• Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 12 May 2001 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Parken Stadium (Parken, Parkenstadion; Københavns Idrætspark, Idrætsparken), Copenhagen, 🇩🇰 Denmark
• Presenter (s): Natasja Crone-Back & Søren Pilmark
• Musical Director: —
• Director: Jan Frifelt
• Executive Producer: Jørgen Ramskov
• Executive Supervisor: Christine Marchal-Ortiz
• Multicamera Director: Jan Frifelt
• Host broadcaster: Danmarks Radio (DR)
• Motto: 
• Opening Act: “Fly on the Wings of Love” and “Walk Right Back” performed by the Olsen Brothers
• Interval Act: Medley of Aqua hits performed by Aqua feat. Safri Duo
• Participants – Number of entries: 23 [🇬🇧 United Kindom (41ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (38ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (38ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (39ª), 🇫🇷 France (42ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (33ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (14ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (9ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (23ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (7ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (40ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (42ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (22ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (31ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (15ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (2ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (5ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (21ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (7ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (3ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (7ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (33ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (7ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇬🇷 Greece (21ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (7ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (3ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (7ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (33ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (7ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇦🇹 Austria (37ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (40ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (19ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (33ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (2ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (3ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (40ª)
• Struttura di voto: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs.
• Nil Points: —
• Winning song: “Everybody” – Tanel Padar, Dave Benton e 2XL – 🇪🇪 Estonia (1ª)

About. A record-breaking 35,000 spectators attended the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, the largest venue to date.

Come on, everybody!. 23 countries participated in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania and Greece all returned to the contest, replacing the seven countries with the lowest average result in the past five contests: Romania, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Finland, Belgium, Austria and Cyprus. The spectator record from the previous year in Stockholm was already broken in 2001 as nearly 35,000 attended the show in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. France, Greece and Slovenia were predicted to win this year but Estonia took everyone by surprise by taking the trophy.

About the winner. Tanel Padar and Aruban-born Dave Benton’s pop-funk entry “Everybody” won the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest 21 points ahead of second-placed Denmark. The song did not become a hit in Europe but did provide Estonia with the opportunity to host the contest the following year. 

Facts and figures. The EBU introduced a new rule this year that only the top 15 countries and the so called ‘Big Four’ (Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and France) could participate in the 2002 contest; The Danish national broadcaster CR had to cope with major challenges including building a roof over the Parken Stadium so that it met the requirements to host the Eurovision Song Contest. The venue is still the largest to host the contest to date; The presenters spoke entirely in rhyming couplets, much to the ridicule of UK commentator Terry Wogan. He later apologised for his comments after the Danish broadcaster complained to the BBC.

o/r	country	PaRticipant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	rank
01	🇳🇱 The Netherlands NOS	Michelle (Michelle Courtens)	Out on my own English	016	18
02	🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV	Two Tricky	Angel (Birta) English	003	22
03	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina PBSBIH	Nino (Nino Pršeš, Нино Пршеш)	Hano (Хано, Hannah) Bosnian, English	029	14
04	🇳🇴 Norway NRK	Haldor Lægreid	On my own English	003	22
05	🇮🇱 Israel IBA	Tal Sondak ( טל סונדק)	Ein davar (אין דבר, Never mind) Hebrew	025	16
06	🇷🇺 Russia C1R	Mumiy Troll (Мумий Тролль)	Lady alpine blue (Леди Синих Альп / Обещания) English	037	12
07	🇸🇪 Sweden SVT	Friends	Listen to your heartbeat (Lyssna till ditt hjärta) English	100	05
08	🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT	SKAMP	You got style English, Lithuanian[b]	035	13
09	🇱🇻 Latvia LTV	Arnis Mednis	Too much (Par daudz) English	016	18
10	🇭🇷 Croatia HRT	Vanna (Вана)	Strings of my heart (Strings) English	042	10
11	🇵🇹 Portugal RTP	MTM ( Marco, Tony e Música)	Só sei ser feliz assim (This is the only way I know to be happy / Only can be happy this way) Portuguese	018	17
12	🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ	Gary O’Shaughnessy	Without Your Love English	006	21
13	🇪🇸 Spain TVE	David Civera	Dile que la quiero (Tell her that I love her) Spanish	076	06
14	🇫🇷 France France 3	Natasha St-Pier	Je n’ai que mon âme (All I have is my soul) French, English	142	04
15	🇹🇷 Turkey TRT	Seday Yüce	Sevgiliye son (End of my lover) Turkish, English	041	11
16	🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC	Lindsay D. (Lyndsay Dracass)	No dream impossible English	028	15
17	🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO	Nuša Derenda (Нуша Деренда)	Energy English	070	07
18	🇵🇱 Poland TVP	PIASEK (Andrzej Piaseczny)	2 Long English	011	20
19	🇩🇪 Germany ARD	Michelle	Wer liebe lebt (Whoever lives love) German, English	066	08
20	🇪🇪 Estonia ERR	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL	Everybody English	198	01
21	🇲🇹 Malta PBS	Fabrizio Faniello	Another summer night English	048	09
22	🇬🇷 Greece ERT	Antique	(I Would) Die for you (Die for You) Greek, English	147	03
23	🇩🇰 Denmark DR	Rollo & King	Never ever let you go [Der står et billede af dig på mit bord (There is a picture of you on my table)] English	177	02

