United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000


For the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, the United Kingdom entered "Don't Play That Song Again", performed by Nicki French. It received 28 points and 16th place in Stockholm, Sweden.

Before Eurovision

A Song for Europe

In 2000, the BBC reverted to the historic A Song for Europe title for the national selection competition, but retained the format from the previous selection show The Great British Song Contest. The format consisted of a radio semi-final with eight songs, with the top four songs, selected by televoting, progressing to the televised final.

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 14 January 2000 on BBC Radio 2, hosted by Terry Wogan and Ken Bruce. Televoting selected the top 4 songs to qualify to the final.
DrawArtistSongComposerTelevotePlace
1Helene Horlyck"Aria"John Tonks, Helene Horlyck1,8267
2Catherine Porter"Crazy"Tony Moore, Catherine Porter9,1401
3Nicki French"Don't Play That Song Again"John Springate, Gerry Shepherd5,5502
4Sexy Sadie"I Won’t Let You Do This to Me"Mike Connaris, Teri Bradley, Paul Brown4,4033
5Six Chix"Only the Women Know"Kimberley Rew4,1154
6Jayne Tretton"Stand Up"Richard Silver2,1826
7Catherine Porter"The Answer"Tony Moore, Catherine Porter1,6358
8India"Wherever You Go"Simon May, Ben Robbins3,2545

Final

The final was held on 20 February 2000 on BBC One, hosted by Katy Hill. A public televote selected the winner, "Don't Play That Song Again" performed by Nicki French.
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Nicki French"Don't Play That Song Again"47,3551
2Six Chix"Only The Women Know"42,3292
3Catherine Porter"Crazy"29,3483
4Sexy Sadie"I Won't Let You Do This To Me"10,4944

At Eurovision

The United Kingdom was the third country to perform on the night straight after the Netherlands. Nicki French scored a total of 28 points from eight of the twenty four countries. Turkey was the only jury voting country to give points to the United Kingdom this year. Overall the United Kingdom finished in 16th, its worst placing since it first entered the contest.

Points awarded by the United Kingdom

Final

Points awarded to the United Kingdom