Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005 Explained

Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005
Label1:Date
Data1:May 28, 2005
Label2:Presenters
Data2:Stian Barsnes Simonsen, Nadia Hasnaoui
Label3:Host Broadcaster
Data3:NRK
Label4:Venue
Data4:Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Label5:Winning Song
Data5:"Sommer og Skolefri" by Malin Reitan
Label6:Voting system
Data6:100% public voting
Label7:Number of Songs
Data7:10
Label8:Nul points
Data8:None
Label9:Interval Act
Data9:@lek

The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005 was Norway's fourth national Melodi Grand Prix Junior for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on May 28, 2005, in Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway with a live broadcast of an hour and 15 minutes presented by Stian Barsnes-Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui. 10 participants competed, The contest was won by 9-year-old Malin Reitan with her song "Sommer og skolefri". She received the award out of the hands of @lek, who won the 2004 contest. During the interval, Wig Wam performed "In My Dreams" and Jorun Stiansen performed "This Is the Night".

Malin, who didn't turn 10 until August, went on to represent Norway in the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she placed 3rd.

The album Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005 containing the songs of the finals reached No. 1 on the VG-lista Norwegian Albums Chart on week 23 of 2005 staying at the top of the charts for 1 week.

Results

First round

No. Artist Song Result
014 You"Dans, data og dumle"Super finalist
02Lil'P"Hiphop selvbiografi"Eliminated
03Charlotte Tepstad Carlsen"Kjendiser"Eliminated
04Karoline Wendelborg"Står i regnet"Eliminated
05Maskerte barn"Bygda mi"Eliminated
06Rikke Reinholdtsen and Malin J. Nordahl"Det e teit"Eliminated
07New Justice"Skola e en slum"Super finalist
08Malin Reitan"Sommer og skolefri"Super finalist
09Silje Risdal"Mobba"Eliminated
10Friends"Sammen"Super finalist

Super Final

No. Artist Song Position Votes
014 You"Dans, data og dumle"415,276
02New Justice"Skola e en slum"226,360
03Malin"Sommer og skolefri"143,201
04Friends"Sammen"315,458