Eurovision Song Contest 2002

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Eurovision Song Contest 2002
A Modern Fairytale
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Dates
Final25 May 2002 (2002-05-25)
Host
Venue Saku Suurhall
Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s)
Executive producerJuhan Paadam
DirectorMarius Bratten
EBU scrutineerChristine Marchal-Ortiz
Host broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV)
Website eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries24
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
  • ESC 2002 Map 2.svg
         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
2001  Eurovision Song Contest  2003

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country's victory at the 2001 contest with the song "Everybody" by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV), the contest was held at the Saku Suurhall on 25 May 2002. The contest was presented by Estonian opera singer Annely Peebo and actor Marko Matvere. [1] It was the first Eurovision Song Contest held in one of the former Soviet republics.

Contents

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 the country as Latvia ended up winning the contest with the song "I Wanna", performed by Marie N who wrote it with Marats Samauskis. Malta, 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.

Location

Saku Suurhall, Tallinn - host venue of the 2002 contest. Saku Suurhall (cropped).jpg
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn – host venue of the 2002 contest.

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]

Venue

Early in the proceedings, media outlets had begun speculating whether Estonian broadcaster ETV would be able to host the contest, citing a lack of a suitable venue and budgetary concerns. Due to this, Maltese broadcaster PBS and Dutch broadcaster 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.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Participation summaries by country

The total number of participants had originally been 22, but when the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) increased the number of participants for the contest to 24, this granted Israel and Portugal, which finished 16th and 17th in 2001, the opportunity to enter. Portugal declined to enter the contest due to internal problems in the Portuguese broadcaster RTP. 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]

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.

Draw for the running order took place on 9 November 2001. [7]

Eurovision Song Contest 2002 participants [8]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Manuel Ortega "Say a Word"English
  • Alexander Kahr
  • Robert Pflugler
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium VRT Sergio and the Ladies "Sister"English
  • Dirk Paelinck
  • Marc Paelinck
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina PBSBiH Maja "Na jastuku za dvoje" (На јастуку за двоје) Serbian, English
  • Ružica Čavić
  • Stevo Cvikić
  • Dragan Mijatović
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT Vesna Pisarović "Everything I Want"English Milana Vlaović
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC One "Gimme"English George Theofanous
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Malene "Tell Me Who You Are"EnglishMichael Ronson
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ETV Sahlene "Runaway"English
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Laura "Addicted to You"English
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France France Télévisions Sandrine François " Il faut du temps " French
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NDR [a] Corinna May "I Can't Live Without Music"English
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Michalis Rakintzis "S.A.G.A.P.O."English Michalis Rakintzis
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Sarit Hadad "Light a Candle" Hebrew, English
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Marie N "I Wanna"English
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania LRT Aivaras "Happy You"English Aivaras Stepukonis
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Karolina "Od nas zavisi" (Од нас зависи) Macedonian
  • Vladimir Krstevski
  • Nikola Perevski
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS Ira Losco "7th Wonder"English
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel "Tell Me Why"English
  • Mirela Fugaru
  • Ionel Tudor
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ORT Prime Minister "Northern Girl"English
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Sestre " Samo ljubezen " Slovene
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Rosa "Europe's Living a Celebration" Spanish
  • Toni Ten
  • Xasqui Ten
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Afro-dite "Never Let It Go"EnglishMarcos Ubeda
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Francine Jordi "Dans le jardin de mon âme"French Francine Lehmann
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Buket Bengisu and Group Safir "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" Turkish, English
  • Figen Çakmak
  • Fani Hodara
  • Sami Hodara
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Jessica Garlick "Come Back"EnglishMartyn Baylay

Returning artists

Lead artists
ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Monica Anghel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1996 (qualifying round)
Constantinos Christoforou (member of One)Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1996
Philippos Constantinos (member of One) 1995 (as backing vocalist)
Jody Pijper (member of Sergio and the Ladies)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1982, 1990, 1994 and 1996 (for the Netherlands, as backing vocalist) [10]
Ingrid Simons (member of Sergio and the Ladies) 1996 (for the Netherlands, as backing vocalist) [10]
Sahlene Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1999 (for Sweden, as backing vocalist) and 2000 (for Malta, as backing vocalist)
Backing performers [11]
ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Christina Argyri Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 2000 (as a member of Voice)
Kenny LübckeFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1992 (with Lotte Nilsson)

Format

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.

