Eurovision Song Contest 2001

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at the Parken Stadium on 12 May 2001. The contest was presented by Danish television presenter Natasja Crone Back and actor Søren Pilmark.<ref name=ESC2001>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Twenty-three countries took part in the contest. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty returned after their relegation from the previous edition. Template:Esccnty also returned after their two-year absence, following a relegation and financial trouble.<ref name="Decade"/> Meanwhile, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty were relegated.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "Everybody", performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, and written by Ivar Must and Maian-Anna Kärmas. This was the first time the contest was won by one of the countries from the former Eastern bloc that debuted in the contest in the 1990s. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five with Greece achieving its best result up to that point in the contest. Further down the table, Template:Esccnty equalled their best result from Template:Esccnty, finishing seventh. Meanwhile, Template:Esccnty finished in 21st place, giving the nation its worst placement up to that point.

Location

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Parken Stadium, Copenhagen - host venue of the 2001 contest.

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, was the chosen host city. The venue choice for the contest was Parken Stadium, the national football stadium, located in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, built from 1990 to 1992.

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) faced some problems whilst organising the contest such as a lack of funds and the search for a suitable venue. The three largest cities in DenmarkTemplate:SndCopenhagen, Aarhus, and OdenseTemplate:Sndall made bids to host the contest. Eventually, DR chose the large football stadium Parken as the host venue, 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 with room for an audience of 38,000, breaking the record of 16,000 held by the previous year's hosts Sweden.<ref name=ESC2001/> However, the venue's scale meant that many audience members could not see the stage, and for many entries the hall appeared to be too big.<ref name="Decade">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Participants

Template:Further Template:Interlanguage link info Template:ESC 2001 participants Per the rules of the contest twenty-three countries were allowed to participate in the event. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia returned after being relegated from the previous year's event. 2000 participants Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland were absent from this edition.

Tanel Padar, representing Estonia with Dave Benton and 2XL, had provided backing vocals for Template:Esccnty.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Template:Esc	PBSBiH	Nino	lang}}"	Bosnian, English	Nino Pršeš
Template:Esc	HRT	Vanna	"Strings of My Heart"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	DR	Template:Ill	"Never Ever Let You Go"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	ETV	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL	"Everybody"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	lang}}	Natasha St-Pier	lang}}"	French, English	Jill Kapler
Template:Esc	NDRTemplate:Efn	Michelle	lang}}"	German, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	ERT	Antique	"Die for You"	Greek, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	RÚV	Two Tricky	"Angel"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Gary O'Shaughnessy	"Without Your Love"	English	Pat Sheridan
Template:Esc	IBA	Tal Sondak	lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	Hebrew	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	LTV	Arnis Mednis	"Too Much"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	LRT	Skamp	"You Got Style"	English, Lithuanian	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	PBS	Fabrizio Faniello	"Another Summer Night"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	NOS	Michelle	"Out on My Own"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	NRK	Haldor Lægreid	"On My Own"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	TVP	Piasek	"2 Long"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	RTP	MTM	lang}}"	Portuguese	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	ORT	Mumiy Troll	"Lady Alpine Blue"	English	Ilya Lagutenko
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Nuša Derenda	"Energy"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	TVE	David Civera	"Dile que la quiero"	Spanish	Alejandro Abad
Template:Esc	SVT	Friends	"Listen to Your Heartbeat"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	TRT	Sedat Yüce	lang}}"	Turkish, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	BBC	Lindsay Dracass	"No Dream Impossible"	English	Template:Hlist

Qualification

Due to the high number of countries wishing to enter the contest a relegation system was introduced in 1993 in order to reduce the number of countries which could compete in each year's contest. Any relegated countries would be able to return the following year, thus allowing all countries the opportunity to compete in at least one in every two editions. The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The twenty-three participants were made up of the previous year's winning country, "Big Four" countries, the twelve countries which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 2000 contest. In cases where the average was identical between two or more countries the total number of points scored in the most recent contest determined the final order.<ref name="2001 rules" />

Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty returned after being excluded from participating in the 2000 contest, while Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, the seven countries with the lowest average result in the past five contests, were relegated.

