Eurovision Song Contest 2002

47th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	A Modern Fairytale
date	May 25, 2002
Host country	Estonia
venue	Saku Suurhall , Tallinn
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere
Pause filler	A dance choreography by Teet Kask ; Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere with the song A Little Story in the Music
participating countries	24
winner	Latvia
Withdrawn participants	Portugal
Voting rule	The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 2001 • ESC 2003 ►

The 47th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 25, 2002 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . The evening in the Saku Suurhall was moderated by the opera singer Annely Peebo and the actor Marko Matvere.

For the first time in the history of the competition, the evening had a motto: A Modern Fairytale / Fairytale of Music .

particularities

Artist of the winning title, Marie N , in 2004

Before the contest, entries from Germany , Sweden , France , the United Kingdom and Spain were considered favorites . At the end of the show, however, a singer from another country surprisingly held the trophy in her hand: the Latvian singer Marie N won the 47th Eurovision Song Contest with her disco song I Wanna and her lavish stage show, closely followed by the Maltese singer Ira Losco and 7th Wonder .

The German singer Corinna May competed with the song "I Can't Live Without Music" written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Aussichter , but landed on the 21st place. Austria's Manuel Ortega and his song Say a Word narrowly escaped next year's forced break thanks to 12 points from Turkey with 18th place. However, Switzerland had to compete after the song Dans le jardin de mon âme by Francine Jordi was only third to last. Incidentally, this song contest was the only one without a German-language entry up to that point, as Germany, Austria and Belgium participated with English titles and Switzerland submitted a contribution in French to the race.

It is worth mentioning the contribution that Slovenia put into the race: After the group Sestre , three transvestites with a specially developed stewardess choreography, had won the national preliminary round, discussions across the country, even in parliament, were held as to whether such a group should represent the Country is suitable. Slovenia ended up in 13th place.

This year the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the sixth time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winner was Michalis Rakintzis from Greece.

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 2002

A total of 24 countries took part. The Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Iceland and Ireland had to sit out because of their poor performance last year . Portugal voluntarily withdrew their participation, which made it possible for Latvia, which had been worse off last year, to participate. Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Macedonia, Austria, Romania and Cyprus returned after a one-year break.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Romania	Monica Anghel	1996 (qualifying round)
Cyprus	Constantinos Christoforou (member of One )	1996

Voting procedure

Half of the participating countries carried out a televoting for the allocation of points. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Turkey opted for a jury vote, while Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia and Lithuania chose the mixed voting procedure (50% televoting and 50% jury). The ten best songs received 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	23	Latvia	Marie N	I Wanna M: Marija Naumova; T: Marija Naumova, Marats Samauskis	English	I want	176
02.	20th	Malta	Ira Losco	7th Wonder M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg	English	The seventh miracle	164
03.	02	United Kingdom	Jessica Garlick	Come Back M / T: Martyn Baylay	English	come back	111
03.	08th	Estonia	Sahlene	Runaway M: Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Pearu Paulus; T: Jana Hallas	English	Run away	111
05.	17th	France	Sandrine François	Il faut du temps (Je me battrai pour ça) M: Patrick Bruel , Marie-Florence Gros; T: Rick Allison, Patrick Bruel	French	It takes time (I'll fight for it)	104
06th	01	Cyprus	One	Gimme M / T: Giorgos Theophanous	English	give me	085
07th	05	Spain	pink	Europe's Living a Celebration M: Toni Ten; T: Xasqui Ten	Spanish a.	Europe is having a celebration	081
08th.	12	Sweden	Afro-dite	Never Let It Go M / T: Marcos Ubeda	English	Never let it go	072
09.	21st	Romania	Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel	Tell Me Why M: Ionel Tudor; T: Mirela Voiculescu Fugaru	English	tell me why	071
10.	07th	Russia	Prime Minister Премьер-Министр	Northern Girl M: Kim Breitburg; T: Karen Kavaleryan, Evgene Fridlyand, Irina Antonyan	English	Nordic girl	055
11.	06th	Croatia	Vesna Pisarović	Everything I Want M / T: Milana Vlaović	English	All I want	044
12.	10	Israel	Sarit Hadad שרית חדד	Nadlik beyachad ner (Light a Candle) (נדליק ביחד נר(Light a Candle) M: Tzvika of Spades; T: Yoav Ginai	Hebrew , English	Light a candle (together we light a candle)	037
13.	15th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maja	Na jastuku za dvoje (На јастуку за двоје) M: Dragan Mijatović; T: Ružica Čavić	Serbian , English	A pillow for two	033
13.	16	Belgium	Sergio & the Ladies	Sister M: Marc Paelinck; T: Dirk Paelinck	English	sister	033
13.	22nd	Slovenia	Sestre	Samo ljubezen M: Robert Pešut ; T: Barbara Pešut	Slovenian	Just love	033
16.	19th	Turkey	Buket Bengisu & Grup Safir	Leylaklar soldu calf band M: Fani Hodara; T: Sami Hodara, Figen Çakmak	Turkish , English	The lilac is fading in your heart	029
17th	04th	Greece	Michalis Rakintzis Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής	SAGAPO M / T: Michalis Rakintzis	English b.	I LOVE YOU	027
18th	03	Austria	Manuel Ortega	Say a Word M: Alexander Kahr ; T: Robert Pfluger	English	Say a word	026th
19th	09	Macedonia	Karolina Каролина	Od nas zavisi (Од нас зависи) M: Nikola Perevski; T: Vladimir Krstevski	Macedonian	It is up to us	025th
20th	13	Finland	Laura	Addicted to You M: Maki Kolehmainen; T: Janina Frostell, Tracy Lipp	English	Addicted to You	024
21st	18th	Germany	Corinna May	I Can't Live Without Music M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	English	I can not live without music	017th
22nd	11	Switzerland	Francine Jordi	Dans le jardin de mon âme M / T: Francine Jordi	French	In the garden of my soul	015th
23.	24	Lithuania	Aivaras	Happy You M / T: Aivaras Stepukonis	English	You are happy	012
24.	14th	Denmark	Malene	Tell Me Who You Are M / T: Michael Ronson	English	Tell me who you are	007th

^a. in a few words in English

^b.in a few words in Greek

The countries marked in red had to pause next year.

