The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005 was Norway's fourth national
Melodi Grand Prix Junior
Melodi Grand Prix Junior, also spelled as MGPjr, is a Norwegian television song competition for aspiring singers between the ages of 8 and 15. The competing songs are written by the participants themselves and are sung primarily in Norwegian, and ...
for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on May 28, 2005, in
Oslo Spektrum
Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in east central Oslo, Norway that opened in December 1990. It is currently owned and operated by Norges Varemesse. Oslo Spektrum is primarily known for hosting major events such as the annual ...
, Oslo,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
with a live broadcast of an hour and 15 minutes presented by
Stian Barsnes-Simonsen and
Nadia Hasnaoui
Nadia Hasnaoui ( ar, نادية حسناوي; born 10 June 1963) is a Moroccan-born Norwegian television presenter.
Biography
Hasnaoui was born in Morocco to a Norwegian mother and Moroccan father. Her maternal grandfather was Nobel Prize–winn ...
. 10 participants competed, The contest was won by 9-year-old
Malin Reitan
Malin (born Malin Reitan; 8 August 1995 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian singer. She finished 3rd in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with her song "''Sommer og skolefri''". She is also a recording artist with several released albums. ...
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
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performed "In My Dreams" and
Jorun Stiansen
Jorun Stiansen (born 20 January 1984 in Colombia) is a Norwegian pop singer and artist. She won the ''Idol'' version of ''Pop Idol'' in 2005.Idol
in ...
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
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Norwegian Albums Chart on week 23 of 2005 staying at the top of the charts for 1 week.
Results
First round
Super Final
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Melodi Grand Prix Junior
Music festivals in Norway
Events in Oslo
2005 in Norwegian music