won like every years so far the past 7 years =)

[Litzen2k]

fap fap fap is the sound

[exoticwild]

super song *_*

[quraq1]

super i love her very much.i m from azerbaijan i voted this song.we love you here (L)

[TAKE0MY0HAND]

i love it s much..... iv listened to it maybe 100 times? great!

[IAgbaba]

Great song! That had a great reaction from the audience in Belgrade Arena!

[sirconorbrown]

Its an absolute disaster that a crap song like russias - dima bilan believe - wins when a song as good as this is in the competition!!!!

ROBBED!

[siridavidsen]

@sirconorbrown

Yeah, with pompeous guy on skates who looked like Prince Charmin from Shrek...

[KEPZ47]

@sirconorbrown +1 from Russia. bilan stupid faggot

[lorofcb2]

@sirconorbrown how true!

[cvetzjuga]

Maria Haukaas should have won - not Alexander Rybak :(

[LakeSevet]

This should've won...

[MyLovetosing]

OmG she is so PRETTY

[Sk88p]

Good thing about this song is that it ended in the top 5!

The dress is gorgeous and so is she..

[srdjanBOSNIA]

in this song,stage is amazing!! BUT SONG IS THE BEST!!

[ThePetrie66]

Maria is great

[Tubiilicious]

Love this song ...!!!

[xXSascha2008Xx]

Veeery good song !!

I love it :)

Greetz from Germany

[ninajeanette2]

i want that dress

[GrafomanPoland]

I love this song. She should won instead of Dima.

Greetings from Poland ;-)

[Starisborn32]

She is perfect!!!

[BassicStorm]

I LOVE this song so much!!! my favorite that year :) greetings from Serbia

[186Sabi]

*________* incredible voice :)

[paulfunI]

Heja Norge! En grejt låt!

Go Norway, go! A great tune!

Hej från Sverige / Greetings from Sweden

[veleeurovision]

good song she is in top five se is 4 th with 182 points

[italiarm]

I ilked this song so much, i wanted this song to win. Great song

[slakteren2000]

Vanvittig fin stemme 

[TheCandygore]

@slakteren2000 - Synes jeg og, men har begynt og bli litt lei av henne xD

[TheAllen2301]

When i heard it for first time, in the semi-finals, i knew for sure, that it was gonna be in the top five!

[petrospetr0olis]

I adore this song!! Awsome!!!!

[maeloul]

I votes for Norway in 2009 ! (L)_(L)

[AAngerJ]

First I loved it, and loved it since!

[MisticTim]

First i hated it. But after listed it 10 times because boredom i like it now =D. The lyrics is great <3

[kroeg11]

Brilliant song! Love it...

[MissEvilAngel1]

she should win..

[doffer1463]

Best song of ESC 2008! Love it!! 

[petarst]

This song out wiped all others,Serbia will always count that this song is the 1,to pity she didn't win !

No doubt,regards from Belgrade.

[meineteilsushi]

by american standards, that girl would be considerated a fat or chubby, don't blame me =S, she sings well btw

[lorofcb2]

@meineteilsushi that coming from the fattest nation in the western world sounds really funny to any european...

[Doberking]

Are you taking the mickey meineteilsushi ? The US has the worst obesity problem in the western world. By US standards this lovely lady would be very skinny indeed! I can't believe you wrote that ha ha ha

[spadeofqueens]

@Doberking I think he means more like by American pop culture standards. All American singers are under a size 5, and if they are bigger than that they are criticized by the masses.

[meineteilsushi]

@spadeofqueens exactly!!!, that's what I meant to say.

[neil22100]

@meineteilsushi She is not fat, she has a wonderful voice. Trouble with americans is that they think they are perfect which infact they are the other way around! At least Norway believes in equal opps for people, they allow same sex married which in america they do 5 states ONLY and what gets on my tits about america is that they think there better then everyone else also usa id the devils country.

[markovic]

SERBIA STILL LOVES IT THE MOST!

[ccenkb]

this is the real winner of 2008 !

[predo76]

she was very thin...

love this song..<3

[neil22100]

This is one of my fav ever eurovision song contest song! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[maximkill]

Браво! Bravo!!!!

[SweRimo]

Tajt brud och fin sång!

[janica99]

Love it! Such a shame it didn't win, really.

[marekaludjerica]

@janica99 yeah its really a beautiful song, but led by earlier contest's results i realised its all defined before the whole contest begins, the winner, everything, its just how the world works

sve ti je to namesteno

[bolle2012]

En sådan vacker flicka. Underbar låt. Heja Norge. Hälsningar från Sverige.

[Blixten34]

hon är så jävla snygg

[liiisan80]

best song ever in the f,u,c.k.i.n.g eurivision song contest history ever

[EndlessLove1905]

I still love this song..

[222tralala222]

beautiful song! I loved it!!!!!!!!!

