Best of National Finals 2010
2010′s edition was the sixth I did; it was held the spring of 2010, between April and May, as explained in the rules here. I was getting in a good rhythm with BoNF now with this sixth edition in a row and the fifth on the regular basis since 2006. To this day (in 2013), BoNF 2010 remains my favorite edition of BoNF ever, with 14 of 15 songs probably in my personal top 15 of the year; agreeing with my friends also meant I finally had found the perfect pattern for my contest. 39 countries took part in the 2010 Eurovisiong Song Contest. 33 of them used some sort of national finals in which 544 songs were performed. I wrote down a list of 100 songs I liked and then came up with these top 30:
Albania | “Përtej kohës” Rovena Dilo
Belgium | “Me and my guitar” Tom Dice
Bosnia & Herzegovina | “Munja i grom” Vukašin Brajić
Croatia | “Blagdani holidays” Žiga & ŽVS Druge
Denmark | “Gloria” Jens Marni
Estonia | “Astronaut” Iiris Vesik
Estonia | “Oota mind veel” Marten Kuningas & Mahavok
Estonia | “Poolel teel” 3 Pead
Estonia | “Siren” Robin Juhkental
Finland | “Anastacia” Amadeus Lindberg
Finland | “Annankadun kulmassa” Heli Kajo
Germany | “Satellite” Lena Meyer-Landrut
Israel | “Le’an” Harel Skaat
Latvia | “Rišti rašti” Kristine Karkla-Purina
Lithuania | “Nirvana” Eden
FYR Macedonia | “Se sto cekame” Jova Radevska
Norway | “Synk eller svøm” Gaute Ormåsen
Norway | “The Dragontower” Keep of Kalessin
Norway | “Yes man” Bjørn Johan Muri
Romania | “Around around” Catalin Josan
Serbia | “Ovo je balkan” Milan Stanković
Slovakia | “Kocka pána rubika” Matej Koren
Slovakia | “Na strechách domov” Tomáš Bezdeda
Spain | “Algo pequeñito” Daniel Diges
Sweden | “7 nocí” Komajota
Sweden | “Human frontier” Neo
Sweden | “Manboy” Eric Saade
Sweden | “Sucker for love” Pauline Kamusewu
Sweden | “You’re out of my life” Darin
Turkey | “We could be the same” Manga
Semifinal
My friends recieved the mp3 of these 30 songs and they have graded each of them with a 1 (awful) through 5 (great) system. For the second time after 2008, I saved the full results of the semifinal. And so we have from 30th to 16th:
30 
Slovakia | “Na strechách domov” Tomáš Bezdeda (20pts)
29 
FYR Macedonia | “Se sto cekame” Jova Radevska (21pts)
28 
Spain | “Algo pequeñito” Daniel Diges (23pts)
27 
Bosnia & Herzegovina | “Munja i grom” Vukašin Brajić (25pts)
26 
Estonia | “Oota mind veel” Marten Kuningas & Mahavok (27pts)
25 
Sweden | “You’re out of my life” Darin (27pts)
24 
Denmark | “Gloria” Jens Marni (28pts)
23 
Albania |“Përtej kohës” Rovena Dilo (28pts)
22 
Finland | “Anastacia” Amadeus Lindberg (28pts)
21 Slovakia | “Kocka pána rubika” Matej Koren (29pts)
20 
Germany | “Satellite” Lena Meyer-Landrut (29pts)
19 
Romania | “Around around” Catalin Josan (29pts)
18 
Croatia | “Blagdani holidays” Žiga & ŽVS Druge (32pts)
17 Estonia | “Poolel teel” 3 Pead (34pts)
16 
Lithuania | “Nirvana” Eden (35pts)
Finalists scored: 36, 38, 39, 42, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45, 47, 47, 49, 49, 50, 50.
