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.
Euroviisut 2000 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition consisted of two shows that commenced with a radio semi-final on Radio Suomi in January 2000 and concluded with a final on 12 February 2000, held at the Lord Hotel in Helsinki and hosted by Jani Juntunen and Silvia Modig.
The format of the competition consisted of two shows: a radio semi-final and a final. Twelve songs competed in the semi-final and the top six entries qualified to the final. The results for the semi-finals were determined exclusively by a public vote, while the results in the final were determined by the 50/50 combination of public voting and jury voting.
211 submissions were received by Yle during a submission period. A panel of experts appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the received submissions, with an additional six entries being selected from submissions by composers directly invited by Yle to compete.[1]
The radio semi-final took place during the first week of January 2000 and the top six from the twelve competing entries qualified to the final based on the results from the public vote.[2]
The final took place on 12 February 2000 where the six entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final competed. "A Little Bit" performed by Nina Åström was selected as the winner. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of public votes and a ten-member jury panel. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 210 points to award. Each jury member distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 points and the viewer vote distributed their points as follows: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 points.[3]
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 (with Spain) of the 24 entries.[4] The 12 points from the Finnish televote were awarded to Latvia.[5] 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.
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