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
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Copycat, but it finished second last in the first semi-final, scoring just one point. RTBF launched an appeal to recording companies for artists to be offered for Eurovision. Its director of Entertainment revealed on January 29, 2009 that the network had selected the song for the contest in Autumn 2008 and that the artist and song will be revealed in early March. Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Belgium were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by the French-language broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), who choose the Belgian entry for the contest through an