The Norwegian national broadcaster announced that the ten artists participating in the Norwegian Eurovision selection, “Melodi Grand Prix 2025”, will be revealed on January 16th!
The Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, announced that the ten participants in the Norwegian Eurovision selection “Melodi Grand Prix 2025” will be revealed at a press conference to be held on January 16 at 12:00 (CET) in Studio 1 in Oslo, exactly where the artist reveal has taken place in previous years. The winner of “Melodi Grand Prix 2025” will represent Norway at Eurovision 2025, to be held in Basel, Switzerland.
As part of the reveal, Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom, and Markus Neby, the hosts of the selection, are expected to present the competitors one by one to journalists. It is currently unknown if the songs will be released on the same day, but considering previous years, it can be predicted that this will happen close to the event or at most a few days later.
The Melodi Grand Prix competition is facing very significant changes in format this year. This will be the first time since 2019 that the competition will be held without semi-finals. The show will take place on February 15, 2025, at the Oslo Spektrum arena, known as one of the largest venues in Norway, which also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996.
Last year’s Melodi Grand Prix included three semi-finals, with public voting determining three artists from each semi-final to advance to the grand final. The final results were determined through a 60/40 combination of public opinion and an international jury, with greater weight given to public voting. Additionally, the selection allowed contestants to use auto-tune, despite it not being permitted in the Eurovision competition itself.
Norway in Eurovision 2024
Gåte represented Norway at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Ulveham”. The band won the Norwigian national finals “MGP”. Norway advanced to the Eurovision final after placing tenth in the second semi-final with 43 points. In the grand final, Norway finished in 25th and last place with 16 points. This marks the first time since Eurovision 2012 that Norway has finished last, and the twelfth time overall since joining the competition.
Source: nrk.no
Eurovision 2025: This will be Norway’s 63rd participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Norway joined the competition in 1960 and has won it three times. Norway’s most recent victory was in 2009 with the song “Fairytale,” performed by Alexander Rybak.