Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country's victory at the 2001 contest with the song "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV), the contest was held at the Saku Suurhall on 25 May 2002. The contest was presented by Estonian opera singer Annely Peebo and actor Marko Matvere.^[1] It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in one of the former Soviet republics.

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
A Modern Fairytale
Dates
Final	25 May 2002 (2002-05-25)
Host
Venue	Saku Suurhall Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s)	Annely Peebo Marko Matvere
Executive producer	Juhan Paadam
Director	Marius Bratten
EBU scrutineer	Christine Marchal-Ortiz
Host broadcaster	Eesti Televisioon (ETV)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002
Participants
Number of entries	24
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Austria  Belgium  Cyprus  Finland  Macedonia  Romania   Switzerland
Non-returning countries	Iceland  Ireland  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal
Participation map      Competing countries     Relegated countries unable to participate due to poor results in previous contests     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2002
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite countries
Winning song	Latvia "I Wanna"
2001 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2003

Twenty-four countries participated in the contest. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland returned after their relegation from the previous edition. Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland were relegated due to their poor results in 2001. It was the first (and only) time Ireland and Norway were relegated from the contest. Latvia was also set to sit out this year, but when Portugal 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. Malta, the United Kingdom, Estonia, and France rounded out the top five. Malta achieved their best result in their Eurovision history, coming second. Further down the table, Denmark 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, 80 km (50 mi) 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.^[2]

Venue

Early in the proceedings, media outlets had begun speculating whether Eesti Televisioon (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 Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) both expressed interest in hosting in the event in respective countries instead of Estonia.^[3][4] However, worries were put to rest when a combination of fundraising activities and the Estonian Government enabled them to host the event.^[1]

On 19 June 2001, it was announced that Estonia would still host the 2002 contest.^[5] 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

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

The total number of participants had originally been 22, but when the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) increased the number of participants for the contest to 24, this granted Israel and Portugal, which finished 16th and 17th in 2001, the opportunity to enter. Portugal declined to enter the contest due to internal problems in the Portuguese broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP). This allowed eventual winner Latvia, 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.^[1][6]

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.

Draw for the running order took place on 9 November 2001.^[7]

Several of the performing artists had previously competed in past editions. Constantinos Christoforou, a member of One, had represented Cyprus in 1996; while Philippos Constantinos, another member of the band, had provided backing vocals for Cyprus in 1995. Jody Pijper [nl], a member of Sergio and the Ladies [it] representing Belgium, had provided backing vocals for the Netherlands in 1982, in 1990, in 1994, and in 1996; while Ingrid Simons [nl], another member of the band, had also provided backing vocals for the Netherlands in 1996.^[8] Sahlene representing Estonia, had provided backing vocals for Sweden in 1999 and Malta in 2000. Monica Anghel had represented Romania in 1996, but failed to progress from the qualifying round. In addition, Christina Argyri, who represented Cyprus in 2000 as part of Voice [it], and Kenny Lübcke [da], who represented Denmark in 1992 with Lotte Nilsson [da], provided backing vocals for the same country.^[9]

