Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Estonia
National selection
Selection process	Eurolaul 2002
Selection date(s)	26 January 2002
Selected entrant	Sahlene
Selected song	"Runaway"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 111 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Estonia was represented by Sahlene with the song "Runaway" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 2002

The final was held on 26 January 2002 at the Linnahall in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Karmel Eikner. The winning song was chosen by an international panel of 8 judges which included Nicki French (UK 2000), Nusa Derenda (Slovenia 2001), Bo Halldorsson (Iceland 1995), Marlain (Cyprus 1999), Moshe Datz (Israel 1991) plus jurors from Sweden, Germany and Ireland.

Final – 26 January 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Jaanika Vilipo	"I'm Falling"	Kadri Sakala, Marko Tooming	49	5
2	Yvetta Kadakas & Ivo Linna	"Computer Love"	Peeter Thomson	14	10
3	Maarja Kivi	"A Dream"	Kärt Tomingas, Raid Liiver	38	7
4	Lea Liitmaa & Jaagup Kreem	"What If I Fell"	William Vesilind, Jaagup Kreem, Elmar Liitmaa	31	9
5	Gerli Padar	"Need A Little Nothing"	Jeanette Olsson, Tracy Lipp, Maki Kolehmainen	60	3
6	Hatuna & Riina Riistop	"This Is (What Luv Can Do)"	Hakan Björklund, Peter Ross	32	8
7	Maarja Tõkke	"I'll Never Forget"	Kersti Kuusk	51	4
8	Nightlight Duo & Cowboys	"Another Country Song"	Sven Lõhmus, Mario Kivistik	65	2
9	Sahlene	"Runaway"	Jana Hallas, Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas	85	1
10	Julia Hillens	"U Can't"	Peter Ross	39	6

Detailed International Jury Votes
Draw	Song	GBR	SWE	SLV	IRE	ISL	GER	CYP	ISR	Total
1	"I'm Falling"	10	8	5	2	7	8	2	7	49
2	"Computer Love"	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	14
3	"A Dream"	3	4	4	5	5	2	7	8	38
4	"What If I Fell"	2	7	2	8	4	3	3	2	31
5	"Need A Little Nothing"	7	12	10	6	6	4	10	5	60
6	"This Is (What Luv Can Do)"	1	3	3	4	3	6	6	6	32
7	"I'll Never Forget"	4	1	6	7	8	7	8	10	51
8	"Another Country Song"	12	6	7	12	10	10	4	4	65
9	"Runaway"	5	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	85
10	"U Can't"	8	5	8	3	2	5	5	3	39

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Sahlene performed 8th in the running order, following Russia and preceding Macedonia. At the close of voting, she had received 111 points, placing joint 3rd out of 24 countries. The song had received two maximum 12s – from Sweden and Latvia. The 12 points from the Estonian televote were awarded to contest winners Latvia.

Points awarded by Estonia

12 points	Latvia
10 points	Russia
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Malta
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Finland
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	France
2 points	Lithuania
1 point	Germany

Points awarded to Estonia

Points awarded to Estonia (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Latvia Sweden	Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland	Denmark Turkey	Lithuania United Kingdom	Macedonia Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Croatia	Belgium Germany	Austria Russia	Israel Malta Romania

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