The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2006 is Norway's fifth 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 singers ages 8 to 15 years old. It was held on April 21, 2006, 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. It was broadcast live for a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes. The hosts were

Stian Barsnes Simonsen Stian Barsnes-Simonsen (born 20 April 1979, in Bergen) is a Norwegian actor and television host of ''Amigo'', '' Midt i smørøyet'' and ''Melodi Grand Prix''. Filmography Television ;Presenter *''De ukjente'' (2009) *''Gullruten'' (2006) *''Me ...

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 ...

. A total of 10 children participated. The contest was won by 10-year-old Ole Runar Gillebo with his song ''Fotball e supert'' (Football is super). Ole won the public vote by a landslide and received the trophy from

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. ...

, who won the 2005 contest. As the winners of Norway's national competition, Ole, Sondre, and Drops went on to compete in

MGP Nordic 2006 The 2nd MGP Nordic was held in Stockholm, Sweden in November 2006. This was the first time in four years that MGP Nordic took place after Denmark, Swedish broadcaster SVT, and Norway pulled out of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that same ye ...

, with participants from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The album ''Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2006'' containing the songs of the finals reached No. 3 on the

VG-lista VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart. It is presented weekly in the newspaper '' VG''. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continents around the world. The data are collected by Nie ...

Norwegian Albums Chart on week 18 of 2006.

Results

First round

Super Final

Interval acts

The halftime acts included

Mira Craig Mira Scherdin Craig (born 31 July 1982) is a Norwegian R&B artist. Early life Craig's father is Ronaldo Craig an African American from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was born in 1982 in Oslo, and at the age of twelve, Craig performed the Whitney H ...

performing "Who Make You" and

performing "Sommer og skolefri".

External links

Official Website
*The ''Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2006'' sho
Part 1

Part 2
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Results

First round

Super Final

Interval acts

See also

External links