Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |
 Norway
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodi Grand Prix 2010 100% Televoting(in the semifinal) jury+televoting in the final. |
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| Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals 8 January 2010 16 January 2010 23 January 2010 Second Chance 30 January 2010 Final 6 February 2010 |
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| Selected entrant | Didrik Solli-Tangen | |||
| Selected song | "My Heart Is Yours" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 35 points | |||
| Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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 Oslo metropolitan area, arguing that Oslo was the only city with the required capacity, venues, and infrastructure to hold the show. After selecting two candidates for the show, NRK chose the newly constructed Telenor Arena, situated in the neighbouring municipality Bærum. This arena beat the Oslo Spektrum, the host of the 1996 Contest.
NRK announced the rules for the 2010 Melodi Grand Prix on 6 July 2009. As with last year's contest, the contest was only open to Norwegian nationals, with no more than 50% of the total composition team being non-Norwegian. The submission deadline for the contest was set for the 1 September 2009.
The hosts for the contest were revealed by NRK on 13 November: Per Sundnes returned as host for the third time, and was joined by TV and radio host Marte Stokstad.
As since 2006 MGP consisted of a total of five live shows. Like 2009, each semi-final had seven songs competing for a place in the final, with another two songs getting a second chance in the Siste Sjansen round.
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