Norway has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...

 three times, and was the host of the 2004 Contest

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...

, where it was held in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

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Norway's best result in the contest came in 2005

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep and...

, when Malin Reitan

Malin Reitan

Malin is a Norwegian singer. She finished 3rd in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with her song Sommer og skolefri. She is also a recording artist with two released albums. She sings in her regional dialect.-Biography:Malin's career as a singer started when she was nine years old...

 came third for Norway with the song "Sommer og skolefri". NRK decided to withdraw from the contest, along with Sweden

Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden has participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 7 times since its inception in 2003. Two broadcasters have been responsible for Sweden's entries at Junior Eurovision - from 2003 to 2005 Sveriges Television was responsible, before withdrawing with other Nordic broadcasters...

's SVT

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

 and Denmark

Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark had competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times. The Danish broadcaster DR hosted the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, having developed the contest's predecessor MGP Nordic....

's DR to continue with the Scandinavian contest due to a rule change that allowed professional kids to participate. MGP Nordic

MGP Nordic

MGP Nordic is a Scandinavian song contest for children aged 8 to 15, organized by DR, NRK, SVT and YLE through FST5...

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Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Place	Points
2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark...	2U	"Sinnsykt gal forelsket"	13	18
2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...	@lek	"En stjerne skal jeg bli"	13	12
2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a joint effort by the national broadcasters Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep and...	Malin Reitan Malin Reitan Malin is a Norwegian singer. She finished 3rd in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with her song Sommer og skolefri. She is also a recording artist with two released albums. She sings in her regional dialect.-Biography:Malin's career as a singer started when she was nine years old...	"Sommer og skolefri"	3	123

Voting history

Norway gave the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1		32
2		25
3		20
=		20
4		14
5		12

Norway has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1		22
2		21
3		13
4		11
5		10
=		10

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter(s)
2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...	Lillehammer Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...	Håkons Hall	Nadia Hasnaoui Nadia Hasnaoui Nadia Hasnaoui is a Norwegian television presenter.Hasnaoui was born in Morocco to a Norwegian mother and Moroccan father. When she was four years old her parents divorced and she moved to Norway with her mother. In Oslo she attended a strict Catholic French kindergarten and then later a French...  and Stian Barsnes Simonsen Stian Barsnes Simonsen Stian Barsnes Simonsen is a Norwegian actor and television host of Amigo, Midt i smørøyet and Melodi Grand Prix.- As host :*De ukjente *Gullruten...