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Eurovision Song Contest 2010
"Share the Moment"
Dates
Semi-final 125 May 2010 (2010-05-25)
Semi-final 227 May 2010 (2010-05-27)
Final29 May 2010 (2010-05-29)
Host
VenueTelenor Arena, Akershus, Norway[1]
Presenter(s)
Directed byOle Jørgen Grønlund
Kim Strømstad
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerJon Ola Sand
Host broadcasterNorsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/oslo-2010 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries39[3]
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
  • A coloured map of the countries of EuropeBelgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Italy in the Eurovision Song ContestNetherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Monaco in the Eurovision Song ContestLuxembourg in the Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Austria in the Eurovision Song ContestFrance in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Morocco in the Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Hungary in the Eurovision Song ContestRomania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Andorra in the Eurovision Song ContestBelarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song ContestGeorgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Montenegro in the Eurovision Song ContestSerbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2010
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song Germany
"Satellite"
2009 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. Norway gained the rights to host the contest after achieving a record breaking victory in Moscow the previous year. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite", written by American Julie Frost and Denmark's John Gordon. It was Germany's first win in twenty-eight years, its second since the Contest's inception, and its first win as a unified country. It was also the first time a "Big Four" country won the contest since the rule's introduction in 2000.

The semi-finals took place on 25 and 27 May 2010 while the final was scheduled for 29 May 2010.[1][4] The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the voting system used in the semi-finals would change from previous years to balance jury voting with televoting. A return of accompaniment by orchestra was also proposed, but did not happen.

Thirty-nine countries took part in the contest,[3] with Georgia[5] returning after a one-year hiatus, and Andorra,[6] the Czech Republic,[7][8] Hungary,[9] and Montenegro[10][11] withdrawing. Lithuania originally announced its withdrawal from the competition, but was later among the 39 participants confirmed by the EBU.[3][12] A global financial crisis affected how the event was run; several countries elected not to compete due to budget cuts, and host broadcaster NRK sold its broadcast rights for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to TV 2 and Viasat to finance the event.[13]

Venue

Screenshot from the rehearsals where the design can be seen
Telenor Arena, Oslo - host venue of the 2010 contest.

150 million Norwegian kroner (17 million) was originally the venue budget agreed upon by Trond Giske and Hans-Tore Bjerkaas, respectively the Norwegian Minister for Culture and the head of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).[14][15] This represents a larger budget than that allotted in the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, but is not as much as the budget in Moscow for 2009.[14] The revised estimated cost for the concert now stands at 211 million kroner (€24 million).[16] At a press conference in Oslo on 27 May 2009, it was announced that the show was to be held in the Oslo metropolitan area. NRK argued that Oslo was the only city with the required capacity, venues, and infrastructure to hold the show. On 3 July 2009, it was decided that the venue would be the newly constructed Telenor Arena, in the municipality of Bærum neighbouring Oslo.[17] The Oslo Spektrum was ruled out to host the contest due to its smaller size and capacity[1] as was Valhall in Oslo and the Hamar Vikingskipet.

Visual design

NRK announced the theme art, slogan and design for the Contest on 4 December 2009, during the Host City Insignia Exchange between the Mayors of Moscow, Oslo and Bærum, marking the official kick-off of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 season.[18] The theme art, a series of intersecting circles, was selected to "represent gathering people and the diversity of emotions surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest."[19] In addition to the base colour of white, the logo was created in black, gold, and pink.[20] A preview of the stage design was released on 6 May 2010, featuring no LED screens, opting instead for various other lighting techniques.[21]

Postcards

Unlike the 2009 and the 2008 postcards, the 2010 postcards were based in simplicity but also included an innovative idea, they are shown like they could be seen right in the venue, over the crowd's heads.

The basic synopsis of the postcards is a numerous group of little golden balls (the theme of the ESC 2010) forms the shape of each country. Then, they move and form a screen where we can see a pre-recorded video of a little crowd from in a city of the country (usually the capital) about to perform supporting and cheering their act. After that, a few seconds of the performer of the country getting ready in the stage are shown; and then, the balls form the flag of the country supported.

In the part of the shape of the country, there were little discrepancies: some countries' shapes, such as those for Serbia, Israel, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, weren't completely shown, due to territorial or border disputes in those areas.

