Skrellex and Raylee will compete in the final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2026 radio duels tomorrow.
Skrellex won the first Semi-Final Duel of Melodi Grand Prix 2026, beating Gothminister ft. Thomas Jenssen, as a result, they progressed to the final duel on Monday. A second Semi-Final had been due to be held today between Sander Silva & Victorjus with “Fritt fall” (Free fall) and Raylee with “Where did you friend go”. However, Sander Silva & Victorjus withdrew from the competition, meaning Raylee has automatically made it through to the final round.
Skrellex and Raylee will compete in one final round of voting on Monday, with the winner of the final duel going through to compete in the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2026.
As explained by the Norwegian broadcaster NRK, eight finalists out of nine for Melodi Grand Prix 2026 have already been chosen. The last finalist will be decided through a radio duel between eight artists on Nitimen, where the audience will vote for their favourite. All of the finalists’ songs will also be released on that date.
The confirmed Melodi Grand Prix 2026 line-up is as follows:
Storm – “Lullaby”
Alexander Rybak – “Rise”
Emma – “Northern Lights”
Hedda Mae – “Snap Back”
Jonas Lovv – “Ya Ya Ya”
Leonardo Amor – “Prayer”
Mileo – “Frankenstein”
Silke – “Forevermore”
Image Source: NRK
Among this year’s line-up is Alexander Rybak, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with “Fairytale”. He then represented Norway again in 2018 with “That’s how you write a song”.
Melodi Grand Prix 2026 will take place on February 28 in the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, which hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Ronny Brede Aase, Marte Stokstad and Markus Neby will be the presenters of Melodi Grand Prix 2026.
Kyle Alessandro represented Norway at Eurovision 2025 with “Lighter”. He finished 18th in the final, scoring 89 points. Norway was 23rd with the jury, receiving 22 points, and 12th with the public, receiving 67 points.
Source: NRK
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest+
Norway debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 and have won the contest three times – in 1985, 1995 and 2009. The country has the dubious record of finishing last the most times, twelve in total, and have received nul points four times. Norway last won the contest in 2009 when Alexander Rybak broke all records with his song “Fairytale”. He scored 387 points in the final, receiving 16 sets of 12 points and scoring points from every country.