Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Dates
Final	13 May 2000(2000-05-13)
Host
Venue	Globe Arena Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter(s)	Kattis Ahlström Anders Lundin
Directed by	Marius Bratten
Executive supervisor	Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Executive producer	Svante Stockselius
Host broadcaster	Sveriges Television(SVT)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000
Participants
Number of entries	24
Debuting countries	Latvia
Returning countries	Finland Macedonia Romania Russia Switzerland
Non-returning countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Poland Portugal Slovenia
Participation map Competing countriesRelegated countries unable to participateCountries that participated in the past but not in 2000
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	Denmark "Fly on the Wings of Love"

TheEurovision Song Contest 2000was the 45th edition of theEurovision Song Contest,held on 13 May 2000 at theGlobe ArenainStockholm,Sweden. Organised by theEuropean Broadcasting Union(EBU) and host broadcasterSveriges Television(SVT) and presented byKattis AhlströmandAnders Lundin,the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the1999 contestwith the song "Take Me to Your Heaven"byCharlotte Nilsson.With an audience of 13,000 people present, the 2000 contest was the largest yet seen in its history.

Twenty-four countries took part in the contest.Bosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,PortugalandSlovenia,which had participated in the 1999 contest, wererelegatedafter achieving the lowest average points totals over the preceding five contests. These countries were replaced byLatviain its first contest appearance,Finland,Macedonia,RomaniaandSwitzerlandwhich were relegated from the previous year's event, andRussiawhich returned after a two-year absence.

The winner wasDenmarkwith the song "Fly on the Wings of Love",written byJørgen Olsenand performed by theOlsen Brothers.Russia, Latvia,Estonia,andGermanyrounded 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. Although Denmark was not a pre-contest favourite to win the title, with 195 points "Fly on the Wings of Love" received the third-highest points total yet seen in the contest, and the song went on to become a success insingles chartsacross Europe.

The 2000 contest was the first to be broadcast over theinternet,with awebcastof the live show available in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia throughMicrosoft'sMSNportals.

Location

Globe Arena, Stockholm – host venue of the 2000 contest.

Stockholm

Malmö

Gothenburg

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Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, the shortlisted city is marked in green, while the eliminated city is marked in red.

The 2000 contest took place inStockholm,Sweden, following the country's victory at the1999 editionwith the song "Take Me to Your Heaven",performed byCharlotte Nilsson.It was the fourth time that Sweden had staged the contest, following the1975,1985and1992contests held in Stockholm,Gothenburg,andMalmö,respectively.The selected venue was theGlobe Arena,also known asGlobenin Swedish, an indoor arena first opened in 1989 and the world'slargest hemispherical building.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.

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 theScandinaviumin Gothenburg, which had previously hosted the 1985 contest;Malmömässanin Malmö; andGlobenin Stockholm.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 andGlobenwere ultimately chosen by SVT managing directorSam Nilssonto 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.

Participating countries

Further information:List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2000 – Participation summaries by country
Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom

Per the rules of the contest twenty-four countries were allowed to participate in the event, one more than the twenty-three countries that participated in the1999 event.Latviaentered the contest for the first time, andFinland,Macedonia,Romania,Russia,andSwitzerlandreturned after being absent from the previous year's event. 1999 participantsBosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,PortugalandSloveniadid not participate in this year's contest.

Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists in past editions.Spain'sSerafín ZubiriandSweden'sRoger Pontareboth competed in the contest for the second time, having previously participated for their countries in1992and in1994alongsideMarie Bergmanrespectively.The two members of Cypriot duo Voice,Alexandros PanayiandChristina Argyri,had also both participated in Eurovision before, with Panayi having previously representedCyprusin1995,while Argyri had been a backing performer at the same contest.A number of former participating artists also returned to perform asbacking vocalistsfor some of the competing entries:Eyjólfur Kristjánsson,having previously representedIcelandin1991alongsideStefán Hilmarsson,returned to support the Icelandic duo August and Telma as a backing singer;Albano Carrisi,who twice representedItalywithRomina Powerin1976and1985,supported Switzerland's Jane Bogaert on stage;and Gabriel Forss, a member of the group Blond that represented Sweden in 1997, was a backing singer forMalta'sClaudette Pacein this year's event.Additionally,Eamonn Toalcompeted forIrelandin this year's contest, having previously served as backing vocalist forEddie Frielin 1995.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Austria	ORF	The Rounder Girls	"All to You"	English	Dave Moskin
Belgium	RTBF	Nathalie Sorce	"Envie de vivre"	French	Silvio Pezzuto
Croatia	HRT	Goran Karan	"Kad zaspu anđeli"	Croatian	Nenad Ninčević Zdenko Runjić
Cyprus	CyBC	Voice	"Nomiza"(Νόμιζα)	Greek,Italian	Silvia M. Klemm Alexandros Panayi
Denmark	DR	Olsen Brothers	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	English	Jørgen Olsen
Estonia	ETV	Ines	"Once in a Lifetime"	English	Jana Hallas Ilmar Laisaar Alar Kotkas Pearu Paulus
Finland	YLE	Nina Åström	"A Little Bit"	English	Luca Genta Gerrit aan 't Goor
France	France Télévision	Sofia Mestari	"On aura le ciel"	French	Benoît Heinrich Pierre Legay
Germany	NDR	Stefan Raab	"Wadde hadde dudde da?"	German,English	Stefan Raab
Iceland	RÚV	August and Telma	"Tell Me!"	English	Örlygur Smári Sigurður Örn Jónsson
Ireland	RTÉ	Eamonn Toal	"Millennium of Love"	English	Gerry Simpson Raymond J. Smyth
Israel	IBA	PingPong	"Sameach"(שמח)	Hebrew	Roy Arad Guy Asif Ronen Ben Tal
Latvia	LTV	Brainstorm	"My Star"	English	Renārs Kaupers
Macedonia	MRT	XXL	"100%te ljubam"(100%те љубам)	Macedonian,English	Dragan Karanfilovski Orče Zafirovski
Malta	PBS	Claudette Pace	"Desire"	English	Gerard James Borg Philip Vella
Netherlands	NOS	Linda	"No Goodbyes"	English	Ellert Driessen John O'Hare
Norway	NRK	Charmed	"My Heart Goes Boom"	English	Morten Henriksen Tore Madsen
Romania	TVR	Taxi	"The Moon"	English	Dan Teodorescu
Russia	ORT	Alsou	"Solo"	English	Brandon Barnes Andrew Lane
Spain	TVE	Serafín Zubiri	"Colgado de un sueño"	Spanish	José María Purón
Sweden	SVT	Roger Pontare	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name"	English	Peter Dahl Thomas Holmstrand Linda Jansson
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Jane Bogaert	"La vita cos'è?"	Italian	Thomas Marin Bernie Staub
Turkey	TRT	Pınarand the SOS	"Yorgunum Anla"	Turkish,English	Pınar Ayhan Sühan Ayhan Orkun Yazgan
United Kingdom	BBC	Nicki French	"Don't Play That Song Again"	English	Gerry Shephard John Springate

Qualification

Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest, arelegation systemwas introduced in1993in 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.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.This group – comprisingFrance,Germany,Spainand theUnited Kingdom– was subsequently dubbed the "Big Four"group of countries.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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania,Poland,PortugalandSloveniawere 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.Broadcasters inGreece,HungaryandSlovakia,participating countries from the1998 contestwhich had not competed in 1999, and were therefore eligible to participate in 2000, decided not to enter, reportedly due to financial reasons.

The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 2000 contest are outlined in the table below.

Table key

Qualifier

‡Automatic qualifier

†New/returning countries which did not compete in 1999

Calculation of average points to determine qualification for the 2000 contest

Rank	Country	Average	Yearly Point Totals
			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
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†	–

Production

Kattis Ahlström(left)andAnders Lundin,the presenters of the contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was produced by the Swedish public broadcasterSveriges Television(SVT).Svante Stockseliusserved asexecutive producer,Peter Lundin served asproducer,Marius Bratten served asdirector,and Mikael Varhelyi and Kristofer Röhr served asdesigners.The contest was presented by the journalistKattis Ahlströmand the television presenterAnders Lundin.

