Melodi Grand Prix 2025
| Melodi Grand Prix 2025 | |
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| Broadcaster | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) |
| Artistic director | Tarjei Strøm |
| Presenters | Markus Neby Marte Stokstad Tete Lidbom |
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| Number of entries | 9 |
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| Winning song | "Lighter" by Kyle Alessandro |
Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP), the annual Norwegian music competition that serves as the country's preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was organised by Norway's public broadcaster NRK, and consisted of a final, held on 15 February 2025.[1] The winner of the competition, Kyle Alessandro with "Lighter", represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.
Competing entries
On 6 August 2024, NRK officially opened for songwriters to submit entries for Melodi Grand Prix 2024 until 1 September 2024.[2] The nine competing acts and songs were revealed on 16 January 2025.[3]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Bobbysocks! | "Joyful" | |
| Kyle Alessandro | "Lighter" |
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| Ladybug | "Hot as Hell in Paradise" |
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| LLL | "Parasite" |
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| Nataleen | "The Game" |
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| Nora Jabri | "Sulale" |
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| Sondrey | "Vagabond" |
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| Tone Damli | "Last Song" | |
| Wig Wam | "Human Fire" |
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Contest overview
The contest took place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Tone Damli | "Last Song" | 24 | 63 | 87 | 5 |
| 2 | Sondrey | "Vagabond" | 38 | 17 | 55 | 7 |
| 3 | Nora Jabri | "Sulale" | 55 | 19 | 74 | 6 |
| 4 | Wig Wam | "Human Fire" | 25 | 68 | 93 | 4 |
| 5 | LLL | "Parasite" | 36 | 18 | 54 | 8 |
| 6 | Kyle Alessandro | "Lighter" | 118 | 189 | 307 | 1 |
| 7 | Nataleen | "The Game" | 86 | 104 | 190 | 2 |
| 8 | Ladybug | "Hot as Hell in Paradise" | 19 | 32 | 51 | 9 |
| 9 | Bobbysocks | "Joyful" | 29 | 135 | 164 | 3 |
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| 1 | "Last Song" | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | ||||||
| 2 | "Vagabond" | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 38 | ||
| 3 | "Sulale" | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 55 | |
| 4 | "Human Fire" | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | ||
| 5 | "Parasite" | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 36 | |
| 6 | "Lighter" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 118 |
| 7 | "The Game" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 86 |
| 8 | "Hot As Hell in Paradise" | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | |||||
| 9 | "Joyful" | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |||
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References
- ^ Sand, Camilla (24 January 2025). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Slik blir finalen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Song Submissions Open". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne. "Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ Gaathaug, Jonathan (9 February 2025). "Tone Damli åpner finalen" [Tone Damli opens the final] (in Norwegian Bokmål). TV 2. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ a b Hyttebakk, Jon Marius (15 February 2025). "Disse var med i den internasjonale juryen" [These were on the international jury] (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 16 February 2025.