Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, and presented by Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Template:Lang (ETV), who staged the event after winning the Template:Escyr for Template:Esccnty with the song "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL.<ref name="Decade">Template:Cite web</ref> It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in one of the former Soviet republics.

Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in the contest. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty returned after their relegation from the previous edition. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty were relegated due to their poor results in 2001. It was the first (and only) time Ireland and Norway were relegated from the contest. Template:Esccnty was also set to sit out this year, but when Template:Esccnty announced their non-participation, due to internal problems at its broadcaster, it left a spot open for Latvia to take, as the country had finished higher the year before than any of the other relegated countries. This would go on to be very fortunate for Latvia as it ended up winning the contest with the song "I Wanna", performed by Marie N, who wrote it alongside Marats Samauskis. Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five. Malta achieved their best result in their Eurovision history, coming second. Further down the table, Template:Esccnty finished twenty-fourth and last, their worst result up until that point, despite having been declared one of the favourites to win the competition beforehand.

Location

Saku Suurhall, Tallinn – host venue of the 2002 contest.

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, Template:Convert south of Helsinki in Finland. Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved and intact medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Venue

Early in the proceedings, media outlets had begun speculating whether Template:Lang (ETV) would be able to host the contest, citing a lack of a suitable venue and budgetary concerns. Due to this, Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) and Dutch broadcaster Template:Lang (NOS) both expressed interest in hosting in the event in respective countries instead of Estonia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, worries were put to rest when a combination of fundraising activities and the Estonian Government enabled them to host the event.<ref name="Decade"/>

On 19 June 2001, it was announced that Estonia would still host the 2002 contest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Saku Suurhall was ultimately chosen as the venue for the contest. It is the largest indoor arena in Estonia, built in 2001 and holds up to 10,000 people. It is named after the Estonian brewery and soft drink company Saku.

Participants

Template:Further Template:Interlanguage link info Template:ESC 2002 participants The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) had originally set the total number of participants to 22, but when it increased that number to 24, it granted Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty, which had finished 16th and 17th in Template:Escyr, the opportunity to enter. Portuguese broadcaster Template:Lang (RTP) declined to enter the contest due to internal problems. This allowed eventual winner Template:Esccnty, who finished 18th in 2001, to enter. Despite finishing in joint 18th place with the Netherlands in 2001, tiebreaking rules put Latvia higher due to receiving more sets of 8 points.<ref name="Decade" /><ref name="LVNLPT">Template:Cite web</ref>

Broadcasters from a total of 24 countries competed in the 2002 contest, which included the 16 top placing countries from the previous year's contest and Latvia, alongside the seven returning countries, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland, which had been relegated from competing in the 2001 contest. These seven countries replaced the bottom 5 countries from the 2001 contest - Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland, all of which were relegated from taking part in this year's contest, as well as Portugal, who decided not to compete. The draw for the running order took place on 9 November 2001.<ref name="rules"/>

Several of the performing artists had previously competed in past editions. Constantinos Christoforou, a member of One, had represented Template:Esccnty; while Philippos Constantinos, another member of the band, had provided backing vocals for Template:Esccnty. Template:Ill, a member of Template:Ill representing Belgium, had provided backing vocals for the Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty; while Template:Ill, another member of the band, had also provided backing vocals for the Netherlands in 1996.<ref name="Belgium2002">Template:Cite web</ref> Sahlene representing Estonia, had provided backing vocals for Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty. Monica Anghel had represented Template:Esccnty, but failed to progress from the qualifying round. In addition, Christina Argyri, who represented Template:Esccnty as part of Template:Ill, and Template:Ill, who represented Template:Esccnty with Template:Ill, provided backing vocals for the same country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Eurovision Song Contest 2002 participants<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Template:Esc	ORF	Manuel Ortega	"Say a Word"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	VRT	Template:Ill	"Sister"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	PBSBiH	Maja	"Template:Lang" (Template:Lang)	Serbian, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	HRT	Vesna Pisarović	"Everything I Want"	English	Milana Vlaović
Template:Esc	CyBC	One	"Gimme"	English	George Theofanous
Template:Esc	DR	Malene	"Tell Me Who You Are"	English	Michael Ronson
Template:Esc	ETV	Sahlene	"Runaway"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	YLE	Laura	"Addicted to You"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	Template:Lang	Sandrine François	"Template:Lang"	French	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	NDRTemplate:Efn	Corinna May	"I Can't Live Without Music"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	ERT	Michalis Rakintzis	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	English	Michalis Rakintzis
Template:Esc	IBA	Sarit Hadad	"Light a Candle"	Hebrew, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	LTV	Marie N	"I Wanna"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	LRT	Aivaras	"Happy You"	English	Aivaras Stepukonis
Template:Esc	MRT	Karolina	"Template:Lang" (Template:Lang)	Macedonian	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	PBS	Ira Losco	"7th Wonder"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	TVR	Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel	"Tell Me Why"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	ORT	Prime Minister	"Northern Girl"	English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Sestre	"Template:Lang"	Slovene	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	TVE	Rosa	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	Spanish	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	SVT	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	English	Template:Ill
Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Francine Jordi	"Template:Lang"	French	Francine Lehmann
Template:Esc	TRT	Template:Ill and Group Safir	"Template:Lang"	Turkish, English	Template:Hlist
Template:Esc	BBC	Jessica Garlick	"Come Back"	English	Martyn Baylay