The graphic design, including the contest's logo, scoreboard, on-screen overlays and postcards, was developed by Stockholm Design Lab.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 contestthis logo was also considered by contest organisers when developing the contest's new generic logo for that edition.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 their entry was performed.The 2000 contest was the first to incorporateLED displaytechnology 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.

Acompilation albumfeaturing all twenty-four competing entries was released within Europe ahead of the contest, released through the German record labelsAriolaandBMG.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.

Format

Entries

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.

Following the confirmation of the twenty-four competing countries, the draw to determine the running order was held in Stockholm on 21 November 1999.

Voting procedure

Further information:Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest

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.Each participating country was required to usetelevotingto 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.Systems were also put in place to preventlobby groupsfrom one country voting for their entry by travelling to other countries.

Countries which were unable to hold a televote due to technological limitations could be granted an exception, and their points would then be determined by a jury. Countries conducting a televote were also required to appoint a jury, the votes of which could be used in case of a technical failure which prevents 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 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 viafaxto the contest organisers.

Postcards

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.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 2000inHannover,Germany.Listed below by order of performance are the locations featured in each postcard as well as the concept for the respective country represented:

1. Israel –Stockholm Public Library;a book by the Israeli authorAmos Oz
2. Netherlands – Microbiology Centre,Karolinska Institute;Dutch scientists
3. United Kingdom –Råsunda Stadium;the British football managerStuart Baxter
4. Estonia – Apartment in Stockholm; Estonianchoral singing
5. France – Nightclub in Stockholm; Frenchclub music
6. Romania –Masqueradeat theRoyal Swedish Opera;a man dressed asDracula
7. Malta – Stockholm harbour; theMaltese crossupon the sail of a boat
8. Norway –Stockholm City Centre;a man fills a boat with Norwegianpetrol
9. Russia –Royal Dramatic Theatre;a performance ofAnton Chekhov'sThree Sisters
10. Belgium – Neighbourhood in Stockholm; a burglar is stopped by twochiens de Saint-Hubert
11. Cyprus –Underground stationin Stockholm; two long-distanceice skaterseat Cypriot oranges
12. Iceland – Forest outside Stockholm; two campers are disturbed by twoIcelandic horses
13. Spain –Moderna Museet;designed by the Spanish architectRafael Moneo
14. Denmark – Apartment building in Stockholm; various apartments all have the same Danishlamp
15. Germany – Street in Stockholm; a street vendor holds aknackwurstas a police chase passes by
16. Switzerland –Eriksdalsbadet;a swimming race is timed using Swiss technology
17. Croatia – Stockholm from the air; a group ofskydiversuseparachutes,credited to the Croatian inventorFaust Vrančić
18. Sweden –Expo 2000,Hannover,Germany; construction workers watch the Eurovision Song Contest from Sweden
19. Macedonia –Cinemain Stockholm; showing of the Macedonian filmBefore the Rain
20. Finland –Stockholm Archipelago;a ferry from Finland
21. Latvia – Restaurant in Stockholm; pickled mushrooms, a Latvian speciality
22. Turkey – Internet office in Stockholm;Mahir Çağrı,a Turkishinternet celebrity
23. Ireland – Dance studio in Stockholm; a group performIrish dance
24. Austria –Stockholm Arlanda Airport;a man returns from an Austrian ski holiday with a noticeablesun tan

Contest overview

TheOlsen Brothers(pictured in 2008)were the second Danish act to win the contest, thirty-seven years after the country's previous win.

The contest took place on 13 May 2000 at 21:00 (CEST) and lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes.

The show began with a video montage, comprising various scenes of contemporary Sweden overlayed with the shadow of a human mouth, representing the contest logo, reciting the names of the twenty-four 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.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 Söderbergand produced by John Nordling. The performance within the Globe Arena featured Lundgren on violin, theSträngnäsDrum Corps, street musicians and performers from Stockholm, and theBounce Streetdance Company.

The winner wasDenmarkrepresented by the song "Fly on the Wings of Love",written byJørgen Olsenand performed by theOlsen Brothers.This marked Denmark's second contest win, thirty-seven years after their first victory in1963.RussiaandEstoniaachieved their best-ever results, finishing second and fourth respectively, whileLatviaachieved one of the strongest ever début performances in the contest's history with a third-place finishDenmark's win was considered by some to be a surprise, as the song was not among of 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.Following the contest, the Russian delegation petitioned for Denmark to be disqualified due to the use of avocoderduring a brief moment of the performance to add an electronic sound to the vocals; the petition was ultimately rejected by the EBU.