Presenters

NRK announced the hosts of the contest on 10 March 2010. Those chosen were Erik Solbakken, Haddy Jatou N'jie, and Nadia Hasnaoui. Solbakken and N'jie opened the three shows, introduced the artists, and reported from the green room during the voting, with Hasnaoui presenting the voting section and scoreboard announcements.[2][22] This was the second time that more than two hosts were presenting the shows, after the 1999 Contest.

Format

Voting

On 11 October 2009 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the format of the semi-finals was to be changed so that the results would be determined by a combination of 50% national jury and 50% televoting, making it more consistent with the final. Each country's votes were determined by combining the jury votes and the televoting results; the countries with the top ten highest points in each semi-final then qualify to participate in the final of the contest.[23] This replaces the semi-final format used in the 2008 and 2009 contests in which the countries with the top nine highest points from the televoting results in each semi-final qualified for the final. The tenth semi-final place was then given to the country with the highest number of points from the jury's votes which had not already qualified for the final from the televoting results.[24] On 26 October 2009 the EBU announced that the voting would be open throughout the competition and would conclude 15 minutes after the end of the very last song.[25]

Possible return of the orchestra

A number of fans began a campaign on social networking site Facebook for the return of an orchestra to the contest in Oslo, for the first time since 1998, with more than 5,000 people joining [26] An orchestra, which had been used since the first contest in 1956, was dropped after the 1998 contest due to rapid developments in music technology, which made backing tracks more useful.[27][28] Jan Fredrik Heyerdahl of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra said that they were interested in participating in the 2010 Contest if the EBU and NRK approved the return of an orchestra.[27][28] However, no such change to the contest had been approved.

Interval

The interval act involved a number of live public outdoor dance events from across Europe, which were planned for promotional purposes, but done in the style of a series of spontaneous flashmobs. The outdoor footage was intercut with webcam footage from individual private households. Peter Svaar, Head of Press for the contest on behalf of broadcaster NRK, said: "We want to share the Eurovision Song Contest, rather than just broadcast it."[29] The seven and a half minute long song, called "Glow", was produced and co-written by the Element team and performed and co-written by Madcon.[30]

Pot allocations

On Sunday 7 February 2010, the draw to decide which countries were to appear in either the first or second semi-final took place. The participating countries excluding the automatic finalists (France, Germany, Norway, Spain & the United Kingdom) were split into six pots, based upon how those countries had been voting. From these pots, half (or as close to half as is possible) competed in the first Semi Final on 25 May 2010. The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second Semi Final on 27 May 2010. This draw also doubled up as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals commenced. The draw also determined in which Semi Final the automatic finalists voted in.[31][32] The draw for the running order of the semi-finals, finals, and the order of voting, took place on 23 March 2010.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Participating countries

  Countries in the first semi-final
  Countries voting in the first semi-final
  Countries in the second semi-final
  Countries voting in the second semi-final

A total of 39 countries confirmed their participation for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, including Georgia, which returned to the contest after its withdrawal in 2009 when its entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In" (by Stephane & 3G), was disallowed owing to political references to the newly elected Russian President Vladimir Putin, which violated contest rules.[5]

The EBU announced that they would work harder to bring back Austria, Italy, and Monaco to the 2010 Contest.[33] In September 2009 the EBU's director Bjørn Erichsen stated during an EBU press conference that "Austria will be back", and that the EBU "has reasons to believe that Luxembourg and Monaco" were also to participate and that "now we are only missing Italy".[34][35][36] In late October 2009, the 2010 Contest project manager Jon Ola Sand has stated that "countries such as Monaco and Luxembourg have indicated that they wish to participate in next year's competition in Norway".[34][37] However, the representatives of broadcasters of Austria, Monaco and Luxembourg denied participation in the 2010 contest. Wolfgang Lorenz, the programme director of the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), informed Austria would not take part in the competition stating that the contest has been "ruined by the regulations".[38] Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) has also declared that Monaco would not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest for the 2010 Edition, mainly due to a lack of finances to send a Monegasque entry.[39] The RTL Group had announced that they were having serious discussions regarding a possible comeback for Luxembourg in the contest for the first time since 1993, but later confirmed that the country would not be present for the 2010 Contest either.[40] San Marino also considered returning to the competition in 2010. However, after deliberations with Italian artists, including Italian sister duo Paola & Chiara, Sammarinnese broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) was informed to withhold returning after failing to receive funding from the Sammarinnese parliament or sponsors.[41]

