

The chaos behind 100 million people watching Europe's biggest musical meltdown.
Behind the scenes of the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest from Stockholm, Sweden. See the producers planning and the hosts rehearsing to entertain an audience of more than 100 million people.
Production
Massive stage builds that almost definitely went wrong.
Practical Effects
Pre-digital broadcast chaos you simply cannot recreate today.
Director
Henrik Sylvén
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stockholm's Globe Arena hosted this contest just three years after ABBA's musical opened in the same city—Sweden was basically Eurovision's spiritual home by 2000.
This was the first Eurovision after the 'Big 4' rule was introduced, guaranteeing UK, France, Germany and Spain automatic final spots—explaining why the producers look extra stressed about everything else breaking.
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