Eurovision Song Contest 2001
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| Dates | |
| Final | 12 May 2001 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Director | Jan Frifelt |
| Executive supervisor | Christine Marchal-Ortiz |
| Executive producer | Jørgen Ramskov |
| Host broadcaster | Danmarks Radio (DR) |
| 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 |
| Debuting countries | None |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song | |
| Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2001 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
| Released | 5 May 2001 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 70:09 | |||
| Label | EMI / CMC | |||
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the Olsen Brothers' win at the 2000 contest in , Sweden with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love". The hosting marked only the second time the contest was held on Danish soil, after the 1964 contest - 37 years earlier.
23 countries took part in the contest, which was held on 12 May 2001. The host venue was the Parken Stadium - the largest venue to ever host the contest (as of 2016).
A total of 35,000 spectators saw the show live from within the stadium, breaking the record of 16,000 held by the previous year's hosts Sweden.
The show was opened by the Olsen Brothers, with a snippet from their winning song "Fly on the Wings of Love", followed by their latest single "Walk Right Back", which was already a smash hit in Denmark at the time. The presenters were Danish journalist and TV-show presenter Natasja Crone Back and the famous Danish actor Søren Pilmark who spoke most of their announcements in rhyming couplets.
France, Greece and Slovenia were the heavy favourites to win the contest; however, as the voting progressed it became a two-horse race between Estonia and the host country Denmark.
The contest was won by Estonia, represented by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL with the song "Everybody", which scored a total of 198 points. The host nation, Denmark, finished in 2nd place with 177 points - beaten by 21 points.
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