The calculations used to determine the countries relegated for the 2001 contest are outlined in the table below.<ref name="2001 rules" />

Table key

Template:Color box Qualifier

Template:Color box Automatic qualifier

Template:Color box Returning countries which did not compete in 2000

Calculation of average points to determine qualification for the 2001 contestTemplate:Efn

Rank	Country	Average	Yearly Point Totals<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation					CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Template:Escyr	Template:Escyr	Template:Escyr	Template:Escyr	Template:Escyr
1	Template:Esc	136.00					136
2	Template:Esc ‡	107.20	77	227	166	38	28
3	Template:Esc	98.60	162	157	64	18	92
4	Template:Esc ‡	97.00	Template:N/A	25	Template:N/A	71	195
5	Template:Esc	94.00	Template:N/A	33	Template:N/A		155
6	Template:Esc	90.67	Template:N/A		172	93	7
7	Template:Esc	88.00	100	36	53	163	88
8	Template:Esc ‡	86.00	Template:N/A	22	86	140	96
9	Template:Esc	80.80	68	66	165	32	73
10	Template:Esc	80.40	98	24	131	79Template:Efn	70
11	Template:Esc	80.00	94	82	36	90	98
12	Template:Esc	68.80	78	5	150	71	40
13	Template:Esc	65.00	51	18	Template:N/A	146	45
14	Template:Esc	57.00	114	0	79	35	57
15	Template:Esc	56.60	57	121	25	21	59
16	Template:Esc	46.00	22	Template:N/A	122	38	2
17	Template:Esc	44.75	68	12	Template:N/A	65	34
18	Template:Esc	43.40	72	98	37	2	8
19	Template:Esc †	40.33	13	22	Template:N/A	86	Template:N/A
20	Template:Esc †	35.75	16	60	17	50	Template:N/A
21	Template:Esc †	35.00	92	0	36	12	Template:N/A
22	Template:Esc ‡	30.60	17	96	21	1	18
23	Template:Esc †	30.25	31	54	19	17	Template:N/A
24	Template:Esc †	29.00	36	39	12	Template:N/A
25	Template:Esc ‡	27.00	18	95	3	14	5
26	Template:Esc	22.50	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	16	Template:N/A	29
27	Template:Esc	16.33	9	Template:N/A	22	Template:N/A	18
28	Template:Esc	15.50	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	6	Template:N/A	25
29	Template:Esc †	13.00		Template:N/A		13	Template:N/A
30	Template:Esc	10.25	22	5	0	Template:N/A	14

Production

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was produced by the Danish public broadcaster the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). Jørgen Ramskov served as executive producer, Jan Frifelt served as director and Christine Marchal-Ortiz served as EBU scrutineer. Television presenter Natasja Crone Back and actor Søren Pilmark were the presenters of the 2001 contest.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rehearsals in the venue for the competing acts were held from 7 to 12 May 2001. Four technical rehearsals from 7 to 10 May and two dress rehearsals on 11 and 12 May were held in a lead up to the contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The logo for this year's contest was developed by Danish companies Kontrapunkt, 2Graphic Design and EventRelations. It 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 made of the same four rings. The whole rig could be formed into various shapes to add to each country's staging. The design was described by its designers as "a modern expression of a heart which symbolises openness, warmth, attitudes, pulse and movement".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

File:ESC 2001 album cover.jpg

Cover art of the official album

The draw to the determine the running order of competing countries was held on 21 November 2000.<ref name="2001 rules" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A compilation album featuring all 23 competing entries was released on 5 May 2001 by EMI Records and CMC International.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Format

Entries

Each participating broadcaster was represented in the contest by one song, which was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration. A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance, and all performers must have reached the age of 16 in the year of the contest. Selected entries were not permitted to be released commercially before 1 January 2001, and were then only allowed to be released in the country they represented until after the contest was held. Entries were required to be selected by each country's participating broadcaster by 11 March, and the final submission date for all selected entries to be received by the contest organisers was set for 16 March. This submission was required to include a sound recording of the entry and backing track for use during the contest, a video presentation of the song on stage being performed by the artists, and the text of the song lyrics in its original language and translations in French and English for distribution to the participating broadcasters, their commentators and juries.<ref name="2001 rules" />

