Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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Prior to the 2000 contest, DR had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Denmark twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1957. It had won the contest, to this point, on one occasion: {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1963|t=in 1963}} with the song "{{lang|da|Dansevise|i=no}}" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann.{{cite web |title=Denmark Country Profile |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=8 |access-date=17 August 2014 |publisher=EBU}}{{dead link|date=May 2025}}

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, DR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster organised the {{lang|da|Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000|i=no}} national final in order to select its entry for the 2000 contest; the broadcaster has selected all of their Eurovision entries through {{lang|da|Dansk Melodi Grand Prix|i=no}}.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

{{lang|da|Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000|i=no}} was the 31st edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition organised by DR to select its entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 19 February 2000 at the Cirkusbygningen in Copenhagen, hosted by Natasja Crone Back and Michael Carøe and televised on DR1.{{Cite web |title=Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000. 1 del |url=https://www.dr.dk/bonanza/serie/106/dansk-melodi-grandprix/55508/dansk-melodi-grand-prix-2000-1-del |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=dr.dk |language=da}} The national final was watched by 1.356 million viewers in Denmark, making it the most popular show of the week in the country.{{cite web |title=Ugens TV-tal |url=http://tvm.tns-gallup.dk/tvm/pm/2000/pm0007.htm}}

Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five songs based on the combination of votes from a public televote and a seven-member jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined again by the votes of the jury and public.

The seven-member jury panel was composed of:{{Cite web |title=Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000. 2 del |url=https://www.dr.dk/bonanza/serie/106/dansk-melodi-grandprix/55507/dansk-melodi-grand-prix-2000-2-del |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=dr.dk |language=da}}

• Charlotte Nilsson – Swedish singer and television host, who won Eurovision for {{Esccnty|Sweden|y=1999|t=Sweden in 1999}}
• Michael Teschl – singer and composer, represented {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1999|t=Denmark in 1999}}
• Bjørn Tidmand – singer, represented {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1964|t=Denmark in 1964}}
• Marie Carmen Koppel – singer
• Richard Herrey – Swedish singer, radio host and television producer, who won Eurovision for {{Esccnty|Sweden|y=1984|t=Sweden in 1984}} as part of Herreys
• Christian Ingebrigtsen – Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Lecia Jønsson – singer

DR received 100 entries from composers invited for the competition. A selection committee selected ten songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster, while the artists of the selected entries were chosen by DR in consultation with their composers. The competing songs were announced on 13 December 1999 with their artists being announced on 14 January 2000.{{Cite web |last=Madsen |first=Søren Anker |date=3 December 1999 |title=Comeback for rejehoppet |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/comeback-for-rejehoppet |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=berlingske.dk |language=da}}{{Cite web |last=Jungersen |first=Steffen |date=14 January 2000 |title=Melodi Grand Prix tilbage til sin gamle storhed |url=https://www.bt.dk/nyheder/melodi-grand-prix-tilbage-til-sin-gamle-storhed |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=bt.dk |language=da}} Among the artists were Gry Johansen who represented {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1983|t=Denmark in 1983}}, and Fenders which represented {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1987|t=Denmark in 1987}} as part of Bandjo.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

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The final took place on 19 February 2000. In the first round of voting the top five advanced to the superfinal based on the votes of a public televote (4/5) and a seven-member jury (1/5). In the superfinal, the winner, "{{lang|da|Smuk som et stjerneskud|i=no}}" performed by the Olsen Brothers, was selected by the public and jury vote. The jury voting results along with the voting results of each of Denmark's four regions in the superfinal were converted to points which were each distributed as follows: 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points.

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. An allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Denmark was set to perform in position 14, following the entry from {{Esccnty|Spain|y=2000}} and before the entry from {{Esccnty|Germany|y=2000}}.{{cite web |title=Rules of the 45th Eurovision Song Contest, 2000 |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2000.pdf |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} At the contest, the Olsen Brothers performed the English version of "{{lang|da|Smuk som et stjerneskud|i=no}}", titled "Fly on the Wings of Love". Denmark won the contest placing first with a score of 195 points.{{cite web |title=Final of Stockholm 2000 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410194017/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=10 April 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} This was Denmark's second victory in the Eurovision Song Contest; their first victory was {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1963|t=in 1963}}.

The show was broadcast on DR1 with commentary by Keld Heick. The contest was watched by a total of 1.4 million viewers in Denmark.{{cite web | url=http://tvm.gallup.dk/tvm/pm/2000/pm0019.htm | title=Ugens TV-tal|website=tvm.gallup.dk }}

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Denmark and awarded by Denmark in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to {{Esccnty|Iceland|y=2000}} in the contest.{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final/results/denmark |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410201532/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final/results/denmark |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=live}}

DR appointed Michael Teschl, who represented Denmark in 1999, as its spokesperson to announce the Danish votes during the show.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

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In 2005, "Fly on the Wings of Love" was one of fourteen songs chosen by Eurovision fans and an EBU reference group to participate in the Congratulations anniversary competition. Although it was the only Danish entry featured, Denmark were central to the special, as it was hosted at Forum Copenhagen by the Danish national broadcaster. Numerous Danish acts appeared both during the show and in the clip montages (which all received notably louder applause from the Danish crowd than the other acts). The special was broadcast live on DR with Nicolai Molbech providing Danish-language commentary.

"Fly on the Wings of Love" appeared eighth in the running order, following "Waterloo" by ABBA and preceding "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" by France Gall. Like the majority of entries that night, the performance was mostly by a group of dancers alongside footage of the Olsen Brothers' Eurovision performance, with the duo themselves appearing to lip-sync along with the final verse (they would later re-appear to perform a Eurovision-themed version of their song "Walk Right Back" alongside Linda Martin, Eimear Quinn, Charlie McGettigan, and Jakob Sveistrup, who were appearing as backing singers; the Brothers performed the original version during the opening of the 2001 contest). At the end of the first round, "Fly on the Wings of Love" was not one of the five entries announced as proceeding to the second round. It was later revealed that the song finished sixth with 111 points, thereby making it the closest non-qualifier to reaching the second round. In both the first and second round, in spite of having the opportunity to vote for their own entry, Denmark awarded twelve points to neighboring Sweden and ABBA's "Waterloo," which wound up winning. They awarded their own entry ten points, although fellow Nordic nation Iceland gave it their twelve points.{{cite web |title=Congratulations: Results from the voting (Round 2) |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/archive_congratulations/english/2041.htm |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520203945/http://a1679.g.akamai.net/7/1679/9896/v001/esc.download.akamai.com/9896/press_pictures/results_2.pdf |archive-date=20 May 2006 |format=PDF}}

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