Eurovision 2010: More event details unveiled

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Today in Oslo, delegates from all participating countries of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 are being briefed on what to expect at this year's contest to be staged in Norway. The delegates are reportedly said to be 'impressed' by host broadcaster NRK's ideas for the forthcoming event in May.

Show Producer Hasse Lindmo of norweigan host broadcaster, NRK, presented the creative concept of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, based on the slogan Share The Moment.

Opening his presentation Lindmo asks the delegates… "What do over 120 million viewers look like? …On the Monday morning after the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom are very different places. But on that Saturday night in the end of May, for a couple of hours, we are all connected through the contest. We would like to make that visible," the producer explained.

Hasse Lindmo, NRK Show Producer, Eurovision 2010. © EBU

Above Picture: Hasse Lindmo, NRK Show Producer, Eurovision 2010. © EBU

NRK announced to record a part of each 'postcard' in each participating country over the next few weeks, and toinclude live backstage footage from the upcoming contestant as well. Another, unprecedented part of the postcard will be digitally rendered inside the arena, right above the heads of the audience.

"When we got briefed by the EBU, back in June, and we got the recommendation not to make the contest bigger than Moscow in 2009, but to try another approach, a different hook, a refreshing upgrade," Lindmo explained. "That is exactly what we tried to do."

Broadcasting

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast in all the 39 participating countries, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Hungary, Kosovo and Kazakhstan.

Voting

The EBU reminded present delegates that just like in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, viewers can cast their votes by phone and/or SMS text messagethroughout the entire show this year.