Melodi Grand Prix

Television broadcast
Original title	Melodi Grand Prix
Country of production	Norway
original language	Norwegian , English
Year (s)	since 1960
Production ; company
length	145 minutes
Episodes	5 in 58 seasons
Broadcasting ; cycle	1960–1970, ; 1972–1990, ; 1990–2001, ; 2003–
genre	music
production	Stig Karlsen
Moderation	various
First broadcast	1960 on NRK

The Melodi Grand Prix is the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest .

history

It has been held annually since 1960. Only three times no Melodi Grand Prix took place:

1970 : Norway , like the other Scandinavian countries, did not participate in protest.
1991 : The group Just 4 Fun was selected internally by NRK .
2002 : Norway had to take a forced break for the first and only time in 2001 due to the poor placement .

The Melodi Grand Prix consisted of three long semi-finals, a second-chance round and a final. In 2013 the second chance was abolished. Instead, a jury awards a wildcard for the final. In 2015 they returned to a classic preliminary decision in one evening. In the final, four songs make it into a gold final. Its winner represents Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest.

A new rule was used for the Melodi Grand Prix 2009: the producers of the songs must come from Norway.

successes

Venue of the Melodi Grand Prix

Successful participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

Performers who have achieved at least fifth place in the Eurovision Song Contest after taking part in the Melodi Grand Prix:

year	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	space
1960	Nora Brockstedt	Voi Voi M / T: Georg Elgaaen	4th
1966	Åse Kleveland	Does he never go under solen M / T: Arne Bendiksen	3.
1985	Bobbysocks	La det swing M / T: Rolf Løvland	1.
1988	Karoline Kruger	For vår jord M: Anita Skorgan ; T: Erik Hillestad	5.
1993	Silje Vige	All mine tankar M / T: Bjørn-Erik Vige	5.
1995	Secret Garden	Nocturne M: Rolf Løvland ; T: Petter Skavlan	1.
1996	Elisabeth Andreassen	I evighet M / T: Torhild Nigar	2.
2003	Jostein Hasselgård	I'm Not Afraid to Move On M / T: Arve Furset , VJ Strøm	4th
2008	Maria Mittet	Hold On Be Strong M / T: Mira Craig	5.
2009	Alexander Rybak	Fairytale M / T: Alexander Rybak	1.
2013	Margaret Berger	I Feed You My Love M / T: Karin Park, Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson	4th

Venues

Oslo / Bærum

Previous venues for the Melodi Grand Prix

Since it was first broadcast in 1960, the Melodi Grand Prix has mainly taken place in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .

Semifinals

So far there have been five semifinals in the Bodø Spectrum.

Between 2006 and 2014 , Norway's semi-finals took place in different cities. Also in 2020 semi-finals were played again.

number	city	venue	year
5	Bodø	Bodø spectrum	2006 -2010
3	Florø	Florø Idrettssenter	2011 - 2013
	Ørland	Ørland hovedflystasjon, hangar E	2010– 2012
	Skien	Skien Fritidspark	2009 - 2011
2	Alta	Finnmarkshallen	2006 -2007
	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Hall	2008- 2009
	Larvik	Arena Larvik	2012 - 2013
	Oslo	Oslo spectrum	2006–2007 (Siste Sjansen)
	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	2010– 2011 (Siste Sjansen)
1	Ålesund	Sunnmørshallen	2009 (Siste Sjansen)
	Bærum	H3 arena	2020
	Mountains	Framohallen	2006
	Oslo	Stratos Conference and Banqueting Folketeateret	2008 (Siste Sjansen) 2014
	Stokke	Brunstad Conference Center	2007
	Stavanger	Sandvigå	2008
	Steinkjer	Steinkjer campus	2013

final

The Oslo Spectrum, in which the finals regularly took place until 2019 .

In the Throndheim Spectrum, the finals took place for the first time in 2020 .

The final has taken place 55 times in Oslo so far. The finals only took place twice outside the capital in Stavanger . In 2020 the final took place in Trondheim for the first time .

number	city	venue	year
55	Oslo	Centralteatret Chateau Neuf Hotel Royal Christiania NRK Studio 1 NRK Studio 2 NRK Studio A Oslo Spektrum Store Studio	1966– 1968 1973, 1984–1985, 1987–1988, 1993 1990 1971–1972, 1974–1976, 1983, 2000 1977–1982, 1995–1999 1961, 1964 1992, 1994, 2001, 2003– 2019 1960 , 1962–1963 , 1965, 1969
2	Stavanger	Stavangar Forum	1986, 1989
1	Trondheim	Trondheim spectrum	2020

Web links

Commons : Melodi Grand Prix - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Norwegian preliminary round
Melodi Grand Prix in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)