Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | |
|---|---|
| A Modern Fairytale | |
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Saku Suurhall Tallinn, Estonia |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Scrutineer | Christine Marchal-Ortiz |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | Eesti Televisioon (ETV) |
| Director | Marius Bratten |
| Executive producer | Juhan Paadam |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Returning countries | |
| Non-returning countries | |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite countries |
| Winning song | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, and presented by Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV), who staged the event after winning the 2001 contest for Estonia with the song "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in one of the former Soviet republics.
Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in the contest. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, 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.
The winner was Latvia with the song "I Wanna", performed by Marie N, who wrote it alongside Marats Samauskis. Malta, the 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.