MGP Nordic

MGP Nordic (Melodi Grand Prix Nordic) was a Scandinavian song contest for children aged 8 to 15, organized by DR, NRK, SVT and Yle through Yle Fem. It originated as a 2000 spin-off of Denmark's Eurovision Song Contest national final known as De unges Melodi Grand Prix, but expanded to become MGP Nordic in 2002 with the addition of Norway and Sweden. The competing entries were sung primarily in the official or co-official languages of the corresponding countries and written solely by the participants.

MGP Nordic
Also known as	Melodi Grand Prix Nordic
Genre	Music competition
Created by	DR
Country of origin	Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
No. of seasons	5
Production
Running time	Various
Original release
Network	DR, NRK, SVT (2002–2009) Yle Fem (2007–2009)
Release	27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) – 28 November 2009 (2009-11-28)
Related
De unges Melodi Grand Prix Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Junior Eurovision Song Contest

History

MGP Nordic was put on hiatus in 2003 when the European Broadcasting Union began to organize the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, a pan-European expansion of the concept. Regional finalists were sent to the new competition instead of MGP Nordic until 2006, when the countries jointly pulled out of the contest due to concerns over the ethical treatment of competitors.^[1] As a result, MGP Nordic was revived in 2006,^[2] with the new addition of Finland to the competition a year later.^[3]

In 2010, the contest was supposed to have taken place in Oslo, Norway, but it was cancelled due to Denmark pulling out in order to revise the participant requirements for DR's participation in the contest.^[4] SVT has since begun competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest again for Sweden, returning in 2010. As a result, MGP Nordic was cancelled and has not returned since.

National selections

Country	Competition	Language	Broadcaster	National final venue	Held
Denmark	De unges Melodi Grand Prix	Danish	DR	Various[a]	2000–2009, 2011–present
Finland	Melodi Grand Prix	Swedish	Yle Fem	Yle Headquarters	2007–2019
Norway	MGPjr	Norwegian/Sami	NRK	Oslo Spektrum	2002–2022
Sweden	Lilla Melodifestivalen[b]	Swedish	SVT	SVT Television Centre	2002–2009, 2012–2014

List of contests

Year	Winner	Artist	Song	Date	Presenter	Venue	Location
2002	Denmark	Razz	"Kickflipper"	27 April	Camilla Ottesen, Josefine Sundström, and Stian Barsnes	Forum Copenhagen	Copenhagen
2006		SEB	"Tro på os to"	25 November	Therese Merkel and Henrik Johnson [sv]	SVT Television Centre	Stockholm
2007	Norway	Celine Helgemo	"Bæstevænna"	24 November	Nadia Hasnaoui and Stian Barsnes	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo
2008		The BlackSheeps[5]	"Oro jaska beana"	29 November	Jakob Riising [da] and Signe Lindkvist [da]	Musikhuset Store Sal	Aarhus
2009	Sweden	Ulrik Munther[6]	"En vanlig dag"	28 November	Ola Lindholm	SVT Television Centre	Stockholm

Scoretable

Rank	Country	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Total
1	Denmark	2	2	1	0	5
2	Norway	2	0	2	1	5
3	Sweden	1	3	1	0	5
4	Finland	0	0	0	3	3

See also

• MGP Junior, Denmark's national MGP competition
• Melodi Grand Prix Junior, Norway's national MGP competition
• Lilla Melodifestivalen, Swedish national MGP competition
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest, a pan-European version of the concept