Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 20th in the final, scoring 35 points. Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Norway hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, after Alexander Rybak won the 2009 Contest with "Fairytale". Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) used the Melodi Grand Prix contest to select the 2010 entry to represent the host country. After winning the 2009 Contest Norway became the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 which took place in Bærum just outside Oslo. NRK announced that a total of 150 million kroner (€17,4 million) would be spent to host the contest. NRK announced that the
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 competed in one of the two semi-finals after Jeronimas Milius came 16th in the semi-final of the 2008 contest. During the second semi-final, which took place on 14 May 2009,performed 14th, following Greece and preceding the Moldova Lithuania qualified to the final, placing 9th in the semi-final and scoring 66 points,in the final Lithuania performed 1st preceding the Israel came 23rd with 23 points. Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Lithuania confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Lithuania were represented by Sasha Son at the contest, singing "Pasiklydęs žmogus" in its English version,