3 March - Michelle is selected to represent Netherlands at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Out On My Own". She is selected to be the forty-third Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Ahoy in Rotterdam.
30 December - Sandy Boots wins series 3 of Big Brother. This was the first series to be broadcast on Yorin.
Unknown - Mary Amora, performing as Tina Turner, wins the seventeenth series of Soundmixshow.