Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000


Finland was represented by Nina Åström, with the song '"A Little Bit", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. Finland returned to the Eurovision final after being forced to sit out the 1999 contest due to relegation after a poor result in 1998. "A Little Bit" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 12 February.

Before Eurovision

Euroviisut 2000

Semi-final

Twelve songs competed in a radio-only semi-final during the first week in January 2000. The top six qualified to the televised final based on the results from a public televote.

Final

The final was held at the Lord Hotel in Helsinki on 12 February 2000, hosted by Jani Juntunen and Silvia Modig. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of public televoting and a ten-member jury. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 210 points to award. Each jury member awarded 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 points to their top six songs, while the results of the public televote awarded 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 points to their top six songs. Nina Åström with the song "A Little Bit" was selected as the winner, coming third in the jury vote and second in the public televote.
The final result proved unpopular as "A Little Bit" had not been placed first either by the televoters or the jury, and was considered a safe compromise winner.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Åström performed 20th in the running order, following Macedonia and preceding Latvia. At the close of voting "A Little Bit" had received 18 points from only four countries, placing Finland joint 18th of the 24 entries. The 12 points from the Finnish televote were awarded to Latvia. The low placement meant that Finland were once again relegated and did not take part in the 2001 contest - the country would miss every contest held in an odd-numbered year between 1995 and 2003 for this reason. Switzerland missed also those same years except for 1997.

Points awarded by Finland

Points awarded to Finland

OGAE Second Chance Contest

's "Oot voimani mun" represented Finland in the annual OGAE Second Chance Contest, a contest for entries that failed to win the country's national selection process for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and took Finland's first and to date only victory in the contest.