| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | |
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| A Modern Fairytale | |
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| 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 | |
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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.[1] 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. This would go on to be very fortunate for Latvia as it ended up winning the contest 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.
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Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki in Finland. Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved and intact medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]
Early in the proceedings, media outlets had begun speculating whether Eesti Televisioon (ETV) would be able to host the contest, citing a lack of a suitable venue and budgetary concerns. Due to this, Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) and Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) both expressed interest in hosting in the event in respective countries instead of Estonia.[3][4] However, worries were put to rest when a combination of fundraising activities and the Estonian Government enabled them to host the event.[1]
On 19 June 2001, it was announced that Estonia would still host the 2002 contest.[5] The Saku Suurhall was ultimately chosen as the venue for the contest. It is the largest indoor arena in Estonia, built in 2001 and holds up to 10,000 people. It is named after the Estonian brewery and soft drink company Saku.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 – Participation summaries by country | |
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) had originally set the total number of participants to 22, but when it increased that number to 24, it granted Israel and Portugal, which had finished 16th and 17th in 2001, the opportunity to enter. Portuguese broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) declined to enter the contest due to internal problems. This allowed eventual winner Latvia, who finished 18th in 2001, to enter. Despite finishing in joint 18th place with the Netherlands in 2001, tiebreaking rules put Latvia higher due to receiving more sets of 8 points.[1][6]
Broadcasters from a total of 24 countries competed in the 2002 contest, which included the 16 top placing countries from the previous year's contest and Latvia, alongside the seven returning countries, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland, which had been relegated from competing in the 2001 contest. These seven countries replaced the bottom 5 countries from the 2001 contest - Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland, all of which were relegated from taking part in this year's contest, as well as Portugal, who decided not to compete. The draw for the running order took place on 9 November 2001.[7]
Several of the performing artists had previously competed in past editions. Constantinos Christoforou, a member of One, had represented Cyprus in 1996; while Philippos Constantinos, another member of the band, had provided backing vocals for Cyprus in 1995. Jody Pijper, a member of Sergio & the Ladies representing Belgium, had provided backing vocals for the Netherlands in 1982, in 1990, in 1994, and in 1996; while Ingrid Simons, another member of the band, had also provided backing vocals for the Netherlands in 1996.[8] Sahlene representing Estonia, had provided backing vocals for Sweden in 1999 and Malta in 2000. Monica Anghel had represented Romania in 1996, but failed to progress from the qualifying round. In addition, Christina Argyri, who represented Cyprus in 2000 as part of Voice, and Kenny Lübcke, who represented Denmark in 1992 with Lotte Nilsson, provided backing vocals for the same country.[9]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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 Austria
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ORF | Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word" | English |
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 Belgium
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VRT | Sergio & the Ladies | "Sister" | English |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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PBSBiH | Maja | "Na jastuku za dvoje" (На јастуку за двоје) | Serbian, English |
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 Croatia
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HRT | Vesna Pisarović | "Everything I Want" | English | Milana Vlaović |
 Cyprus
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CyBC | One | "Gimme" | English | George Theofanous |
 Denmark
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DR | Malene | "Tell Me Who You Are" | English | Michael Ronson |
 Estonia
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ETV | Sahlene | "Runaway" | English | |
 Finland
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YLE | Laura | "Addicted to You" | English | |
 France
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France Télévisions | Sandrine François | "Il faut du temps" | French | |
 Germany
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NDR[a] | Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | English | |
 Greece
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ERT | Michalis Rakintzis | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | English | Michalis Rakintzis |
 Israel
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IBA | Sarit Hadad | "Light a Candle" | Hebrew, English | |
 Latvia
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LTV | Marie N | "I Wanna" | English |
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 Lithuania
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LRT | Aivaras | "Happy You" | English | Aivaras Stepukonis |
 Macedonia
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MRT | Karolina | "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи) | Macedonian |
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 Malta
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PBS | Ira Losco | "7th Wonder" | English | |
 Romania
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TVR | Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel | "Tell Me Why" | English |
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 Russia
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ORT | Prime Minister | "Northern Girl" | English |
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 Slovenia
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RTVSLO | Sestre | "Samo ljubezen" | Slovene |
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 Spain
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TVE | Rosa | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | Spanish |
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 Sweden
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SVT | Afro-dite | "Never Let It Go" | English | Marcos Ubeda |
 Switzerland
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SRG SSR | Francine Jordi | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | French | Francine Lehmann |
 Turkey
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TRT | Buket Bengisu and Group Safir | "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" | Turkish, English |
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 United Kingdom
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BBC | Jessica Garlick | "Come Back" | English | Martyn Baylay |
For the first time, a slogan (or theme) was implemented. This year's theme was called 'A Modern Fairytale', which was evident in the postcards shown between the songs, which showed classic fairytales ending in modern Estonian situations.[12]
The postcards continued with the opening theme of "A Modern Fairytale" taking well known fairy tales and translating them into Estonian life through short films, with a moral at the end of each one of them.
