Lighter (Kyle Alessandro song)

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Melodi Grand Prix 2025

Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP), the format used by NRK to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo. [6]

On 16 January 2025, Alessandro was announced as one of the contestants of the Melodi Grand Prix 2025 with the song "Lighter". [7] The song won the competition, earning the right to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland in May. [8] [9]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. [10] During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Norway was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the second half of the show. [11]

Charts

"Lighter"
Kyle Alessandro - Lighter cover art.jpg
Single by Kyle Alessandro
Released24 January 2025
Genre Pop
Length2:55
Label Warner Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kyle Alessandro
  • Adam Woods
Kyle Alessandro singles chronology
"Pulse"
(2024)		"Lighter"
(2025)
Music video
"Lighter" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Lighter"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista) [12] 11

References

  1. ↑ Stein Østbø (2025-02-14). "MGP-Kyle: Synger for sin kreftfrie mamma". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  2. ↑ Jon Marius Hyttebakk (2025-01-16). "MGP 2025: Disse artistene skal være med". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Lighter (Acoustic Version) - Single – Album by Kyle Alessandro". Apple Music . Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Stein Østbø; Nora Viskjer; Bastian Lunde Hivtmyhr (2025-02-15). "MGP-finalen: Kyle Alessandro vant". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  5. ↑ Ralf Lofstad (2025-02-15). "Vi anmeldte MGP låt for låt". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  6. ↑ Pettersen, Mandy (2024-11-20). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Tilbake til Oslo Spektrum". ESC Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ↑ Camilla Sand (2025-01-16). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Artistene som skal delta". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  8. ↑ "Kyle Alessandro will be singing for Norway in Basel". eurovision.tv. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  9. ↑ Svelstad, Oda Elise; Eliassen, Heather Ørbeck (15 February 2025). "Kyle Alessandro er vinneren av Melodi Grand Prix 2025" [Kyle Alessandro is the winner of Melodi Grand Prix 2025] (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK . Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Basel will host Eurovision Song Contest 2025". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
  11. ↑ "Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final Draw Results". Eurovision.tv (Press release). European Broadcasting Union. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  12. ↑ "Singel 2025 uke 8". VG-lista . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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