[Kuungen123]

såå bra :D

[boombeey]

They came at 5th place :)

[TobiDahl]

great song, should have won

[kncn960]

NORGE JAG ÄLSKAR DIG

[LeoB1337]

What place did it come at? :P

[freedomliberator]

I will answer your a bit rhetorical question :P. Due to the infamous block voting it finished at the 5th place. =.=

[Dzrec]

well i wish it would have won

The Official Top 5 2008 ESC :

1 - Russia (no winner)

2 - Ukraine (good)

3 - Greece (overrated)

4 - Armenia (good)

5 - Norway (Wonderfull!)

[andreaslianster]

@freedomliberator i thought it was 2nd??

[motaelq]

@freedomliberator it wasn't the best song in the contest:p.It should have been lower:P.Hero, with Charlotte Perrelli was the best, and Serbia was good, Israel, Iceland;)

[freedomliberator]

@motaelq you make me feeel EMO t_T :P

[kroeg11]

@motaelq It sure was the best song in the contest, Sweden should have finished even lower with Hero..

[n1cklass]

@motaelq

yes , to you . not everyone.

[neil22100]

@LeoB1337 5th!

[lorofcb2]

@LeoB1337 due to which norway won the next year?

[SuperSuperaman]

@LeoB1337 last one

[TheAllen2301]

@LeoB1337 Fifth!

[JanekBabe]

@LeoB1337 5th Place

[TheGreekfairy]

@LeoB1337 5th :)

[Sileeee56]

@LeoB1337 5th. But I voted this song, is soooooooooo great!

[vilikkehamail]

@LeoB1337 6th



[Gabbis10]

12 points from sweden (gabriella) :D

[ZskaneZ]

12 points from Sweden(i think)

[panagiolaos]

one of the best songs ihave heard from this contest. at least made a hit in greece's radiostations.

[Asssio1]

not only in greece in sweden to

[armyanka71]

@panagiolaos hy panagiolaos my daughter was 3 years and she liked it very much , her name is also Maria

[Thorwolf1970]

vikings rule

[freedomliberator]

The viking of this song rules with subtle hotness, or in terms of Austin Powers - the girl is got her mojo working xD

[Yochananable]

@freedomliberator

How can I get one viking girl .

[freedomliberator]

@Yochananable FACEBOOK :P

[Sileeee56]

@freedomliberator :)) :)) :))

[MrVelikibrat]

12 points from CROATIA!!! (if you ask me), but we gave only 1 point!!! :(((

[EvitaLovely]

it's a pity that this song didn't do well in the eurovision! it's so nice!

[kroeg11]

It did do well, finished at 5th place out of over 40 entries.

[Thorwolf1970]

yes norway is the best, in all!

[59100turk]

More better than Alexander !!!!

I love it !!!

[queen11173]

Brilliant!! greatings from MACEDONIA! ♥

[MrLee507]

i love this song it is the best

5 rating

[Thefullmetalnaruto]

Maria is the best, btw I'm from norway ;D

[hotswede69]

I love this song wow such a nice performance. Go Maria

[SivAnette76]

Nydelig sang! :) Beautiful :)

[SuperTommyboy68]

This song had 3 x times as much votes than second place in norwegian final =)

[UljezAgain]

Maria you are awesome !! Greeting from SERBIA ! I love ya !!!!!

[trinemartine]

Would it have won with juries?

[GreekBabe2010]

should have won the contest !!!! lov it

[DavidLyons7]

I have just hear this song for the first time today...ITS FANTASTIC AND BRILLIANT.....

[sininen81]

The best entry from Norway in many years, she has an amazing voice

[LCScampi]

I remember hearing this song last thing in the contest and being delighted that there was at least one song that sounded like, er, a song, and was sung by a half-decent singer. Nice!

[tronz68]

Norways best song at the 2000 decades.

[Mottahedeh]

douze points from israel

[aboliic]

Love this song!!! :) she sounds little bit like Christina Aguilera...the style of the song is similar.!! :)

[slceline]

Excellent - my favourite for 2008.

Thanks lovely Maria.

[miloshamidamimihajli]

One of my best songs on ESC 2008.

Very powerful and amazing.Norway always have good songs.

[Sileeee56]

@miloshamidamimihajli I agree! But Norway held the most last places in ESC history...

[aimmaster18]

It's an absolutely great song which combines rythm and nice lyrics. Although , people didn't prefer it , it was the top hit in the radios and.. honestly , it was just EXCELLENT ! Perfect try Norway.

[MajSolo]

Ida does. But this girl had a nice voice in the lower registers. But Ida was really good. So good it gave me chills.

And the old Pirelli of Sweden exclaimed that she sang so nicely it sounded like a robot.

Well, there is a quality stamp right there for u. Pirelli thought she sang too good. I say not, she had feeling.

And Maria is good too, as long as they do not suck up to the public and show tits and ass.

[MajSolo]

Yeah, but the world is confusing. You should see her trying to win in the Swedish festival the year after. Showing a lot of cleavage and moving around like she was a sex godess trying to make a very weak contribution win.

And because she signed on for that then my thoughts are that everyone else, write and composer in Norway restrained from any such thing. but she, might not care, and so, is she a whore??? not literally but ethically??? I know this is harsh language. But I do love her voice!