2000 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent at the
Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used; 1,394 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition and 10 progressed to the final. The final was held in the
Gothenburg Opera House in
Gothenburg on 10 March 2000, and was broadcast on
SVT2 and
Sveriges Radio's
P4 network.
Roger Pontare (
1994 winner with
Marie Bergman) won the MF again with the
rock-inspired ballad "
När vindarna viskar mitt namn", donning a folk-inspired costume and featuring
Sámi dancers during his performance. The 2000 was presented by no less than 10 past participants and winners, who performed a medley of selected entries from the past four decades as an interval act. These were
Carola Häggkvist,
Lotta Engberg,
Lena Philipsson,
Loa Falkman,
Tommy Körberg,
Elisabeth Andreassen,
Arja Saijonmaa,
Lasse Berghagen,
Lasse Holm and
Björn Skifs. Two of the presenters, Lena Philipsson and Carola Häggkvist, went on to win the Melodifestivalen in
2004 and
2006, respectively (Carola had also won in
1983 and
1991 before). The show was watched by 4,175,000 people, with a total of 525,567 votes cast.
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