EBU had talks to Liechtenstein's only broadcaster 1FLTV (1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television) for them to join the EBU, and become a part of the Eurovision Song Contest. 1FLTV's programme director Peter Kolbel had confirmed interest in Liechtenstein's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest as soon as full EBU membership is granted, which may have happened in December 2009. Thus they were getting ready to debut in 2010, considering a national final concept similar to the German version of the Idol seriesDeutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS).[34][42] In November 1FLTV decided against applying for EBU membership in December for financial reasons, ruling out a debut in at the 2010 contest. The broadcaster will now look at other options for funding EBU membership in the future.[43][44]

In 2009, Jillian Evans, a representative of the European Parliament from Wales, stated her interest in securing Wales a place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Norway. but in the end it was decided they would not to participate in the competition. Because their debut was rejected because Wales isn't a sovereign state and the BBC has the exclusive right to represent the United Kingdom. Wales could be represented by either BBC Cymru Wales, ITV Cymru Wales or S4C.

From July to December 2009, five countries who participated in the 2009 contest announced their withdrawal, and non-participation in the 2010 contest. The Czech Republic declared that it was to withdraw due to a lack of interest from Czech viewers after three successive semi-final failures since their debut in 2007.[7][8]

Andorra's broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced a 10% reduction in its spending budget for 2010.[45] RTVA had submitted a preliminary application to take part in the contest.[46] However, being unable to secure extra funds by 11 December 2009, it decided to withdraw from the 2010 Contest.[6] After its withdrawal many former Andorran Eurovision Song Contest contestants expressed their "disappointment" in RTVA's decision to withdraw, and the lack of publicity the country will now receive by not being contestants in the contest.[47] Hungary withdrew from the 2010 Contest, due to financial difficulties of the national broadcaster Magyar Televízió (MTV).[9] Montenegro and the Montenegrin broadcaster Radiotelevizija Crne Gore (RTCG) also withdrew because of financial problems, in a way to reach financial consolidation after three years as an independent state.[10][11]

Lithuania's broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) initially announced its formal withdrawal from the contest after failing to achieve the necessary funds of 300,000 litas (90,000) for participation.[12] It was later confirmed by the EBU that Lithuania would indeed participate in Oslo.[3] Funding was eventually given by Lithuanian company Teo LT, which allowed Lithuania to participate in the contest.[48]

Results

Semi-finals

Thirty-four countries participated in the semi-finals of the contest. The semi-final allocation draw took place on 7 February 2010, while the draw for the running order was held on 23 March 2010.

To keep tension high, the qualifiers were announced in random order, and scores were published online only after the final took place.[49]

Semi-final 1

  • The first semi-final took place in Oslo on 25 May 2010.
  • The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the final. The Wildcard option from the previous contest has been dropped.
  • France,[50][51] Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final.[52][53]
Draw Country Language[54] Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Moldova English SunStroke Project and
Olia Tira[55][56]
"Run Away" 10 52
02  Russia English Peter Nalitch and Friends[57][58] "Lost and Forgotten" 7 74
03  Estonia English Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4[59][60] "Siren" 14 39
04  Slovakia Slovak Kristina[61][62] "Horehronie" 16 24
05  Finland Finnish Kuunkuiskaajat[63][64] "Työlki ellää" One can work for a living, too 11 49
06  Latvia English Aisha[65][66] "What For?" 17 11
07  Serbia Serbian Milan Stanković[67][68] "Ovo je Balkan"
(Oво je Балкан)
This is the Balkans 5 79
08  Bosnia and Herzegovina English Vukašin Brajić[69] "Thunder and Lightning" 8 59
09  Poland English, Polish Marcin Mroziński[70][71] "Legenda" The legend 13 44
10  Belgium English Tom Dice[72][73] "Me and My Guitar" 1 167
11  Malta English Thea Garrett[74][75] "My Dream" 12 45
12  Albania English Juliana Pasha[76] "It's All About You" 6 76
13  Greece Greek1 Giorgos Alkaios and Friends[77][78] "OPA" (ΩΠΑ) 2 133
14  Portugal Portuguese Filipa Azevedo[79][80] "Há dias assim" It's one of those days 4 89
15  Macedonia Macedonian Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver and Pejčin[81][82] "Jas ja imam silata"
(Јас ја имам силата)
I have the strength 15 37
16  Belarus English 3+2 feat Robert Wells[83][84] "Butterflies" 9 59
17  Iceland English Hera Björk[85][86] "Je ne sais quoi" I don't know what 3 123

Notes

1.^ Contains one phrase in English.

