In the heart of the Eurovision selection season, Super Saturdays emerge with nights charged by new entries. Estonia, Italy and Lithuania will join the Basel lineup alongside Norway to bring the total number of competitors to 16. Norway’s national broadcaster NRK will be premiering the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix, which is the show that determines their song. Similarly to Eurovision, establish acts go head-to-head against newcomers. Seasoned musicians are scored the same way as debut acts, and the Norwegian public’s vote paired with a professional jury must decide in the heat of the moment who gets the ticket.
This year, the song will be selected by a combination of the public vote, accounting for 60%, and the vote of the international jury, who claims 40%. Hosts Marte Stokstad, Markus Neby, and Tete Lidbom will reveal who represents Norway after only one single show, which is a stark break from viewers’ multi-heat long showcase that reveals the competing numbers over the course of several nights. With a more compact schedule to run this national final, one would definitely be hopeful that there would be quality well delivered. One night means one chance to impress. It’s just about winning in Norway, it’s about winning Eurovision, at the end of the day!
The running order of the acts and their competing songs has been released. Performing on 15 February:
- Tone Damli — “Last Song”
- Sondrey — “Vagabond”
- Nora Jabri — “Sulale”
- Wig Wam — “Human Fire”
- LLL — “Parasite”
- Kyle Alessandro — “Lighter”
- Nataleen — “The Game”
- Ladybug — “Hot as Hell in Paradise”
- Bobbysocks — “Joyful”
Those familiar with Eurovision history will remember the closing act, Bobbysocks, who will have won Eurovision 40 years ago. On top of that, they marked the first Eurovision win ever claimed by Norway, performing the brassy schlager pop song “La det swinge”.
The 2005 Norwegian Eurovision representatives Wig Wam take the stage in spot 4, 20 years after they came to Kyiv with 9th place scoring entry, “In My Dreams”.
I find this a good time to highlight an interesting trend that’s only become noticeable this year: two years in a row now, Norway will technically be able to claim two acts at Eurovision. Last year, Marcus&Martinus made the long voyage to Malmö in Sweden to compete on behalf of the host nation with their song “Unforgettable”. Emmy competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2021, and came to Ireland in 2025 to win Eurosong with “Laika Party”. Both of these Norwegian transplant entries are are beepy, theme-parky pop songs.
As a longtime viewer of this piece of television, I do have to say Norway does generate a decent-to-exquisite lineup. Who are your favorites to win in Norway? Do you think they have what it takes to give the country its fourth win? Let us know!