They ended up in third place. They won the public televoting but the jury overruled. In May they released the album Wishmaster. It went straight to first position in the Finnish album charts, an stayed there for three weeks. During those three weeks it was certified gold.
In 2000 Nightwish participated in the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision song contest with the song ´Sleepwalker´.
Wishmaster was, despite long-awaited releases from Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, declared album of the month in the German Magazine Rock Hard.
