| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Final | 13 May 2000 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Globe Arena Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Directed by | Marius Bratten |
| Executive supervisor | Christine Marchal-Ortiz |
| Executive producer | Svante Stockselius |
| Host broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
| Website | eurovision |
| 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 | |
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 and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), 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. 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 in singles charts across Europe.
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 highest placings for a début entry in the contest's history. 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.