Eurovision Song Contest 2001
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 12 May 2001 |
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| Venue | Parken Stadium Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Presenter(s) | Natasja Crone Back Søren Pilmark |
| Host broadcaster |  DR |
| Opening act | Olsen Brothers with "Fly on the Wings of Love" and "Walk Right Back" |
| Interval act | Aqua and Safri Duo |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 23 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Lithuania Poland Portugal Slovenia |
| Withdrawing countries |  Austria Belgium Cyprus Finland Macedonia Romania Switzerland |
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| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Estonia"Everybody" |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 May 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time in 36 years that Denmark hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, thanks to the Olsen Brothers' win the previous year in Stockholm. The Olsen Brothers Opened the show with a snippet from their winning song "Fly on the Wings of Love", followed by their latest single "Walk Right Back", which was already a smash hit in Denmark. The presenters were Danish journalist and TV-show presenter Natasja Crone Back and the famous Danish actor Søren Pilmark who spoke most of their announcements in rhyme. The contest was won by Estonia who were represented by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL with the song "Everybody", written by Ivar Must and Maian-ana Karmas. Dave Benton, from Aruba, was the first black person to win the contest.
The logo of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest was made out of four circles, placed in the shape of a heart. The four circles were also present in the stage design, with the light construction was made of the same four rings.[1]
The Danish national broadcaster faced some problems whilst organising the contest such as the lack of funds and the search for a suitable venue. The event was eventually located in the football stadium Parken, after the company running the stadium agreed to add a retractable roof to the building. This solution made it the biggest venue ever to host a Eurovision Song Contest, but the scale of it wasn't entirely a success: many of the 38,000 people in the audience could not see the stage, and for many entries the hall appeared to be too big.[1]
All of the countries participating in this year's Eurovision were required to use televoting for the first time after becoming compulsory. The jury backup votes were only used by some countries with either technical problems with their televotes or a weak fixed-telephone infrastructure. Further changes occurred in the qualification process for the 2002 Contest: along with the "Big 4" countries, the top 15 placed countries of the country would qualify for next year's competition. The other spots for 2002 would be filled by countries that were excluded from the 2001 contest because of their low point average for the years 1996-2000.[1]
France, Greece and Slovenia were the heavy favourites to win the contest, however as the voting progressed it became a two-horse race between Denmark and Estonia, with Estonia ending as the unexpected winners.[1]
Controversy was again rife in the 2001 Contest: the United Kingdom TV commentator Terry Wogan repeatedly made critical comments about the hosts and dubbed them "Doctor Death and the Tooth Fairy/The Little Mermaid" after providing their entire commentary in rhyming couplets. The Danes were so offended that the BBC was obliged to issue an apology on Wogan's comments. Controversy also surrounded the Swedish song, "Listen To Your Heartbeat", which was repeatedly accused as a plagiarism of the Belgian entry for the 1996 Contest, "Liefde is een kaartspel". Eventually the EBU decided for the matter to be settled in court, with the song allowed to compete as long as the courts did not declare the song as plagiarism.[1][2]
During the voting the Danish band Aqua performed with a medley of their singles, with percussion ensemble Safri Duo performing in the medley.[1] Although enjoyable, people complained about it being a little bit "rude" as there was some swearing during the performance, both at the beginning and end of "Barbie Girl".
No returning acts were present this year, the first time it happened since 1989.
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[edit] Individual Entries
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[edit] Results
[edit] Voting structure
The majority of participating countries held a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. This year the EBU introduced for the first time a mix of voting systems (50% televoting and 50% jury) for those countries that didn't want to use 100% televoting. According to the EBU rules (published on 05/10/00), every broadcaster was free to make a choice between the full televoting system and the mixed 50-50 system. In exceptional circumstances, where televoting was not possible at all, only a jury was used: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia. Only a few countries are confirmed to have used the mixed voting system: Croatia, Greece and Malta.
[edit] Score sheet
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Netherlands | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 25 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 37 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 100 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| Lithuania | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 42 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 18 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 76 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| France | 142 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Turkey | 41 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 28 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 70 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Poland | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 66 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 198 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| Malta | 48 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Greece | 147 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Denmark | 177 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||||
[edit] 12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 9 | Estonia | Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| 6 | Denmark | Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Norway |
| 3 | France | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Russia |
| 2 | Greece | Spain, Sweden |
| 1 | Spain | Israel |
| Malta | Denmark | |
| Portugal | France |
[edit] Other involved countries
Australia - Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, the event was broadcast on SBS. As is the case each year, it did not however broadcast it live due to the difference in Australian time zones. This year, the broadcast contained a locally produced addition of a studio audience of young representatives from the competing countries. However, a number of complaints saw the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Terry Wogan, shown a few weeks later. [1]
FR Yugoslavia- After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was last participated in 1992. YU Info channel broadcast the show, although Yugoslavia did not participate.
[edit] Commentators
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[edit] Spokespersons
Netherlands - Marlayne (Dutch representative in 1999)
Iceland - Eva María Jónsdóttir
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Segmedina Srna
Norway - Roald Øyen
Israel - Yoav Ginai (Lyricist of 1998 Eurovision winner "Diva")[21]
Russia - Larisa Verbitskaya
Sweden - Josefine Sundström[22]
Lithuania - Loreta Tarozaitė
Latvia - Renārs Kaupers (Latvian representative as lead singer of Brainstorm in 2000)
Croatia - Danijela Trbović[23]
Portugal - Margarida Mercês de Mello[24]
Ireland - Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Spain - Jennifer Rope
France - Corinne Hermès (Eurovision winner for Luxembourg in 1983)[25]
Turkey - Meltem Ersan Yazgan
United Kingdom - Colin Berry
Slovenia - Mojca Mavec
Poland - Maciej Orłoś
Germany - Axel Bulthaupt
Estonia - Ilomai Küttim "Elektra"
Malta - Marbeck Spiteri[26]
Greece - Alexis Kostalas[27]
Denmark - Gry Johansen (Danish representative in 1983)[28]
[edit] References
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- ^ Bakker, Sietse (2001-02-24). "SCANDAL FOR THE SWEDISH WINNER !!!". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/28. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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