Format

For the first time, a slogan (or theme) was implemented. This year's theme was called 'A Modern Fairytale', which was evident in the postcards shown between the songs, which showed classic fairytales ending in modern Estonian situations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The postcards continued with the opening theme of "A Modern Fairytale" taking well known fairy tales and translating them into Estonian life through short films, with a moral at the end of each one of them.

Contest overview

The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting. Template:Legend

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Abbr	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Template:Esc	One	"Gimme"	85	6
2	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Come Back"	111	3
3	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Say a Word"	26	18
4	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	27	17
5	Template:Esc	Rosa	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	81	7
6	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Everything I Want"	44	11
7	Template:Esc	Prime Minister	"Northern Girl"	55	10
8	Template:Esc	Sahlene	"Runaway"	111	3
9	Template:Esc	Karolina	"Template:Lang"	25	19
10	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Light a Candle"	37	12
11	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Template:Lang"	15	22
12	Template:Esc	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	72	8
13	Template:Esc	Laura	"Addicted to You"	24	20
14	Template:Esc	Malene	"Tell Me Who You Are"	7	24
15	Template:Esc	Maja	"Template:Lang"	33	13
16	Template:Esc	Sergio and the Ladies	"Sister"	33	13
17	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"Template:Lang"	104	5
18	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"I Can't Live Without Music"	17	21
19	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname and Group Safir	"Template:Lang"	29	16
20	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"7th Wonder"	164	2
21	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname and Marcel Pavel	"Tell Me Why"	71	9
22	Template:Esc	Sestre	"Template:Lang"	33	13
23	Template:Esc	Template:Sortname	"I Wanna"	176	1
24	Template:Esc	Aivaras	"Happy You"	12	23

Spokespersons

Template:More citations needed section Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. Template:Div col

1. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMelani Steliou<ref name="Politis" />
2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndColin Berry
3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnne Igartiburu
6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDuško Ćurlić
7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndArina Sharapova
8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIlomai Küttim "Elektra"
9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndBiljana Debarlieva
10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDiana Jörg
12. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKristin Kaspersen<ref name="Melfest">Template:Cite book</ref>
13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarion Rung<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
14. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSigne Svendsen
15. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSegmedina Srna
16. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill<ref name="Standaard" />
17. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarie Myriam
18. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAxel Bulthaupt
19. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMeltem Ersan Yazgan<ref name="Cumhuriyet" />
20. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndYvette Portelli<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
21. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLeonard Miron
22. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNuša Derenda
23. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
24. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLoreta Tarozaitė

Detailed voting results

According to the EBU rules, every broadcaster was free to make a choice between the full televoting system and the mixed 50-50 system. In exceptional circumstances, where televoting was not possible at all, only a jury was used. In the EBU's rules for the 2002 contest, it was stated; In the televoting, households shall not be permitted to vote more than three times.<ref name="rules">Template:Cite web</ref>

At this contest (and the following one) the broadcaster decided to reverse the song recaps - starting instead with the last performed song (24) and finishing with the first performed song (1). This was due to the apparent preference within public vote for songs in the later part of the running order in comparison to the songs nearer to the start.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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rowspan="24" Template:Vert header	Cyprus	85		3		12	6	10	6	4				1	4			3				12	8	4	8	4
United Kingdom	111			12	7				6	4	5	6	2	8	6	7	6	1	8	2	10		8	5	8
Austria	26	1						1				7					5			12
Greece	27	12					1	8														6
Spain	81	7	2		4		6				6	12	7			6	12	12	7
Croatia	44	6		6	5					5		5				2			3				12
Russia	55	5			2				10		1			3							8	10		10	6
Estonia	111		7	3			5	3		6	2		12	10	8	10	4		4	8	2	2	6	12	7
Macedonia	25	3					4							1							5	12
Israel	37		5									1		5	1		2	10	5			5		3
Switzerland	15			5														3	2			3	1	1
Sweden	72		1	4	1				8		3			7	10	12	1			4			7	4	10
Finland	24	2							5	1			10		3	3
Denmark	7										4									1	1				1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	33			7		3	7			3			6		2						3		2
Belgium	33		4			1		7					3		4			2		10					2
France	104		10		3	8			3		7	10	8	12	5	8	10		6			4	3	2	5
Germany	17			1		2		2	1			3								3	4	1
Turkey	29					4	3			8								7				7
Malta	164	10	12	8	6	10	12	5	7	10	10	4	4	2	12	4	7	6	10	5			10	7	3
Romania	71	8			8	5		12		12	8							4	1	7	6
Slovenia	33		6	2		7	8			2		2				1		5
Latvia	176	4	8	10	10	12	2	10	12	7	12	8	5	6	7	5	8	8	12	6	7		5		12
Lithuania	12							4	2															6

