Ten songs competed during the final on 27 February 2016. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the Gold Final: "Afterglow" performed by Laila Samuels, "Anna Lee" performed by Suite 16, "Icebreaker" performed by Agnete and "Feel Da Rush" performed by Freddy Kalas. In the Gold Final, the results of the public televote were revealed by Norway's five regions and led to the victory of "Icebreaker" performed by Agnete with 166,728 votes. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured performances of several past Norwegian Eurovision entries: Kate Gulbrandsen performed the 1987 entry "Mitt liv", Mørland and Debrah Scarlett performed the 2015 entry "A Monster Like Me", host Silya Nymoen covered Nora Brockstedt's 1960 entry "Voi Voi" and Åse Kleveland performed the 1966 entry "Intet er nytt under solen". Also, 2004 Norwegian entrant Knut Anders Sørum and Reidun Sæther covered Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan's 1982 Eurovision entry "Adieu", Teigen's 1978 Eurovision entry "Mil etter mil" and Teigen's 1989 Melodi Grand Prix entry "Optimist", while Teigen himself performed his 1976 Melodi Grand Prix entry "Voodoo".