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Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven (song), Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Perrelli, Charlotte Nilsson. With an audience of 13,000 people present, the 2000 contest was the largest yet seen in its history. Twenty-four countries took part in the contest. , , , and , which had participated in the 1999 contest, were Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest, relegated after achieving the lowest average points totals over the preceding five contests. These countries were replaced by in its first contest appearance, , , and which were relegated from the previous year's event, and which returned after a two-year absence. The winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattis Ahlström
Katarina Sofie "Kattis" Ahlström (born 9 June 1966) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter. She is a sister of Gabriella Ahlström. She hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 together with Anders Lundin, in the Stockholm Globe Arena, and announced the Swedish results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. From 28 July 2006, she has been employed at the Sveriges Radio P1 channel. See also *List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters References External links 1966 births Living people 21st-century Swedish journalists Mass media people from Gothenburg 21st-century Swedish women {{Europe-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The early 1980s and home computers, rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields. Microsoft is the List of the largest software companies, largest software maker, one of the Trillion-dollar company, most valuable public U.S. companies, and one of the List of most valuable brands, most valuable brands globally. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. During the 41 years from 1980 to 2021 Microsoft released 9 versions of MS-DOS with a median frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Bergman
Marie Bergman (born 21 November 1950) is a Swedish singer. Between 1969 and 1972, she was a member in the pop group Family Four, which represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 and 1972. She started her solo career in 1974. She has during the years released 13 own-written records and 2 jazz albums and has received numerous awards. In 1994, she again represented Sweden at the Eurovision, this time with Roger Pontare, setting a record as the singer who has represented Sweden at the ESC the most times. This was equalled by Carola Häggkvist in 2006. Marie has performed at the Roskilde Festival The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. It was created in 1971 by two high school students and a promoter. In 1 ... four times. References External links * 1950 births Melodifestivalen winners Living people Singers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Pontare
Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun. Pontare was born in Arjeplog Municipality, and is of Sami descent. He has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1994 (duet with Marie Bergman) with " Stjärnorna" and in 2000 with " When Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing 13th and 7th, respectively. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4. Sydsvenskan, Retrieved 20 November 2021 Personal life Roger Pontare is father to Viktor andVincent Pontare
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RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española (''Spanish Radio and Television'', RTVE), is the Spanish national public Broadcasting, television and radio broadcaster. It is a state-owned enterprise formed in 2007 to succeed the ''Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española'' (RTVE Public Entity). It provides multi-station television (Televisión Española) and radio services (Radio Nacional de España), as well as online and streaming services (RTVE Play). Since the entry into force of the RTVE Financing Act of 2009, RTVE is primarily funded by a combination of subsidies from the General State Budget and a fee levied on the private agents' gross revenue (3.0% for private free-to-air channels, a 1.5% for private subscription channels and a 0.9% for telecom companies). RTVE is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The corporation's central headquarters, Prado del Rey (studios), Prado del Rey, are located in Pozuelo de Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serafín Zubiri
Serafín Lizoain Vidondo (born 20 April 1964 in Pamplona, Spain) better known as Serafín Zubiri is a singer, composer and piano player. Biography Zubiri is a blind singer and pianist who has represented Spain twice in the Eurovision Song Contest. He was the vocalist for the group Equus until 1987. In 1992, he recorded the Spanish soundtrack for the Disney film ''Beauty and the Beast''. That same year, he went to the Swedish city of Malmö to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the ballad " Todo esto es la música". In 2000, he won '' Eurocanción 2000'', a contest organized by TVE, and thus again represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm, with the song " Colgado de un sueño" by Chema Purón. He has also worked in radio and hosted the program for ''Disabled Unlimited'' (local TV in Pamplona). He starred alongside Marta Sánchez in the musical play called ''La magia de Broadway'', which premiered at the Teatro Lara in Madrid in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Nilsson
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. In some countries, a licence is also required to own a radio or rece ... fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation." Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmömässan
MalmöMässan is an exhibition and convention centre in Malmö, Sweden. The facility is located in the Hyllie area, close to Malmö Arena and has an area of 20,000 m², divided into exhibition hall, a conference centre and two restaurants. One of the major annual events held there is Skånemässan ("The Scania fair") held in September and with about 25,000 visitors. History The former Malmömässan Convention Centre () in the west harbour area of Malmö closed on 31 March 2010. The old building had an area of 20,000 m² and was originally built as a manufacturing hall by the Kockums shipyard, it was turned into a SAAB factory following the Swedish shipyard crisis of the late 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1990s MalmöMässan AB, earlier based in Stadionområdet, Malmö ("The stadium area", where Malmö Stadion and Malmö Isstadion Malmö Isstadion (Malmö Ice Stadium) is an indoor arena, indoor sports arena located in the Stadionområdet, Malmö, Stadionområdet area of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavium
Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971. Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty times, hosting events such as World Championships in handball and ice hockey, European championships, Davis Cup finals, and in 1985 the Eurovision Song Contest, 1985, Eurovision Song Contest. Scandinavium is the home arena for Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League and venue for the annual Göteborg Horse Show. Frölunda has won the Le Mat Trophy, awarded to the winner of the SHL, four times since it began playing at the venue, most recently in 2018–19 SHL season, 2019. History Plans to build an arena at the site were part of a proposal originating from 1931 to build a swimming hall and other municipally owned facilities for sport and recreation next to the exhibition center Svenska Mässan. In 1936 a preplanning process for the swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SGM Light
SGM Light A/S is a Danish manufacturer of LED lighting for the concert touring, entertainment, architectural, commercial, and industrial sectors. The company is based in Aarhus, Denmark. History SGM Technology for Lighting was founded in 1975 in Italy, by Gabriele Giorgi and Maurizio Guidi — the company name a truncation of ‘Societa Gabriele Maurizio’. In the early days they were known for producing a diverse catalogue of products for the emerging disco industry — ranging from illuminated dancefloor modules, ‘bubblesmoke’ machines and controllers — from their base in Pesaro. In April 2009 ownership was passed by president Gabriele Giorgi and his daughter Alessandra to long-standing Italian pro audio company, RCF Group. Peter Johansen was brought in to head up R&D in late 2010 — marking his return to the industry following a ten-year absence, after earlier setting up Martin Professional which he subsequently floated on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. He recruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anschutz Entertainment Group
Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG), also known as AEG Worldwide, is an American global sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation. It is the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports events. Under the AEG Presents brand, it is the world's second-largest presenter of live music and entertainment events, after Live Nation. AEG Presents was founded in 2002 as AEG Live. Overview AEG owns and operates a variety of venues, sport teams, and entertainment concerns. For venues, AEG owns and operates Crypto.com Arena and Dignity Health Sports Park, and managed the XL Center and Rentschler Field. In England, it operates The O2 which includes a 20,000 capacity arena. As part of the development of the O2, Anschutz also purchased the London river service company Thames Clippers, and supported the development of the nearby David Beckham Academy (which also had a branch at the Home Depot Center). The company had its headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Largest Spherical Buildings
This article is a list of the largest spherical buildings in the world. In order to qualify for inclusion, the spherical construction for each entry must be the building itself (not spherical extension on the exterior of the building). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Largest spherical buildings in the world Lists of construction records, Spherical building Lists of buildings and structures, Spherical building Lists of largest buildings and structures, Spherical building Spherical objects, Buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
