Well done to the Estonia singing Everybody by Tanel Padar & Dave Benton in the 2001 contest.
The date for the 2001 contest was on Saturday 12 May 2001 and was held at Copenhagen at the Parken Stadium, a very big football stadium with a roof!. The presenters are Natasja Crone Back (Presenter of the dansk melodi grand prix 2000) and Søren Pilmark.
For 2001 results, please click here.
For UK and Ireland Selection Details, please click here.
For the 2001 official rules (PDF Format), please click here.
For 2001 song lyrics, please click here.
Tickets went on sale on Monday 27th November 2000 at 10am (CET), 9am(UK). 35,000 tickets were available. All tickets were SOLD OUT in One Day, well in 55 minutes!
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There will be 23 countries in the 2001 contest. The date for the draw was held on 20 November 2000 in Copenhagen.
Pre Internet Voting for the 2001
contest. Top 5 Results as shown below.
13 March - 12 May 2001
Out of 2,584 possible votes
| Greece | Die For You | Antique | Greek and English | 600 (22%) | Bookmakers Favourite |
| France | Je N'ai Qu'une âme | Natasha Saint-Pierre | French | 270 (10%) | |
| Croatia | Strune Ljubavi | Vanna | English | 255 (9%) | |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | Hano | Nino Pršeš | Bosnian | 220 (8%) | |
| Malta | Another Summer Night | Fabrizio Faniello | English | 206 (8%) |
Looking at the pre internet voting against the actual results, Greece ended up in 3rd place, France came 4th place, Croatia came 10th place, Bosnia Herzegovina came 14th place and Malta came 9th place.
Pre Internet Voting for the 2001
contest. Top 5 Results as shown below.
13 May - 17 June 2001
Out of 719 possible votes
| Greece | Die For You | Antique | Greek and English | 250 (34%) | Bookmakers Favourite |
| France | Je N'ai Qu'une âme | Natasha Saint-Pierre | French | 118 (16%) | |
| Estonia | Everybody | Tanel Padar & Dave Benton | English | 74 (10%) | WINNER |
| Denmark | Never Ever Let You Go | Rollo & King | English | 36 (5%) | |
| Solvenia | Energy | Nusa Derenda | English | 34 (5%) |
Looking at the post internet voting against the actual results, Greece ended up in 3rd place, France came 4th place, Estonia won, Denmark came 2nd place and Solvenia came 7th place.
Here were the running order.
| Draw Order | Country | Date of Final | Song | Artist | Language | Betting Odds | Internet Poll |
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27 April |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 3 March 2001 | Out On My Own | Michelle | English | 20/1 | 33/1 | 67 | 10 |
| 2 | Iceland | 17 February 2001 | Angel | Two Tricky | English | 14/1 | 14/1 | 88 | 14 |
| 3 | Bosnia Herzegovina | 10 March 2001 | Hano (Hannah) |
Nino Pršeš | Bosnian | 66/1 | 100/1 | 220 | 6 |
| 4 | Norway | 24 February 2001 | On My Own | Haldor Lægreid | English | 18/1 | 33/1 | 20 | 6 |
| 5 | Israel | 28 December 2000 | Ein Davar (Never Mind) |
Tal Sundak | Hebrew | 20/1 | 50/1 | 28 | 6 |
| 6 | Russia | Date Unknown | Lady Alpine Blue | Mumiy Troll | English | 20/1 | 20/1 | 20 | 18 |
| 7 | Sweden | 23 February 2001 | Lyssna Till Ditt Hjärta (Listen to your heartbeat) |
Friends | English | 5/2 | 9/4 | 130 | 21 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 9 March 2001 | You Got Style | Skamp | English | 20/1 | 50/1 | 24 | 11 |
| 9 | Latvia | 24 February 2001 | Too Much | Arnis Mednis | English | 33/1 | 66/1 | 11 | 12 |
| 10 | Croatia | 4 March 2001 | Strune Ljubavi (The Strings of My Heart) |
Vanna | English | 20/1 | 33/1 | 255 | 9 |
| 11 | Portugal | 7 March 2001 | Eu Só Sei (I Only Know How To Be Happy This Way) |
MTM | Portuguese | 50/1 | 66/1 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | Ireland | 25 February 2001 | Without Your Love | Gary O'Shaughnessy | English | 18/1 | 12/1 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | Spain | 23 February 2001 | Dile Que La Quiero (Tell her that I love her) |
David Civera | Spanish | 18/1 | 12/1 | 45 | 21 |
| 14 | France | No Final | Je N'ai Qu'une âme (I've only got my soul) |
Natasha Saint-Pierre | French | 5/1 | 9/2 | 270 | 118 |
| 15 | Turkey | 23 February 2001 | Sevgiliye Son (End to the Lover) |
Sedat Yüce | Turkish | 66/1 | 66/1 | 36 | 6 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 11 March 2001 | No Dream Impossible | Lindsay Dracass | English | 7/1 | 9/1 | 195 | 21 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 23-24 February 2001 | Energy | Nusa Derenda | English | 13/2 | 7/1 | 187 | 34 |
| 18 | Poland | No Final | Z Kims Takim (Too Long) |
Andrzej 'Piasek' Piaseczny | English | 12/1 | 40/1 | 13 | 5 |
| 19 | Germany | 2 March 2001 | Wer Liebe Lebt (Where Love Lives) |
Michelle | German | 16/1 | 20/1 | 35 | 9 |
| 20 | Estonia | 3 February 2001 | Everybody | Tanel Padar & Dave Benton | English | 28/1 | 25/1 | 50 | 74 |
| 21 | Malta | 2-3 February 2001 | Another Summer Night | Fabrizio Faniello | English | 11/1 | 9/1 | 206 | 23 |
| 22 | Greece | 6 March 2001 | Die For You | Antique | Greek and English | 10/1 | 2/1 | 600 | 250 |
| 23 | Denmark | 17 February 2001 | Det står et billede af dig på mit bord (Never Ever Let You Go) |
Rollo & King | English | 8/1 | 6/1 | 40 | 36 |
The presenters will be Natasja Crone Back and Søren Pilmark
Thanks for Julien Ricca, Noam from Israel, Erika Olsson from Sweden, alfonsu from Spain, Jesper Bexkens from the Netherlands and Alex Latham from the UK for the above info.
All songs must be decided by 11 March.
Here is the situation regarding the varies of Countries before the full country list were known.
| 2000 Winner | Denmark |
| Automatic Qualification regardless of score | France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, |
| Automatic Qualification due to disqualification from 2000 | Bosnia Herzegovina, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia |
| Automatic Qualification if interested | Greece |
| Qualified for 2001 | Israel, Netherlands, Estionia, Malta, Norway, Russia, Iceland, Croatia, Sweden, Latvia, Turkey, Ireland |
| Disqualified from 2001 | Romania, Belgium, Cyprus, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Finland, Austria |
| Did not broadcast 2000 contest, hence automatic disqualification | Hungary, Slovakia |
| No Longer Interested in taking part. | Italy |
| No Longer EBU members | Luxembourg, Yugoslavia |
| Active Members of the EBU. Can enter if they wish | Tunisia, Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Monaco, Morocco, San Marino, Syria, Vatican State, Ukraine |
For 2001 results, please click here.
For UK and Ireland Selection Details, please click here.
For 2001 song lyrics, please click here.
The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries. Please click here for details.
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