Participation map

Participating countries   Countries that participated in the past but not in 2001

ESC 2001 Scoreboard Ι Detailed voting results:

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 2000 contest with the song “Fly on the Wings of Love” by Olsen Brothers. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (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.

Twenty-three countries took part in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia returned after their relegation from the previous edition. Greece also returned after their two-year absence, following financial trouble. Meanwhile, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland were relegated.

The winner was Estonia with the song “Everybody”, performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, and written by Ivar Must and Maian-Anna Karmas. This was the first time one of the former Soviet republics won the contest. Denmark, Greece, France and Sweden rounded out the top five with Greece achieving its best result up to that point in the contest. Further down the table, Slovenia equalled their best result from 1995, finishing seventh. Meanwhile, Ireland finished in 21st place, giving the nation its worst placement up to that point.

1.Location. 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, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992.

The Danish national broadcaster 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 Denmark – Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense – all 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. However, the scale of it all wasn’t entirely a success: many audience members could not see the stage, and for many entries the hall appeared to be too big.

2.Production. The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was produced by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR). Jørgen Ramskov served as executive producer, Jan Frifelt served as director and Christine Marchal-Ortiz served as Executive Supervisor. Television presenter Natasja Crone Back and actor Søren Pilmark were the presenters of the 2001 contest.

The logo for this year’s contest was developed by Danish companies Kontactpunkt, 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”.

The draw to the determine the running order of competing countries was held on 21 November 2000.

A compilation album featuring all 23 competing entries was released on 5 May 2001 by EMI Records and CMC International.

2.1.Opening and interval acts. 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”.

The interval-act featured medley of Aqua songs performed by Aqua and Safri Duo.

3.Format. 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.

3.1.Entries. 

3.2.Voting procedure. The results of the 2001 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in 1975: 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.

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.

4.Participating countries. Per the rules of the contest twenty-three countries were allowed to participate in the event. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Lithuania, Poland and 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.

4.1.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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia returned after being excluded from participating in the 2000 contest, while Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, Switzerland, 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.

Table key: [1] Automatic qualifier, [2] Qualifier

Rank	Country	Average	Yearly Point Totals
			1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
1	🇱🇻 Latvia [2]	136.00					136
2	🇬🇧 United Kindom[1]	107.20	77	227	166	38	28
3	🇮🇪 Ireland [2]	98.60	162	157	64	18	92
4	🇩🇰 Denmark [1]	97.00		25		71	195
5	🇷🇺 Russia [2]	94.00		33			155
6	🇮🇱 Israel [2]	90.67			172	93	7
7	🇸🇪 Sweden [2]	88.00	100	36	53	163	88
8	🇩🇪 Germany [1]	86.00		22	86	140	96
9	🇲🇹 Malta [2]	80.80	68	66	165	32	73
10	🇭🇷 Croatia [2]	80.40	98	24	131	79[a]	70
11	🇪🇪 Estonia [2]	80.00	94	82	36	90	98
12	🇳🇱 The Netherlands [2]	68.80	78	5	150	71	40
13	🇮🇸 Iceland [2]	65.00	51	18		146	45
14	🇳🇴 Norway [2]	57.00	114	0	79	35	57
15	🇹🇷 Turkey [2]	56.60	57	121	25	21	59
16	🇧🇪 Belgium	46.00	22		122	38	2
17	🇦🇹 Austria	44.75	68	12		65	34
18	🇨🇾 Cyprus	43.40	72	98	37	2	8
19	🇪🇸 Spain [1]	30.60	17	96	21	1	18
20	🇫🇷 France [1]	27.00	18	95	3	14	5
21	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	22.50			16		29
22	🇫🇮 Finland	16.33	9		22		18
23	🇷🇴 Romania	15.50			6		25
24	🇨🇭 Switzerland	10.25	22	5	0		14

4.2.Returning artists.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)	–
Tanel Padar (with Dave Benton and 2XL)	🇪🇪 Estonia	2000 (as backing vocalist for Ines)	–

4.3.Participants and results. 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.

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. Norway meanwhile finished in last place for the ninth time.

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 surprisingly Estonia.

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.

