Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

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Russia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Participating broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT)
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 4 March 2002
Song: 13 April 2002
Competing entry
Song"Northern Girl"
Artist Prime Minister
Songwriters
Placement
Final result10th, 55 points
Participation chronology
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Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT). Prime Minister represented Russia with the song "Northern Girl", which placed 10th and scored 55 points at the contest. [1] [ dead link ]

Contents

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 17 January 2002, ORT announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 26 February 2002. The broadcaster received 11,742 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, including entries from Arkady Ukupnik, Diana Gurtskaya and Vitas. 25 entries were shortlisted from the received submissions and a jury panel selected the Russian entry. [2] The jury consisted of Konstantin Ernst (general manager of C1R), Aleksandr Fifeman (general producer of ORT), Marina Danielyan (service manager of ORT), Ilya Bachurin (music director of ORT), Valdis Pelšs (television presenter and entertainment director of ORT), Lev Leshchenko (singer), Oleg Gazmanov (singer), Ilya Reznik (lyricist) and Igor Matvienko (composer and producer).

On 4 March 2002, C1R announced during a press conference that they had internally selected Prime Minister to represent Russia in Tallinn with the song "Northern Girl". Prime Minister's selection as the Russian representative was decided upon by the jury panel from two entries considered: "Northern Girl" performed by Prime Minister and "All My Love" performed by Kristina Orbakaitė. "Northern Girl" was composed by Kim Breitburg, with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan, Evgeniy Fridlyand and Irina Antonyan. The song was presented to the public on 13 April 2002 through the release of the official music video, directed by Sergey Kalvarsky.

First Round
Artist(s)SongSongwriter(s)Place
Alexandr FedyouraUnknownUnknown13
Anna ChurchinUnknownUnknown12
Anna JackUnknownUnknown15
Arkady Ukupnik UnknownUnknown4
BibaUnknownUnknown23
Diana Gurtskaya UnknownUnknown6
Goliy pistoletUnknownUnknown10
Inga Guy"Zheltoye solntse" (Желтое солнце)Unknown22
Julietta M."Svetlaya noch" (Светлая ночь)Julietta M.17
Kristina Orbakaitė "All My Love" Viktor Drobysh, Mary Susan Applegate 2
Liliya ZagorodnyukUnknownUnknown25
Mark TwainUnknownUnknown19
Neo PositiveUnknownUnknown21
NikUnknownUnknown18
Nogu Svelo! UnknownUnknown7
OpiumUnknownUnknown16
Plazma UnknownUnknown9
Premyer-Ministr "Northern Girl" Kim Breitburg, Karen Kavaleryan, Yevgeny Fridlyand, Irina Antonyan1
Rinat Ibragimov"Shurale"Unknown5
Sed'maya Model"Vanyusha" (Ванюша)Unknown24
Sergey Chelobanov and Ksenia"Ya i ty" (Я и ты)Unknown8
SherifUnknownUnknown14
Shura SharmanUnknownUnknown20
Vitas UnknownUnknown3
Yury ZimakovUnknownUnknown11
Second Round
ArtistSongPlace
Premyer-Ministr "Northern Girl"1
Kristina Orbakaitė "All My Love"2
Vitas Unknown3

At Eurovision

Russia performed 7th at the 2002 Contest, following Croatia and preceding Estonia. Premier Ministr anglicized their band name and appeared in the contest as Prime Minister. After the voting concluded, Russia scored 55 points and placed 10th. [3]

Voting

The voting spokesperson for Russia was Arina Sharapova.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2002". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. "'Евровидение' наступает на восток". Trud. 7 March 2002.
  3. "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.