Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
A Modern Fairytale
Date and venue
Final
  • 25 May 2002 (2002-05-25)
VenueSaku Suurhall
Tallinn, Estonia
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
ScrutineerChristine Marchal-Ortiz
Production
Host broadcasterEesti Televisioon (ETV)
DirectorMarius Bratten
Executive producerJuhan Paadam
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries24
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Participation map
  •      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

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.