Good evening Europe, this is Lillehammer calling! We are travelling to the Scandinavian shores tonight, namely to Norway for the Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2026.
Norway is working from strength to strength in order to showcase an extraordinary and entertaining national final.
How to watch?
You can watch the Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2026 at 19:45 CET via the following channels:
- NRK 1
- NRK 1 webstream
- NRK webstream
About the Show
A total of 9 acts will be competing during tonight’s show. The winner will represent Norway at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
The show will be hosted by Ronny Brede Aase, Marte Stokstad and Markus Neby. MGP 2026 will be held at the Hakons Hall in Lillehammer, Norway. We have a former Norwegian Eurovision winner vying to return to Eurovision for the 3rd time: Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009/winner).
The 2026 Norwegian Eurovision act and entry will be determined via a combined international jury (40%) and public voting (60%) deliberation.
Participants
- Alexander Rybak – «Rise»
- Emma – «Northern Lights»
- Hedda Mae – «Snap Back»
- Jonas Lovv – «Ya Ya Ya»
- Leonardo Amor – «Prayer»
- Mileo – «Frankenstein»
- Silke – «Forevermore»
- Storm – «Lullaby»
- Skrellex – «Into The Wild»
Norway in Eurovision
Norway debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 and has won the competition thrice: 1985 (Bobbysocks), 1995 (Secret Garden) and 2009 (Alexander Rybak).
The Nordic country has successfully hosted the competition thrice, once in Bergen and twice in Oslo and has partaken in Europe’s favorite television show 63 times.
Kyle Alessandro represented Norway at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with his epic entry ‘Lighter’.