4.4.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2001: 

• National Selections in 2001:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	BH Eurosong 2001	Nino Pršeš / Nino – “Hano“
🇭🇷 Croatia	Dora 2001	Vanna – “Strings of My Heart” / “Strune ljubavi”
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 2001	Rollo & King – “Never Ever Let You Go” / “Der står et billede af dig på mit bord”
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eurolaul 2001	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL – “Everybody”
🇩🇪 Germany	Countdown Grand Prix 2001	Michelle – “Wer Liebe lebt“
🇬🇷 Greece	Ellinikós Telikós 2001	Antique – “Die for You”
🇮🇸 Iceland	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2001	TwoTricky / Kristján Gíslason & Gunnar Ólafsson – “Angel” / “Birta”
🇮🇪 Ireland	(Irish Selection 2001)	Gary O’Shaughnessy – “Without Your Love”
🇮🇱 Israel	Kdam Eurovision 2001	Tal Sondak – “Ein Davar” (אין דבר)
🇱🇻 Latvia	Eirodziesma 2001	Arnis Mednis – “Too Much”
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Eurovizijos Atranka 2001	SKAMP – “You Got Style”
🇲🇹 Malta	Malta Song for Europe 2001	Fabrizio Faniello – “Another Summer Night”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nationaal Songfestival 2001	Michelle – “Out on My Own”
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2001	Haldor Lægreid – “On My Own”
🇵🇹 Portugal	Festival da Canção 2001	MTM – “Só sei ser feliz assim“
🇸🇮 Slovenia	EMA 2001	Nuša Derenda – “Energy” / “Ne, ni res”
🇪🇸 Spain	Eurocanción 2001	David Civera – “Dile que la quiero”
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestival 2001	Friends – “Listen to Your Heartbeat” / “Lyssna till ditt hjärta”
🇹🇷 Turkey	Şarkı Yarışması 2001	Sedat Yüce – “Sevgiliye Son“
🇬🇧 United Kindom	A Song for Europe 2001	Lindsay D / Lindsay Dracass – “No Dream Impossible”

• Internal Selections in 2001:

5.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.

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: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia. Only a few countries are confirmed to have used the mixed voting system: Croatia, Greece and Malta.

Detailed voting results

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote, [3]  50% jury and televote		Total score
			[1]	[1]	[2]	[1]	[1]	[2]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[3]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[2]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[3]	[3]	[1]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇳🇱 The 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 Kindom	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

5.1.12 points. Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	Estonia	🇬🇷 Greece, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
6	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway
3	🇫🇷 France	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇺 Russia
2	🇬🇷 Greece	🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden
1	🇪🇸 Spain	🇮🇱 Israel
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇩🇰 Denmark
	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇫🇷 France

6.Broadcasts. Most countries sent commentators to Copenhagen or commented from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHTV1	Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac
🇭🇷 Croatia	HRT 1	Aleksandar “Aco” Kostadinov
	HR2	Draginja Balaš
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR1	Hans Otto Bisgaard and Hilda Heick
🇪🇪 Estonia	ETV	Marko Reikop	–
	Raadio 2	Vello Rand
🇫🇷 France	France 3	Marc-Olivier Fogiel and Dave
	France Bleu	Olivier Chiabodo
🇩🇪 Germany	Das Erste	Peter Urban	–
	Deutschlandfunk/NDR 2	Thomas Mohr
🇬🇷 Greece	ET1	Dafni Bokota
	ERA 1	Giorgos Mitropoulos
🇮🇸 Iceland	Sjónvarpið	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	–
🇮🇪 Ireland	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	–
	RTÉ Radio 1	Larry Gogan
🇮🇱 Israel	Channel 1	No commentator
	Reshet Gimel	Daniel Pe’er
🇱🇻 Latvia	LTV1	Kārlis Streips
🇱🇹 Lithuania	LRT	Darius Užkuraitis
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM	Alfred Borg
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Nederland 2	Willem van Beusekom	–
	Radio 2	Hijlco Span
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen	–
	NRK P1	Stein Dag Jensen
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP1	Artur Orzech
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco
🇷🇺 Russia	ORT	Alexander Anatolyevich and Konstantin Mikhailov
🇸🇮 Slovenia	SLO1	Andrea F
🇪🇸 Spain	La Primera	José Luis Uribarri
🇸🇪 Sweden	SVT1	Henrik Olsson
	SR P3	Carolina Norén	–
🇹🇷 Turkey	TRT 1	Ömer Önder
	TRT Radyo 3	Ümit Tunçağ
🇬🇧 United Kindom	BBC One	Terry Wogan
	BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA	SBS TV[c]	Terry Wogan, Effie[d]	–
🇦🇹 Austria	ORF 1	Andi Knoll
	FM4	Stermann & Grissemann	–
🇧🇪 Belgium	RTBF La Une	French: Jean-Pierre Hautier
	VRT TV1	Dutch: André Vermeulen and Anja Daems	–
	RTBF La Première	French: Laurent Daube and Éric Russon
	VRT Radio 2	Dutch: Julien Put [nl] and Michel Follet
🇨🇾 Cyprus	RIK 1	Evi Papamichail
🇫🇮 Finland	YLE TV1	Jani Juntunen and Asko Murtomäki
	YLE Radio Suomi	Iris Mattila and Tarja Närhi
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	MTV 2	Milanka Rašić
🇷🇴 Romania	TVR2	Andreea Marin and Leonard Miron
🇨🇭 Switzerland	SF 2	German: Sandra Studer
	TSR 1	French: Phil Mundwiller
	TSI 1	Italian: Jonathan Tedesco
Yugoslavia	YU Info	Unknown

