After three semi finals and a second chance round, the Norwegian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 will be held tonight. Eight acts are in the running to represent the host country of the upcoming contest and therefore to become the country's 49th representative in the event.
The show
The show to be broadcast on NRK1 will start at 19:55 CET. It will be hosted by Marte Stoksstad and Per Sundnes at the Spektrum arena in Oslo. Eight acts will present one song each and the winner will be chosen in two rounds of voting. In the first round, televoting alone will select the top four. In the second round, the winner will be chosen bya mixture of televoting and regional jury voting.
How to watch?
A webcast will be made available for international viewers here. The webcast will only start working once the show starts.
Participants
Composer/Lyricist in brackets.
- A1 – Don't wanna lose you again
(Ben Adams, Mark Read, Christian Ingebrigtsen) - Maria Haukaas Storeng – Make My Day
(Merethe La Verdi, Mats Lie Skåre/Merethe La Verdi) - Venke Knutson – Jealous 'cause I love you
(Laila Samuelsen, Alexander Kronlund, Lucas Hilbert) - Bjørn Johan Muri – Yes man
(Simone Larsen, Simen Eriksrud, Bjørn Johan Muri) - Maria Arredondo – The touch
(Rolf Løvland) - Alexander Stenerud – Give it to me
(Alexander Stenerud) - Didrik Solli-Tangen – My heart is yours
(Hanne Sørvaag, Fredrik Kempe) - Keep of Kalessin – The dragontower
(Arnt Grønbech/Arnt Grønbech, Torbjørn Schei, Vegar Larsen, Robin Isaksen)
Listen to the songs
- You can the semi final performances of the songs here.
Your opinion
- You can vote for your favourite song in our poll here.
In 2009, Norway was represented by Alexander Rybak, who won both the second semi final and the final with his song Fairytale. Norway is therefore the host country of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest and directly qualified for the final.
