Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Euroviisut 2002 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 January 2002 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Laura Voutilainen | |||
| Selected song | "Addicted to You" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 24 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, after being relegated from the 2001 contest.
Before Eurovision
Euroviisut 2002
Euroviisut 2002 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The competition took place on 26 January 2002, held at the Kaleva Centre in Tampere and hosted by Maria Guzenina and Simo Frangén.
Competing entries
467 submissions were received by Yle during a submission period. A panel of experts appointed by Yle shortlisted twenty-five entries from the received submissions, and an international jury panel ultimately selected twelve entries for the competition from the shortlist. The international jury panel consisted of Maria Guzenina, Tobias Larsson, Jørgen de Mylius, Marko Reikop and Niamh White.[1]
Final
The final took place on 26 January 2002 where twelve entries competed. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top six entries were selected to proceed to the second round based on the votes of six regional juries: "Stay" performed by Aika, "Who Cares About a Broken Heart" performed by Johanna, "Make the Rain" performed by Sheidi, "I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away" performed by Geir Rönning, "Addicted to You" performed by Laura Voutilainen and "Say You Will, Say You Won’t" performed by Ressu Redford. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 points. In the second round, "Addicted to You" performed by Laura Voutilainen was selected as the winner based on the results from the public vote.[2]
| First Round – 26 January 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Aika | "Stay" | Maki Kolehmainen, Alex Ojasti, Tracy Lipp | 30 | 2 |
| 2 | Jussi Saxlin | "The Closest Thing to Heaven" | Toni Nygård | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Johanna | "Who Cares About a Broken Heart" | Thomas G:son | 23 | 5 |
| 4 | Sheidi | "Make the Rain" | Jussi-Pekka Järvinen | 16 | 6 |
| 5 | Geir Rönning | "I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away" | Maki Kolehmainen, Tracy Lipp | 28 | 3 |
| 6 | Laura Voutilainen | "Addicted to You" | Maki Kolehmainen, Janina Frostell, Tracy Lipp | 46 | 1 |
| 7 | Saana | "My Special One" | Sari Matala | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Marky | "Goodbye, Hello" | Lars Diedricson, Marcos Ubeda | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Taina Kokkonen | "Silenzio" | Pertti Haverinen, Kalevi Puonti, Tiina Pajula | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Stiina Jean | "If I Do" | Risto Asikainen | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Susann | "Welcome the World" | Thomas Heinonen, Nestor Geli, Susie Päivärinta | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | Ressu Redford | "Say You Will, Say You Won’t" | Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson | 23 | 4 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Oulu | Vaasa | Jyväskylä | Lappeenranta | Turku | Helsinki | Total |
| 1 | "Stay" | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | |
| 2 | "The Closest Thing to Heaven" | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | "Who Cares About a Broken Heart" | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | ||
| 4 | "Make the Rain" | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | "I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away" | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | |
| 6 | "Addicted to You" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 46 | |
| 7 | "My Special One" | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 8 | "Goodbye, Hello" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 9 | "Silenzio" | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | "If I Do" | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | "Welcome the World" | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 12 | "Say You Will, Say You Won’t" | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |
| Second Round – 26 January 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Aika | "Stay" | 39,690 | 2 |
| 2 | Johanna | "Who Cares About a Broken Heart" | 15,836 | 5 |
| 3 | Sheidi | "Make the Rain" | 8,356 | 6 |
| 4 | Geir Rönning | "I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away" | 36,183 | 3 |
| 5 | Laura Voutilainen | "Addicted to You" | 70,580 | 1 |
| 6 | Ressu Redford | "Say You Will, Say You Won’t" | 22,440 | 4 |
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Voutilainen sang 13th, following Sweden and preceding Denmark. At the close of the voting it had received 24 points, placing 20th in a field of twenty four, and relegating Finland from the 2003 contest - the fifth and the last time the country had been relegated.
The Finnish televote awarded its 12 points to France.
Points awarded by Finland
Final
| 12 points |  France
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| 10 points |  Estonia
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| 8 points |  United Kingdom
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| 7 points |  Sweden
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| 6 points |  Latvia
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| 5 points |  Israel
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| 4 points |  Cyprus
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| 3 points |  Russia
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| 2 points |  Malta
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| 1 point |  Macedonia
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Points awarded to Finland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- ^ Bakker, Sietse. "Finnish songs published by YLE". Esctoday.
- ^ "Euroviisut 2002". 4lyrics.