Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 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 2010 Contest would be held in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 countries were: Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by Universal Music Group on 3 May 2012. The album featured all the songs from the 2012 contest. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Ell & Nikki's win at the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Running Scared" — marking the first time that the country had won the contest. The contest was held at the newly constructed