Final
So now I had all 15 finalists! For the first time in BoNF’s history I also managed to get the songwriter and the composer down for each of them, something I’ll do for every edition afterwards. I used a computer “random playlist” to get the running order for the final:
01
Serbia
“Ovo je balkan”
Milan Stanković
(Goran Bregović)
02
Estonia
“Astronaut”
Iiris Vesik
(Iiris Vesik & Ago Teppand)
03
Norway
“Yes man”
Bjørn Johan Muri
(Bjørn Johan Muri, Simen Eriksrud & Simone Larsen)
04
Sweden
“Human frontier”
Neo
(Tobias Jonsson & Anneli Axelsson)
05
Norway
“The Dragontower”
Keep of Kalessin
(Robin Isaksen, Vegar Larsen, Torbjørn Sche & Arnt Grønbech)
06
Sweden
“Sucker for love”
Pauline Kamusewu
(Fredrik Ödesjö, Andreas Levander & Johan Wetterberg)
07
Sweden
“Manboy”
Eric Saade
(Fredrik Kempe & Peter Boström)
08
Israel
“Le’an”
Harel Skaat
(Sahar Hagay & Eyal Shahar)
09
Finland
“Annankadun kulmassa”
Heli Kajo
(Heli Kajo)
10
Turkey
“We could be the same”
Manga
(Ferman Akgül)
11
Norway
“Synk eller svøm”
Gaute Ormåsen
(Kim Bergseth, Laila Samuelsen & Gaute Ormåsen)
12
Belgium
“Me and my guitar”
Tom Dice
(Ashley Hicklin, Tom Eeckhout & Jeroen Swinnen)
13
Sweden
“Keep on walking”
Salem Al Fakir
(Salem Al Fakir)
14
Latvia
“Rišti rašti”
Kristine Karkla-Purina
(Valts Ernštreits & Raimonds Tiguls)
15
Estonia
“Siren”
Robin Juhkental
(Robin Juhkental)
Results
If you don’t remember those songs, you can check BoNF’s youtube page or this recap video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vezxAYkX-0o
The Eurovision Times 
12 The dragontower – Keep of Kalessin
10 Me and my guitar – Tom Dice
08 Siren – Malcolm Lincoln
07 Keep on walking – Salem al Fakir
06 Le’an – Harel Skaat
05 Ovo je Balkan – Milan Stanković
04 Synk eller svøm – Gaute Ormåsen
03 Rišti rašti – Kristine Karkla-Purina
02 Annankadun kulmassa – Heli Kajo
01 Astronaut – Iiris Visek
Judging my votes, it was the guys year. It was first now when I compared the songs that I realised how similiar Milan’s and Gaute’s songs are. :P
Heli Kajo had a good and a pretty song, but unfortunately a quite underwhelming performance imo. And I’ll just stay to the fact that I will never understand either MaNga or Bjørn Johan Muri.
Finally, a little comment about Neo. I attended the rehearsal in Malmö Arena that year and Neo’s song was the huge audience favourite. Anna Bergendahl’s passed almost unnoticed. Since that year, the Malmö audience are well known for being unreliable when it comes to MF betting. :P
Nice fun fact, at least Neo made it to second round ;)
And the next year, their runaway fav was Melody Club (which I remember you liked too) and that bombed as well.
look at my BoNF 2011 top 30 ;)
So it got a solid 3 in ranking from your friends and didn’t make it into the final (nor did Orelipoiss’ “Valss”, what the hell! ;) ).
You didn’t have any Maltese songs for this year. I remember MSfE 2010 being the first Maltese year I really followed (and then I mean follow every pre-selection heat which didn’t have any real impact since the jury already had decided their finalists). I remember that Lawrence Gray’s “Stories” was my big favourite all the way until the final night. There he turned up dressed as a penguin, joined by a ballerina who just ran around on stage, not following the music. But well, Thea could have a huge, scary manbird (not manboy) wobbling behind her and that didn’t stop her from winning the whole shit. But I digress…
i strangely enough do not remember that at all, phew for me lol
Thanks for that. I was actually searching for this song-Rišti rašti-some weeks ago asking people here if they could help me find it.I got the year and everything right but somehow i believed it was competing at the Estonian semi.Maybe,the fact that it would suit better in Eesti laul than in a Latvian semifinal made me mix things up. :)
well it’s been on my youtube page since 2010 but indeed back then i made the recap video so people putting “risti rasti” on youtube wouldnt find it! i must make individual videos for all the bonf finalists, as I did for 2013 ;)