6.1Viewing figures. 

Country	Broadcaster	Nominal	Share	Ref(s)
🇩🇰 Denmark	DR1	2.667.000	95%	–
🇲🇹 Malta	TVM	Unknown	94%
🇸🇮 Slovenia	SLO1	Unknown	82%
🇬🇧 United Kindom	BBC One	6.500.000	35%
🇩🇪 Germany	Das Erste	8.160.000	36,7%
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	NPO 2	3.600.000	Unknown
🇳🇴 Norway	NRK1	Unknown	57%
🇸🇪 Sweden	SVT1	Unknown	85%
🇫🇷 France	France 3	5.000.000	30%
🇵🇱 Poland	TVP1	4.500.500	Unknown
🇬🇷 Greece	ERT1	Unknown	51%
🇪🇸 Spain	La 1	5.630.000	45%
🇵🇹 Portugal	RTP1	800.000	8,8%
🇮🇱 Israel	Channel 1	453.000	19%
🇧🇪 Belgium	VRT TV1	500.000	Unknown
🇫🇮 Finland	YLE TV1	385.000	Unknown
🇷🇺 Russia	ORT	Unknown	31,1%	–

7.Incidents. Controversy was again rife in the 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. 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.

During the voting the Danish band Aqua performed with a medley of their singles, with percussion ensemble Safri Duo performing in the medley. 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”.

8.Other awards.

8.1.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. The winner in 2001 was Polish representative Piasek, as determined by the visitors of the website House of Eurovision.

9.Notes.

• [a] Croatia’s score from the 1999 contest was reduced by 33% for the purposes of determining average scores due to the use of synthesised pre-recorded vocals in that year’s Croatian entry.
• [b] Contains some words in German and French.
• [c] SBS aired the contest without postcards and voting.
• [d] Although Australia was not eligible to enter the contest at the time, 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, after a number of complaints, they showed the United Kingdom’s broadcast, including commentary from Terry Wogan, a few weeks later.

10.Trivial / Fun facts.

• 24 countries participated in 2001. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania and Greece returned.
• Replacing the countries with the lowest average: Romania, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Finland, Belgium, Austria and Cyprus.

← Eurovision Song Contest 2000 • Eurovision Song Contest 2001 • Eurovision Song Contest 2002 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	The Netherlands ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⦁ Norway ⦁ Israel ⦁ Russia ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Latvia • Croatia ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Ireland ⦁ Spain • France • Turkey • United Kingdom ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Poland ⦁ Germany ⦁ Estonia (winner) ⦁ Malta ⦁ Greece ⦁ Denmark
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Michelle ⦁ Two Tricky ⦁ Nino ⦁ Haldor Lægreid ⦁ Tal Sondak ⦁ Mumiy Troll ⦁ Friends ⦁ Skamp ⦁ Arnis Mednis ⦁ Vanna • MTM ⦁ Gary O’Shaughnessy ⦁ David Civera ⦁ Natasha St-Pier ⦁ Sedat Yüce • Lindsay Dracass ⦁ Nuša Derenda ⦁ Piasek ⦁ Michelle • Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL (winner) ⦁ Fabrizio Faniello ⦁ Antique ⦁ Rollo and King
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“Out on My Own” ⦁ “Angel” ⦁ “Hano” ⦁ “On My Own” ⦁ “Ein Davar” (אין דבר) ⦁ “Lady Alpine Blue” ⦁ “Listen to Your Heartbeat” ⦁ “You Got Style” ⦁ “Too Much” • “Strings of My Heart” • “Só sei ser feliz assim” • “Without Your Love” • “Dile que la quiero” • “Je n’ai que mon âme” • “Sevgiliye Son” ⦁ “No Dream Impossible” ⦁ “Energy” ⦁ “2 Long” • “Wer Liebe lebt” • “Everybody” (winner) ⦁ “Another Summer Night” • “Die for You” • “Never Ever Let You Go”