The first contest of the new millennium was the second contest to be held in Stockholm. Latvia entered the contest for the first time finishing a creditable 3rd. Roger Pontare returned for Sweden 6 years after he'd appeared with Marie Bergman. Serafin Zubiri returned for Spain after 8 years. Alexandros Panayi returned for Cyprus as a member of Voice, 5 years after being a solo artist. Israel opened the contest in controversial style with a stage show which included 2 men kissing and the group waving a Syrian flag. Unlike 2 years previously though controversy didn't help the Israeli cause. Linda for the Netherlands appeared in a huge dress which later revealed her dancers. Nikki French for the UK perhaps summed up her country's attitude to Eurovision by singing "Don't Play That Song Again" which gave them their worst result to date. The voting was one sided as Denmark received 12 points from the first country to vote, Israel, and never relinquished their lead finally finishing 40 points ahead of nearest rivals Russia. The Danes had not won for 37 years and the Olsen Brothers were the oldest winners to date.
Results
1.(14) 195 points - Denmark - Fly On The Wings Of Love - The Olsen Brothers
2.(9) 155 points - Russia - Solo - Alsou
3.(21) 136 points - Latvia - My Star - Brainstorm
4.(4) 98 points - Estonia - Once In A Lifetime - Ines
5.(15) 96 points - Germany - Wadde Hadde Dudde Da? - Stefan Raab
6.(23) 92 points - Ireland - Millennium Of Love - Eamonn Toal
7.(18 ) 88 points - Sweden - When Spirits Are Calling My Name
8.(7) 73 points - Malta - Desire - Claudette Pace
9.(17) 70 points - Croatia - Kada zaspu andeli (Ostani) - Goran Karan
10.(22) 59 points - Turkey - Yorgunum anla - Pinhar & The SOS
11.(8 ) 57 points - Norway - My Heart Goes Boom - Charmed
12.(12) 45 points - Iceland - Tell Me! - August & Telma
13.(2) 40 points - Netherlands - No Goodbyes - Linda
14.(24) 34 points - Austria - All To You - The Rounder Girls
15.(19) 29 points - Macedonia - 100% te ljubam - XXL
16.(3) 28 points - United Kingdom - Don't Play That Song Again - Nicki French
17.(6) 25 points - Romania - The Moon / Luna - Taxi
18.(13) 18 points - Spain - Colgado de un sueño - Serafin Zubiri
(20) 18 points - Finland - A Little Bit - Nina Astrom
20.(16) 14 points - Switzerland - La vita cos'è - Jane Bogaert
21.(11) 8 points - Cyprus - Nomiza - Voice
22.(1) 7 points - Israel - Sameyakh - Ping Pong
23.(5) 5 points - France - On aura le ciel - Sofia Mestari
24.(10) 2 points - Belgium - Envie de vivre - Nathalie Source