Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
A Modern Fairytale
Dates
Final25 May 2002 (2002-05-25)
Host
VenueSaku Suurhall
Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s)
Directed byMarius Bratten
Executive supervisorChristine Marchal-Ortiz
Executive producerJuhan Paadam
Host broadcasterEesti Televisioon (ETV)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries24
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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         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 systemEach country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite countries
Winning song
2001 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2003

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.

Twenty-four countries participated in the contest. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, North 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 the country as Latvia ended up winning the contest with the song "I Wanna", performed by Marie N who wrote it with Marats Samauskis. Malta, 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.

  1. ^ Bakker, Sietse (23 December 2009). "The end of a decade: Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2009.