Home Composed Song Contest 2000
Contest overview
The 2000 Home Composed Song Contest was organised by Tony Søgaard Olsen from Grindsted in Denmark, following his victory with "Denne sommer" the previous year. Unlike his previous hostings in 1997 and 1998, this time Tony also participated in the competition he was organising.
With the contest now having a website for the first time (on Geocities!), all of the songs were made available to download and there was an internet voting feature. A modest total of four sets of votes were received, with the top three positions being taken by B.G.H.B.'s "The Cold" (1st) and "Bad Day" (2nd) followed by "50 Jahre sind kein Pappenstiel" by Peter Reinders. However, this vote was for entertainment purposes only and it would be some years before an internet vote would become an integral feature of the HCSC scoreboard.
What really mattered, then, were the votes of the 13 European juries who decided the winner of the 2000 Home Composed Song Contest. This year, as well as the nine composers' juries, Tony Søgaard Olsen invited four international guest juries to vote on the songs (shown as 
to 
in the scoresheet below). The list was led by Roy Vorland of Norway, the winner in 1997, alongside previous participants Mårten Eklund of Sweden and Maria Luisa Perero of Spain, plus OGAE representative Martti Immonen from Finland.
As it turned out, congratulations were due to Danish organiser Tony Olsen, who managed to take both first and second place with the songs "Fri" and "Du" respectively - his second consecutive victory, and his third win in only three participations, a run of success that is still unparalleled in Home Composed history. There was another "first" to celebrate, too - with the largest number of juries to date, the contest saw a score of over 100 points for the first time, with "Fri" receiving 111 from a maximum 144 available.
Entries and results
| Draw | Country | Song Title | Performer | Composer | Lyricist | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  United Kingdom A
|
Bad Day | B.G.H.B. | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | 10 | 38 |
| 02 | United Kingdom B
|
Brief Encounter | Marie Bennett | Marie Bennett | Marie Bennett | 13 | 15 |
| 03 |  Germany A
|
Dein Platz in meinem Herz | Michael Bauer | Michael Bauer | Michael Bauer | 6 | 62 |
| 04 |  Denmark A
|
Du | Tony Søgaard Olsen | Tony Søgaard Olsen | Tony Søgaard Olsen | 2 | 93 |
| 05 | Germany B
|
Eingesperrt (frei zu sein) | Scotty | Achim Wurm, Scotty | Achim Wurm, Scotty | 3 | 85 |
| 06 | Denmark B
|
Forgive And Forget (My Lies) | Morten Boldt Hansen | Morten Boldt Hansen | Morten Boldt Hansen | 5 | 65 |
| 07 | Germany C
|
Friedensmelodie | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | 14 | 14 |
| 08 |  Netherlands
|
50 Jahre sind kein Pappenstiel | Peter Reinders | Peter Reinders, F. Morgenroth | Peter Reinders, F. Morgenroth | 4 | 70 |
| 09 | United Kingdom A
|
The Cold | B.G.H.B. | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | Germany A
|
Wenn deine Liebe Flügel bekommt | Michael Bauer & Friends | Michael Bauer | Michael Bauer | 7 | 51 |
| 11 | Denmark A
|
Fri | Tony Søgaard Olsen | Tony Søgaard Olsen | Tony Søgaard Olsen | 1 | 111 |
| 12 | Germany B
|
Wenn du liebst | Achim Wurm | Achim Wurm, Scotty | Achim Wurm, Scotty | 9 | 43 |
| 13 | Denmark B
|
Now I Believe In Miracles | Morten Boldt Hansen | Morten Boldt Hansen | Morten Boldt Hansen | 11 | 28 |
| 14 | Germany C
|
Seelenfeuer, Seelenliebe | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | 15 | 6 |
| 15 | United Kingdom C
|
Second Time Around | Christina Irving & Dominic Irving | Christina Irving | Christina Irving | 8 | 47 |
Scoreboard
| Juries | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total | ||
| Bad Day | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 38 | |||||
| Brief Encounter | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||
| Dein Platz in meinem Herz | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 62 | ||
| Du | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 93 | |||
| Eingesperrt (frei zu sein) | 12 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 85 | ||
| Forgive And Forget (My Lies) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 65 | ||||
| Friedensmelodie | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 50 Jahre sind kein Pappenstiel | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 70 | ||||
| The Cold | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | ||||||||
| Wenn deine Liebe Flügel bekommt | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 51 | ||||
| Fri | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 111 | ||
| Wenn du liebst | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 43 | ||||||
| Now I Believe In Miracles | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 28 | ||||||
| Seelenfeuer, Seelenliebe | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Second Time Around | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 47 | |||
| Guest jurors:
|
Media
HCSC 2000 winner: Tony Søgaard Olsen - Fri
Song removed at composer's request
Recap of all HCSC 2000 songs in draw order
<html5media>http://www.homecomposed.net/archive/2000/2000medl.mp3</html5media>
| Home Composed Song Contest | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1990s · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 2000s · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 2010s · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 2020s · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 30 Years Of HCSC: Greatest Hits Countries Statistics |
|||