Eurovision Song Contest 2000

45th Eurovision Song Contest
date	May 13, 2000
Host country	Sweden
venue	Globe arena , Stockholm
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin
Pause filler	Film by Johan Söderberg about Europe with background music from a violinist plus drummers and street musicians from Stockholm
participating countries	24
winner	Denmark
First time participation	Latvia
Returning participants	Russia
Withdrawn participants	Greece , Slovakia
Voting rule	The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs. In some countries, juries were also used because of the poor telephone network.
◄ ESC 1999 • ESC 2001 ►

The 45th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 13th, 2000 in the Globenarena in Stockholm ( Sweden ). 24 countries took part. The show was moderated by Anders Lundin and Kattis Ahlström .

The year before, Charlotte Nilsson won the ESC 1999 with Take Me to Your Heaven (Tusen och en natt) in Jerusalem ( Israel ).

The winners were the Olsen Brothers , who represented Denmark with their contribution Fly on the Wings of Love and thus brought the ESC back to Copenhagen in 2001 after 1964 .

particularities

Performers of the winning title, the Olsen Brothers , in 2008

The German contribution Wadde hadde dudde da? the interpreter Stefan Raab reached the fifth place. Austria with All to You by the Rounder Girls came in fourteenth, the Swiss contribution La vita cos'è by Jane Bogaert reached 20th place and Belgium came last in a field of 24 countries with the song Envie de vivre sung by Nathalie Sorce . Austria, Belgium and Switzerland had to sit out the following year.

Latvia brought a premiere : Brainstorms My Star took third place for the last Baltic debutante. But Estonia and Russia also achieved their best results to date: Ines finished fourth with Once in a Lifetime , Alsou finished second with Solo, right behind the Olsen Brothers.

In the Netherlands, the song contest 2000 was canceled due to a devastating explosion at a fireworks factory in Enschede. Instead of the originally planned telephone vote, there was a jury.

This year the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the fourth time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winner was Nathalie Sorce from Belgium.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 2000

Latvia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Finland, Macedonia, Romania and Switzerland were back after a compulsory year break. For this, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania and Portugal had to take a compulsory break. Greece, Slovakia and Hungary waived, but Russia was back, making a total of 24 countries this year.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Sweden	Roger Pontare	1994 (with Marie Bergman )
Spain	Serafín Zubiri	1992
Cyprus	Alexandros Panayi (member of Voice )	1995

Voting procedure

In the individual countries, the 10 best songs were chosen by the audience via televoting. Then the individual countries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs. According to the EBU rules for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 (published on September 23, 1999), all participating countries should vote by televoting. In exceptional cases where televoting was not possible, a jury was used instead: Russia, Macedonia, Turkey and Romania. The Dutch vote was taken over by a jury after the broadcasting of the competition was canceled due to the fireworks disaster in Enschede.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	14th	Denmark	Olsen Brothers	Fly on the Wings of Love M / T: Jørgen Olsen	English	Fly on the wings of love	195
02.	09	Russia	Alsou Алсу	Solo M / T: Andrew Lane, Brandon Barnes	English	-	155
03.	21st	Latvia	Brainstorm	My Star M / T: Reynard Cowper	English	My star	136
04th	04th	Estonia	Ines	Once in a Lifetime M: Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Pearu Paulus; T: Jana Hallas	English	Once in a lifetime	098
05.	15th	Germany	Stefan Raab	Wadde hadde dudde there? M / T: Stefan Raab	German , English	What have you got there?	096
06th	23	Ireland	Eamonn Toal	Millennium of Love M: Gerry Simpson; T: Raymond J. Smyth	English	Millennium of love	092
07th	18th	Sweden	Roger Pontare	When Spirits Are Calling My Name M / T: Peter Dahl, Linda Jansson, Thomas Holmstrand	English	When ghosts call my name	088
08th.	07th	Malta	Claudette Pace	Desire M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg	English, Maltese	Desire	073
09.	17th	Croatia	Goran Karan	Kada zaspu anđeli M / T: Zdenko Runjić, Nikša Bratoš, Neno Ninčević	Croatian	When the angels fall asleep	070
10.	22nd	Turkey	Pınar Ayhan and The SOS	Yorgunum Anla M: Sühan Ayhan; T: Pınar Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan	Turkish , English	Understand that I am tired	059
11.	08th	Norway	Charmed	My Heart Goes Boom M / T: Tore Madsen, Morten Henriksen	English	My heart throws	057
12.	12	Iceland	August & Telma	Tell me! M: Örlygur Smári; T: Örlygur Smári, Sigurður Örn Jónsson	English	Tell me!	045
13.	02	Netherlands	Linda Wagenmakers	No Goodbyes M: John O'Hare; T: Ellert Driessen	English	No goodbyes	040
14th	24	Austria	The Rounder Girls	All to You M / T: Dave Moskin	English	Everything to you	034
15th	19th	Macedonia	XXL	100% te ljubam (Сто посто те љубам) M: Dragan Karanfilovski; T: Orče Zafirovski, Vlado Janevski	Macedonian , English	I love you 100%	029
16.	03	United Kingdom	Nicki French	Don't Play that Song Again M / T: John Springate, Gerry Shephard	English	Don't play that song again	028
17th	06th	Romania	taxi	The Moon M / T: Dan Teodorescu	English	The moon	025th
18th	13	Spain	Serafín Zubiri	Colgado de un sueño M / T: José María Purón	Spanish	Hanging on a dream	018th
18th	20th	Finland	Nina Åström	A Little Bit M: Luca Genta; T: Gerrit aan 't Goor	English	A little bit	018th
20th	16	Switzerland	Jane Bogaert	La vita cos'è M: Brigitte Schöb, Bernie Staub; T: Thomas Marin	Italian	What is life?	014th
21st	11	Cyprus	Voice	Nómiza (Νόμιζα) M: Alexandros Panayi; T: Alexandros Panayi, Silvia M. Klemm	Greek , Italian	I believed	008th
22nd	01	Israel	Ping-pong פינגפונג	Sa'me'akh (Be Happy) (שמייח(Be Happy)) M / T: Guy Asif, Ronen Ben-Tal, Roy 'Chicky' Arad	Hebrew a.	Happy	007th
23.	05	France	Sofia Mestari	On aura le ciel M / T: Pierre Legay, Benoît Heinrich	French	We will have heaven	005
24.	10	Belgium	Nathalie Sorce	Envie de vivre M / T: Silvio Pezzuto	French	Lust to live	002

