Over the week, the winners of the 2009 esctoday.com national final awards were revealed. The awards were given out in 13 different categories and now it is time for an overview with all recipents.

BEST SONG

• Andreas Lundstedt, Therese Merkel, Lina Hedlund, Anders Hansson & Mårten Sandén for Stay the night (Sweden)

BEST PERFORMANCE

• Aleksandar Belov (FYR Macedonia)

BEST BALLAD

• Tony Sanchez Ohlsson, Thomas G:son & Andreas Rickstrand for Nada es comparable a ti (Spain)

BEST MID TEMPO SONG

• David Eriksen, Tone Damli Aaberge and Mats Lie Skåre for Butterflies (Norway)

BEST UP TEMPO SONG

• Andreas Lundstedt, Therese Merkel, Lina Hedlund, Anders Hansson & Mårten Sandén for Stay the night (Sweden)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

• Sarah Dawn Finer (Sweden)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

• Aleksandar Belov (FYR Macedonia)

BEST DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

• Alcazar (Sweden)

BEST ACT ELIMINATED IN A SEMI FINAL, QUARTER FINAL OR HEAT

• Surferosa with U look good (Norway)

BEST NATIONAL FINAL

• SVT (Sweden)

BEST STAGING AND PRESENTATION

• SVT/Petra Mede (Sweden)

BEST WEBCAST

• NRK (Norway)

BEST VOTING SYSTEM

• SVT (Sweden)

National Final Awards 2010

In 2010, the esctoday.com National Final Awards will be held between the ending of the national finals season and the Eurovision Song Contest weeks. The first round of nominations will already take place during the national finals season.

esctoday.com Awards 2009

Now that the National Final Awards have been held, it is time for the esctoday.com awards, where the songs and performances that competed in Moscow will be honoured. The nominations will begin tomorrow and the voting will kick off next Sunday, 29th November. The announcement of the winners will start on Christmas Eve, 24th December, like it was done over the last four years.