Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 "A Modern Fairytale" |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 25 May 2002 |
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| 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 |
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| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite countries |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Latvia"I Wanna" |
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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.
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[edit] Results
[edit] 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]
[edit] Score sheet
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] 12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 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 |
[edit] Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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| Constantinos Christoforou (part of One) | Cyprus |
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| Monica Anghel | Romania |
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[edit] International broadcasting
[edit] 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.
[edit] Commentators
[edit] Spokespersons
Cyprus - Melani Steliou[25]
United Kingdom - Colin Berry (his final year as spokesperson)
Austria - Dodo Roščić
Greece - Alexis Kostalas[26]
Spain - Anne Igartiburu
Croatia - Duško Čurlić[27]
Russia - Arina Sharapova
Estonia - Ilomai Küttim "Elektra"
Macedonia - Biljana Debarlieva[28]
Israel - Michal Zoharetz
Switzerland - Diana Jörg
Sweden - Kristin Kaspersen[29]
Finland - Marion Rung (Finnish representative in 1962 and 1973)[30]
Denmark - Signe Svendsen (Danish representative as member of Rollo & King in 2001)[31]
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Segmedina Srna
Belgium - Geena Lisa Peeters
France - Marie Myriam (Eurovision winner for France in 1977)[32]
Germany - Axel Bulthaupt
Turkey - Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Malta - Yvette Portelli[33]
Romania - Leonard Miron
Slovenia - Nuša Derenda (Slovene representative in 2001)
Latvia - Ēriks Niedra
Lithuania - Loreta Tarozaitė
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UrTUtJXpw0
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (2002-05-23). "Postcards about fairytales compared with Estonia". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/670. Retrieved 2002-05-23.
- ^ a b c Bakker, Sietse (2009-12-23). "The end of a decade: Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=7763&_t=The+end+of+a+decade:+Tallinn+2002. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (2002-11-29). "EBU confirmed: Portugal resigns, Latvia is in". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/121. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Ringby, Daniel. "Israeli government investigates ESC". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/711. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ http://www.diggiloo.net/?2002ba
- ^ Rau, Oliver (2003-05-06). source "Cheating at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002?". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/1498 source. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ Savvidis, Christos (OGAE Cyprus)
- ^ http://www.retromaniax.gr/vb/showthread.php?16013-%C7-%C4%DC%F6%ED%E7-%CC%F0%FC%EA%EF%F4%E1-%EA%E1%E9-%E7-EUROVISION-%281987-2004%29
- ^ http://eurosongcontest.phpbb3.es/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=20310&start=45
- ^ http://forum.hrt.hr/viewtopic.php?p=320476&sid=dd5797cf8bcf707cd176462a7e1785fa
- ^ http://ww.escfans.com/news/read/11322?id=11322&offset=27
- ^ http://www.infosajten.com/esc/esc/swedishspokesmen.html
- ^ http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/yleista/topic1578.html?sid=4004772ec986da0c3795a6f5dd54f0d4
- ^ http://www.esconnet.dk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=264&Itemid=174
- ^ http://mijnnieuws.skynetblogs.be/archive/2003/12/04/bart-peeters-co-commentator-op-songfestival.html
- ^ http://songcontest.free.fr/bdd/cec2002.htm
- ^ http://songcontest.free.fr/bdd/cec2002.htm
- ^ http://www.duesseldorf2011.de/dr-peter-urban-kommentiert.html
- ^ "RTÉ so lonely after loss of Gerry - Marty". 20 May 2010. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/rte-so-lonely-after-loss-of-gerry-marty-2187066.html. Retrieved 29 May 2010. "He has been providing commentary for Irish viewers since 2000 and maintains great enthusiasm for the much lampooned contest."
- ^ http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp
- ^ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/melodi_grand_prix/1.1256583
- ^ http://eurowizja.com.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10342&sid=aec7fe64f33239d90b24ea0a9bc7e9b6
- ^ http://21595.activeboard.com/t3895343/comentadores-do-esc/
- ^ Savvidis, Christos (OGAE Cyprus)
- ^ http://www.retromaniax.gr/vb/showthread.php?16016-%C5%EA%F6%F9%ED%E7%F4%DD%F2-%F4%E7%F2-%C5%D1%D4-%E3%E9%E1-%F4%E9%F2-%F8%DE%F6%EF%F5%F2-%F4%E7%F2-%C5%EB%EB%DC%E4%E1%F2-%F3%F4%E7%ED-EUROVISION/page3
- ^ http://forum.hrt.hr/viewtopic.php?p=253295&sid=6612094b1e9c580035b09d2fd129d547
- ^ http://escforum.net/forum/showthread.php?17339-Eurovision-spokespersons-1957-2010/page2
- ^ http://www.infosajten.com/esc/esc/swedishspokesmen.html
- ^ http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/yleista/topic1578-30.html
- ^ http://www.esconnet.dk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=264&Itemid=174
- ^ http://eurovision.vosforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5031&sid=59c531d817b9bad1f9fb9bf77dd4fcef
- ^ http://www.escflashmalta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033:breaking-news-and-the-spokesperson-is&catid=2:latest-news-international&Itemid=2
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