| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Globe Arena Stockholm, Sweden |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Scrutineer | Christine Marchal-Ortiz |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
| Director | Marius Bratten |
| Executive producer | Svante Stockselius |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Debuting countries |  Latvia |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song | |
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TheEurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of theEurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at theGlobe Arena inStockholm, Sweden, and presented byKattis Ahlström andAnders Lundin. It was organised by theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT), who staged the event after winning the1999 contest forSweden with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" byCharlotte Nilsson. With an audience of 13,000 people present, the 2000 contest was the largest seen in its history until that point.
Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in the contest.Bosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,Portugal andSlovenia, which had participated in the 1999 contest, wererelegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the preceding five contests. These countries were replaced byLatvia in its first contest appearance,Finland,Macedonia,Romania andSwitzerland which were relegated from the previous year's event, andRussia which returned after a two-year absence.
The winner wasDenmark with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", written byJørgen Olsen [da] and performed by theOlsen Brothers. Although Denmark was not a pre-contest favourite to win the title, "Fly on the Wings of Love" received the third-highest points total yet seen in the contest, gaining 195 points, and the song went on to become a success insingles charts across Europe.Russia,Latvia,Estonia, andGermany rounded out the top five, with Russia and Estonia achieving their best ever results, and Latvia achieving one of the highest placings for a début entry in the contest's history. The 2000 contest was the first to be broadcast over theinternet, with awebcast of the live show available in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia throughMicrosoft'sMSN portals.
The 2000 contest took place inStockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the1999 edition with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven", performed byCharlotte Nilsson. It was the fourth time that Sweden had staged the contest, following the1975,1985 and1992 contests held in Stockholm,Gothenburg, andMalmö, respectively.[1] The selected venue was theGlobe Arena, also known asGloben in Swedish, an indoor arena first opened in 1989 and the world'slargest hemispherical building.[2][3][4] With capacity for over 16,000 people, which was reduced slightly to 13,000 for the contest, the Globe Arena was the largest venue the Eurovision Song Contest had ever seen at that point.[5][6]
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT) approached venues in three cities – namely Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm – to establish a suitable host city and venue for the contest. The venues chosen following this initial round of discussions were theScandinavium in Gothenburg, which had previously hosted the 1985 contest;Malmömässan in Malmö; andGloben in Stockholm.[7][8] Malmö was subsequently eliminated as a potential host city, due to high costs required to complete a suitable arena within the Malmömässan area and which would still have a relatively small audience capacity compared to the other venues on offer. Of the remaining options, Stockholm andGloben were ultimately chosen by SVT managing directorSam Nilsson [sv] to host the event. Stockholm's bid won out over Gothenburg due to the lower costs of producing the event in the capital as well as with Stockholm having not hosted the event since 1975.[7]
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 – Participation summaries by country | |
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Per the rules of the contest twenty-four countries were allowed to participate in the 2000 contest, one more than the twenty-three countries that participated in the1999 event.[9]Latvia entered the contest for the first time, andFinland,Macedonia,Romania,Russia, andSwitzerland returned after being absent from the previous year's event. 1999 participantsBosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,Portugal andSlovenia did not participate in this year's contest.[5][6]
Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists in past editions.Serafín Zubiri competed in the contest for a second time, having previously participated forSpain in 1992.[10]Roger Pontare competed as a solo artist in this year's edition, following his appearance forSweden in 1994 where he competed alongsideMarie Bergman.[11] The two members of the Cypriot duoVoice [it],Alexandros Panayi and Christina Argyri, had also both participated in Eurovision before, with Panayi having previously representedCyprus in 1995, while Argyri had been a backing performer at the same contest.[12] A number of former participating artists also returned to perform asbacking vocalists for some of the competing entries:Eyjólfur Kristjánsson [is], having previously representedIceland in 1991 alongsideStefán Hilmarsson [is], returned to support the Icelandic duoAugust and Telma [is] as a backing singer;[13]Albano Carrisi, who twice representedItaly in 1976 and1985 withRomina Power asAl Bano and Romina Power, supported Switzerland'sJane Bogaert [de] on stage;[14] andGabriel Forss [sv], a member of the groupBlond [sv] that representedSweden in 1997, was a backing singer for Malta'sClaudette Pace in this year's event.[15] Additionally,Eamonn Toal [fr] competed for Ireland in this year's contest, having previously served as backing vocalist forIreland in 1995.[16]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | ORF | The Rounder Girls [de] | "All to You" | English | Dave Moskin |
 Belgium | RTBF | Nathalie Sorce [fr] | "Envie de vivre" | French | Silvio Pezzuto |
 Croatia | HRT | Goran Karan | "Kad zaspu anđeli" | Croatian | |
 Cyprus | CyBC | Voice [it] | "Nomiza"(Νόμιζα) | Greek, Italian |
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 Denmark | DR | Olsen Brothers | "Fly on the Wings of Love" | English | Jørgen Olsen [da] |
 Estonia | ETV | Ines | "Once in a Lifetime" | English | |
 Finland | YLE | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | English |
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 France | France Télévision | Sofia Mestari [fr] | "On aura le ciel" | French |
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 Germany | NDR[a] | Stefan Raab | "Wadde hadde dudde da?" | German, English | Stefan Raab |
 Iceland | RÚV | August [is] andTelma [is] | "Tell Me!" | English |
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 Ireland | RTÉ | Eamonn Toal [fr] | "Millennium of Love" | English |
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 Israel | IBA | PingPong | "Sameach"(שמח) | Hebrew | |
| Latvia | LTV | Brainstorm | "My Star" | English | Renārs Kaupers |
 Macedonia | MRT | XXL [mk] | "100%te ljubam"(100%те љубам) | Macedonian, English | |
 Malta | PBS | Claudette Pace | "Desire" | English | |
 Netherlands | NOS | Linda | "No Goodbyes" | English |
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 Norway | NRK | Charmed [no] | "My Heart Goes Boom" | English | |
 Romania | TVR | Taxi | "The Moon"[b] | English | Dan Teodorescu [ro] |
 Russia | ORT | Alsou | "Solo" | English |
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 Spain | TVE | Serafín Zubiri | "Colgado de un sueño" | Spanish | José María Purón [es] |
 Sweden | SVT | Roger Pontare | "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" | English |
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 Switzerland | SRG SSR | Jane Bogaert [de] | "La vita cos'è?" | Italian |
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 Turkey | TRT | Pınar [tr] andthe SOS [nl] | "Yorgunum Anla" | Turkish, English |
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 United Kingdom | BBC | Nicki French | "Don't Play That Song Again" | English |
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Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest, arelegation system was introduced in1993 in order to reduce the number of countries which could compete in each year's contest. Any relegated countries would be able to return the following year, thus allowing all countries the opportunity to compete in at least one in every two editions.[9][19] The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2000 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. However the rules were modified for 2000 to ensure that the four participating countries which provide the largest financial contribution towards the organisation of the contest would be given an automatic place in the contest every year.[9] This group – comprisingFrance,Germany,Spain and theUnited Kingdom – was subsequently dubbed the "Big Four" group of countries.[20][21] Alongside the previous year's winning country and the Big Four, the remaining places in the 2000 contest were given to any eligible countries which had not competed in the 1999 contest, and the countries which had competed in 1999 that had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests. In cases where the average was identical between two or more countries, the total number of points scored in the most recent contest determined the final order.[9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,Portugal andSlovenia were therefore excluded from participating in the 2000 contest, to make way for the return of Finland, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Switzerland, and debuting country Latvia.[5][22] Broadcasters inGreece,Hungary, andSlovakia, participating countries from the1998 contest which had not competed in 1999, and were therefore eligible to participate in 2000, decided not to enter, reportedly due to financial reasons.[2][5]
The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 2000 contest are outlined in the table below.
