Eurofestival 2010

Eurofestival 2009 was the inaugural Eurofestival performance competition. The competition was held in Paris, France after securing the bid in 2008. The city outbid Vienna, Austria and Amsterdam, Netherlands. 20 nations took part in the inaugural festival. Each nation sent a performer who were allowed to utilise 4 pokemon in the performance. The song could at most be three minutes in length. The eventual winner of the entire competition was Mihăiță Sala from Romania with his performance, "Into the Abyss". He used Claydol, Sighlyphe, Cloyster and Bisharp. The following competition will be held in Romania. The runner up was Austria and third place was Greece.



Contest
There was one grand final held on Saturday, May 6. There was a televote and jury vote which decided the results of the competition. Romania won both the televote and the jury.

Other Nations

 * ERT stated that they will not debut in the inaugural edition of the contest but will broadcast it.
 * RTS stated that Serbia will not debut in the contest however, a Serbian delegation was sent to Paris to view the contest.