Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2008

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The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2008 was Norway's seventh national Melodi Grand Prix Junior for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on September 5, 2008 at the Oslo Spektrum, courtesy of NRK.

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Over 500 submitted proposals for participation to NRK. The BlackSheeps won with their song "Oro jaska, beana" and went on to represent Norway in MGP Nordic 2008 which they also won. [1]

Results

First round

No.ArtistSongResult
01The Battery"Tenke nå"Super finalist
02Amalie Grani"Min familie"Super finalist
03Erlend Arnesen"Hun ga drømmen en sjanse"Eliminated
04Vy-Vy Tran"På et annet sted"Eliminated
05Martinius Espeland"Bling Bling"Eliminated
06Road to Rock"Veien tilbake hjem"Eliminated
07Margrete Skretting "Maggie" Bergset"Du er bra nok"Eliminated
08CaroMilie"Vi liker å danse"Super finalist
09Kristian Møller Krystad"Feber"Eliminated
10 The BlackSheeps "Oro jaska, beana"Super finalist

Super Final

Here's the results from the superfinal. Highlighted contestants went to MGP Nordic 2008.

No.ArtistSongPositionVotes
01The Battery"Tenke nå"235,057
02Amalie Grani"Min familie"414,544
03CaroMilie"Vi liker å danse"325,670
04 The BlackSheeps "Oro jaska, beana"174,486

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