Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 2002 Contest. Throughout Norway's 50 year participation at Eurovision the organisation of the national selection process, and the broadcast of the international final and semi-finals has been the job of Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK). Melodi Grand Prix 2009, the Norwegian national final, selected the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The entire contest was to be hosted by last year's Norwegian entry Maria Haukaas Storeng and past MGP host and Eurovision commentator Per Sundnes. For 2009, at least 50% of the songwriting team must be Norwegian or live in Norway which is due to the success of Norway in
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 time. In the final of the contest, the Irish votes were presented by Irish TV personality Derek Mooney, who previously did the same in 2000. RTÉ released the names of the five jurors which made up half of the Irish votes in the final, along with televoting. They were former Eurovision winners Linda Martin (ESC 1992) and Paul Harrington (ESC 1994), producer Bill Hughes, singer and TV personality Emma O'Driscoll and singer/songwriter Luan Parle. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Ireland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The country was represented by Sinéad Mulvey &