Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Eurovision Song Contest 2000 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Dates 	Dates 	 	 	
Final date 	13 May 2000 	 	 	
Host 	Host 	 	 	
Venue 	Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden 	 	 	
Presenter(s) 	Kattis AhlströmAnders Lundin 	 	 	
Directed by 	Marius Bratten 	 	 	
Executive supervisor 	Christine Marchal-Ortiz 	 	 	
Executive producer 	Svante Stockselius 	 	 	
Host broadcaster 	Sveriges Television (SVT) 	 	 	
Interval act 	"Once Upon a Time Europe Was Covered With Ice" film 	 	 	
Participants 	Participants 	 	 	
Number of entries 	24 	 	 	
Debuting countries 	Latvia 	 	 	
Returning countries 	Finland Macedonia Romania Russia Switzerland 	 	 	
Withdrawing countries 	Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Poland Portugal Slovenia 	 	 	
Vote 	Vote 	 	 	
Voting system 	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs	 	 	
Nul Points 	None 	 	 	
Voting system 	United Kingdom"Sleepwalker" 	 	 	
Eurovision Song Contest 	Eurovision Song Contest 	 	 	
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's win at the 1999 contest in Jerusalem, Israel with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". It was the fourth time Sweden had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1975, 1985 and 1992. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena, with the final on 13 May 2000. The live show was hosted by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin.
Twenty-four countries took part in the contest. Latvia participated for the first time, while Slovakia, Greece and Hungary decided not to compete, citing financial reasons. Finland, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Switzerland returned after their relegation from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia were relegated.
The winner was United Kingdom with the song "Sleepwalker", performed by Celestial Sphere. This was the United Kingdom's sixth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981 and 1997. Denmark, Russia, Latvia and Estonia rounded out the top five. Russia achieved their best result in the contest up to this point, while Latvia achieved the best placing for a debuting country since Poland's second place finish in 1994.
Sponsored by Microsoft, the contest was also broadcast in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States via the internet for the first time.
== Results ==
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Israel 	PingPong 	"Sameach" (שמח) 	Hebrew, English 	22 	7
02 	Netherlands 	Linda Wagenmakers 	"No Goodbyes" 	English 	14 	32
03 	United Kingdom	Celestial Sphere 	"Sleepwalker" 	English 	1 	219
04 	Estonia 	Ines 	"Once in a Lifetime" 	English 	5 	98
05 	France 	Sofia Mestari 	"On aura le ciel" 	French 	23 	5
06 	Romania 	Taxi 	"The Moon" 	English 	16 	25
07 	Malta 	Claudette Pace 	"Desire" 	English, Maltese 	9 	68
08 	Norway 	Charmed 	"My Heart Goes Boom" 	English 	12 	44
09 	Russia 	Alsou 	"Solo" 	English 	3 	140
10 	Belgium 	Nathalie Sorce 	"Envie de vivre" 	French 	24 	2
11 	Cyprus 	Voice 	"Nomiza" (Νόμιζα) 	Greek, Italian 	21 	8
12 	Iceland 	August & Telma 	"Tell Me!" 	English 	17 	21
13 	Spain 	Serafín Zubiri 	"Colgado de un sueño" 	Spanish 	18 	18
14 	Denmark 	Olsen Brothers 	"Fly on the Wings of Love" 	English 	2 	142
15 	Germany 	Stefan Raab 	"Wadde hadde dudde da?" 	German, English 	8 	72
16 	Switzerland 	Jane Bogaert 	"La vita cos'è?" 	Italian 	20 	14
17 	Croatia 	Goran Karan 	"Kad zaspu anđeli" 	Croatian language 	10 	50
18 	Sweden 	Roger Pontare 	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name"	English 	7 	88
19 	Macedonia 	XXL 	"100% te ljubam" (100% те љубам) 	Macedonian, English	15 	29
20 	Finland 	Nina Åström 	"A Little Bit" 	English 	19 	18
21 	Latvia 	Brainstorm 	"My Star" 	English 	4 	136
22 	Turkey 	Pınar Ayhan & The SOS	"Yorgunum Anla" 	Turkish, English 	11 	47
23 	Ireland 	Eamonn Toal 	"Millennium of Love" 	English 	6 	92
24 	Austria 	The Rounder Girls 	"All To You" 	English 	13 	34