Kyle Alessandro will be singing for Norway in Basel

On Saturday 15 February we watched as 9 songs competed in Norway's Melodi Grand Prix - the country's long-running Eurovision pre-selection. 

After the performances, voting was opened and came courtesy of both an international jury (accounting for 40% of the score) and a public vote from Norwegian viewers watching at home (making up 60% of the final result).

In the end, both sources were on the same side, giving their top points to Lighter by Kyle Alessandro. Norway has its song for Basel 2025! 

Lighter won with a total score of 307 points. In second place was The Game (performed by Nataleen) on 190 points and in third position was Joyful (by Eurovision Song Contest 1985 winners Bobbysocks!) on 164 points.

Kyle Alessandro

18-year-old Kyle Alessandro returned to Melodi Grand Prix as a solo artist this time; In 2023, he had participated with the song Geronimo together with the group Umami Tsunami.

The young artist and music producer from Steinkjer in Trøndelag has been involved in music since he was little. As young as 10 years old, he impressed viewers in the TV 2 programme Norske Talenter. 

Kyle draws inspiration from a wide range of musical genres and cultures - from South America and Japan to Norwegian folk music, as well as instruments such as the langeleik and fiddle.

Kyle Alessandro has written and produced Lighter largely on his own, with help from artist, songwriter and producer Adam Woods. The song is inspired by Kyle Alessandro's mother, who has recently fought her way through cancer treatment and is now healthy. With the lyrics "I'll be my own lighter", Kyle expresses a mantra for finding hope and light, even in tough times in life.

Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest

Norway made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 thanks to Nora Brockstedt and her pop ditty Voi-Voi.

Success would prove elusive until 1985 when duo Bobbysocks! triumphed with their schlager anthem La Det Swinge (‘Let It Swing’) at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. 

A second victory arrived in 1995 when another twosome, Secret Garden, entranced the audience in Dublin’s Point Theatre with their mostly instrumental dream-pop track Nocturne.

Alexander Rybak delivered a record-breaking tally of points in 2009, as the violinist romped to a third Norwegian victory at the Contest in Moscow with his anthemic folk-inspired ballad Fairytale.

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