Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processEuroviisut 2000
Selection date(s)12 February 2000
Selected entrantNina Åström
Selected song"A Little Bit"
Finals performance
Final result18th=, 18 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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]

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. "Ordinary Life" performed by Sisterhood, "Sleepwalker" performed by Nightwish, "Oot voimani mun" performed by Anna Eriksson, "Flower Child" performed by The Reseptors, "Viha ja rakkaus" performed by Nylon Beat and "A Little Bit" performed by Nina Åström qualified to the final.[2]

Semi-final – January 2000
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Heidi Kyrö "Taivas aukeaa" Ville Pusa 486 8
2 In Tha Mix "From the Heart" Charles Salter, Hannu Korkeamäki 485 9
3 Sanna Kurki-Suonio "Laulaja" Asser Korhonen, Sanna Kurki-Suonio 197 12
4 Sisterhood "Ordinary Life" Jukka Hillberg, Jouni Hillberg, Markku Nikkilä 970 3
5 Micke Grahn "You Can't Have Everything (But You Got Me)" Aki Sirkesalo 522 7
6 Nightwish "Sleepwalker" Tuomas Holopainen 1,217 1
7 Anna Eriksson "Oot voimani mun" Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali 700 5
8 Arcadio "Rauhan saan" Edu Kettunen, Rick Kelly, Anthony Little 473 10
9 The Reseptors "Flower Child" Mirka Lindström, Liksa Liikala, Tina Harris 977 2
10 Nylon Beat "Viha ja rakkaus" Risto Asikainen, Sipi Castrén 915 4
11 Nina Åström "A Little Bit" Luca Genta, Gerrit aan't Goor 672 6
12 Ultra Bra "Kaikki on hetken tässä" Anni Sinnemäki, Kerkko Koskinen 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]

Final – 12 February 2000
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
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

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 (Estonia, the Netherlands, Romania and Sweden), placing Finland joint 18th (with Spain) of the 24 entries. The 12 points from the Finnish televote were awarded to Latvia.[4] 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.

Points awarded by Finland
12 points Latvia
10 points Denmark
8 points Estonia
7 points Sweden
6 points Croatia
5 points Russia
4 points Turkey
3 points Austria
2 points Germany
1 point Ireland

Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded to Finland (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

OGAE Second Chance Contest

Anna Eriksson's "Oot voimani mun" represented Finland in the annual OGAE Second Chance Contest, a contest for entries that failed to win the country's national selection process for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and took Finland's first and to date only victory in the contest.

See also

References
  1. Latva, Tony (25 September 2010). "Muistathan: Suomen karsinnat 2000". viisukuppila.com (in Finnish).
  2. ESC National Finals database - Finland Semi 2000
  3. ESC National Finals database - Finland 2000
  4. ESC History - Finland 2000
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