The table below outlines the participating countries, the order in which they performed, the competing artists and songs, and the results of the voting.
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Cyprus
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One | "Gimme" | 85 | 6 |
| 2 | United Kingdom
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Jessica Garlick | "Come Back" | 111 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria
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Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word" | 26 | 18 |
| 4 | Greece
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Michalis Rakintzis | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | 27 | 17 |
| 5 | Spain
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Rosa | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | 81 | 7 |
| 6 | Croatia
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Vesna Pisarović | "Everything I Want" | 44 | 11 |
| 7 | Russia
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Prime Minister | "Northern Girl" | 55 | 10 |
| 8 | Estonia
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Sahlene | "Runaway" | 111 | 3 |
| 9 | Macedonia
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Karolina | "Od nas zavisi" | 25 | 19 |
| 10 | Israel
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Sarit Hadad | "Light a Candle" | 37 | 12 |
| 11 | Switzerland
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Francine Jordi | "Dans le jardin de mon âme" | 15 | 22 |
| 12 | Sweden
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Afro-dite | "Never Let It Go" | 72 | 8 |
| 13 | Finland
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Laura | "Addicted to You" | 24 | 20 |
| 14 | Denmark
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Malene | "Tell Me Who You Are" | 7 | 24 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Maja | "Na jastuku za dvoje" | 33 | 13 |
| 16 | Belgium
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Sergio and the Ladies | "Sister" | 33 | 13 |
| 17 | France
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Sandrine François | "Il faut du temps" | 104 | 5 |
| 18 | Germany
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Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | 17 | 21 |
| 19 | Turkey
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Buket Bengisu and Group Safir | "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" | 29 | 16 |
| 20 | Malta
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Ira Losco | "7th Wonder" | 164 | 2 |
| 21 | Romania
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Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel | "Tell Me Why" | 71 | 9 |
| 22 | Slovenia
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Sestre | "Samo ljubezen" | 33 | 13 |
| 23 | Latvia
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Marie N | "I Wanna" | 176 | 1 |
| 24 | Lithuania
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Aivaras | "Happy You" | 12 | 23 |
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Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country.