Contest overview

  Winner
Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 [13]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus One "Gimme"856
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Jessica Garlick "Come Back"1113
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Manuel Ortega "Say a Word"2618
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Michalis Rakintzis "S.A.G.A.P.O."2717
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Rosa "Europe's Living a Celebration"817
6Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Vesna Pisarović "Everything I Want"4411
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Prime Minister "Northern Girl"5510
8Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Sahlene "Runaway"1113
9Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Karolina "Od nas zavisi"2519
10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Sarit Hadad "Light a Candle"3712
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Francine Jordi "Dans le jardin de mon âme"1522
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Afro-dite "Never Let It Go"728
13Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Laura "Addicted to You"2420
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Malene "Tell Me Who You Are"724
15Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maja "Na jastuku za dvoje"3313
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Sergio and the Ladies "Sister"3313
17Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Sandrine François " Il faut du temps "1045
18Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Corinna May "I Can't Live Without Music"1721
19Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Buket Bengisu and Group Safir "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"2916
20Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Ira Losco "7th Wonder"1642
21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel "Tell Me Why"719
22Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Sestre " Samo ljubezen "3313
23Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Marie N "I Wanna"1761
24Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania Aivaras "Happy You"1223

Spokespersons

  1. Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus Melani Steliou [14]
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom  Colin Berry
  3. Flag of Austria.svg Austria  Dodo Roscic  [ de ]
  4. Flag of Greece.svg Greece  Alexis Kostalas  [ el ] [15]
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Spain  Anne Igartiburu
  6. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia  Duško Ćurlić
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Russia  Arina Sharapova
  8. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Ilomai Küttim "Elektra"
  9. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia Biljana Debarlieva
  10. Flag of Israel.svg Israel  Michal Zo'aretz  [ he ]
  11. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Diana Jörg
  12. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden  Kristin Kaspersen [16]
  13. Flag of Finland.svg Finland  Marion Rung
  14. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark  Signe Svendsen
  15. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Segmedina Srna
  16. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium  Geena Lisa Peeters  [ nl ] [17]
  17. Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France  Marie Myriam
  18. Flag of Germany.svg Germany  Axel Bulthaupt
  19. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan [18]
  20. Flag of Malta.svg Malta Yvette Portelli [19]
  21. Flag of Romania.svg Romania  Leonard Miron
  22. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia  Nuša Derenda
  23. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia  Ēriks Niedra  [ lv ]
  24. Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania Loreta Tarozaitė

Detailed voting results

According 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.

Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 [20] [21]
Total score
Cyprus
United Kingdom
Austria
Greece
Spain
Croatia
Russia
Estonia
Macedonia
Israel
Switzerland
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belgium
France
Germany
Turkey
Malta
Romania
Slovenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Contestants
Cyprus8531261064143128484
United Kingdom11112764562867618210858
Austria26117512
Greece2712186
Spain8172466127612127
Croatia44665552312
Russia55521013810106
Estonia1117353621210810448226127
Macedonia25341512
Israel375151210553
Switzerland15532311
Sweden721418371012147410
Finland242511033
Denmark74111
Bosnia and Herzegovina3373736232
Belgium33417342102
France10410383710812581064325
Germany1712213341
Turkey2943877
Malta1641012861012571010442124761051073
Romania71885121284176
Slovenia3362782215
Latvia176481010122101271285675881267512
Lithuania12426

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Broadcasts

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.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF 1 Andi Knoll [22] [23]
FM4 Stermann & Grissemann [24]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium VRT TV1 André Vermeulen and Bart Peeters [17] [25]
Radio 2 Filip Pletinckx and Katrien Palmers  [ nl ]
Radio Donna Jan Bosman  [ nl ]
RTBF La Une Jean-Pierre Hautier [26]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina RTVFBiH FTV1 [27]
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT HRT 1 Ante Batinović [27]
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC RIK Ena Evi Papamichail [14] [28]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR1 Keld Heick [29]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ETV Marko Reikop [30]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE YLE TV2 Maria Guzenina and Asko Murtomäki  [ fi ] [31]
YLE FST Thomas Lundin  [ sv ] [32]
YLE Radio Suomi Iris Mattila and Tarja Närhi  [ fi ] [33]
YLE Radio Vega [34]
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France France Télévisions France 3 Marc-Olivier Fogiel and Dave [35]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Das Erste Peter Urban [36] [37]
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV Kārlis Streips  [ lv ] [38]
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania LRT LRT Darius Užkuraitis  [ lt ] [39] [40]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM John Bundy [41] [42]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR 1 [43]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia ORT Yuriy Aksyuta  [ ru ] [44] [45]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 1  [ sl ] [46]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE La Primera , TVE Internacional José Luis Uribarri [35] [47]
RNE Radio 1 Nieves Herrero and José María de Juana [48]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT1 Claes Åkeson  [ sv ] and Christer Björkman [49]
SR SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman [50]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SF 2 Sandra Studer [22] [35]
TSR 1 Phil Mundwiller
TSI 1
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TRT 1 Ömer Önder  [ tr ] [18]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC One, BBC Prime Terry Wogan [22] [51]
BBC Choice Jenny Eclair and Max Flint [52]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [53]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS TV [b] Terry Wogan [54]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus BTRC [55]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada TV5 TV5 Québec Canada [c] [56]
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands BFBS BFBS 1, [d] BFBS Radio 2 [57] [58]
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands SvF [59]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið , Rás 2 Logi Bergmann Eiðsson [60]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ One Marty Whelan [61] [62]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands PO Nederland 2 Willem van Beusekom [25]
Radio 2
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK1 Jostein Pedersen [63]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP1 Artur Orzech [64] [65]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 Eládio Clímaco [66] [67]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi [e] [68]
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia RTS RTS 2 [69]

