Now it is time to cast your nominations for the esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010. Below, you can find links to polls for 14 of the 15 categories and you can post a reaction to cast your nominations in the Best act eliminated in a semi final, quarter final or heat category.
The possible nominees of each category were determined through the individual polls launched right after every national final. Four of each poll top five will get a nomination for an esctoday.com national final award while a fifth nominee will be added by the editorial team of esctoday.com. One song/performance per country is still in the running in each category. If a country is not nominated in one of the categories, it means that no song/performance matched the criteria of the respective category.
You can also find the lists of possible nominees in the top categories Best song and Best performance below.
1. Best song not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
- Anjeza Shahini – Në pasqyrë (Albania)
- Emmy & Mihran – Hey (Let me hear you say) (Armenia)
- Safura/Milk & Kisses/Maryam Shabanova – Under my skin (Azerbaijan)
- Miro – Eagle (Bulgaria)
- Franka BateliÄ� – Na tvojim rukama (Croatia)
- Constantinos Christoforou – Angel (Cyprus)
- Bryan Rice – Breathing (Denmark)
- Violina feat. Rolf Junior – Maagiline päev (Estonia)
- Amadeus Lundberg – Anastacia (Finland)
- Sopho Nizharadze – For eternity (Georgia)
- Jennifer Braun – I care for you (Germany)
- Íris Hólm – The one (Iceland)
- Monika Ivkic – Fashion queen (Ireland)
- Lauris Reiniks – Your morning lullaby (Latvia)
- AistÄ� PilvelytÄ� – Melancolia (Lithuania)
- Esma's Band – Dzipsi dens (FYR Macedonia)
- Giorgos Karadimos – Polemao (Greece)
- Harel Skaat – Le'an (Israel)
- Claudia Faniello – Samsara (Malta)
- Millenium – Before you go (Moldova)
- A1 – Don't wanna lose you again (Norway)
- Anna Cyzon – Love me (Poland)
- Catarina Pereira – Canta por mim (Portugal)
- LuminiÅ£a Anghel, Tony Tomas & Adrian Piper – Save their lives (Romania)
- Buranovskiye babushki – Dlinnaya-dlinnaya beresta i kak sdelat' iz nee aishon (Russia)
- Emina JahoviÄ� – Ti kvariigro (Serbia)
- Mista – Emotions (Slovakia)
- Manca Špik – Tukaj sem doma (Slovenia)
- Coral Segovia – En una vida (Spain)
- Timoteij – Kom (Sweden)
- Vasyl Lazarovych – I love you (Ukraine)
2. Best performance not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
- Anjeza Shahini (Albania)
- Emmy & Mihran (Armenia)
- Milk & Kisses – Drip drop (Azerbaijan)
- Miro – Eagle (Bulgaria)
- Franka Bateli� (Croatia)
- Constantinos Christoforou (Cyprus)
- Bryan Rice (Denmark)
- Iiris Vesik (Estonia)
- Heli Kajo (Finland)
- Sopho Nizahardze – Our world (Georgia)
- Jennifer Braun – I care for you (Germany)
- Íris Hólm (Iceland)
- Monika Ivkic (Ireland)
- Tri�nas parks (Latvia)
- Agama (Lithuania)
- Aleksandar Belov (FYR Macedonia)
- Manos Pyrovolaki (Greece)
- Harel Skaat – Le'an (Israel)
- Claudia Faniello (Malta)
- Monkey Mind & Daniela (Moldova)
- Loekz (Netherlands)
- Venke Knutson (Norway)
- Anna Cyzon (Poland)
- Catarina Pereira (Portugal)
- Luminiţa Anghel, Tony Tomas & Adrian Piper (Romania)
- Buranovskiye babushki (Russia)
- Emina Jahovi� (Serbia)
- Tomáš Bezdeda (Slovakia)
- Manca Špik (Slovenia)
- Coral Segovia (Spain)
- Eric Saade (Sweden)
- Vasyl Lazarovych (Ukraine)
- Alexis (United Kingdom)
3. Best ballad not to qualify for Eurovision
All shades of ballads are eligible to win an award in this category, no matter if they are pop ballads, rock ballads, classical ballads, folk ballads etc.
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
4. Best mid-tempo song not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
5. Best up-tempo song not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
6. Best pop or dance song not to qualify for Eurovision
This category is open for ballads, mid-tempo songs and up-tempo songs.
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
7. Best rock song not to qualify for Eurovision
All shades of rock music may be reflected here including hard rock, pop rock, gothic rock, metal etc.
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
8. Best folkloristic or ethnic song not to qualify for Eurovision
The nominees in this category have to include notable folkloristic or ethnic elements, which may be relflected in the intrumentation, the vocal style, the general style or even the lyrics.
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
9. Best female performance not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
10. Best male performance not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
11. Best duo/group performance not to qualify for Eurovision
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
12. Best act eliminated in a semi final, quarter final or heat
- You can nominate your favourite acts not to qualify for a national final by posting a reaction below. You may nominate as many acts as you want.
13. Best national final
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
14. Best staging and presentation
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
15. Best voting system
- Vote for your favourite to get a nomination here.
The polls will be open until this Sunday, 4th April 20:00 CET. The eventual nominees will be revealed next Monday, 5th April, when the voting for the esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010 will kick off.