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	CYP	GBR	AUT	GRC	ESP	CRO	RUS	EST	MKD	ISR	SUI	SWE	FIN	THE	BIH	BEL	FRA	DEU	DOOR	MLT	ROU	SVN	LVA	LTU
Cyprus	085	-	3		12	6th	10	6th	4th				1	4th			3				12	8th	4th	8th	4th
United Kingdom	111		-	12	7th				6th	4th	5	6th	2	8th	6th	7th	6th	1	8th	2	10		8th	5	8th
Austria	026th	1		-				1				7th					5			12
Greece	027	12			-		1	8th														6th
Spain	081	7th	2		4th	-	6th				6th	12	7th			6th	12	12	7th
Croatia	044	6th		6th	5		-			5		5				2			3				12
Russia	055	5			2			-	10		1			3							8th	10		10	6th
Estonia	111		7th	3			5	3	-	6th	2		12	10	8th	10	4th		4th	8th	2	2	6th	12	7th
Macedonia	025th	3					4th			-				1							5	12
Israel	037		5								-	1		5	1		2	10	5			5		3
Switzerland	015th			5								-						3	2			3	1	1
Sweden	072		1	4th	1				8th		3		-	7th	10	12	1			4th			7th	4th	10
Finland	024	2							5	1			10	-	3	3
Denmark	007th										4th				-					1	1				1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	033			7th		3	7th			3			6th		2	-					3		2
Belgium	033		4th			1		7th					3		4th		-	2		10					2
France	104		10		3	8th			3		7th	10	8th	12	5	8th	10	-	6th			4th	3	2	5
Germany	017th			1		2		2	1			3							-	3	4th	1
Turkey	029					4th	3			8th								7th		-		7th
Malta	164	10	12	8th	6th	10	12	5	7th	10	10	4th	4th	2	12	4th	7th	6th	10	5	-		10	7th	3
Romania	071	8th			8th	5		12		12	8th							4th	1	7th	6th	-
Slovenia	033		6th	2		7th	8th			2		2				1		5					-
Latvia	176	4th	8th	10	10	12	2	10	12	7th	12	8th	5	6th	7th	5	8th	8th	12	6th	7th		5	-	12
Lithuania	012							4th	2															6th	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

Map of scoring for the winning title from Latvia by country

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
5	Latvia	Germany, Estonia, Israel, Lithuania, Spain
3	Malta	Denmark, Croatia, United Kingdom
	Spain	Belgium, France, Switzerland
2	Estonia	Latvia, Sweden
	Romania	Macedonia, Russia
	Cyprus	Greece, Malta
1	France	Finland
	Greece	Cyprus
	Croatia	Slovenia
	Macedonia	Romania
	Austria	Turkey
	Sweden	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	United Kingdom	Austria

Points speaker

No.	country	Points speaker
01	Cyprus	Melani Steliou
02	United Kingdom	Colin Berry
03	Austria	Dodo Roščić
04th	Greece	Alexis Kostalas
05	Spain	Anne Igartiburu
06th	Croatia	Duško Čurlić
07th	Russia	Arina Sharapova
08th	Estonia	Ilomai Küttim "Elektra"
09	Macedonia	Biljana Debarlieva
010	Israel
011	Switzerland	Diana Jörg
012	Sweden	Kristin Kaspersen
0 13	Finland	Marion Rung
0 14th	Denmark	Signe Svendsen
0 15th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Segmedina Srna
0 16	Belgium	Geena Lisa Peeters
0 17th	France	Marie Myriam
0 18th	Germany	Axel Bulthaupt
0 19th	Turkey	Meltem Ersan Yazgan
0 20th	Malta	Yvette Portelli
0 21st	Romania	Leonard Miron
0 22nd	Slovenia	Nuša Derenda
0 23	Latvia	Ēriks Niedra
0 24	Lithuania	Loreta Tarozaitė

Marcel Bezençon Prize

This year, the Marcel Bezençon Prize was introduced at the Eurovision Song Contest . The fan award was chosen by the members of the international Eurovision fan club OGAE. The press price is determined by the accredited journalists. The artist award was chosen by former Eurovision Song Contest winners. The winners were:

• Press award for the best song - France - Il faut du temps (Je me battrai pour ça) - Sandrine François 
• Artist award for the best performer - Sweden - Afro-dite - Never Let It Go 
• Fan Prize: Finland - Addicted to You - Laura 

See also

• German preliminary decision 2002
• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

literature

• Paul Jordan: The Modern Fairy Tale: Nation Branding, National Identity and the Eurovision Song Contest in Estonia . University of Tartu Press, Tartu 2014, ISBN 978-9949-32-558-0 .

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2002  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net