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 countries     Relegated countries unable to participate     Countries 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"
1999 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2001

The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1999 contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte 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, Portugal and Slovenia, which had participated in the 1999 contest, were relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the preceding five contests. These countries were replaced by Latvia in its first contest appearance, Finland, Macedonia, Romania and Switzerland which were relegated from the previous year's event, and Russia which returned after a two-year absence.

The winner was Denmark with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", written by Jørgen Olsen and performed by the Olsen Brothers. Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Germany rounded out the top five, with Russia and Estonia achieving their best ever results, and Latvia achieving one of the most impressive début results 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 in singles charts across Europe.

The 2000 contest was the first to be broadcast over the internet, with a webcast of the live show available in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia through Microsoft's MSN portals.