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

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, Oslo,

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with a live broadcast of an hour and 15 minutes presented by Stian Barsnes-Simonsen and

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. 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,

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performed "In My Dreams" and

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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

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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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