Semi-final 2

  • The second semi-final took place in Oslo on 27 May 2010.
  • The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to a combination of televotes and jury votes from each voting country, qualified for the final.
  • Norway and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[52][53]
Draw Country Language[54] Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Lithuania English InCulto[87][88] "Eastern European Funk" 12 44
02  Armenia English Eva Rivas[89][90] "Apricot Stone" 6 83
03  Israel Hebrew Harel Skaat[91][92] "Milim" (מילים) Words 8 71
04  Denmark English Chanée and N'evergreen[93][94] "In a Moment Like This" 5 101
05   Switzerland French Michael von der Heide[95] "Il pleut de l'or" It's raining gold 17 2
06  Sweden English Anna Bergendahl[96][97] "This Is My Life" 11 62
07  Azerbaijan English Safura[98][99] "Drip Drop" 2 113
08  Ukraine English Alyosha[100][101] "Sweet People" 7 77
09  Netherlands Dutch Sieneke[102][103] "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" I'm in love (Sha-la-lie) 14 29
10  Romania English Paula Seling and Ovi[104][105] "Playing with Fire" 4 104
11  Slovenia Slovene Ansambel Žlindra and Kalamari[106][107] "Narodnozabavni rock" Native folk rock 16 6
12  Ireland English Niamh Kavanagh[108][109] "It's for You" 9 67
13  Bulgaria Bulgarian, English Miro[110] "Angel si ti" (Ангел си ти) You're an angel 15 19
14  Cyprus English Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders[111][112] "Life Looks Better in Spring" 10 67
15  Croatia Croatian Feminnem[113][114] "Lako je sve" Everything is easy 13 33
16  Georgia English Sofia Nizharadze[115][116] "Shine" 3 106
17  Turkey English maNga[117] "We Could Be the Same" 1 118

Final

Lena performing the winning entry, "Satellite," for Germany.
  • The final took place on 29 May 2010 at 21:00 CEST in Telenor Arena, Bærum, Akershus, Greater Oslo, Norway.
  • 'The Big Four' and the host country, Norway, qualified directly for the final.
  • From the two semi-finals on 25 and 27 May 2010, twenty countries qualified for the final. A total of twenty-five countries competed in the final.
  • The voting system used was similar to that used in the 2009 contest (with a combination of televotes and jury votes), but viewers were able to vote during the performances; the voting window ended 15 minutes after the conclusion of the songs.
Draw Country Language[54] Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Azerbaijan English Safura[98][99] "Drip Drop" 5 145
02[A]  Spain Spanish Daniel Diges[118][119] "Algo Pequeñito" Something Tiny 15 68
03  Norway English Didrik Solli-Tangen[120][121] "My Heart Is Yours" 20 35
04  Moldova English SunStroke Project and Olia Tira[55][56] "Run Away" 22 27
05  Cyprus English Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders[111][112] "Life Looks Better in Spring" 21 27
06  Bosnia and Herzegovina English Vukašin Brajić[69] "Thunder and Lightning" 17 51
07  Belgium English Tom Dice[72][73] "Me and My Guitar" 6 143
08  Serbia Serbian Milan Stanković[67][68] "Ovo je Balkan" (Oво je Балкан) This is the Balkans 13 72
09  Belarus English 3+2 feat Robert Wells[83][84] "Butterflies" 24 18
10  Ireland English Niamh Kavanagh[108][109] "It's for You" 23 25
11  Greece Greek1 Giorgos Alkaios and Friends[77][78] "OPA!" (ΏΠΑ!) 8 140
12  United Kingdom English Josh Dubovie[122][123] "That Sounds Good to Me" 25 10
13  Georgia English Sofia Nizharadze[115][116] "Shine" 9 136
14  Turkey English maNga[117] "We Could Be the Same" 2 170
15  Albania English Juliana Pasha[76] "It's All About You" 16 62
16  Iceland English Hera Björk[85][86] "Je ne sais quoi" I don't know what 19 41
17  Ukraine English Alyosha[100][101] "Sweet People" 10 108
18  France French Jessy Matador[124] "Allez Ola Olé" Come on! Ola! Olé! 12 82
19  Romania English Paula Seling and Ovi[104][105] "Playing with Fire" 3 162
20  Russia English Peter Nalitch and Friends[57][58] "Lost and Forgotten" 11 90
21  Armenia English Eva Rivas[89][90] "Apricot Stone" 7 141
22  Germany English Lena[125][126] "Satellite" 1 246
23  Portugal Portuguese Filipa Azevedo[79][80] "Há dias assim" It's one of those days 18 43
24  Israel Hebrew Harel Skaat[91][92] "Milim" (מילים) Words 14 71
25  Denmark English Chanée and N'evergreen[93][94] "In a Moment Like This" 4 149