Cyprus – Melani Steliou[14] United Kingdom – Colin Berry Austria – Dodo Roscic Greece – Alexis Kostalas[15] Spain – Anne Igartiburu Croatia – Duško Ćurlić Russia – Arina Sharapova Estonia – Ilomai Küttim "Elektra" Macedonia – Biljana Debarlieva Israel – Michal Zo'aretz Switzerland – Diana Jörg Sweden – Kristin Kaspersen[16] Finland – Marion Rung[17] Denmark – Signe Svendsen Bosnia and Herzegovina – Segmedina Srna Belgium – Geena Lisa Peeters[18] France – Marie Myriam Germany – Axel Bulthaupt Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan[19] Malta – Yvette Portelli[20] Romania – Leonard Miron Slovenia – Nuša Derenda Latvia – Ēriks Niedra Lithuania – Loreta TarozaitėAccording to the EBU rules, every broadcaster was free to make a choice between the full televoting system and the mixed 50-50 system. In exceptional circumstances, where televoting was not possible at all, only a jury was used. In the EBU's rules for the 2002 contest, it was stated; In the televoting, households shall not be permitted to vote more than three times.[7]
At this contest (and the following one) the broadcaster decided to reverse the song recaps - starting instead with the last performed song (24) and finishing with the first performed song (1). This was due to the apparent preference within public vote for songs in the later part of the running order in comparison to the songs nearer to the start.
Total score
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Cyprus
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United Kingdom
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Austria
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Greece
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Spain
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Croatia
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Russia
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Estonia
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Macedonia
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Israel
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Switzerland
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Sweden
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Finland
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Denmark
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Belgium
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France
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Germany
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Turkey
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Malta
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Romania
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Slovenia
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Contestants
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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| 5 | Latvia |
Estonia, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Spain
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| 3 | Malta |
Croatia, Denmark, United Kingdom
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| Spain |
Belgium, France, Switzerland
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| 2 |  Cyprus |
Greece, Malta
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| Estonia |
Latvia, Sweden
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| Romania |
Macedonia, Russia
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| 1 | Austria |
Turkey
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| Croatia |
Slovenia
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| France |
Finland
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| Macedonia |
Romania
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| Greece |
Cyprus
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| Sweden |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| United Kingdom |
Austria
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This year saw allegations that the juries in certain countries were guilty of swapping votes among each other. According to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, The French Head of Delegation allegedly said that members of the Cypriot delegation had approached him to swap votes. In addition to Cyprus, allegations were also made toward Greece, Russia, Macedonia, Malta and Romania.[23]
Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.[7] Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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 Australia
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SBS | SBS TV[e] | Terry Wogan | [58] |
 Belarus
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BTRC | [59] | ||
 Canada
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TV5 | TV5 Québec Canada[f] | [60] | |
 Falkland Islands
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BFBS | BFBS 1,[g] BFBS Radio 2 | [61][62] | |
 Faroe Islands
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SvF | [63] | ||
 Iceland
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RÚV | Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 | Logi Bergmann Eiðsson | [64] |
 Ireland
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RTÉ | RTÉ One | Marty Whelan | [65][66] |
 Netherlands
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PO | Nederland 2 | Willem van Beusekom | [27] |
| Radio 2 | ||||
 Norway
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NRK | NRK1 | Jostein Pedersen | [67] |
 Poland
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TVP | TVP1 | Artur Orzech | [68][69] |
 Portugal
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RTP | RTP1 | Eládio Clímaco | [70][71] |
 Ukraine
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NTU | Pershyi Natsionalnyi[h] | [72] | |
 Yugoslavia
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RTS | RTS 2 | [73] | |
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, a series of awards held concurrently to the main contest, honour and celebrate the participants of the final of that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Named after one of the people influential in the creation of the contest,[74] and created by two former Swedish Eurovision participants, Christer Björkman and Eurovision winner Richard Herrey, the inaugural awards were presented as part of this year's event. Three awards were presented in 2002, with the winner of each award determined by the collective votes of a different group of individuals:[75][76][77]
The winners each received a hand-blown glass trophy designed by Karin Hammar and created at the Stockholm Glass Studio, which were handed out backstage prior to the contest proper.[75][76]
Eurovision Song Contest: Tallinn 2002 (also known as Eurovision Song Contest: Estonia 2002) was the official compilation album of the 2002 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Ariola Records on 18 May 2002. The album featured all 24 songs that entered in the 2002 contest.[78]
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[79] | 6 |
Product Details: Released 18 May 2002
