winner, 2000
Olsen Brothers
Olsen Brothers represented Denmark at Eurovision 2000 in Stockholm with “Fly on the Wings of Love”, and won.
- what
- Danish duo
- formed
- 1972, Denmark
- contest
- 2000
- win
- 2000
- music
- pop rock
- active
- 1972 to 2019
- members
- Jørgen Olsen, Niels Olsen past and present
- sang for
- Denmark
Biography
The Olsen Brothers were a Danish rock and pop duo: the siblings Jørgen and Niels Olsen, from Odense. The two formed a first band, The Kids, in 1965, opened for The Kinks at K.B. Hallen that year, and released a first single in 1967.
In 2000 the two won the contest in Stockholm with “Fly on the Wings of Love”.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Olsen Brothers”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2000 Stockholm
“Fly on the Wings of Love”
Winner Won the contest with 195 points, ahead of 23 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Jørgen Olsen
- Running order
- 14th of 24
Play: Olsen Brothers — “Fly on the Wings of Love”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2000 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2000: Two brothers nobody tipped, a disowned entry and a broadcast cut short
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Olsen Brothers, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2000 The result
The fans and the bookmakers agreed that Estonia would win. Neither had paid much attention to Denmark, which had sent two brothers with a song called "Fly on the Wings of Love".
- 2000 The result
The Olsen Brothers won easily. They finished on 195 points, at that time the third-highest total ever, and forty ahead of Russia. It was Denmark's second victory, 37 years after its first.
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