Incidents

Commentator remarks

Controversy erupted during the competition over remarks by commentators on Swedish and Belgian TV, both of whom told the audience not to vote for the Israeli entry "Light a Candle" by Sarit Hadad. The song received zero points from the Swedish audience but earned two from the Belgians, finishing 12th overall. [70]

Allegation of vote swapping

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. [71]

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Laura Voutilainen, Winner of Fan Award Lauravoutilainen9.jpg
Laura Voutilainen, Winner of Fan Award

For the first time, the Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honoured songs in the contest. [72] The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Fan Award, and the Press Award. The Fan Award was decided by the combined votes from members of OGAE, an organisation consisting of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond. [73]

CategoryCountrySongPerformer(s)Songwriter(s)
Artistic AwardFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Never Let It Go" Afro-dite Marcos Ubeda
Fan AwardFlag of Finland.svg  Finland "Addicted to You" Laura Voutilainen
Press AwardFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France "Il faut du temps" Sandrine François

Official album

ESC 2002 album cover.jpg
ESC 2002 alternative album cover.jpg
Cover art of the official album

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. [74]

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [75] 6

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [9]
  2. Deferred broadcast on 26 May at 20:30 (AEST) [54]
  3. Deferred broadcast at 22:05 (EDT) [56]
  4. Deferred broadcast at 21:00 (FKT) [57]
  5. Deferred broadcast on 26 May at 17:55 (EEST) [68]

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Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002. The current Irish participant broadcaster in the contest is Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times, while Sweden has done that just once.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eurovision Song Contest 2007</span> International song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the 2006 contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Finnish television presenter Jaana Pelkonen and musician and TV-host Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Senate Square.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eurovision Young Musicians 2000</span> Music competition edition

The Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held at Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway on 15 June 2000. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), musicians from eight countries participated in the televised final. As said by the host Arild Erikstad, a total of twenty-four countries took part in the competition. All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young. Five countries returned to the contest, whilst Czech Republic and Turkey made their debut.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eurovision Song Contest 2008</span> International song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the 2007 contest with the song "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), the contest was held at the Belgrade Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 20 and 22 May, and a final on 24 May 2008. The three live shows were presented by Serbian television presenter Jovana Janković and musician Željko Joksimović.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eurovision Song Contest 2009</span> International song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the 2008 contest with the song "Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Channel One (C1R), the contest was held at the Olimpiysky Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and a final on 16 May 2009. The semi-finals were presented by Russian model Natalia Vodianova and television presenter Andrey Malakhov, while the final was presented by Russian television presenter Ivan Urgant and former Russian contestant Alsou Abramova, becoming the first and to date only time that two different sets of presenters had hosted the semi-finals and finals.

Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Once in a Lifetime", composed by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, and Alar Kotkas, with lyrics by Jana Hallas, and performed by Ines. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), organised the national final Eurolaul 2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Once in a Lifetime" performed by Ines was selected as the winner by a jury panel.

Latvia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "I Wanna", written by Marija Naumova and Marats Samauskis, and performed by Naumova herself under her artistic name Marie N. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), organised the national final Eirodziesma 2002 in order to select its entry for the contest. Fifteen songs were selected to compete in the national final on 2 March 2002 where a public televote exclusively selected "I Wonna" performed by Marija Naumova as the winner. The song was later retitled as "I Wanna" for the Eurovision Song Contest, which it eventually won.

Lithuania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Happy You" written and performed by Aivaras. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final involved 15 competing entries and "We All" performed by B'Avarija was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a jury panel, votes from the venue audience and a public vote, however the entry was later disqualified due to a Lithuanian version of the song being released on CD at the end of 2001 and replaced by runner-up "Happy You" performed by Aivaras.

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