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
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The United Kingdom and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) confirmed their participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, despite their last place finish in 2008. Jade Ewen was selected on 31 January 2009, to represent the UK at Eurovision with "It's My Time", a song composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics written by Diane Warren. Coming fifth out of the forty-two countries participating, the United Kingdom achieved their highest placing since 2002, when they placed third. The United Kingdom sent its fifty-second entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in