Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | Euroviisut 2000 | |||
Selection date(s) | 12 February 2000 | |||
Selected entrant | Nina Åström | |||
Selected song | "A Little Bit" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 18th, 18 points | |||
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland was represented by Nina Åström, with the song "A Little Bit", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. Finland returned to the Eurovision final after being forced to sit out the 1999 contest due to relegation after a poor result in 1998. "A Little Bit" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 12 February.
Before Eurovision[]
Euroviisut 2000[]
Euroviisut 2000 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition consisted of two shows that commenced with a radio semi-final on Radio Suomi in January 2000 and concluded with a final on 12 February 2000, held at the Lord Hotel in Helsinki and hosted by Jani Juntunen and Silvia Modig.
Format[]
The format of the competition consisted of two shows: a radio semi-final and a final. Twelve songs competed in the semi-final and the top six entries qualified to the final. The results for the semi-finals were determined exclusively by a public vote, while the results in the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of public voting and jury voting.
Competing entries[]
211 submissions were received by Yle during a submission period. A panel of experts appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the received submissions, with an additional six entries being selected from submissions by composers directly invited by Yle to compete.[1]
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Anna Eriksson | "Oot voimani mun" | Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali |
Arcadio | "Rauhan saan" | Edu Kettunen, Rick Kelly, Anthony Little |
Heidi Kyrö | "Taivas aukeaa" | Ville Pusa |
In Tha Mix | "From the Heart" | Charles Salter, Hannu Korkeamäki |
Micke Grahn | "You Can't Have Everything (But You Got Me)" | Aki Sirkesalo |
Nightwish | "Sleepwalker" | Tuomas Holopainen |
Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | Luca Genta, Gerrit aan't Goor |
Nylon Beat | "Viha ja rakkaus" | Risto Asikainen, Sipi Castrén |
The Reseptors | "Flower Child" | Mirka Lindström, Liksa Liikala, Tina Harris |
Sanna Kurki-Suonio | "Laulaja" | Asser Korhonen, Sanna Kurki-Suonio |
Sisterhood | "Ordinary Life" | Jukka Hillberg, Jouni Hillberg, Markku Nikkilä |
Ultra Bra | "Kaikki on hetken tässä" | Anni Sinnemäki, Kerkko Koskinen |
Semi-final[]
The radio semi-final took place during the first week of January 2000 and the top six from the twelve competing entries qualified to the final based on the results from the public vote.[2]
Semi-final – January 2000 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place | |
1 | Heidi Kyrö | "Taivas aukeaa" | 486 | 8 | |
2 | In Tha Mix | "From the Heart" | 485 | 9 | |
3 | Sanna Kurki-Suonio | "Laulaja" | 197 | 12 | |
4 | Sisterhood | "Ordinary Life" | 970 | 3 | |
5 | Micke Grahn | "You Can't Have Everything (But You Got Me)" | 522 | 7 | |
6 | Nightwish | "Sleepwalker" | 1,217 | 1 | |
7 | Anna Eriksson | "Oot voimani mun" | 700 | 5 | |
8 | Arcadio | "Rauhan saan" | 473 | 10 | |
9 | The Reseptors | "Flower Child" | 977 | 2 | |
10 | Nylon Beat | "Viha ja rakkaus" | 915 | 4 | |
11 | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | 672 | 6 | |
12 | Ultra Bra | "Kaikki on hetken tässä" | 448 | 11 |
Final[]
The final took place on 12 February 2000 where the six entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final competed. "A Little Bit" performed by Nina Åström was selected as the winner. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of public votes and a ten-member jury panel. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 210 points to award. Each jury member distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 points and the viewer vote distributed their points as follows: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 points.[3]
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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Votes | Points | ||||||
1 | Anna Eriksson | "Oot voimani mun" | 47 | 6,288 | 40 | 87 | 2 |
2 | The Reseptors | "Flower Child" | 15 | 679 | 10 | 25 | 6 |
3 | Sisterhood | "Ordinary Life" | 40 | 5,423 | 30 | 70 | 4 |
4 | Nightwish | "Sleepwalker" | 18 | 15,453 | 60 | 78 | 3 |
5 | Nylon Beat | "Viha ja rakkaus" | 49 | 4,666 | 20 | 69 | 5 |
6 | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | 41 | 7,766 | 50 | 91 | 1 |
Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||
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Draw | Song | J. Virtanen | A. Puurtinen | E. Pohjanheimo | M. Bjurström | K. Ståhl | M. Puurtinen | K. Bergman | P. Hiltunen | M. Krook | S. Aaltonen | Total |
1 | "Oot voimani mun" | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 47 |
2 | "Flower Child" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
3 | "Ordinary Life" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 40 |
4 | "Sleepwalker" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
5 | "Viha ja rakkaus" | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 49 |
6 | "A Little Bit" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 41 |
At Eurovision[]
On the night of the final Åström performed 20th in the running order, following Macedonia and preceding Latvia. At the close of voting "A Little Bit" had received 18 points from only four countries, placing Finland joint 18th (with Spain) of the 24 entries.[4] The 12 points from the Finnish televote were awarded to Latvia.[5] The low placement meant that Finland were once again relegated and did not take part in the 2001 contest – the country would miss every contest held in an odd-numbered year between 1995 and 2003 for this reason. Switzerland missed also those same years except for 1997.
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ Latva, Tony (25 September 2010). "Muistathan: Suomen karsinnat 2000". viisukuppila.com (in Finnish).
- ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland Semi 2000
- ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 2000
- ^ "Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - Finland 2000
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
- (in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- 2000 in Finnish music
- 2000 in Finnish television