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Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country Greece
National selection
Selection processEllinikós Telikós 2002
Selection date(s)February 26, 2002
Selected entrantMichalis Rakintzis
Selected song"S.A.G.A.P.O."
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result17th, 27 points
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2001 • 2002 • 2003►

Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen via 50% televoting and 50% "expert" jury. Michalis Rakintzis was chosen with "S.A.G.A.P.O."

Before Eurovision

Ellinikós Telikós 2002

The final took place on 26 February 2002 at the REX Music Hall in Athens and the host of the show was Dafni Bokota.[1] 10 songs competed and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five were chosen an "expert" jury to advance to the second round. In the second round, the winner was determined by a combination of votes from the "expert" jury (50%) and televoting (50%).

First Round – 26 February 2002
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Kostas Bigalis & Mirella Fragkopoulou "Let Me Be the One" Kostas Bigalis Advanced
2 Veronika "Tu non c’eri qui" Charalampos Persidis Eliminated
3 Yiannis Kokkinos, Flora Theodorou, Ermioni Komninou & Tolis Kokkinos "Pension – Sweet Home" Christos Konstantinidis, Panagiotis Kalkos Eliminated
4 Christos Giannopoulos "Proti fthinoporini vrochi" Christos Giannopoulos Eliminated
5 Maria-Louiza & Not 4 Sale "2 Be Together" Nikos Terzis, Antonis Pappas Advanced
6 Peggy Zina "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" Thanos Kalliris Advanced
7 Elina Konstantopoulou & Marion Georgiou "Beautiful Life" Konstantinos Tseleste Papakonstantinou, Iro Trigoni Eliminated
8 Michalis Rakintzis "S.A.G.A.P.O." Michalis Rakintzis Advanced
9 Katerina Topazi "Moiazei na 'nai sinema/Y tu cruel" Ioannis Stinkas, Dimitris Sotakis, Xenofon Chalatsis Eliminated
10 Motive "Fire" Giannis Methenitis Advanced
Second Round – 26 February 2002
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Kostas Bigalis & Mirella Fragkopoulou "Let Me Be the One" 4 12,736 4 8 4
2 Maria-Louiza & Not 4 Sale "2 Be Together" 2 12,936 3 5 2
3 Peggy Zina "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" 3 25,517 2 5 2
4 Michalis Rakintzis "S.A.G.A.P.O." 1 33,356 1 2 1
5 Motive "Fire" 5 9,796 5 10 5

At Eurovision

Rakintzis performed 3rd in the running order at the Eurovision 2002 final. He was accompanied on stage with four male singers/dancers all dressed in plastic robot type suits. The song finished 17th out of 24 with 27 points, tied as the worst placing for Greece in the 2000s.

Points awarded by Greece

12 points  Cyprus
10 points  Latvia
8 points  Romania
7 points  United Kingdom
6 points  Malta
5 points  Croatia
4 points  Spain
3 points  France
2 points  Russia
1 point  Sweden
Points awarded to Greece (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References

  1. ^ "Ο Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής στη Eurovision!!!" (in Greek). MAD TV. 2002-02-26. Retrieved 2008-09-13.[permanent dead link]

See also

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