Melodi Grand Prix 2018
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Melodi Grand Prix 2018 was the 56th edition of Melodi Grand Prix, Norway's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held on Saturday, 10 March 2018 in the Oslo Spektrum; which has hosted all the Norwegian finals since 2001.[1] The hosts were Kåre Magnus Bergh and Silya Nymoen, who also hosted the finals in 2015 and 2016, and the former also in 2017. Ten songs participated in the final, and like 2017, the winner was chosen by the viewers together with ten international jury groups. Alexander Rybak won the competition with his self-composed song "That's How You Write a Song".[2] Rybak also won both the Norwegian and international finals in 2009.[3] Rybak represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal in May 2018. There, the song finished as number 15 in the final.[4]
Melodi Grand Prix 2018 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 10 March 2018 |
Host | |
Venue | Oslo Spektrum, Oslo |
Host broadcaster | NRK |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 10 |
Vote | |
Winning song | "That's How You Write a Song" by Alexander Rybak |
2017 ← Melodi Grand Prix → 2019 |