Olsen Brothers were a Danish rock/pop music duo, formed by brothers Jørgen and Niels "Noller" Olsen, both from Odense, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. They formed their first band, The Kids, in 1965. The Kids warmed up for The Kinks in the K.B. Hallen in 1965 and released their first single in 1967.
Noller (left) and Jørgen Olsen (right)
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. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1999 contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. With an audience of 13,000 people present, the 2000 contest was the largest yet seen in its history.
Globe Arena, Stockholm – host venue of the 2000 contest.
The Olsen Brothers (pictured in 2008) were the second Danish act to win the contest, thirty-seven years after the country's previous win.
Image: Kattis Ahlström 01
Image: Anders Lundin August 2013 (cropped)