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 withphallicimagery, 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 andSyrianflags in a call forpeace between the two nations.However the participating Israeli broadcasterIBAraised 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.

The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting.

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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"	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	Pınarand 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

Spokespersons

Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country.As had been the case since the1994 contest,the spokespersons were connected viasatelliteand appeared in vision during the broadcast; spokespersons at the 2000 contest are listed below.

1. Israel –Yoav Ginai
2. Netherlands –Marlayne
3. United Kingdom –Colin Berry
4. Estonia –Evelin Samuel
5. France –Marie Myriam
6. Romania –Andreea Marin
7. Malta – Valerie Vella
8. Norway –Marit Åslein
9. Russia –Zhanna Agalakova
10. Belgium –Thomas Van Hamme
11. Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
12. Iceland – Ragnheiður Elín Clausen
13. Spain – Hugo de Campos
14. Denmark –Michael Teschl
15. Germany –Axel Bulthaupt
16. Switzerland – Astrid von Stockar
17. Croatia – Marko Rašica
18. Sweden – Malin Ekander
19. Macedonia – Sandra Todorovska
20. Finland – Pia Mäkinen
21. Latvia –Lauris Reiniks
22. Turkey – Osman Erkan
23. Ireland –Derek Mooney
24. Austria –Dodo Roscic

Detailed voting results

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.Jury voting was used in Russia due to an underdeveloped telephone system in the country.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 disasterthe 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.

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.The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

		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
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

12 points

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.

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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

Broadcasts

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.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.

In addition to the broadcasts by EBU members, the contest was also available on theinternetfor the first time in its history.Sponsored byMicrosoft,awebcastof the contest was available on 18 EuropeanMSNsites as well as in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Austria	ORF	ORF 1	Andi Knoll
		FM4	Stermann & Grissemann
Belgium	RTBF	La Une	Jean-Pierre Hautier
	VRT	TV1	André VermeulenandAnja Daems
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK Ena
Denmark	DR	DR1	Keld Heick
Estonia	ETV		Marko Reikop
	ER	Raadio 2
Finland	YLE	TV1	Jani Juntunen
		Radio Suomi	Iris Mattila andTarja Närhi
France	France Télévision	France 3	Julien Lepers
	TV5	TV5 Europe
Germany	ARD	Das Erste	Peter Urban
Iceland	RÚV	Sjónvarpið	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan
		RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan
Israel	IBA	Channel 1
Latvia	LTV		Kārlis Streips
Malta	PBS	TVM
Netherlands	NPO	Nederland 2	Willem van Beusekom
Norway	NRK	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen
		NRK P1	Stein Dag Jensen
Romania	TVR	TVR 1	Leonard Miron
	ROR	Radio România Actualități	Ștefan Naftanailă
Russia	ORT		Tatyana Godunova and Aleksey Zhuravlev
Spain	TVE	La Primera,TVE Internacional	José Luis Uribarri
Sweden	SVT	SVT2,SVT Europa	Pernilla Månsson Coltand Christer Lundh
	SR	SR P4	Carolina Norén
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF 2	Sandra Studer
		TSR 1	Jean-Marc Richard
		TSI 1	Jonathan Tedesco
Turkey	TRT	TRT 1,TRT Int	Ömer Önder
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC One,BBC Prime	Terry Wogan
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce
	BFBS	BFBS Television	Terry Wogan

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Australia	SBS	SBS TV
Greece	ERT		Dafni Bokota
Lithuania	LRT	LRT	Darius Užkuraitis
Japan	NHK	NHK BS2
Poland	TVP	TVP1	Artur Orzech
Portugal	RTP	RTP1,RTP Internacional	Eládio Clímaco
Slovenia	RTVSLO	SLO 1
Yugoslavia	RTS	RTS 1,RTS 2

Other awards

Barbara Dex Award

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.The winner in 2000 was Belgium's representativeNathalie Sorce,as determined by visitors to the House of Eurovision website

External links

• Official website