Notes

1.^ Contains one phrase in English.
  • A ^ Spain was given a second chance to perform after Denmark, following a stage invasion by Jimmy Jump, during their performance.

[127][128][129][130][131]

Voting during the final

Countries revealed their votes in the following order:[132]

3

Scoreboards

Semi-final 1

In the first semifinal, one unknown country had only a jury because the votes of the country did not meet the EBU threshold.[133]

  • The split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in June 2010. Only the split totals received by each country were given, not the full breakdown[134]
Voting Results
Total Score Moldova Russia Estonia Slovakia Finland Latvia Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Poland Belgium Malta Albania Greece Portugal Macedonia Belarus Iceland France Germany Spain
Contestants Moldova 52 5 1 2 7 4 8 7 10 3 5
Russia 74 12 12 3 10 4 2 8 5 1 3 1 12 1
Estonia 39 12 12 1 5 1 1 4 1 2
Slovakia 24 2 6 5 1 5 5
Finland 49 3 10 2 6 1 7 2 7 6 3 2
Latvia 11 6 5
Serbia 79 3 4 1 6 3 12 3 3 7 2 10 3 12 4 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 59 1 2 5 12 6 3 7 5 8 4 6
Poland 44 2 6 4 6 6 3 7 7 3
Belgium 167 6 10 8 10 10 8 7 4 12 12 4 10 12 4 8 12 10 12 8
Malta 45 3 12 1 1 6 2 2 3 6 2 4 2 1
Albania 76 4 2 7 4 8 6 12 12 10 2 5 4
Greece 133 7 7 2 8 8 10 8 7 10 8 10 10 3 5 8 4 8 10
Portugal 89 5 5 4 6 7 5 3 2 4 4 5 2 7 8 10 12
Macedonia 37 4 1 1 8 10 12 1
Belarus 59 8 12 4 3 5 3 5 6 7 5 1
Iceland 123 10 8 7 7 7 2 3 10 12 10 8 8 6 1 6 5 6 7

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 1st semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 Belgium Germany, Iceland, Malta, Poland, Portugal
3 Russia Belarus, Estonia, Moldova
2 Albania Greece, Macedonia
Estonia Finland, Latvia
Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
1 Belarus Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia
Iceland Belgium
Macedonia Albania
Malta Slovakia
Portugal Spain

Semi-final 2

  • The jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in June 2010. Only the split totals received by each country were given, not the full breakdown[134]
Voting Results
Total Score Lithuania Armenia Israel Denmark Switzerland Sweden Azerbaijan Ukraine Netherlands Romania Slovenia Ireland Bulgaria Cyprus Croatia Georgia Turkey Norway United Kingdom
Contestants Lithuania 44 2 1 4 2 12 2 1 8 5 7
Armenia 83 1 12 3 5 8 10 10 8 12 10 4
Israel 71 8 8 7 6 12 3 5 1 4 5 7 5
Denmark 101 5 5 7 5 12 6 5 4 12 10 4 2 3 4 3 6 8
Switzerland 2 2
Sweden 62 3 3 12 10 2 6 1 5 1 2 2 12 3
Azerbaijan 113 2 5 5 6 3 12 1 8 8 10 7 10 10 12 12 2
Ukraine 77 10 10 2 3 8 2 5 1 2 6 6 6 7 3 4 2
Netherlands 29 4 4 2 1 6 3 1 5 3
Romania 104 6 4 8 8 4 7 5 3 3 4 6 4 8 4 8 10 12
Slovenia 6 1 5
Ireland 67 7 1 3 6 12 4 8 4 2 3 1 6 10
Bulgaria 19 1 5 7 6
Cyprus 67 4 6 10 7 6 3 4 6 5 12 4
Croatia 33 7 2 7 1 12 1 3
Georgia 106 12 12 6 1 2 10 7 5 2 7 7 10 7 7 10 1
Turkey 118 8 10 8 10 12 10 7 7 3 8 12 8 6 1 8

