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Melodi Grand Prix 2006

Melodi Grand Prix 2006 is the television show organised by Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Swedish dominance
This year, NRK received 586 compositions, one of the highest numbers ever. However, the foreign songs exceed 60% of this total, coming mainly from Swedish composers. And as a result, 13 out of the 18 semi final entries are written by Swedes and two of them by Danes. However, the top two songs at MGP 2006 were written by Norwegians. ==A new concept==
A new concept
The three initial semi finals were held in three different Norwegian cities, based on the successful formula that has been used in the Swedish Melodifestivalen since 2002. That is to say, the semi-final concept in Norway is new of the year. NRK has decided that those cities which were awarded with the concept this year, will have the right to host one semi final each for the next three years. ==Semi-finals==
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 Semi-final 3 Siste Sjansen round ==Final==
Final
• A total of 264,693 televotes were counted in the super final. • Both the top two songs in the super final were composed by Norwegians, despite NRK having only selected five songs with Norwegian composers out of the initial 18 semi final entries. Spokespersons • Northern Norway: Nina Birgitte Einem • Central Norway: Kristin Haug • Southern Norway: Knut Knudsen Eigenland • Eastern Norway: Jonas Brønna • Western Norway: Øyver Bakke ==External links==
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