nrk released the names of the 18 composers who succeeded in qualifying to the semi-finals in december 2007. they included mira craig, wig wam band members glam and teeny, christian ingebrigtsen and jan groth. the final list of the 18 competing songs were released on 13 december. however, this list contained solely the song titles and composers, leaving out the names of the final performing artists. this list contained songs which had been composed purely by norwegian citizens, which arose suspicion over whether nrk has changed their policy on accepting submissions by non-norwegian composers. stian malme of nrk confirmed that no change in policy had occurred, and that the jury appointed by nrk had chosen these 18 songs based purely on merit alone.