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the 2nd semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
3 Azerbaijan Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine
2 Armenia Cyprus, Israel
Denmark Romania, Sweden
Georgia Armenia, Lithuania
Sweden Denmark, Norway
Turkey Azerbaijan, Bulgaria
1 Croatia Slovenia
Cyprus Croatia
Ireland Switzerland
Israel Netherlands
Lithuania Ireland
Romania United Kingdom

Final

  • The split jury/televoting results were announced by the EBU in June 2010. Unlike in 2009, only the split totals received by each country were given, not the full breakdown.[134]
Voting Results[135]
Total Score Romania Ireland Germany Serbia Albania Turkey Croatia Poland Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Slovenia Estonia Russia Portugal Azerbaijan Greece Iceland Denmark France Spain Slovakia Bulgaria Ukraine Latvia Malta Norway Cyprus Lithuania Belarus Switzerland Belgium United Kingdom Netherlands Israel Macedonia Moldova Georgia Sweden Armenia
Contestants Azerbaijan 145 3 12 8 7 8 1 4 2 7 12 12 2 12 7 10 6 2 5 7 3 7 8
Spain 68 2 7 4 5 4 12 2 4 5 8 1 1 4 2 7
Norway 35 2 7 3 5 3 3 6 4 2
Moldova 27 10 6 6 4 1
Cyprus 27 4 12 1 2 4 1 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51 12 6 8 10 4 5 6
Belgium 143 4 10 12 5 10 6 3 5 5 6 10 10 7 10 1 4 10 3 7 7 6 2
Serbia 72 5 3 8 12 8 10 1 10 1 7 7
Belarus 18 2 1 3 12
Ireland 25 2 1 1 2 6 7 6
Greece 140 7 8 10 12 3 1 6 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 7 12 12 12 3 2 3
United Kingdom 10 4 1 2 3
Georgia 136 5 5 7 4 4 1 8 10 8 5 2 1 6 7 1 5 12 7 1 4 5 5 5 6 12
Turkey 170 8 1 10 3 8 12 10 3 2 6 12 6 12 3 10 8 2 4 3 3 6 10 8 10 5 5
Albania 62 1 1 7 5 2 5 10 7 8 3 1 12
Iceland 41 4 5 4 3 3 6 6 2 8
Ukraine 108 5 7 1 3 7 10 2 7 7 6 6 10 5 7 2 8 7 8
France 82 6 3 4 3 3 8 3 1 7 8 6 7 2 2 4 3 2 3 1 6
Romania 162 7 6 5 2 6 2 7 3 10 7 4 5 8 10 1 2 3 5 10 8 2 1 4 8 5 8 12 10 1
Russia 90 4 10 2 3 6 10 8 5 12 10 10 10
Armenia 141 6 7 1 6 5 12 7 6 8 4 8 6 1 7 5 7 12 12 4 6 10 1
Germany 246 3 8 8 10 10 6 7 8 12 10 12 6 1 1 2 3 12 3 12 12 3 5 12 4 12 4 10 12 10 4 4 8 12
Portugal 43 6 2 1 4 8 6 6 1 5 4
Israel 71 4 1 10 6 5 1 8 3 5 2 8 3 10 1 4
Denmark 149 12 12 2 2 12 2 12 5 1 4 4 12 4 7 10 8 8 3 2 6 2 4 2 8 5
The table is vertically ordered by appearance in the final and horizontally by voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9 Germany Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
5 Denmark Iceland, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovenia
4 Azerbaijan Bulgaria, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine
Greece Albania, Belgium, Cyprus, United Kingdom
3 Armenia Israel, Netherlands, Russia
Turkey Azerbaijan, Croatia, France
2 Georgia Armenia, Lithuania
1 Albania Macedonia
Belarus Georgia
Belgium Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia
Cyprus Greece
Romania Moldova
Russia Belarus
Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina
Spain Portugal

Other Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[136] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[137]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artists Award  Israel "Milim" (מילים) Harel Skaat Tomer Hadadi (m) and Noam Horev (l) 14th 71
Composer Award
Press Award

OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.[138] The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profitable company.[139] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from different clubs around the world to vote for their favourite songs of the 2010 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.[140]

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) OGAE result
 Denmark "In a Moment Like This" Chanée & N'evergreen Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson, Erik Bernholm 220
 Israel "Milim" Harel Skaat Tomer Adaddi, Noam Horev 177
 Germany "Satellite" Lena Julie Frost, John Gordon 172
 Norway "My Heart Is Yours" Didrik Solli-Tangen Hanne Sørvaag, Fredrik Kempe 146
 Iceland "Je ne sais quoi" Hera Björk Örlygur Smári, Hera Björk 130

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful) dress.

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
 Serbia "Ovo je Balkan" Milan Stanković Goran Bregović

Incidents

The performance of Daniel Diges representing Spain was disrupted by Catalan pitch invader Jaume Marquet Cot, also known as Jimmy Jump. The performance continued as Marquet, wearing a barretina, joined in with the carefully choreographed routine, but he ran off when security personnel appeared on the stage. Spain was subsequently allowed to perform their song a second time after Denmark's entry - the 25th and final song - had been performed.[127][128][129][130][131]

Commentators

Most countries sent commentators to Oslo or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.

Participating countries

The commentators of the 39 participating countries are as follows:

Country SF1 / SF2 / Final Commentator(s)
 Albania All Leon Menkshi (TVSH)
 Armenia All Hrachuhi Utmazyan
Khoren Levonyan
 Azerbaijan All Hüsniyyə Məhərrəmova (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
 Belarus All Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
 Belgium All Jean-Pierre Hautier (French, La Une)
Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une)
Patrick Duhamel (French, La Première)
Corinne Boulangier (French, La Première)
André Vermeulen (Dutch, één)
Bart Peeters (Dutch, één)
Sven Pichal (Dutch, Radio 2)
Michel Follet (Dutch, Radio 2)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina All Dejan Kukrić (BHT1)
 Bulgaria All Elena Rosberg
Georgi Kushvaliev
 Croatia All Duško Čurlić
 Cyprus[141] All Nathan Morley (CyBC Radio 2)
Melina Karageorgiou (RIK 1)
 Denmark[142] All Nikolaj Molbech (DR1)
 Estonia All Marko Reikop
Sven Lõhmus
 Finland[143] All Jaana Pelkonen (Finnish, YLE TV2)
Asko Murtomäki (Finnish, YLE TV2)
Sanna Kojo (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
Jorma Hietamäki (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
Tobias Larsson (Swedish, YLE TV2)
 France Semi finals Peggy Olmi (France 4)
Yann Renoard (France 4)
Final Cyril Hanouna (France 3)
Stéphane Bern (France 3)
 Georgia All Sopho Altunashvili
 Germany[144] All Peter Urban (Das Erste)
Final Tim Frühling (NDR 2)
Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)
 Greece All Rika Vagiani (NET)
 Iceland[145] All Sigmar Guðmundsson (Sjónvarpið)
 Ireland[146][147] All Marty Whelan (RTÉ One)
All Maxi (RTÉ Radio 1)
 Israel All No commentator
 Latvia All Kārlis Streips
 Lithuania All Darius Užkuraitis
 Macedonia All Karolina Petkovska
 Malta[148] All Valerie Vella
 Moldova All Marcel Spătari
 Netherlands[149] All Cornald Maas (Nederland 1)
Daniël Dekker (Nederland 1)
 Norway All Olav Viksmo-Slettan (NRK1)
 Poland All Artur Orzech (TVP1)
 Portugal[150] All Sérgio Mateus (RTP1)
 Romania All Leonard Miron (TVR1)
Gianina Corondan (TVR1)
 Russia All Olga Shelest (Russia-1)
Dmitry Guberniev (Russia-1)
 Serbia SF2 Dragan Ilić (RTS1)
SF1 & Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS1)
 Slovakia All Roman Bomboš (Dvojka)
 Slovenia All Andrej Hofer
 Spain[151] SF1 & Final José Luis Uribarri (La 1), (La 2), (TVE Internacional)
 Sweden[152] All Christine Meltzer (SVT1)
Edward af Sillén (SVT1)
  Switzerland German Sven Epiney (SF zwei)
French Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (TSR 2)
Italian Sandy Altermatt (RSI La 1)
 Turkey All Bülend Özveren (TRT 1)
 Ukraine All Tymur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)
 United Kingdom[153] Semi-Finals Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three)
Sarah Cawood (BBC Three)
Final Graham Norton (BBC One)
Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)
Non-participating countries

