Two winners were crowned in Kautokeino as the Sámi Grand Prix 2026 celebrated both traditional and contemporary Sámi music. The winners of the 2026 Sámi Grand Prix have been revealed, with Ánte Niillas Bongo and ELLINOR taking top honours in their respective categories.
Two Winners Crowned
The 36th edition of the Sámi Grand Prix took place in Kautokeino, Norway, featuring a total of 12 acts competing across two categories: song and joik. ELLINOR won the song contest with “Du Dušši” and Ánte Niillas Bongo won the joik contest with “Nášša álddut”.
The results were decided through a combination of jury and public voting, with audiences voting across Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Songs Category
| Running Order | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Result |
| 1 | Sofia Mienna & OK NIKO | “Gos don leat?” | 26 | 30 | 56 | 3rd |
| 2 | Han Helge & Han Håkon | “Ingen andre” | 3 | 38 | 41 | 5th |
| 3 | Caroline J Kuhmunen | “Dorvobáiki” | 31 | 26 | 57 | 2nd |
| 4 | Alo Joks | “Mun lean” | 9 | 20 | 29 | 6th |
| 5 | Kalle Urheim | “Duottara bárnne / Tundra’s Son” | 20 | 24 | 44 | 4th |
| 6 | ELLINOR | “Du Dušši” | 25 | 33 | 58 | 1st |
Joik Category
| Running Order | Artist | Joik | Jury | Televote | Points | Result |
| 1 | Iŋgor Nila | “Mari-Ann” | 20 | 24 | 44 | 3rd |
| 2 | Sárá Nilut | “Ayla Gáren Audhild” | 27 | 44 | 71 | 2nd |
| 3 | Ánte Niillas Bongo | “Nášša álddut” | 36 | 36 | 72 | 1st |
| 4 | Lars-Ánte Kuhmunen | “Nils Issát” | 11 | 31 | 42 | 4th |
| 5 | Per Bueng | “Liv Slotte” | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6th |
| 6 | Biret Risten Sara & Rávná Anti Guttorm | “Heajat” | 15 | 19 | 34 | 5th |
Listen to the winners
Song Category: ELLINOR- “Du Dušši” – Live performance available on NRK’s website
Joik Category: Ánte Niillas Bongo – “Nášša álddožiid” – Live performance available on NRK Website
What is Sámi Grand Prix?
Created in 1990 as part of the Sámi Easter Festival, Sámi Grand Prix is a music competition consisting of two parts, a modern song competition, comparable to Eurovision and its companion national selection shows, as well a joik competition, each with six competitors. That means we’ll have two winners, a winning song and a winning joik.
Both sections are decided on by a mix of an expert jury and a televote in a 50/50 split. All of the songs must be performed at least partially in one of the Sámi languages we went through earlier, and the usual rules you know and love of not releasing your song before the official release apply here too.
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News Source – Sámi Grand Prix
Photo Credit – Mads Suhr Pettersen/Sámi beassášmárkanat
Rory Gannon 
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