Voting procedure

Template:Further The results of the 2001 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in Template:Escyr: each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in the country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry. Each participating country was required to use televoting to determine their points. Viewers had a total of five minutes to register their vote by calling one of twenty-two different telephone numbers to represent the twenty-three competing entries except that which represented their own country, with voting lines opening following the performance of the last competing entry. Once phone lines were opened a video recap containing short clips of each competing entry with the accompanying phone number for voting was shown in order to aid viewers during the voting window. Systems were also put in place to prevent lobby groups from one country voting for their song by travelling to other countries.<ref name="2001 rules" />

Countries which were unable to hold a televote due to technological limitations were granted an exception, and their points were determined by an assembled jury of eight individuals, which was required to be split evenly between members of the public and music professionals, comprised additionally of an equal number of men and women, and below and above 30 years of age. Countries using televoting were also required to appoint a back-up jury of the same composition which would be called into action upon technical failure preventing the televote results from being used. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and ten votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following the country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded.<ref name="2001 rules" />

Contest overview

The contest took place on 12 May 2001. The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting.<ref name="auto"/>

The show was opened by the last year's Eurovision winners, the Olsen Brothers, with a snippet from their winning Eurovision song "Fly on the Wings of Love", followed by their latest single "Walk Right Back", a smash hit in Denmark at the time. The interval act featured medley of songs performed by Aqua and Safri Duo.

The winner was Estonia represented by the song "Everybody", composed by Ivar Must, written by Maian-Anna Kärmas and performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. This marked Estonia's first victory in the contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Norway meanwhile finished in last place for the ninth time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Prior to the contest Greece were hotly tipped to win by the bookmakers, Sweden the second favourites, with France, Slovenia and host country Denmark expected to round out the top 5. However, as the voting progressed it quickly became a two-horse race between host Denmark and Estonia.<ref name="Decade"/>

Dave Benton, who was born and raised in Aruba, was the first black person and, at the age of 50 years and 101 days, the oldest contestant at the time to win the contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Template:Abbr	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Template:Esc	Michelle	"Out on My Own"	16	18
2	Template:Esc	Two Tricky	"Angel"	3	22
3	Template:Esc	Nino	lang}}"	29	14
4	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"On My Own"	3	22
5	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	25	16
6	Template:Esc	Mumiy Troll	"Lady Alpine Blue"	37	12
7	Template:Esc	Friends	"Listen to Your Heartbeat"	100	5
8	Template:Esc	Skamp	"You Got Style"	35	13
9	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Too Much"	16	18
10	Template:Esc	Vanna	"Strings of My Heart"	42	10
11	Template:Esc	MTM	lang}}"	18	17
12	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Without Your Love"	6	21
13	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Dile que la quiero"	76	6
14	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	142	4
15	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	lang}}"	41	11
16	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"No Dream Impossible"	28	15
17	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Energy"	70	7
18	Template:Esc	Piasek	"2 Long"	11	20
19	Template:Esc	Michelle	lang}}"	66	8
20	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname, Dave Benton and 2XL	"Everybody"	198	1
21	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Another Summer Night"	48	9
22	Template:Esc	Antique	"Die for You"	147	3
23	Template:Esc	Rollo & King	"Never Ever Let You Go"	177	2

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2001 rules"/> As had been the case since the Template:Escyr, the spokespersons were connected via satellite and appeared in vision during the broadcast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Spokespersons at the 2001 contest are listed below.<ref>Eurovision Song Contest 2001 (Television programme). Copenhagen, Denmark: DR. 12 May 2001.</ref> Template:Div col

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2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndEva María Jónsdóttir
3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSegmedina Srna
4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRoald Øyen
5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLarisa Verbitskaya
7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJosefine Sundström<ref name="Melfest">Template:Cite book</ref>
8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLoreta Tarozaitė<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRenārs Kaupers
2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndBláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndCorinne Hermès
7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMeltem Ersan Yazgan
8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndColin Berry
9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAxel Bulthaupt
12. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIlomai Küttim "Elektra"
13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarbeck Spiteri<ref>[1] </ref>
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1. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndGry Johansen

