Norway: With Kyle Alessandro and Lighter in Eurovision 2025!
Tonight the 2025 edition of the Melodi Grand Prix came to its end determining the representative of the Scandinavian kingdom at the upcoming 2025 Eurovision Song Contest which is going to take place in Basel, Switzerland in May. The show took place in Oslo Spektrum, at the capital city of Norway, Oslo.
The hosts of tonigh’s show were Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom, and Markus Neby.
The show was opened by Gåte who represented Norway last year in Eurovision 2024 with their song “Ulveham”.
Comienza la final noruega con esta espectacular actuación de apertura de la banda Gåte con el tema con el que representaron a Noruega el año pasado «Ulveham». Además hemos podido ver desfilar a los 9 candidatos a ganar en la edición de este año #MGP2025 pic.twitter.com/damricWVWv
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9 acts competed for the golden ticket that leads to Basel, Switzerland. The artists competed tonights as per below order:
- Tone Damli – “Last Song”
- Sondrey – “Vagabong”
- Nora Jabri – “Sulale”
- Wig Wam – “Human Fire”
- LLL – “Parasite”
- Kyle Alessandro – “Lighter”
- Nataleen – “The Game”
- Ladybug – “Hot as Hell in Paradise”
- Bobbysocks – “Joyfull”
The competitive part was opened by Tone Damli. She performed her entry “Last Song”. Pop vibes on stage. Pink, blue and red lights all over the stage. There were also pyro effects.
The second entry of the night was Sondrey. He performed his entry “Vagabong”. A very modern staging. His performance is probably influenced by the world famous Canadian artist The Weeknd. Light and dark blue lights is the main element on the stage.
Next in line was Nora Jabri. She performed her entry “Sulale”. She is on the top of a prop in the shape of stairs. A mixture of modern sounds with some middle eastern ones. I’m not sure how is this related to Norway, or if the Norwegians have the urge to vote for it.
The fourth act were Wig Wam, known to the eurofans for representing Norway in Eurovision 2005, finishing in the 9th place. They performed their entry “Human Fire”. A purely and powerful rock performance with a lot of fire. Vocally were great.
The fifth entry were LLL. The girl group performed their entry “Parasite”. A very electronic performance. Green lights all over the stage.
The show continued with Kyle Alessandro. He performed his entry “Lighter”. He is dressed like a knight and brings a middle ages atmosphere on the stage. Fire and lava are the main elements of the performance.
Next on stage was Nataleen. She performed her entry “The Game”. She is in the middle of a treadmill. A very dynamic performance with the addition of fires.
Second to last act was Ladybug. She performed her entry “Hot as Hell in Paradise”. Pink and blue colours and lightnings on stage. She is surrounded by acrobats.
And the last act of MGP 2025 were the legendary Bobbysocks, who achieved the very first victory for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with “La det swinge”. 30 years later they want to return to Eurovision with the song “Joyfull” bringing the ’80s vibes on the stage of MGP.
The voting process remained the same as in previous years and took place online or via mobile. In addition to the public vote, points were awarded by an international jury. The public votes carried a 60% weight, while the jury votes accounted for 40%.
Results
The votes of the international jury were announced and afterwards the televoting points were added up. The international jury was composed by Denmark, Georgia, Luxembourg, Finland, Iceland, Croatia, Australia, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
After the votes of the jury, the first part of the voting process was as per below.
With the aggregation of the votes from the jury and the televoting, the overal result was as per below.
- Kyle Alessandro “Lighter” 307
- Nataleen “The Game” 190
- Bobbysocks “Joyful” 164
- Wig Wam “Human Fire” 93
- Tone Damli “Last Song” 87
- Nora Jabri “Sulale” 74
- Sondrey “Vagabond” 55
- LLL “Parasite” 54
- Ladybug “Hot as Hell in Paradise” 51
Therefore, the winner of Melodi Grand Prix 2025, and the representative of Norway at Eurovision 2025 is Kyle Alessandro with the song Lighter.
Norway was allocated in the second half of the first semi-final which is scheduled on 13th of May. Do you think that Norway will achieve a better placement than last year’s last place in Eurovision 2024 final ? Let us know in the comments below!
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