Table key
| Rank | Country | Average | Yearly Point Totals[23][24][25][26][27] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |||
| 1 | United Kingdom ‡ | 116.80 | 76 | 77 | 227 | 166 | 38 |
| 2 | Israel | 115.33 | 81 | DNQ | 172 | 93 | |
| 3 | Sweden ‡ | 90.40 | 100 | 100 | 36 | 53 | 163 |
| 4 | Ireland | 89.00 | 44 | 162 | 157 | 64 | 18 |
| 5 | Croatia | 84.60 | 91 | 98 | 24 | 131 | 79[d] |
| 6 | Malta | 81.40 | 76 | 68 | 66 | 165 | 32 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 76.00 | R | 78 | 5 | 150 | 71 |
| 8 | Estonia | 75.50 | R | 94 | 82 | 36 | 90 |
| 9 | Norway | 75.20 | 148 | 114 | 0 | 79 | 35 |
| 10 | Denmark | 62.67 | 92 | DNQ | 25 | R | 71 |
| 11 | Germany ‡ | 62.25 | 1 | DNQ | 22 | 86 | 140 |
| 12 | Iceland | 61.50 | 31 | 51 | 18 | R | 146 |
| 13 | Cyprus | 57.60 | 79 | 72 | 98 | 37 | 2 |
| 14 | Austria | 53.00 | 67 | 68 | 12 | R | 65 |
| 15 | Spain ‡ | 50.80 | 119 | 17 | 96 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | Turkey | 49.00 | 21 | 57 | 121 | 25 | 21 |
| 17 | Belgium | 47.50 | 8 | 22 | R | 122 | 38 |
| 18 |  Slovenia | 45.40 | 84 | 16 | 60 | 17 | 50 |
| 19 | France ‡ | 44.80 | 94 | 18 | 95 | 3 | 14 |
| 20 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.75 | 14 | 13 | 22 | R | 86 |
| 21 |  Portugal | 29.00 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 36 | 12 |
| 22 |  Poland | 27.20 | 15 | 31 | 54 | 19 | 17 |
| 23 | Russia † | 25.00 | 17 | DNQ | 33 | R | |
| 24 | Macedonia † | 16.00 | DNQ | R | 16 | R | |
| 25 | Finland † | 15.50 | R | 9 | R | 22 | R |
| 26 |  Lithuania | 13.00 | R | R | 13 | ||
| 27 | Switzerland † | 9.00 | R | 22 | 5 | 0 | R |
| 28 | Romania † | 6.00 | R | DNQ | R | 6 | R |
| – | Latvia † | –[e] | |||||
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was producedSVT;Svante Stockselius served asexecutive producer, Peter Lundin served asproducer, Marius Bratten served asdirector, and Mikael Varhelyi and Kristofer Röhr served asdesigners.[5][29] On behalf of the contest organisers, theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Christine Marchal-Ortiz asscrutineer.[30][31][32] The contest was presented by the journalistKattis Ahlström and the television presenterAnders Lundin.[2][5]
The graphic design, including the contest's logo, scoreboard, on-screen overlays and postcards, was developed by Stockholm Design Lab.[33] The chosen logo, presented publicly in early 2000, was a pair of open lips, and described as "a sensual, yet stylistically pure, mouth representing song, dialogue and speech" by its designers; ahead of the2004 contest this logo was also considered by contest organisers when developing the contest's new generic logo for that edition.[5][6] The logo also featured prominently as part of the set design; the outline of the mouth featured on a display next to the stage and was filled with a distorted form of each country's national flag as its entry was performed.[29] The 2000 contest was the first to incorporateLED display technology within the set design, with five LED pillars featuring on stage during each performance and displaying images designed to complement each song's theme or presentation and producing a unique backdrop to each performance.[6][34]
Acompilation album featuring all 24 competing entries was released within Europe ahead of the contest, through the German record labelsAriola andBMG.[35] This was the first time an official album had been commissioned by the organisers and followed a previous attempt at an album for the 1999 contest which failed to contain all entries in that year's contest due to copyright issues.[2]
Each participating broadcaster was represented by one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration. A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance and all performers were required to be at least 16 years old in the year the contest was held. Selected entries were not permitted to be released commercially before 1 January 2000, and were then only allowed to be released in the country they represented until after the contest was held (except as part of a compilation album of all participating songs). The final submission date for all selected entries to be received by the contest organisers was set for 10 March. This submission was required to include a sound recording of the entry and backing track for use during the contest, a video presentation of the song on stage being performed by the artists, and the text of the song lyrics in its original language and translations in French and English for distribution to the participating broadcasters, their commentators and juries. Selected performers were required to be available from 7 May, with a staggered timetable for rehearsals in the contest venue to be developed by the organisers.[9]
Following the confirmation of the 24 competing countries, the draw to determine the running order was held in Stockholm on 21 November 1999.[9][36]
