Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010

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Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010
Date and venue
Final
  • 4 September 2010
Venue Oslo Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
Organisation
Broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries10
Vote
Voting systemTelevoting, the winner is the one with most votes
Winning song"Svikter aldri igjen" by Torstein Snekvik
2009  Melodi Grand Prix Junior  2011

The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010 was Norway's ninth national Melodi Grand Prix Junior for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held in Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway and broadcast live Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).

Contents

The winner was Torstein Snekvik with the song "Svikter aldri igjen" [1] (Norwegian for Never fails again). The trophy that was handed to him by 2009's winner Jørgen Dahl Moe. Presenters were Kåre Magnus Bergh and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave. AF1, Didrik Solli-Tangen and Tine Thing Helseth performed during the competition breaks.

After singing his winning song, Torstein and the three other super finalists joined in to sing "Du er suveren" (translated as You are sovereign), written by Ronny Wikmark and Skjalg Raaen. [2] "Du er suveren" was the joint song recorded by all the ten finalists in MGPjr 2010 [3]

The album Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010 containing the songs of the finals and "Du er suveren"reached No. 1 on the VG-lista Norwegian Albums Chart on weeks 37 and 39 of 2010 staying at the top of the charts for 2 weeks.

Finalists

There were 10 finalists, that included 8 solo artists and two bands singing a variety of songs including ballads, pop and rap.

Results

First round

No.ArtistSongResult
01 Alexandra Rotan "Det vi vil"Super finalist
02Murphy's Law"Åbbår"Super finalist
03Julie Engelsviken"Berømt"Super finalist
04Sara Jørundland Berg"Utfordring"Eliminated
05Emilie Lilleås Christoffersen"Hvorfor skal det være sånn?"Eliminated
06Arbaz Farooq"Dans jente, dans"Eliminated
07Maria Rullestad Teigen"På grunn av deg"Eliminated
08Basic Warning"Kom til oss"Eliminated
09Torstein Snekvik"Svikter aldri igjen"Super finalist
10Johanna Knudsen"Følg din drøm"Eliminated

Super Final

The exact number of public votes was unknown. Only the winner was announced.

No.ArtistSongPosition
01 Alexandra Rotan "Det vi vil"Unknown
02Murphy's Law"Åbbår"Unknown
03Julie Engelsviken"Berømt"Unknown
04Torstein Snekvik"Svikter aldri igjen"1

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