The winner was the duo Marcus & Martinus with the song "To dråper vann"[2] (English: "Two Drops of Water"). The song proved to be a hit and was included on their debut album Hei.
The album Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2012 containing the songs of the finals reached No. 2 on the VG-lista Norwegian Albums Chart on weeks 36 of 2012 staying at No. 2 for just one week.
NRK released all the participating songs on the compilation album Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2012. The album spent 21 weeks on the Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart, reaching number two as the album's highest chart position.[3]
Broadcast
NRK received 513 songs in an open competition and a jury selected ten of them for the final at Oslo Spektrum on Saturday, September 1, 2012. Margrethe Røed and Tooji were the hosts. The participants included one group, two sibling duos and seven solo artists.[4]
First, the ten finalists performed their songs, and television viewers voted four of them to the super final. The four super finalist songs were performed again, before the viewers voted again. Former Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005 participant Lido performed during the interval before the winner was announced.
The winner was chosen by television viewers, and voting was only possible via SMS or on the MGPjr website. Only the winner was announced, the rest of the songs remained unplaced. The winners were ten-year-old twin brothers Marcus & Martinus from Trofors.[5][6]
Results
First round
No.
Artist
Full name
Song
Result
1
Mina
Mina Nystad
"Mas"
Eliminated
2
Berge
Berge Ohm
"På vent"
Super finalist
3
Julie
Julie Stokke
"Bare vær dæ sjøl"
Eliminated
4
Sebastian
Sebastian Eikeland
"Hekta"
Eliminated
5
Beat Track
Felix Øverli, Jon Erlend Nordby and Jenny Marie Haugland