The results of the 2000 contest were determined using the scoring system introduced in1975: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry.[9][37] Each participating broadcaster was required to usetelevoting to determine their points, with viewers able to register their vote by telephone for a total of five minutes following the performance of the last competing entry. Viewers could vote by calling one of twenty-three different telephone numbers to represent the twenty-four competing entries except that which represented their own country. Once phone lines were opened a video recap containing short clips of each competing entry with the accompanying phone number for voting was shown in order to aid viewers during the voting window, with each household able to vote a maximum of three times.[9][29] Systems were also put in place to preventlobby groups from one country voting for their entry by travelling to other countries.[9]
Participating broadcasters which were unable to hold a televote in its country due to technological limitations could be granted an exception and their points would then be determined by a jury. Those conducting a televote were also required to assemble a jury, the votes of which could be used in case of a technical failure which prevented the televoting results from being rendered unusable. Each jury was composed of eight individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, comprised additionally of an equal number of men and women, and below and above 30 years of age. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected immediately following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing; if a tie still remained, the youngest jury member would have the deciding vote. All juries were based in their own countries and followed the contest through television, seeing the performances just as the public watching at home would. Juries watched not only the contest itself on 13 May 2000 but also the final dress rehearsal, which was held on the same day and produced under the exact same conditions as the actual contest. In order to maintain the integrity of the vote, reception of the contest to the juries was severed during the announcement of the results until after the points for their country had been announced; the points to be awarded from the last five countries in the voting order were also required to be sent ahead of time viafax to the contest organisers.[9]
Each entry was preceded by a video postcard which served as an introduction to that country, as well as providing an opportunity to showcase the running artistic theme of the event and to create a transition between entries to allow stage crew to make changes on stage.[38][39] The postcards for the 2000 contest focussed on different aspects of life in Sweden; central to each country's postcard was a specific concept, e.g. an object or person, from that country which can be found in everyday Swedish life. The exception to this was the postcard for the Swedish entry, which showed a group of workers atExpo 2000 inHannover, Germany.[29][34] Listed below by order of performance are the locations featured in each postcard as well as the concept for the respective country represented:[29]
Israel – Stockholm Public Library; a book by the Israeli authorAmos Oz Netherlands – Microbiology Centre,Karolinska Institute; Dutch scientists United Kingdom – Råsunda Stadium; the British football managerStuart Baxter Estonia – Apartment in Stockholm; Estonianchoral singing
France – Nightclub in Stockholm; Frenchclub music Romania – Masquerade at theRoyal Swedish Opera; a man dressed asDracula Malta – Stockholm harbour; theMaltese cross upon the sail of a boat Norway – Stockholm City Centre; a man fills a boat with Norwegianpetrol Russia – Royal Dramatic Theatre; a performance ofAnton Chekhov'sThree Sisters Belgium – Neighbourhood in Stockholm; a burglar is stopped by twochiens de Saint-Hubert Cyprus – Underground station in Stockholm; two long-distanceice skaters eat Cypriot oranges Iceland – Forest outside Stockholm; two campers are disturbed by twoIcelandic horses Spain – Moderna Museet; designed by the Spanish architectRafael Moneo Denmark – Apartment building in Stockholm; various apartments all have the same Danishlamp Germany – Street in Stockholm; a street vendor holds aknackwurst as a police chase passes by Switzerland – Eriksdalsbadet; a swimming race is timed using Swiss technology Croatia – Stockholm from the air; a group ofskydivers useparachutes, credited to the Croatian inventorFaust Vrančić Sweden – Expo 2000,Hannover, Germany; construction workers watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Macedonia – Cinema in Stockholm; showing of the Macedonian filmBefore the Rain Finland – Stockholm Archipelago; a ferry from Finland Latvia – Restaurant in Stockholm; pickled mushrooms, a Latvian speciality Turkey – Internet office in Stockholm;Mahir Çağrı, a Turkishinternet celebrity Ireland – Dance studio in Stockholm; a group performIrish dance Austria – Stockholm Arlanda Airport; a man returns from an Austrian ski holiday with a noticeablesun tan.jpg)
The contest took place on 13 May 2000 at 21:00 (CEST) and lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes.[2][9][29]
