Went away with the victory in the children’s own Melodi Grand Prix.
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The 13-year-old from Røyken performed the song “Tusen tanker”, and became the most popular contribution.
– Thank you very much! I have almost no words, the winner said on TV when the victory was a fact.
– I’m having a great time, could not have been better, he says to VG.
– I did not know how far I could get, but it’s sick how far I have come, says William, who says that he will celebrate the victory by having fun with the family and the other finalists.
Already experienced
The MGPjr winner has according to NRK focused properly on singing since 2018, when he participated in the musical «Annie» at Art Musical and Ballet School. He goes on a musical company, takes singing lessons and dances hip hop, jazz, classical and step.
The 13-year-old also has stage experience from «The Royal Pirate Theater» in Dyreparken in Kristiansand, and from the musical «Chess» Folketeateret in Oslo.
–The town of Frekhaug in Alver municipality a little north of Bergen was heavily represented in tonight’s final sprint.
Two duos from there became super finalists together with the winner: the sibling couple Lisa and Tobias, with the song “Akkurat passe” – and Elend and Liam, who make music together in a garage, had contributed “Parasite”.
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–According to NRK, more than a thousand contributions were received to MGPjr this year.
25 went on to audition, from there tonight’s ten finalists were selected.
This year is 20 years since the first MGPjr competition took place.
At that time, in 2002, the first winners were Two Little Guys – a duo that included the later high-profile comedian Nicolay Ramm.
Ten years later, the victory went to the biggest pop stars the program has generated to date: Marcus & Martinus, who greeted tonight’s participants in a video greeting where they said they were in Stockholm.
A number of previous winners were present at Telenor Arena on Saturday night.
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