| Melodi Grand Prix 2020 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 11 January 2020 |
| Semi-final 2 | 18 January 2020 |
| Semi-final 3 | 25 January 2020 |
| Semi-final 4 | 1 February 2020 |
| Semi-final 5 | 8 February 2020 |
| Final | 15 February 2020 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
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| Presenter(s) | |
| Host broadcaster | NRK |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 25 |
| Vote | |
| Winning song | "Attention" by Ulrikke Brandstorp |
Melodi Grand Prix 2020 was the 58th edition of the Norwegian music competition Melodi Grand Prix (MGP) and served as the country's preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The competition was organized by NRK between 11 January 2020 and 15 February 2020, and a total of 25 songs participated – the highest number in the history of the competition.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Norway's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest, five heats and a final were organised instead of a single final. Each region in Norway was assigned its own heat, in which four acts from that region competed for a spot in the final on 15 February 2020. In addition, five pre-qualified finalists had been selected by the broadcaster.[1][2] The heats were held in the H3 Arena in Fornebu, while the final took place in Trondheim Spektrum. This was the first time Trondheim hosted a Melodi Grand Prix final, and also the first time since 1989 that the final was not held in Oslo.[3]
Kåre Magnus Bergh hosted Melodi Grand Prix for the sixth time, while Ronny Brede Aase and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave debuted as presenters of the competition. In the final, the pre-qualified entry "Attention" by Ulrikke Brandstorp received the most votes and was selected to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, before it was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ "Norsk finale i februar, etter fem delfinaler" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ "escNorge avslører: Slik blir delfinalene i MGP" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ Thobroe, Grete (November 12, 2019). "Melodi Grand Prix-finalen arrangeres i Trondheim Spektrum i 2020". NRK.