Norway is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Ya Ya Ya", written by Jonas Lovv Hellesøy and Sondre Skaftun, and perfomed by Jonas Lovv himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), organised the national final 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2026 contest, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-four times since its first entry in 1960. It had won the contest on three occasions: in with the song "" performed by Bobbysocks!, in with the song "" performed by Secret Garden, and in with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having received (zero points) four times, the latter being a record shared with . The country had finished last eleven times and had failed to score a point during four contests. Following the introduction of semi-finals for , Norway has finished in the top ten ten times.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final ', which has selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of its participation. NRK confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest on 19 June 2025, and announced on 20 June the organization of 2026 in order to select its 2026 entry.
2026 was the 64th edition of the Norwegian national final ' (MGP), which selected Norway's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The show took place on 28 February 2026 at the HÃÂ¥kons Hall in Lillehammer, hosted by , and .
The competition consisted of two stages. The first stage was a radio selection titled ' ("MGP cup"), which took place between 20 and 26 January 2026 during the NRK P1 programme '. Eight songs competed over three rounds of duels and the winning entry qualified to the second stage, which was the final, on 28 February 2026, joining the eight pre-qualified finalists. The results of ' were determined exclusively by public online voting through NRK's official website nrk.no.
A submission period was opened by NRK between 20 June and 1 September 2025. Each song had to have at least one Norwegian songwriter, and each songwriter could submit a maximum of three songs. In addition to the public call for submissions, NRK directly invited certain artists and composers to submit songs. At the close of the deadline, approximately 1,500 submissions were received. A total of 16 songs were selected for the competition by the newly assigned MGP music producer Tarjei Strøm: eight songs for and an additional eight songs that qualified directly for the final. The directly qualified competing acts and songs were revealed on 19 January 2026 during a press conference at NRK's studio 1, presented by Ronny Brede Aase, Marte Stokstad and Markus Neby, while the acts competing in ' were revealed on 20 January 2026. Due to 's participation in Eurovision amidst the Gaza war, Ylvis withdrew prior to the announcement of the participants despite having been selected to compete. Among the competing artists were Alexander Rybak, who won the for and represented the country again , and Emmy, who represented .
' took place between 20 and 26 January 2026 and consisted of three rounds of public voting. The first round featured four daily duels between 20 and 24 January 2026 and the winners of the duels proceeded to the second round. The second round featured two daily duels on 24 and 25 January 2026 and the winners of each duel proceeded to the last round on 26 January 2026, where the winner will proceed to the final.
On 25 January 2026, Sander Silva and Victorjus announced their withdrawal from the competition, also citing Israel's participation in Eurovision amidst the Gaza war as the reason.
Eight pre-qualified entries and the winner of ' competed in the final, held on 28 February 2026.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Norway was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.