The show began with a video montage, comprising various scenes of contemporary Sweden overlaid with the shadow of a human mouth, representing the contest logo, reciting the names of the 24 participating countries in English in the order in which they would perform. The montage finished with a night-time aerial shot of the Globe Arena, followed by live transmission from inside the arena, where violinist Caroline Lundgren, dressed intraditional Swedish folk costume, exclaimed "Welcome Europe!" This was followed by a welcome from the presenters of the contest, Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, in various languages of the participating countries.[6][29] The interval act, "Once Upon a Time Europe Was Covered with Ice", mixed pre-recorded elements from various musicians and people from across Europe with live performances within the Globe Arena, and was composed and edited byJohan Söderberg and produced by John Nordling. The performance within the Globe Arena featured Lundgren on violin, theSträngnäs Drum Corps, street musicians and performers from Stockholm, and theBounce Streetdance Company [sv].[29][40][41][42]
The winner wasDenmark represented by the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", written byJørgen Olsen [da] and performed by theOlsen Brothers.[43] This marked Denmark's second contest win, thirty-seven years after its first victory in1963.[6][44]Russia andEstonia achieved their best-ever results, finishing second and fourth respectively, whileLatvia achieved one of the strongest ever début performances in the contest's history with a third-place finish.[6][45][46][47] Denmark's win was considered by some to be a surprise, as the song was not among the pre-contest favourites of fans orbookmakers, both of which had highly tipped Estonia for the win; however the Danish song ultimately received the third-highest points total yet seen at Eurovision and would go on to success across European charts in the weeks following the contest.[2][5][6][48] Following the contest, the Russian delegation petitioned for Denmark to be disqualified due to the use of avocoder during a brief moment of the performance to add an electronic sound to the vocals; the petition was ultimately rejected by the EBU.[2][5]
The Israeli entry, "Sameach" by the groupPingPong, caused some controversy in the lead-up to the contest. The music video for the song, released the month before the contest, featured same-sex kissing amongst the band members, singing intocucumbers, and other suggestive scenes withphallic imagery, which caused consternation with Israeli religious leaders and right-wing groups. The performance of the song, about an Israeli woman having a love affair with a man fromDamascus, also saw the group waving both Israeli andSyrian flags in a call forpeace between the two nations. However the participating Israeli broadcasterIBA raised objections during rehearsals, and subsequently disavowed its entry from the contest after the group refused to remove the Syrian flags from their performance; although the broadcaster did not prevent the group from performing in the contest, it was reported that the broadcaster had pulled funding for the group entirely.[5][6][49]
The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | PingPong | "Sameach" | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Netherlands | Linda | "No Goodbyes" | 40 | 13 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | Nicki French | "Don't Play That Song Again" | 28 | 16 |
| 4 | Estonia | Ines | "Once in a Lifetime" | 98 | 4 |
| 5 | France | Sofia Mestari | "On aura le ciel" | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Romania | Taxi | "The Moon"[b] | 25 | 17 |
| 7 | Malta | Claudette Pace | "Desire" | 73 | 8 |
| 8 | Norway | Charmed | "My Heart Goes Boom" | 57 | 11 |
| 9 | Russia | Alsou | "Solo" | 155 | 2 |
| 10 | Belgium | Nathalie Sorce | "Envie de vivre" | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Cyprus | Voice | "Nomiza" | 8 | 21 |
| 12 | Iceland | August and Telma | "Tell Me!" | 45 | 12 |
| 13 | Spain | Serafín Zubiri | "Colgado de un sueño" | 18 | 18 |
| 14 | Denmark | Olsen Brothers | "Fly on the Wings of Love" | 195 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany | Stefan Raab | "Wadde hadde dudde da?" | 96 | 5 |
| 16 | Switzerland | Jane Bogaert | "La vita cos'è?" | 14 | 20 |
| 17 | Croatia | Goran Karan | "Kad zaspu anđeli" | 70 | 9 |
| 18 | Sweden | Roger Pontare | "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" | 88 | 7 |
| 19 | Macedonia | XXL | "100%te ljubam" | 29 | 15 |
| 20 | Finland | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | 18 | 18 |
| 21 | Latvia | Brainstorm | "My Star" | 136 | 3 |
| 22 | Turkey | Pınar and the SOS | "Yorgunum Anla" | 59 | 10 |
| 23 | Ireland | Eamonn Toal | "Millennium of Love" | 92 | 6 |
| 24 | Austria | The Rounder Girls | "All to You" | 34 | 14 |
Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.[9] As had been the case since the1994 contest, the spokespersons were connected viasatellite and appeared in vision during the broadcast; spokespersons at the 2000 contest are listed below.[29][51]