The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

Country SF1/SF2/Final Commentator(s)
Australia Australia[154] All Julia Zemiro
Sam Pang
 Hungary[155] All Zsolt Jeszenszky (Duna TV)
 Montenegro All Dražen Bauković (TVCG2)
Tamara Ivanković (TVCG2)

Spokespersons

Broadcasting

 Australia
Even though Australia is not eligible to enter, the contest was broadcast on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a free-to-air television station, as in previous years.[169] As in 2009, the coverage featured local commentary and segments from Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang.[154]
The first semi-final was broadcast on 28 May 2010, the second semi-final on 29 May 2010, and the final on 30 May 2010, with all shows broadcast at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC). The first semi final rated a respectable 316,000 viewers, the second semi-final rated 415,000 viewers and the final rated 366,000, a solid result considering Sunday night offers tough competition on the commercial networks.[170][171]
The final was also simulcast on a special Digital Radio Channel, set-up by the network, which is aired classic Eurovision songs, in the lead-up to the event. SBS also aired the EBU-Produced 'Countdown To Eurovision' specials on 14 May and 21 May at 4 pm.[172]
For the 2010 contest, SBS broadcast a special TV programme "The A to Z of Eurovision" one week before Eurovision. This programme was a 20 to 1 style show that plays the craziest, campest and most controversial moments of Eurovision with great guests and performers. It also featured as a form guide to find out who was hot that year, and what to look out for the following weekend. The A to Z of Eurovision featured Eurovision performers including Johnny Logan and Dima Bilan as well as Australian celebrities. The show was hosted by Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang.[173]
 New Zealand
Although New Zealand is not eligible to enter the contest, the contest was broadcast on Triangle TV's satellite channel STRATOS. It broadcast both the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 semi finals as well as the final as a delayed broadcast.[169]
 Hungary
It was announced at the Reference Group meeting on 22 March 2010 that Hungary would be broadcasting the contest.[174] Duna TV, currently an approved member of the EBU, has been confirmed as broadcasting the contest in Hungary after Magyar Televízió, the current Hungarian broadcaster, pulled out. They have also announced that they will attempt to send a Hungarian entry to the 2011 contest.[175]
 Kazakhstan
It was announced at the Reference Group meeting on 22 March 2010 that Kazakhstan would be broadcasting the contest.[174]
 Kosovo
It was announced at the Reference Group meeting on 22 March 2010 that Kosovo would be broadcasting the contest.[174]
 Montenegro
Despite not participating in 2010's Eurovision Song Contest due to financial trouble, the national broadcaster of Montenegro, RTCG, aired both semi finals and the final live on its main channel RTCG2.[176]
Worldwide
The official Eurovision Song Contest website provided a live stream without commentary via the peer-to-peer medium Octoshape.[177]
Eurovision 2010 was also broadcast worldwide through European streams such as BVN,[178] RTS SAT,[177] HRT SAT,[177] RTP Internacional,[179] TVE Internacional, TVP Polonia,[180] TRT Avaz,[181] BNT Sat,[182] ERT World[183] and SVT World, among others. Some radio stations such as Bosnian Radio, Croatian Radio[184] and Radio Tirana broadcast live through their internet websites as well as on their satellite channels.

High-definition broadcasts

For the third time, the contest was broadcast in high-definition. Some countries, through their high-definition channel, allowed their country to watch the contest in HD:

Notable artists that did not qualify

Notable artists that participated in one of the national song selection shows, but did not manage to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest include A1, Andreas Johnson, Buranovskiye Babushki, Darin, Emina Jahović, Eric Saade, Keep of Kalessin, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michael Graham and Ola Svensson

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Feminnem  Croatia 2005 (for Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hera Björk  Iceland 2008 (part of Euroband's Back-up Singer), 2009 (part of Yohanna's Back-up singer)

2015 (Part of Maria Olafs' backing singers)

Niamh Kavanagh  Ireland 1993 (winner)

Official album

Untitled

Eurovision Song Contest: Oslo 2010 was the official compilation album of the 2010 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 17 May 2010.The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2010 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[185]

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