Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007 Explained

Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
Label1:Date
Data1:June 2, 2007
Label2:Presenters
Data2:Stian Barsnes Simonsen
Label3:Host Broadcaster
Label4:Venue
Data4:Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Label5:Winning Song
Data5:Bæstevænna/Bestfriends
Label6:Voting system
Data6:Televoting, the winner is the one with most votes
Label7:Number of Songs
Data7:9
Label8:Nul points
Data8:None
Label9:Interval Act
Data9:Venke Knutson

The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007 was Norway's sixth national Melodi Grand Prix Junior for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on June 2, 2007, in Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway and broadcast live presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen. Nine participants participated and the contest was won by 11-year-old Celine Helgemo with her song Bæstevænna (Bestfriends). She received the award out of the hands of Ole Runar, who won the 2006 contest with his song "Fotball e supert".

The first and second-place winners, Celine and the duo Martin & Johannes, were Norway's participants in MGP Nordic 2007 with additional contestants from Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

The album Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007 containing the songs of the finals reached No. 1 on the VG-lista Norwegian Albums Chart on week 24 of 2007 staying at the top of the charts for 1 week.

Results

First round

No. Artist Song Result
01Celine Helgemo"Bæstevænna"Super finalist
02Angels"Vi hopper og spretter"Eliminated
03Føniks"Den fineste"Super finalist
04Susanne Mollestad"Ingen vei"Eliminated
05Tre små pønkere "Vibira"Super finalist
06Ivan Neeraas"Drømmedama"Eliminated
07Kristin Aspelund"Katt og mus"Eliminated
08The Real Five"Kolbotn"Eliminated
09Martin Henriksen and Johannes Zimmer"Når vi blir berømt"Super finalist

Super Final

Here's the results from the superfinal. Highlighted contestants went to MGP Nordic 2007.

No. Artist Song Position Votes
01Celine Helgemo"Bæstevænna"116,877
02Føniks"Den fineste"411,572
03Tre små pønkere "Vibira"313,510
04Martin Henriksen and Johannes Zimmer"Når vi blir berømt"214,267

Interval Acts

During the interval, Venke Knutson performed her song "Holiday".