Eurovision Song Contest 2002 participants^[10]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)
Austria	ORF	Manuel Ortega	"Say a Word"	English	Alexander Kahr [de] Robert Pflugler
Belgium	VRT	Sergio and the Ladies [it]	"Sister"	English	Dirk Paelinck Marc Paelinck
Bosnia and Herzegovina	PBSBiH	Maja	"Na jastuku za dvoje" (На јастуку за двоје)	Serbian, English	Ružica Čavić Stevo Cvikić Dragan Mijatović
Croatia	HRT	Vesna Pisarović	"Everything I Want"	English	Milana Vlaović
Cyprus	CyBC	One	"Gimme"	English	George Theofanous
Denmark	DR	Malene	"Tell Me Who You Are"	English	Michael Ronson
Estonia	ETV	Sahlene	"Runaway"	English	Jana Hallas [et] Alar Kotkas [et] Ilmar Laisaar [et] Pearu Paulus
Finland	YLE	Laura	"Addicted to You"	English	Janina Frostell Maki Kolehmainen [fi] Tracy Lipp [fi]
France	France Télévisions	Sandrine François	"Il faut du temps"	French	Rick Allison Patrick Bruel Marie-Florence Gros [fr]
Germany	NDR[a]	Corinna May	"I Can't Live Without Music"	English	Bernd Meinunger Ralph Siegel
Greece	ERT	Michalis Rakintzis	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	English	Michalis Rakintzis
Israel	IBA	Sarit Hadad	"Light a Candle"	Hebrew, English	Yoav Ginai [he] Svika Pick
Latvia	LTV	Marie N	"I Wanna"	English	Marija Naumova Marats Samauskis
Lithuania	LRT	Aivaras	"Happy You"	English	Aivaras Stepukonis
Macedonia	MRT	Karolina	"Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи)	Macedonian	Vladimir Krstevski Nikola Perevski
Malta	PBS	Ira Losco	"7th Wonder"	English	Gerard James Borg Philip Vella
Romania	TVR	Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel	"Tell Me Why"	English	Mirela Fugaru Ionel Tudor
Russia	ORT	Prime Minister	"Northern Girl"	English	Irina Antonyan Kim Breitburg Evgeniy Fridlyand Karen Kavaleryan
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Sestre	"Samo ljubezen"	Slovene	Barbara Pešut Robert Pešut
Spain	TVE	Rosa	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	Spanish	Toni Ten Xasqui Ten
Sweden	SVT	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	English	Marcos Ubeda [sv]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Francine Jordi	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	French	Francine Lehmann
Turkey	TRT	Buket Bengisu and Group Safir	"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"	Turkish, English	Figen Çakmak Fani Hodara [tr] Sami Hodara
United Kingdom	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.^[12]

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

  Winner

Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002^[13]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Cyprus	One	"Gimme"	85	6
2	United Kingdom	Jessica Garlick	"Come Back"	111	3
3	Austria	Manuel Ortega	"Say a Word"	26	18
4	Greece	Michalis Rakintzis	"S.A.G.A.P.O."	27	17
5	Spain	Rosa	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	81	7
6	Croatia	Vesna Pisarović	"Everything I Want"	44	11
7	Russia	Prime Minister	"Northern Girl"	55	10
8	Estonia	Sahlene	"Runaway"	111	3
9	Macedonia	Karolina	"Od nas zavisi"	25	19
10	Israel	Sarit Hadad	"Light a Candle"	37	12
11	Switzerland	Francine Jordi	"Dans le jardin de mon âme"	15	22
12	Sweden	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"	72	8
13	Finland	Laura	"Addicted to You"	24	20
14	Denmark	Malene	"Tell Me Who You Are"	7	24
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maja	"Na jastuku za dvoje"	33	13
16	Belgium	Sergio and the Ladies	"Sister"	33	13
17	France	Sandrine François	"Il faut du temps"	104	5
18	Germany	Corinna May	"I Can't Live Without Music"	17	21
19	Turkey	Buket Bengisu and Group Safir	"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"	29	16
20	Malta	Ira Losco	"7th Wonder"	164	2
21	Romania	Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel	"Tell Me Why"	71	9
22	Slovenia	Sestre	"Samo ljubezen"	33	13
23	Latvia	Marie N	"I Wanna"	176	1
24	Lithuania	Aivaras	"Happy You"	12	23

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.

1.  Cyprus – Melani Steliou^[14]
2.  United Kingdom – Colin Berry
3.  Austria – Dodo Roscic [de]
4.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas [el]^[15]
5.  Spain – Anne Igartiburu
6.  Croatia – Duško Ćurlić
7.  Russia – Arina Sharapova
8.  Estonia – Ilomai Küttim "Elektra"
9.  Macedonia – Biljana Debarlieva
10.  Israel – Michal Zo'aretz [he]
11.   Switzerland – Diana Jörg
12.  Sweden – Kristin Kaspersen^[16]
13.  Finland – Marion Rung^[17]
14.  Denmark – Signe Svendsen
15.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Segmedina Srna
16.  Belgium – Geena Lisa Peeters [nl]^[18]
17.  France – Marie Myriam
18.  Germany – Axel Bulthaupt
19.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan^[19]
20.  Malta – Yvette Portelli^[20]
21.  Romania – Leonard Miron
22.  Slovenia – Nuša Derenda
23.  Latvia – Ēriks Niedra [lv]
24.  Lithuania – Loreta 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.^[7]

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^[21][22]

		Total score	Cyprus	United Kingdom	Austria	Greece	Spain	Croatia	Russia	Estonia	Macedonia	Israel	Switzerland	Sweden	Finland	Denmark	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	France	Germany	Turkey	Malta	Romania	Slovenia	Latvia	Lithuania
Contestants	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
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

