Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Norway has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times, and was the host of the 2004 Contest, where it was held in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer.

Norway
Member station	NRK
National selection events	Melodi Grand Prix Junior
Participation summary
Appearances	3
First appearance	2003
Last appearance	2005
Best result	3rd: 2005
Worst result	13th: 2003, 2004
External links
Norway's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Norway's best result in the contest came in 2005, when Malin Reitan came third for Norway with the song "Sommer og skolefri". In 2006, NRK decided to withdraw from the contest, along with Sweden's SVT and Denmark's DR due to a rule change that allowed professional kids to participate. Instead the Scandinavian broadcasters revived MGP Nordic, previously held in 2002.[1] Norway has not participated in the contest since. Should Norway return to Junior Eurovision however, TV2 would be eligible.

Participation

Table key

3	Third place

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2003	2U	"Sinnsykt gal forelsket"	Norwegian	13	18
2004	@lek	"En stjerne skal jeg bli"	Norwegian	13	12
2005	Malin Reitan	"Sommer og skolefri"	Norwegian	3	123

Photogallery

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  Malin Reitan in Hasselt (2005).

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[2] The Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Norwegian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Norway. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2003	Stian Barsnes-Simonsen	TBC
2004	Jonna Støme	Ida
2005	Nadia Hasnaoui	Karoline Wendelborg
2006–2020	No broadcast	Did not participate

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2004	Lillehammer	Håkons Hall	Nadia Hasnaoui and Stian Barsnes-Simonsen

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Norway in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Norway in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

References

1. "Scandinavian JESC pull-out". ESCToday. 18 April 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
2. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.