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Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 2025
Selection date(s)	15 February 2025
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2024 • 2025

Norway will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Norwegian participating broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) will organise the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-three times since its first entry in 1960. It had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden, and in 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final twelve times, more than any other country, including in 2024 with the song "Ulveham" performed by Gåte, and for having received nul points (zero points) four times, the latter being a record shared with Austria. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, it had finished in the top ten ten times.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. NRK confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 3 July 2024, announcing on 6 August that its representative would continue to be selected through the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which had selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of its participations.

Before Eurovision

Melodi Grand Prix 2025

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Melodi Grand Prix 2025 is set to be the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP), the format used by NRK to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will take place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Markus Neby [no], Marte Stokstad [no] and Tete Lidbom [no].

Competing entries

On 6 August 2024, NRK opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 1 September 2024. The competition was open to all songwriters, and each songwriter could submit up to three songs, with each song being required to have at least one Norwegian contributor. In addition to the open submission, NRK also looked for possible entries through targeted search and direct dialogue with the Norwegian music industry, and through songwriting camps (the earliest of which was held in June 2024 in Rena). The list of selected artists, defined by then-artistic director Stig Karlsen [no] by October 2024, was announced on 16 January 2025, while the competing songs will be released on 24 January. Prior to the announcement, NRK revealed that Lavrans Svendsen, who had originally been selected to compete, had withdrawn from the competition. Angelina Jordan was also due to participate, but she withdrew the week prior due to the wildfires around Los Angeles where Jordan is based. As a result, only nine entries will compete, with a back-up entry added to the line-up.

Among the competing artists are two former winners: Bobbysocks!, who won in 1985 and went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest, and Wig Wam, the winners in 2005. The two members of Bobbysocks!, Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh, have also won Melodi Grand Prix separately, with Andreassen winning in 1994 (with Jan Werner Danielsen) and 1996, and Krogh winning in 1971. Andreassen had also previously represented Sweden in Eurovision 1982 as a member of the group Chips, and Krogh had also represented Norway in 1991 as a member of the group Just 4 Fun. Other past MGP participants among the 2025 list are Kyle Alessandro, who participated in 2023 as part of the group Umami Tsunami; Nora Jabri, who came second in 2012; Tone Damli, who came second in 2009 and competed in 2020; and Sondrey [no], who also competed in 2020.

  Withdrawn entry

References

1. ^ "Norway". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. Farren, Neil (2 July 2024). "🇳🇴 Norway: Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. Granger, Anthony (6 August 2024). "🇳🇴 Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Song Submissions Open". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
4. Pettersen, Mandy (20 November 2024). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Tilbake til Oslo Spektrum". ESC Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 21 November 2024.
5. Hyttebakk, Jon Marius (6 August 2024). "NRK klar for et nytt år med MGP og Eurovision" [NRK ready for a new year with MGP and Eurovision] (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
6. Sanabria-Rangel, Alvaro (30 January 2024). "Norway starts MGP 2025 preparations with first songwriting camp!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
7. Sand, Camilla (6 January 2025). "Presseinvitasjon: Lansering av MGP-artister 2025" [Press Invitation: Launch of MGP 2025 artists]. nrk.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
8. Svelstad, Oda Elise; Ørbeck Eliassen, Heather (16 January 2025). "Lavrans blir ikke å se på den store MGP-scenen i 2025" [Lavrans was supposed to be on the MGP stage: – He wasn't ready] (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
9. ^ Hyttebakk, Jon Marius; Ørbeck Eliassen, Heather; Svelstad, Oda Elise (16 January 2025). "MGP 2025: Disse artistene skal være med" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
10. Myklebostad, Marie; Gaathaug, Jonathan; Haus, Line (16 January 2025). "Angelina Jordan trekker seg fra MGP". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Official NRK Melodi Grand Prix site

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025