🔵 2010 Eurovision Song Contest Full Show 1. SEMIFINAL in Oslo ARD (German Commentary by Peter Urban)

Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 - 2010 - 55th edition - Semi-final 1
Venue: Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway - Presentation: Haddy N'jie, Erik Solbakken & Nadia Hasnaoui
Voting: Each voting country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to its top 10 (combining top 10 of televote and jury). Number of countries: 17 (total: 39)
Qualification: The 10 best entries of each semi-final were allowed to participate in the final.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the 2009 contest with the song "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the contest was held at the Telenor Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 25 and 27 May, and the final on 29 May 2010. The three live shows were presented by Erik Solbakken, Haddy N'jie and Nadia Hasnaoui.

Thirty-nine countries took part in the contest, with Georgia returning after its one-year absence. Meanwhile, Andorra, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Montenegro all decided against participation, mainly for financial reasons related to the global financial crisis. Lithuania originally announced its non-participation, but was later among the participants confirmed by the EBU.

The winner was Germany with the song "Satellite", performed by Lena and written by Julie Frost and John Gordon. This was Germany's second victory in the contest, following their win in 1982, and their first win as a unified country. It was also the first win for one of the "Big Four" countries, since the rule's introduction in 2000. Turkey, Romania, Denmark and Azerbaijan rounded out the top five. Romania, finishing third, equalled their best result from 2005, while Georgia achieved their best result to date, finishing ninth. It was also the first and to date only time since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004 that Sweden failed to qualify for the final. The last time Sweden was absent from the Eurovision final was in 1976.

The global financial crisis at the time, affected how the event was run; the host broadcaster NRK was forced to sell its broadcast rights for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to TV 2 and Viasat in order to finance the event.

The EBU announced prior to the contest, 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.

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. France, Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points

01 Moldova SunStroke Project and Olia Tira "Run Away" English 10 52
02 Russia Peter Nalitch and Friends "Lost and Forgotten" English 7 74
03 Estonia Malcolm Lincoln "Siren" English 14 39
04 Slovakia Kristina "Horehronie" Slovak 16 24
05 Finland Kuunkuiskaajat "Työlki ellää" Finnish 11 49
06 Latvia Aisha "What For?" English 17 11
07 Serbia Milan Stanković "Ovo je Balkan" (Oво je Балкан) Serbian 5 79
08 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vukašin Brajić "Thunder and Lightning" English 8 59
09 Poland Marcin Mroziński "Legenda" English, Polish 13 44
10 Belgium Tom Dice "Me and My Guitar" English 1 167
11 Malta Thea Garrett "My Dream" English 12 45
12 Albania Juliana Pasha "It's All About You" English 6 76
13 Greece Giorgos Alkaios and Friends "OPA" (ΩΠΑ) Greek 2 133
14 Portugal Filipa Azevedo "Há dias assim" Portuguese 4 89
15 Macedonia Gjoko Taneski "Jas ja imam silata" (Јас ја имам силата) Macedonian 15 37
16 Belarus 3+2 feat Robert Wells "Butterflies" English 9 59
17 Iceland Hera Björk "Je ne sais quoi" English 3 123