Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting. It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960. The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and nine top-five placings for Norway at the contest. However, Norway holds the record for the number of entries who have come last since entering Eurovision; 11 in all. Despite this, the competition still makes considerable impact on music charts in Norway, and in other Nordic countries, with the 2008 winner topping the Norwegian charts.
Seasons
E1MGP 1960: Semi-Final
Feb 2, 1960
E2MGP 1960: Final
Feb 20, 1960
E1MGP 1961
Feb 18, 1961
E1MGP 1962
Feb 18, 1962
E1MGP 1963
Feb 10, 1963
E1MGP 1964
Feb 15, 1964
E1MGP 1965
Feb 13, 1965
E1MGP 1966
Feb 5, 1966
E1MGP 1967
Feb 25, 1967
E1MGP 1968
Mar 2, 1968
E1MGP 1969
Mar 1, 1969
E1MGP 1971
Feb 20, 1971
E1MGP 1972
Feb 19, 1972
E1MGP 1973
Feb 17, 1973
E1MGP 1974
Feb 16, 1974
E1MGP 1975
Jan 25, 1975
E1MGP 1976
Feb 7, 1976
E1MGP 1977
Feb 19, 1977
E1MGP 1978
Mar 18, 1978
E1MGP 1979
Feb 10, 1979
E1MGP 1980
Mar 22, 1980
E1MGP 1981
Mar 7, 1981
E1MGP 1982
Mar 20, 1982
E1MGP 1983
Feb 25, 1983
E1MGP 1984
Apr 7, 1984
E1MGP 1985
Mar 30, 1985
E1MGP 1986
Mar 22, 1986
E1MGP 1987
Feb 28, 1987
E1MGP 1988: Heat 1
Jan 30, 1988
E2MGP 1988: Heat 2
Feb 13, 1988
E3MGP 1988: Heat 3
Feb 27, 1988
E4MGP 1988: Heat 4
Mar 12, 1988
E5MGP 1988: Final
Mar 26, 1988
E1MGP 1989
Mar 11, 1989
E1MGP 1991
Mar 24, 1991
E1MGP 1992
Mar 21, 1992
E1MGP 1993
Mar 6, 1993
E1MGP 1994
Mar 26, 1994
E1MGP 1995: Heats
Jan 14, 1995
E2MGP 1995: Final
Apr 1, 1995
E1MGP 1996
Mar 30, 1996
E1MGP 1997
Feb 8, 1997
E1MGP 1998
Feb 28, 1998
E1MGP 1999
Feb 27, 1999
E1MGP 2000
Mar 4, 2000
E1MGP 2001
Feb 24, 2001
E1MGP 2003
Mar 1, 2003
E1MGP 2004
Mar 6, 2004
E1MGP 2005
Mar 5, 2005
E1MGP 2006: Heat 1
Jan 13, 2006
E2MGP 2006: Heat 2
Jan 20, 2006
E3MGP 2006: Heat 3
Jan 27, 2006
E4MGP 2006: Last Chance
Feb 3, 2006
E5MGP 2006: Final
Feb 4, 2006
E1MGP 2007: Heat 1
Jan 20, 2007
E2MGP 2007: Heat 2
Jan 27, 2007
E3MGP 2007: Heat 3
Feb 3, 2007
E4MGP 2007: Last Chance
Feb 8, 2007
E5MGP 2007: Final
Feb 10, 2007
E1MGP 2008: Heat 1
Jan 11, 2008
E2MGP 2008: Heat 2
Jan 18, 2008
E3MGP 2008: Heat 3
Jan 25, 2008
E4MGP 2008: Last Chance
Feb 6, 2008
E5MGP 2008: Final
Feb 9, 2008
E1MGP 2009: Heat 1
Jan 24, 2009
E2MGP 2009: Heat 2
Jan 31, 2009
E3MGP 2009: Heat 3
Feb 7, 2009
E4MGP 2009: Last Chance
Feb 14, 2009
E5MGP 2009: Final
Feb 21, 2009
E1MGP 2010: Heat 1
Jan 8, 2010
E2MGP 2010: Heat 2
Jan 16, 2010
E3MGP 2010: Heat 3
Jan 23, 2010
E4MGP 2010: Last Chance
Jan 30, 2010
E5MGP 2010: Final
Feb 6, 2010
E1MGP 2011: Heat 1
Jan 15, 2011
E2MGP 2011: Heat 2
Jan 22, 2011
E3MGP 2011: Heat 3
Jan 29, 2011
E4MGP 2011: Last Chance
Feb 5, 2011
E5MGP 2011: Final
Feb 12, 2011
E1MGP 2012: Heat 1
Jan 21, 2012
E2MGP 2012: Heat 2
Jan 28, 2012
E3MGP 2012: Heat 3
Feb 4, 2012
E4MGP 2012: Final
Feb 11, 2012
E1MGP 2013: Heat 1
Jan 19, 2013
E2MGP 2013: Heat 2
Jan 26, 2013
E3MGP 2013: Heat 3
Feb 2, 2013
E4MGP 2013: Final
Feb 9, 2013
E1MGP 2014: Heat 1
Mar 7, 2014
E2MGP 2014: Heat 2
Mar 8, 2014
E3MGP 2014: Heat 3
Mar 9, 2014
E4MGP 2014: Final
Mar 15, 2014
E1MGP 2015
Mar 14, 2015
E1MGP 2016
Mar 27, 2016
E1MGP 2017
Mar 11, 2017
E1MGP 2018
Mar 10, 2018
E1Final
Mar 2, 2019
E1Semi-Final 1
Jan 11, 2020
E2Semi-Final 2
Jan 18, 2020
E3Semi-Final 3
Jan 25, 2020
E4Semi-Final 4
Feb 1, 2020
E5Semi-Final 5
Feb 8, 2020
E6Final
Feb 15, 2020
E1Semi-Final 1
Jan 16, 2021
E2Semi-Final 2
Jan 23, 2021
E3Semi-Final 3
Jan 30, 2021
E4Semi-Final 4
Feb 6, 2021
E5Semi-Final 5
Feb 13, 2021
E6Last Chance
Feb 15, 2021
E7Final
Feb 20, 2021
E1Delfinale 1
Jan 15, 2022
E2Delfinale 2
Jan 22, 2022
E3Delfinale 3
Jan 29, 2022
E4Delfinale 4
Feb 5, 2022
E5Last chance visual radio
Feb 7, 2022
E6The last chance
Feb 12, 2022
E7Final
Feb 19, 2022
E1Semi-final 1
Jan 14, 2023
E2Semi-final 2
Jan 21, 2023
E3Semi-final 3
Jan 28, 2023
E4Grand Final
Feb 4, 2023
E1Heat 1
Jan 13, 2024
E2Heat 2
Jan 20, 2024
E3Heat 3
Jan 27, 2024
E4Grand Final
Feb 3, 2024
E1MGP 2025
Feb 15, 2025
National music competition to select Norway's entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.
Storyline
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting. It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960. The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and nine top-five placings for Norway at the contest. However, Norway holds the record for the number of entries who have come last since entering Eurovision; 11 in all. Despite this, the competition still makes considerable impact on music charts in Norway, and in other Nordic countries, with the 2008 winner topping the Norwegian charts.
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