The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry for the contest through Nationaal Songfestival 2000.

The Dutch broadcast of the show was cut off one hour in due to the Enschede fireworks disaster earlier that day.

Since 1998, NOS has organised Nationaal Songfestival in order to select both the artist and song for the contest, a method that was continued for its 2000 entry.

Nationaal Songfestival 2000 was the national final developed by NOS that selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.

The winner, "No Goodbyes" performed by Linda Wagenmakers, was selected by the 50/50 combination of a public televote and the votes of twelve regional juries.

[18][19] Ahead of the contest Netherlands were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers, alongside the entries from Estonia, Norway, and Ireland.

A spokesman for NOS later stated that besides having a duty to keep their viewers informed of the current situation in Enschede, they felt it would have been inappropriate to continue with the broadcast of a frivolous light-entertainment programme at such a time.

NOS appointed Marlayne, who represented the Netherlands in 1999, as its spokesperson to announce the Dutch voting results during the show.