Israel – Yoav Ginai [he] Netherlands – Marlayne United Kingdom – Colin Berry Estonia – Evelin Samuel[52] France – Marie Myriam Romania – Andreea Marin Malta – Valerie Vella Norway – Marit Åslein [no] Russia – Zhanna Agalakova Belgium – Thomas Van Hamme Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos Iceland – Ragnheiður Elín Clausen[53] Spain – Hugo de Campos Denmark – Michael Teschl [da] Germany – Axel Bulthaupt Switzerland – Astrid von Stockar Croatia – Marko Rašica Sweden – Malin Ekander[54] Macedonia – Sandra Todorovska Finland – Pia Mäkinen[55] Latvia – Lauris Reiniks[56] Turkey – Osman Erkan Ireland – Derek Mooney[57] Austria – Dodo Roscic [de]All countries were expected to use televoting to determine the points awarded by all countries, unless technological limitations in a country prevented a televote being held to a high standard, or where exceptional circumstances prevented a televote from being held.[9] Jury voting was used in Russia due to an underdeveloped telephone system in the country.[58] The Netherlands and Latvia had originally planned to use televoting to determine their points, however the votes of their back-up juries were used instead. In the Netherlands, due to theEnschede fireworks disaster the broadcast of the contest was suspended partway through and thus a televote could not be held, while in Latvia televoting lines were overloaded resulting in viewers unable to vote and leaving organisers unable to accurately determine a valid result.[56]
The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order.[9][29] The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.
Total score | Israel | Netherlands | United Kingdom | Estonia | France | Romania | Malta | Norway | Russia | Belgium | Cyprus | Iceland | Spain | Denmark | Germany | Switzerland | Croatia | Sweden | Macedonia | Finland | Latvia | Turkey | Ireland | Austria | ||
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Contestants | Israel | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 98 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 73 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Norway | 57 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | 155 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | |||||
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 45 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 18 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 195 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| Germany | 96 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 70 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 88 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Macedonia | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 18 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 136 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Turkey | 59 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 92 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Austria | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Denmark received the maximum score of 12 points from eight countries, with Latvia and Russia receiving four sets of 12 points each, Germany receiving three sets, Turkey receiving two, and Iceland, Romania and Sweden each receiving one maximum score.[59][60]
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Denmark | Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| 4 | Latvia | Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Norway |
| Russia | Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Romania | |
| 3 | Germany | Austria, Spain, Switzerland |
| 2 | Turkey | France, Netherlands |
| 1 | Iceland | Denmark |
| Romania | Macedonia | |
| Sweden | Turkey |
Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.[9] Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue.[61][62]
In addition to the broadcasts by EBU members, the contest was also available on theinternet for the first time in its history.[5] Sponsored byMicrosoft, awebcast of the contest was available on 18 EuropeanMSN sites as well as in the United States, Canada and Australia.[63]
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | SBS | SBS TV[l] | [103] | |
 Canada | TV5 | TV5 Québec Canada[m] | [104] | |
 Falkland Islands | BFBS | BFBS Television | [105] | |
 Faroe Islands | SvF | Keld Heick | [106] | |
 Greece | ERT | Dafni Bokota | [107] | |
| Lithuania | LRT | LRT | Darius Užkuraitis [lt] | [108][109] |
 Japan | NHK | NHK BS2 [ja][n] | [110] | |
| Poland | TVP | TVP1 | Artur Orzech | [111][112] |
| Portugal | RTP | RTP1[o] | Eládio Clímaco | [113][114] |
| Slovenia | RTVSLO | SLO 1 | [115] | |
 Yugoslavia | RTS | RTS 3K[p] | [116] | |
TheBarbara Dex Award, created in 1997 by fansite House of Eurovision, was awarded to the performer deemed to have been the "worst dressed" among the participants.[117] The winner in 2000 was Belgium's representativeNathalie Sorce [fr], as determined by visitors to the House of Eurovision website.[118][119]
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