Estonia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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Estonia was represented by
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, with the song "Once in a Lifetime", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May in
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. "Once in a Lifetime" was chosen as the Estonian entry at the national final,
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, on 5 February.


Before Eurovision


Eurolaul 2000

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster
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in
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, hosted by Marko Reikop. Ten songs took part with the winner being chosen by a 10-member "expert" international jury.


At Eurovision

On the night of the final Ines performed 4th in the running order, following the
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and preceding
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. Ahead of the contest Estonia were considered one of the favourites to win among
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s, alongside the entries from , and . Estonia had picked up 98 points and placed 4th of the 24 entries, their highest finish up to that time. Later, Ines claimed in a 2002
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documentary that she had been widely criticised on her return to Estonia, where people had been fully expecting a victory and felt let down that she had been unable to deliver it. The five backing vocalists that joined Ines were Maiken, Kaire Vilgats, Jelena Juzvik, Pearu Paulus and
Tanel Padar Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the ''Kaks takti ette'', a biennial televised competition for ...
. Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was televised in Estonia on ETV with the commentary by Marko Reikop. The contest was watched by a total of 545 thousand viewers in Estonia with the market share of 46,6%.


Voting


References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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