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Lilla Melodifestivalen
Also known asMGP Junior
GenreMusic competition
Created bySVT
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons11
Original release
NetworkSVT
Release14 April 2002 (2002-04-14) –
6 June 2014 (2014-06-06)

Lilla Melodifestivalen (known as MGP Junior in 2002) was a Swedish televised song competition for children aged 8 to 15, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT). The competing songs were primarily in Swedish and written by the participants themselves.

History

In 2002 and again from 2006 to 2009, it was used to select the entry to represent Sweden in Melodi Grand Prix Nordic, a song contest between Scandinavian countries. Between 2003–2005 and 2012–2014, the winners participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) instead, a similar competition with countries across Europe. In 2006, SVT withdrew from JESC along with Denmark and Norway and revived MGP Nordic.

In 2010, SVT returned to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, although the entrant was selected internally. Lilla Melodifestivalen returned in 2012, with the winner being decided by only a jury. In 2015, Lilla Melodifestivalen was cancelled to focus on a new singing contest called Supershowen  [sv]. If Sweden were return to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the future, they would use a new selection format to replace Lilla Melodifestivalen, as Supershowen runs from October to November.[dubious – discuss]

Shortly after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, SVT and Norway's broadcaster NRK revealed that delegations were sent to that year's host city Paris to watch how much the contest evolved.[1] As of 2023, SVT has yet to return to Junior Eurovision, regardless of selection process.

Editions

Year Date Venue Presenter(s) Winning artist(s) Winning song Other contests
2002 14 April 2002 SVT Headquarters Josefine Sundström and Henry Chu Sofie Larsson "Superduperkillen" MGP Nordic 2002
2003 4 October 2003 Victoria Dyring The Honeypies "Stoppa mig!" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
2004 9 October 2004 Magnus Carlsson and Mela Tesfazion Limelights "Varför jag?" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
2005 7 October 2005 Nanne Grönvall and Shan Atci M+ "Gränslös kärlek" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
2006 6 October 2006 Anna Book and Kitty Jutbring Benjamin Wahlgren "Hej, Sofia!" MGP Nordic 2006
2007 5 October 2007 Josefine Sundström and Måns Zelmerlöw Sk8 "Min största första kärlek" MGP Nordic 2007
2008 4 October 2008 Nassim Al Fakir Linn Eriksson "En sång från hjärtat" MGP Nordic 2008
2009 2 October 2009 Ola Lindholm Ulrik Munther "En vanlig dag" MGP Nordic 2009
2012 6 June 2012 Gröna Lund Molly Sandén and Kim Ohlsson Lova Sönnerbo "Mitt mod" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
2013 6 June 2013 Behrang Miri and Kim Ohlsson Elias Elffors Elfström "Det är dit vi ska" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
2014 6 June 2014 Kim Ohlsson Julia Kedhammar "Du är inte ensam" Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

See also

References

  1. ^ Herbert, Emily (21 December 2021). "Junior Eurovision: NRK Sent A Delegation To Paris, Possible Return in 2022?". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.


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