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
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Allegation of vote swapping

This year saw allegations that the juries in certain countries were guilty of swapping votes among each other. According to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, The French Head of Delegation allegedly said that members of the Cypriot delegation had approached him to swap votes. In addition to Cyprus, allegations were also made toward Greece, Russia, Macedonia, Malta and Romania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.<ref name="rules" /> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	ORF	ORF 1	Andi Knoll	<ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		FM4	Stermann & Grissemann	<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Flagu	VRT	TV1	André Vermeulen and Bart Peeters	<ref name="Standaard">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Leidsch" />
		Radio 2	Filip Pletinckx and Template:Ill
		Radio Donna	Template:Ill
	RTBF	Template:Lang	Jean-Pierre Hautier	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTVFBiH	FTV1	Template:N/A	<ref name="Slobodna" />
Template:Flagu	HRT	HRT 1	Ante Batinović	<ref name="Slobodna">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	CyBC	Template:Lang	Evi Papamichail	<ref name="Politis">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	DR	DR1	Keld Heick	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	ETV		Marko Reikop	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	YLE	YLE TV2	Maria Guzenina and Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		YLE FST	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		YLE Radio Suomi	Iris Mattila and Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		YLE Radio Vega	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	Template:Lang	France 3	Marc-Olivier Fogiel and Dave	<ref name="TV8" />
Template:Flagu	ARD	Template:Lang	Peter Urban	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Flagu	LTV	Template:N/A	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	LRT	LRT	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	PBS	TVM	John Bundy	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVR	Template:Lang	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	ORTTemplate:Efn		Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO	SLO 1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVE	Template:LangTemplate:Efn	José Luis Uribarri	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	RNE	Radio 1	Nieves Herrero and José María de Juana	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SVT	SVT1	Template:Ill and Christer Björkman	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	SR	SR P4	Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	SF 2	Sandra Studer	<ref name="Schweiz">Template:Cite news</ref>
		TSR 1	Phil Mundwiller	<ref name="TV8">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		TSI 1	Jonathan Tedesco	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TRT	TRT 1	Template:Ill	<ref name="Cumhuriyet">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC OneTemplate:Efn	Terry Wogan	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		BBC Choice	Jenny Eclair and Max Flint	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	SBS	SBS TVTemplate:Efn	Terry Wogan	<ref name="Australia">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BTRC	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TV5	TV5 Québec CanadaTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Canada">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	BFBS	BFBS 1,Template:Efn BFBS Radio 2	Template:N/A	<ref name="Falklands">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	SvF		Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RÚV	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	Logi Bergmann Eiðsson	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	PO	Template:Lang	Willem van Beusekom	<ref name="Leidsch">Template:Cite news</ref>
		Radio 2	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NRK	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	TVP	TVP1	Artur Orzech	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	RTP	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	NTU	Template:LangTemplate:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="Holos">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagdeco Yugoslavia	RTS	RTS 2	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Laura Voutilainen, Template:Esccnty and winner of the inaugural Marcel Bezençon Awards' Fan Award

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, a series of awards held concurrently to the main contest, honour and celebrate the participants of the final of that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Named after one of the people influential in the creation of the contest,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and created by two former Swedish Eurovision participants, Christer Björkman and Eurovision winner Richard Herrey, the inaugural awards were presented as part of this year's event. Three awards were presented in 2002, with the winner of each award determined by the collective votes of a different group of individuals:<ref name="Bezençon1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bezençon2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

• The Press Award for the best competing song, as determined by the accredited press and media, was awarded to the Template:Esccnty, "Template:Lang" performed by Sandrine François
• The Artistic Award for the best artistic performance, as determined by previous Eurovision winners, was awarded to the Template:Esccnty, "Never Let It Go" performed by Afro-dite
• The Fan Award, as determined by members of the international Eurovision fan club OGAE, was awarded to the Template:Esccnty, "Addicted to You" performed by Laura Voutilainen

The winners each received a hand-blown glass trophy designed by Karin Hammar and created at the Template:Ill, which were handed out backstage prior to the contest proper.<ref name="Bezençon1" /><ref name="Bezençon2" />

Official album

Template:Multiple image Eurovision Song Contest: Tallinn 2002 (also known as Eurovision Song Contest: Estonia 2002) was the official compilation album of the 2002 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Ariola Records on 18 May 2002. The album featured all 24 songs that entered in the 2002 contest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Charts

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Chart (2002)	Peak position

External links

• Template:Official website