Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
"A Modern Fairytale"
Dates
Final date 25 May 2002
Host
Venue Saku Suurhall
Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s) Annely Peebo,
Marko Matvere
Director Marius Bratten
Host broadcaster ETV
Opening act Tanel Padar & Dave Benton performing "Everybody"
Interval act Dance performance directed and choreographed by Teet Kask (during voting).[1] Annely Peebo & Marko Matvere performing "A Little Story in the Music"
Participants
Number of entries 24
Debuting countries None
Returning countries  Austria
 Belgium
 Cyprus
 Finland
 Macedonia
 Romania
 Switzerland
Withdrawing countries  Iceland
 Ireland
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Poland
 Portugal
Vote
Voting system Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite countries
Nul points None
Winning song  Latvia
"I Wanna"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2001 2003►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia.

There had been worries about whether Estonian broadcaster ETV would be able to fund the event; however, worries were put to rest when a combination of fundraising activities and the Estonian Government enabled them to host the event. The theme implemented for this year's contest was 'a modern fairytale', which was evident in the postcards aired between the songs, which showed classic fairytales ending with Estonian situations.[2][3]

The show began with 2001 winners Tanel Padar and Dave Benton performing a reprise of their winning entry "Everybody". The hosts for the evening, Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere, gave a performance of "A Little Story in the Music", composed by Raimond Valgre and arranged especially for the event, during the commercial break between the songs from Sweden and Finland.[3]

The contest was won by Latvia's Marie N and her song "I Wanna", which won by a tight margin over Malta's Ira Losco. Third place went to both the United Kingdom and host country Estonia, with France completing the Top 5.

A total of 24 countries competed in the 2002 Contest, which included the top 17 countries from the previous years contest, alongside the seven returning countries which had been relegated from competing in the 2001 Contest. These countries replaced the bottom 6 countries from the 2001 contest which were relegated from taking part in this year's Contest.

The total participants had originally been 22, but when the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) increased their participation number for the Contest to 24 this granted Israel and Portugal the opportunity to enter. Portugal declined to enter the Contest due to internal problems in the Portuguese broadcaster RTP. This allowed Latvia (who went on to win the Contest) to enter.[3][4]

Controversy erupted during the competition over remarks by commentators on Swedish and Belgian TV, both of whom told the audience not to vote for the Israeli singer Sarit Hadad. Hadad received zero points from the Swedish audience but earned two from the Belgians, finishing 12th overall.[5]

The Danes suffered the same fate at this contest, as the Norwegians had suffered some years earlier. Denmark won in 2000, came second in 2001 and last in 2002. Norway won in 1995, came second in 1996 and last in 1997, where it picked up its fourth 'nul points', a Eurovision record for the most scorless entries. The Danish entry in 2002, Malene Mortensen, had been one of the favorites to win.

Contents

Individual Entries

Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Cyprus English One "Gimme" - 6 85
02  United Kingdom English Jessica Garlick "Come Back" - 3 111
03  Austria English Manuel Ortega "Say A Word" - 18 26
04  Greece English Michalis Rakintzis "S.A.G.A.P.O." I love you 17 27
05  Spain Spanish Rosa "Europe's Living A Celebration" - 7 81
06  Croatia English Vesna Pisarović "Everything I Want" - 11 44
07  Russia English Prime Minister "Northern Girl" - 10 55
08  Estonia English Sahlene "Runaway" - 3 111
09  Macedonia Macedonian Karolina Gočeva "It depends on us" - 19 25
10  Israel Hebrew, English Sarit Hadad "Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light A Candle)"
- 12 37
11  Switzerland French Francine Jordi "Dans le jardin de mon âme" In the garden of my soul 22 15
12  Sweden English Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" - 8 72
13  Finland English Laura Voutilainen "Addicted To You" - 20 24
14  Denmark English Malene "Tell Me Who You Are" - 24 7
15  Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian, English[6] Maja Tatić "Na jastuku za dvoje" (На јастуку за двоје) On a pillow for two 15 33
16  Belgium English Sergio & The Ladies "Sister" - 13 33
17  France French Sandrine François "Il faut du temps (je me battrai pour ça)" It takes time 5 104
18  Germany English Corinna May "I Can't Live Without Music" - 21 17
19  Turkey Turkish, English Buket Bengisu
& Group Safir
"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" Lilacs faded in your heart 16 29
20  Malta English Ira Losco "7th Wonder" - 2 164
21  Romania English Monica Anghel
& Marcel Pavel
"Tell Me Why" - 9 71
22  Slovenia Slovene Sestre "Samo ljubezen" Only love 14 33
23  Latvia English Marie N "I Wanna" - 1 176
24  Lithuania English Aivaras "Happy You" - 23 12

Voting structure

Half of the participating countries organized a televote where the top 10 songs received the points, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12, but FYR Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina used juries, while Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia and Lithuania used a 50-50 mix of both televoting and jury votes. This was used as it had become apparent that the public vote favored songs in the later part of the running order in comparison to the songs nearer to the start - particularly in the preceding 2001 contest. This year saw allegations that the juries in use were guilty of swapping votes between each other. [7]

Score sheet

Voting procedure used:
Red: Televote.
Blue: Jury.
Purple: 50/50
Voters
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. Recipient nation Voting nation
5 Latvia Estonia, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Spain
3 Malta Croatia, Denmark, United Kingdom
Spain Belgium, France, Switzerland
2 Cyprus Greece, Malta
Estonia Latvia, Sweden
Romania Macedonia, Russia
1 Austria Turkey
Croatia Slovenia
France Finland
Macedonia Romania
Greece Cyprus
Sweden Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Kingdom Austria

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Constantinos Christoforou (part of One)  Cyprus 1996
Monica Anghel  Romania 1996 (Pre-qualifying round)

International broadcasting

Other involved countries

 FR Yugoslavia
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was last participated in 1992. Radio Television of Serbia broadcast the show, opening the possibility of debuting as Serbia and Montenegro for the 2003.

Commentators

Television

Radio

Spokespersons

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