Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Norway will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Lighter", written by Kyle Alessandro and Adam Woods, and performed by Alessandro himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2025 contest, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-three times since its first entry in 1960. It had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden, and in 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final twelve times, more than any other country, including in 2024 with the song "Ulveham" performed by Gåte, and for having received nul points (zero points) four times, the latter being a record shared with Austria. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, it had finished in the top ten ten times.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. NRK confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 3 July 2024, announcing on 6 August that its representative would continue to be selected through the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which had selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of its participations.
Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP) and selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, hosted by Markus Neby [no], Marte Stokstad [no] and Tete Lidbom [no]. The show was televised on NRK1 and with sign language interpretation on NRK Tegnspråk as well as streamed online on NRK TV. The national final was watched by 832,000 viewers in Norway.
A submission period was opened by NRK between 6 August 2024 and 1 September 2024. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit a maximum of three songs, however, NRK encouraged entries to have at least one Norwegian songwriter. In addition to the public call for submissions, NRK directly invited certain artists and composers to compete, while songwriting camps (the earliest of which was held between 26 and 30 June 2024 in Rena) were held to create potential entries for the competition. Ten songs were selected from all of the received submissions by then-MGP project manager and music producer Stig Karlsen [no] by October 2024, however, two of the artists were later withdrawn from the competition: Angelina Jordan (due to the wildfires around Los Angeles where she is based) and Lavrans Svendsen. Sondrey [no] was subsequently selected as a replacement act. The nine competing acts and songs were revealed on 16 January 2025 during a press conference at NRK's Studio 1, presented by Marte Stokstad, Tete Lidbom and Markus Neby. Short clips of the competing entries were released during the press conference, while the songs in their entirety were premiered on 24 January.
Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Bobbysocks!, which won the contest for Norway in 1985, and Wig Wam which represented the country in 2005. The two members of Bobbysocks!, Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh, have also competed in the contest separately: Andreassen representing Sweden in 1982 (as a member of the group Chips), as well as representing Norway in 1994 (alongside Jan Werner Danielsen) and in 1996; and Krogh representing Norway in 1991 as a member of the group Just 4 Fun. Other past MGP participants included Kyle Alessandro, Nora Jabri, Tone Damli, and Sondrey.
Nine songs competed during the final on 15 February 2025. The winner, "Lighter" performed by Kyle Alessandro, was selected by a combination of a public vote (60%) and votes from ten international juries (40%). The viewers had a total of 645 points to award, while the juries had a total of 430 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: app and online voting. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 645 points rounded to the nearest integer: 65 points.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Gåte, who represented Norway in 2024, performing their Eurovision entry "Ulveham". Interval acts featured performances from host Markus Neby, as well as Gåte members Gunnhild Sundli and John Stenersen, former MGP competing artists Reidun Sæther [no] and Kim Wigaard [no], Marcus and Martinus (who represented Sweden in 2024), and Sissel Kyrkjebø as part of a tribute to Rolf Løvland, who won Eurovision 1995 as part of Secret Garden, and wrote four Norwegian Eurovision entries and two Eurovision winners for Norway: "La det swinge" (1985, Eurovision winning song performed by Bobbysocks); "Mitt liv" (1987, performed by Kate Gulbrandsen); "Duett" (1994, performed by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen); and "Nocturne" (1995, Eurovision winning song performed by Secret Garden)