Detailed voting results

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. Only three votes were allowed per household.<ref name="2001 rules">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to the EBU rules, 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.<ref name="2001 rules" />

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rowspan="23" Template:Vert header	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

12 points

The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country is shown in bold. Estonia received the maximum score of 12 points from nine of the voting countries, with Denmark receiving six sets of 12 points each, France receiving three sets, Greece receiving two, and Malta, Portugal and Spain each receiving one maximum score.<ref name="results" /><ref name="scoreboard" />

Distribution of 12 points awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001<ref name="results" /><ref name="scoreboard" />

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Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.<ref name="2001 rules" /> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

In addition to the broadcasts by EBU members, the contest was also available on the internet for the second time. Sponsored by Yahoo!, a webcast of the contest was available around the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	HRT	HRT 1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	DR	DR1	Template:Ill and Template:Ill	<ref name="DR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		DR P3	Template:N/A	<ref name="DR" />
Template:Flagu	ETV		Marko Reikop	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Template:Flagu	lang}}	France 3	Marc-Olivier Fogiel and Dave	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	ARD	lang}}	Peter Urban	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Flagu	RÚV	lang}}	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	LTV	Template:N/A	Template:Ill	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	LRT	LRT	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	PBS	TVM, Radio Malta	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	PO	lang}}	Willem van Beusekom	<ref name="AD">Template:Cite news</ref>
		Radio 2	Template:Ill
		Radio 3	Paul de Leeuw and Cornald Maas
Template:Flagu	NRK	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen	<ref name="Scandi">Template:Cite news</ref>
		NRK P1	Template:Ill and Hege Tepstad	<ref name="Scandi" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVP	TVP1	Artur Orzech	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTP	RTP1Template:Efn	Eládio Clímaco	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	ORT		Template:Ill and Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO	SLO 1	Template:N/A	<ref name="Gorenjski">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVE	lang}}	José Luis Uribarri	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SVT	SVT1	Henrik Olsson	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	SR	SR P4	Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman	<ref name="Melfest" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TRT	TRT 1Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Cumhuriyet">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC OneTemplate:Efn	Terry Wogan	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	SBS	SBS TVTemplate:Efn	Effie Stephanidis and Terry WoganTemplate:Efn	<ref name="Australia1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Australia2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="ESCInsight">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SBS report">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagu	ORF	ORF 1	Andi Knoll	<ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		FM4	Stermann & Grissemann	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	VRT	TV1	André Vermeulen and Anja Daems	<ref name="AD" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	RTBF	lang}}	Jean-Pierre Hautier	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	CyBC	lang}}	Evi Papamichail	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BFBS	BFBS TelevisionTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Falklands">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SvF		Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	YLE	YLE TV1	Jani Juntunen and Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		YLE Radio Vega	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVR	lang}}	Leonard Miron	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	SF 2	Sandra Studer	<ref name="Schweiz">Template:Cite news</ref>
		TSR 1	Phil Mundwiller	<ref name="TV8">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		TSI 1	Template:N/A
Template:Flagdeco Yugoslavia	RTS	YU Info	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Incidents

Controversy was again rife in the contest: the BBC television 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.<ref name="comments">Template:Cite news</ref> The Danes were so offended that the BBC was obliged to issue an apology on Wogan's comments.<ref name="comments"/>

Controversy also surrounded the Swedish song, "Listen To Your Heartbeat", which was repeatedly accused as a plagiarism of the Template:Esccnty, "Liefde is een kaartspel".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="Decade" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At first this was denied by the Swedish songwriters, one of whom was Thomas G:son, but after the Belgian songwriters and the author's organisation SABAM pressed for legal action, a cash settlement was agreed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 290. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. Template:ISBN</ref>

During the voting the Danish band Aqua performed with a medley of their singles, with percussion ensemble Safri Duo performing in the medley.<ref name="Decade" /> 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".

Other awards

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is the award, created by fansite House of Eurovision, was awarded to the performer deemed to have been the "worst dressed" among the participants.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The winner in 2001 was Polish representative Piasek, as determined by the visitors of the website House of Eurovision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

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