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, held in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer.

Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Norway
Participating broadcasterNorsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Participation summary
Appearances3
First appearance2003
Last appearance2005
Highest placement3rd: 2005
Host2004
Related articles
MGPjr
External links
Norway's page at JuniorEurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
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 as a protest against the excess pressure being put on the singers. Instead, the Scandinavian broadcasters revived MGP Nordic, previously held in 2002.[1] Norway has not participated in the contest since. NRK did, however, follow Junior Eurovision in 2019 despite non-participation. Shortly after the 2021 contest, NRK revealed that technical support was sent to Paris to see how much the contest evolved, raising questions about a possible return in 2022 after a 16-year break.[2] As of 2023, Norway has yet to make a return to the contest. In May 2023, the EBU talked about how they can work to remove pressure from Junior Eurovision for the first time since 2005 in hopes that the Nordic broadcasters, including NRK, would approve.[3] Later that year in October, the EBU launched a child safety and protection protocol that aims to remove pressure, in hopes of bringing back the Nordic countries in 2024 and beyond.[4]

Participation overview
Malin Reitan in Hasselt (2005)
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 "Sommer og skolefri" Norwegian 3 123

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.[5] 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 Benna Jimm
2004 Jonna Støme Ida Margrete Rinde Sunde
2005 Nadia Hasnaoui Karoline Wendelborg
2006–2023 No broadcast Did not participate

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

See also

References
  1. "Scandinavian JESC pull-out". ESCToday. 18 April 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  2. Herbert, Emily (21 December 2021). "Junior Eurovision: NRK Sent A Delegation To Paris, Possible Return in 2022?". Eurovoix.
  3. Granger, Anthony (10 May 2023). "Junior Eurovision 2023 Slogan Announced". Eurovoix.
  4. Mancheño, José Miguel (3 October 2023). "La UER pondrá en marcha un nuevo protocolo de protección a la infancia en Eurovisión Junior" [The EBU will launch a new child protection protocol at Junior Eurovision]. ESCplus España (in Spanish).
  5. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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