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
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 on 14 May, where it performed sixteenth in the running order, following Moldova and preceding Ukraine. It qualified to the final where it finished 17th. "Më merr në ëndërr" was performed in English at Eurovision, under the title of "Carry Me in Your Dreams". The new, 3 minute version of the song, and its promotional video clip, was released on 15 March. Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Albania and Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) were present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, marking their sixth performance at the contest. They used the Festivali i Këngës competition to