Slovakia will kick off its televised selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 tonight with the first quarter final of Eurosong being held. Ten acts will compete for four spots in the semi finals.

The show

The show will be broadcast on STV1 at 20:15 CET and it will be hosted by Martin Rausch at the STV studios in Bratislava. Ten acts will present one song each and televoting alone will choose the top four to move forward to one of the two semi finals on 14th and 21st February.

How to watch?

A webcast will most likely be provided here again (works only once the show starts).

Participants

Composer/Lyricist in brackets.

1. TomášBezdeda – Na strechách domov
   (T. Bezdeda/M. Hajšová)
2. Dreamtouch – Je to ok
   (M. Hybben/A. Bajcurová, M. LukáÄ�, Ľ. Liba)
3. Horská Chata – Myslíš, že vieš kto som
   (Horská chata/P. Cingel)
4. Michaella – O nás
   (V. Gnepa/S. KašÄ�áková)
5. Hrdza – Taká sa mi páÄ�i
   (S. Gibarti)
6. Six and Kristy – Priestor pre dvoch
   (M. Karas)
7. Richard Ä�anaky & FBI – Zlomené krídla
   (R. �anaky)
8. Margot – Tak ma hrej
   (D. Urban)
9. Michal Chrenko – Kto vlastne som
   (M. Chrenko/N. Jurika, M. Brezáni)
10. Lucia Olešová – Rok a pol
    (T. LaurinÄ�ík/D. Giertl)

Your opinion

• You can vote for your favourite song in our poll here.

In 2009, Slovakia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after eleven years and was represented by Kamil Miculcik and Nela Pocisková with the song Let' tmou. The duo finished 18th in the second semi final thus not qualifying for the final.