Eurovision Song Contest 2000 — 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
The 45th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm in 2000, was the first edition broadcast live over the internet, reaching audiences across multiple continents.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 45th Eurovision Song Contest
- Date
- 13 May 2000
- Winner
- Denmark – Olsen Brothers, 'Fly on the Wings of Love'
- Winning score
- 195 points (third-highest ever at the time)
- Venue capacity (audience)
- 13,000 people
- Participating countries
- 24 countries
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Sweden earned hosting rights after Charlotte Nilsson won the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Take Me to Your Heaven', obligating broadcaster SVT and the EBU to organise the following year's edition. Five countries from 1999 were relegated by average points rules, and five others including first-time entrant Latvia were admitted.
On 13 May 2000, the Stockholm Globe Arena hosted 24 competing nations before an audience of 13,000. Presenters Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin oversaw the contest, which was simultaneously webcast via Microsoft's MSN portals in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia — a first for Eurovision.
Denmark's Olsen Brothers won with 195 points, and 'Fly on the Wings of Love' achieved chart success across Europe. Russia and Estonia recorded their best-ever results, while Latvia's high début placing was historically notable. The internet broadcast established a precedent for digital distribution of the contest in subsequent years.
Work
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The 2000 contest marked Eurovision's first live internet broadcast and saw Denmark win with a record-high points total at the time, broadening the event's global digital reach.