Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Norway
Member station	NRK
National selection events	Melodi Grand Prix Junior
Appearances
Appearances	3
First appearance	2003
Last appearance	2005
Best result	3rd: 2005
Worst result	13th: 2003, 2004
External links
Norway's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Norway has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times, and was the host of the 2004 Contest, where it was held in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer.

Norway's best result in the contest came in 2005, when Malin Reitan came third for Norway with the song "Sommer og skolefri". In 2006, NRK decided to withdraw from the contest, along with Sweden's SVT and Denmark's DR due to a rule change that allowed professional kids to participate. Instead the Scandinavian broadcasters revived MGP Nordic, previously held in 2002.^[1] Norway has not participated in the contest since.

Participation

Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place 

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2003	2U	"Sinnsykt gal forelsket"	Norwegian	13	18
2004	@lek	"En stjerne skal jeg bli"	Norwegian	13	12
2005	Malin Reitan	"Sommer og skolefri"	Norwegian	3	123
Did not participate between 2006 and 2016

Photogallery

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  Malin Reitan at Hasselt (2005).

Broadcasts and voting

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.^[2] The Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Norwegian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Norway. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2003	Stian Barsnes-Simonsen	TBC
2004	Jonna Støme	TBC
2005	Stian Barsnes-Simonsen	TBC
Did not participate between 2006 to 2016

Voting history

The tables below shows Norway's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2005:

Most points given Rank Points Country 1 32  Denmark 2 25  Croatia 3 20  Belarus  Spain 4 14  Romania 5 12  Belgium

Most points received Rank Points Country 1 22  Denmark 2 21  Sweden 3 13  Spain 4 11  Latvia 5 10  Malta  Netherlands

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2004	Lillehammer	Håkons Hall	Nadia Hasnaoui and Stian Barsnes-Simonsen

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Norway in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Norway in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

References

1. "Scandinavian JESC pull-out". ESCToday. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
2. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

External links

• Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Official EBU Page