Lied van Liedjes 8

This was the eighth Lied van Liedjes to be held. It was held on March 10th.

Organization
Production continued to be managed by Dutch executive producer Maurits Baalbergen. Due to Scotland winning the previous edition, the director was selected as good childhood friend to Maurits, Fraser Stuart. The host city would be Edinburgh to encourage tourism.

Gibraltar withdrew due to being a temporary nation alongside Spain's return to the contest. Due to many nations not appearing in the previous edition, the contest took place on the 10th March 2001, just 13 days afterwards. Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Russia all returned to the contest after their absences. Bulgaria, Romania and Austria debuted.