^a. in a few words in English

The countries marked in red had to suspend in 2001 because of their poor five-year points average.

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	ISR	NED	GBR	EST	FRA	ROU	MLT	NOR	RUS	BEL	CYP	ISL	ESP	THE	GER	SUI	CRO	SWE	MKD	FIN	LVA	DOOR	IRL	AUT
Israel	007th	-				6th														1
Netherlands	040	8th	-			2		5			8th	5	1	4th		1		2					3	1
United Kingdom	028	1		-	2		3	6th				3						4th				3	6th
Estonia	098	6th	7th	4th	-		6th	7th	4th		2	6th	5		4th	5		6th	6th		8th	10	2	7th	3
France	005		2			-				3
Romania	025th						-			6th								7th		12
Malta	073	3	1	2	1		7th	-	2	8th	1	8th		1	3	3		8th	3	8th		4th	5	3	2
Norway	057	7th		3	3			3	-				7th		7th				7th			6th	10	4th
Russia	155	10		8th	10	5	12	12	8th	-	7th	12	8th	5	6th	4th	2	12	5	7th	5			10	7th
Belgium	002										-									2
Cyprus	008th							1				-						3		4th
Iceland	045	5			6th				7th				-		12				8th			7th
Spain	018th						5			2		10		-			1
Denmark	195	12	10	12	8th	7th	1	8th	10	12	10	4th	12	10	-	12	10		12		10	12	1	12	10
Germany	096		8th	5		10			3	4th	6th		6th	12	2	-	12	1			2	8th		5	12
Switzerland	014th		6th							5							-					2			1
Croatia	070					8th	8th			10				2		6th	6th	-		10	6th		8th		6th
Sweden	088			6th	5	1		4th	5		5		4th	6th	10	8th	3		-	6th	7th		12	6th
Macedonia	029						10			7th		2						10		-
Finland	018th		5		7th		4th												2		-
Latvia	136	4th	4th	7th	12	3			12	1	12	1	10	7th	8th	7th	7th		10	3	12	-		8th	8th
Turkey	059		12			12			1		3				1	10	5		1	5	4th		-		5
Ireland	092	2	3	10	4th	4th	2	10	6th		4th	7th	2	3	5		8th	5	4th		1	1	7th	-	4th
Austria	034			1				2					3	8th		2	4th				3	5	4th	2	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Map of scoring for the winning title from Denmark by country

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
8th	Denmark	Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom
4th	Latvia	Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Norway
	Russia	Croatia, Malta, Romania, Cyprus
3	Germany	Austria, Switzerland, Spain
2	Turkey	France, Netherlands
1	Iceland	Denmark
	Romania	Macedonia
	Sweden	Turkey

Points speaker

No.	country	Points speaker
01	Israel
02	Netherlands	Marlayne
03	United Kingdom	Colin Berry
04th	Estonia	Evelin Samuel
05	France	Marie Myriam
06th	Romania	Andreea Marin
07th	Malta	Valerie Vella
08th	Norway	Marit Åslein
09	Russia	Zhanna Agalakova
010	Belgium	Thomas Van Hamme
011	Cyprus	Loukas Hamatsos
012	Iceland	Ragnheiður Elín Clausen
0 13	Spain	Hugo de Campos
0 14th	Denmark	Michael Teschl
0 15th	Germany	Axel Bulthaupt
0 16	Switzerland	Astrid Von Stockar
0 17th	Croatia	Marko Rašic
0 18th	Sweden	Malin Ekander
0 19th	Macedonia	Sandra Todorovska
0 20th	Finland	Pia Mäkinen
0 21st	Latvia	Lauris Reiniks
0 22nd
0 23	Ireland	Derek Mooney
0 24	Austria	Dodo Roščić

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net
• Our archive from the Grand Prix . Eurovision Club Germany