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.^[7] 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)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	ORF 1	Andi Knoll	[23][24]
		FM4	Stermann & Grissemann	[25]
Belgium	VRT	TV1	André Vermeulen and Bart Peeters	[18][26]
		Radio 2	Filip Pletinckx and Katrien Palmers [nl]
		Radio Donna	Jan Bosman [nl]
	RTBF	La Une	Jean-Pierre Hautier	[27]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	RTVFBiH	FTV1		[28]
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1	Ante Batinović	[28]
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK Ena	Evi Papamichail	[14][29]
Denmark	DR	DR1	Keld Heick	[30]
Estonia	ETV		Marko Reikop	[31]
Finland	YLE	YLE TV2	Maria Guzenina and Asko Murtomäki [fi]	[32]
		YLE FST	Thomas Lundin [sv]	[33]
		YLE Radio Suomi	Iris Mattila and Tarja Närhi [fi]	[34]
		YLE Radio Vega		[35]
France	France Télévisions	France 3	Marc-Olivier Fogiel and Dave	[36]
Germany	ARD	Das Erste	Peter Urban	[37][38]
Latvia	LTV		Kārlis Streips [lv]	[39]
Lithuania	LRT	LRT	Darius Užkuraitis [lt]	[40][41]
Malta	PBS	TVM	John Bundy	[42][43]
Romania	TVR	România 1		[44]
Russia	ORT		Yuriy Aksyuta [ru]	[45][46]
Slovenia	RTVSLO	SLO 1 [sl]		[47]
Spain	TVE	La Primera[b]	José Luis Uribarri	[48]
	RNE	Radio 1	Nieves Herrero and José María de Juana	[49]
Sweden	SVT	SVT1	Claes Åkeson [sv] and Christer Björkman	[50]
	SR	SR P4	Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman	[51]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF 2	Sandra Studer	[23]
		TSR 1	Phil Mundwiller	[36]
		TSI 1	Jonathan Tedesco	[52]
Turkey	TRT	TRT 1	Ömer Önder [tr]	[19]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC One[c]	Terry Wogan	[53]
		BBC Choice	Jenny Eclair and Max Flint	[54]
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce	[55]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Australia	SBS	SBS TV[d]	Terry Wogan	[56]
Belarus	BTRC			[57]
Canada	TV5	TV5 Québec Canada[e]		[58]
Falkland Islands	BFBS	BFBS 1,[f] BFBS Radio 2		[59][60]
Faroe Islands	SvF			[61]
Iceland	RÚV	Sjónvarpið, Rás 2	Logi Bergmann Eiðsson	[62]
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	[63][64]
Netherlands	PO	Nederland 2	Willem van Beusekom	[26]
		Radio 2
Norway	NRK	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen	[65]
Poland	TVP	TVP1	Artur Orzech	[66][67]
Portugal	RTP	RTP1	Eládio Clímaco	[68][69]
Ukraine	NTU	Pershyi Natsionalnyi[g]		[70]
Yugoslavia	RTS	RTS 2		[71]

Incidents

Commentator remarks

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 entry "Light a Candle" by Sarit Hadad. The song received zero points from the Swedish audience but earned two from the Belgians, finishing 12th overall.^[72]

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.^[73]

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Laura Voutilainen, Winner of Fan Award

For the first time, the Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honoured songs in the contest.^[74] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Fan Award, and the Press Award. The Fan Award was decided by the combined votes from members of OGAE, an organisation consisting of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond.^[75]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award	Sweden	"Never Let It Go"	Afro-dite	Marcos Ubeda
Fan Award	Finland	"Addicted to You"	Laura Voutilainen	Maki Kolehmainen Janina Frostell Tracy Lipp
Press Award	France	"Il faut du temps"	Sandrine François	Rick Allison Patrick Bruel Marie-Florence Gros

Official album

Cover art of the official album

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.^[76]

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[77]	6

Notes

1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD^[11]
2. Additional live broadcast on TVE Internacional^[36]
3. Additional live broadcast on BBC Prime^[36]
4. Deferred broadcast on 26 May at 20:30 (AEST)^[56]
5. Deferred broadcast at 22:05 (EDT)^[58]
6. Deferred broadcast at 21:00 (FKT)^[59]
7. Deferred broadcast on 26 May at 17:55 (EEST)^[70]