Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Country

Sweden

National selection

Selection process

Melodifestivalen 2000

Selection date(s)

10 March 2000

Selected entrant

Roger Pontare

Selected song

"När vindarna viskar mitt namn"

Finals performance

Final result

7th, 88 points

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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2000

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Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 thanks to Charlotte Nilsson's victory the previous year. Sveriges Television chose to hold the contest in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. The entry of the home country was chosen in Melodifestivalen 2000. 1 394 songs were submitted and 10 progressed to the final, which was one of the most seen TV shows ever in Sweden with 4 175 000 viewers. Just like last year, 11 juries combined with televotes selected the winner, which surprisingly was folk-inspired rock song "När vindarna viskar mitt namn". It was sung by Roger Pontare, who had also represented Sweden at the 1994 contest. The song was written and composed by Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson and Peter Dahl.

Roger performed his song in the 18th spot, and received much cheers from the home public. The song had been translated into English and was now called "When Spirits Are Calling My Name", and the stage performance featured Native American and Sami themes. Sweden finished 7th with 88 points (including 12 points from Turkey), which was enough to qualify them for the next contest as well.

Melodifestivalen 2000

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 2000.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Guide	"Vi lever här, vi lever nu"	97	5th
2	Balsam Boys	"Bara du och jag"	54	7th
3	Barbados	"Se mig"	146	2nd
4	Avengers	"När filmen är slut"	0	10th
5	Tom Nordahl	"Alla änglar sjunger"	32	9th
6	Roger Pontare	"När vindarna viskar mitt namn"	227	1st
7	Javiera Muñoz	"Varje timma, var minut"	139	4th
8	Midnight Band	"Tillsammans"	58	6th
9	Hanna Hedlund	"Anropar försvunnen"	47	8th
10	Friends	"När jag tänker på imorgon"	146	2nd

Points awarded to Sweden (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Turkey	Denmark	Germany	Finland	Ireland Macedonia Spain United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Estonia Norway	Iceland Malta	Switzerland		France

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 ~~1964~~ 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ~~1976~~ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ Alice Babs Brita Borg

1960s	Siw Malmkvist Lill-Babs Inger Berggren Monica Zetterlund ~~1964~~ Ingvar Wixell Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Östen Warnerbring Claes-Göran Hederström Tommy Körberg

1970s	~~1970~~ Family Four Family Four The Nova ABBA Lars Berghagen and The Dolls ~~1976~~ Forbes Björn Skifs Ted Gärdestad

1980s	Tomas Ledin Björn Skifs Chips Carola Herreys Kikki Danielsson Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm Lotta Engberg Tommy Körberg Tommy Nilsson

1990s	Edin-Ådahl Carola Christer Björkman Arvingarna Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Jan Johansen One More Time Blond Jill Johnson Charlotte Nilsson

2000s	Roger Pontare Friends Afro-dite Fame Lena Philipsson Martin Stenmarck Carola The Ark Charlotte Perrelli Malena Ernman

2010s	Anna Bergendahl Eric Saade Loreen Robin Stjernberg Sanna Nielsen Måns Zelmerlöw Frans

Songs

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ "Lilla stjärna" "Augustin"

1960s	"Alla andra får varann" "April, April" "Sol och vår" "En gång i Stockholm" ~~1964~~ "Absent Friend" "Nygammal vals" "Som en dröm" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Judy, min vän"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Vita vidder" "Härliga sommardag" "You're Summer" "Waterloo" "Jennie, Jennie" ~~1976~~ "Beatles" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Satellit"

1980s	"Just nu!" "Fångad i en dröm" "Dag efter dag" "Främling" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Bra vibrationer" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Boogaloo" "Stad i ljus" "En dag"

1990s	"Som en vind" "Fångad av en stormvind" "I morgon är en annan dag" "Eloise" "Stjärnorna" "Se på mej" "Den vilda" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Kärleken är" "Take Me to Your Heaven"

2000s	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Listen To Your Heartbeat" "Never Let It Go" "Give Me Your Love" "It Hurts" "Las Vegas" "Invincible" "The Worrying Kind" "Hero" "La voix"

2010s	"This Is My Life" "Popular" "Euphoria" "You" "Undo" "Heroes" "If I Were Sorry"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Sweden did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Countries

Final (by final results)	Denmark (winner) Russia Latvia Estonia Germany Ireland Sweden Malta Croatia Turkey Norway Iceland Netherlands Austria Macedonia United Kingdom Romania Spain Finland Switzerland Cyprus Israel France Belgium

Artists

Final (by final results)	Olsen Brothers Alsou Brainstorm Ines Stefan Raab Eamonn Toal Roger Pontare Claudette Pace Goran Karan Pınar Ayhan & The SOS Charmed August & Telma Linda Wagenmakers The Rounder Girls XXL Nicki French Taxi Serafín Zubiri Nina Åström Jane Bogaert Voice PingPong Sofia Mestari Nathalie Sorce

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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