Euroviisut 2002Edit
Euroviisut 2002 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The competition took place on 26 January 2002, held at the Kaleva Centre in Tampere and hosted by Maria Guzenina and Simo Frangén.
Competing entriesEdit
467 submissions were received by Yle during a submission period. A panel of experts appointed by Yle shortlisted twenty-five entries from the received submissions, and an international jury panel ultimately selected twelve entries for the competition from the shortlist. The international jury panel consisted of Maria Guzenina, Tobias Larsson, Jørgen de Mylius, Marko Reikop and Niamh White.[1]
| Artist
|
Song
|
Songwriter(s)
|
|---|
| Aika
|
"Stay"
|
Maki Kolehmainen, Alex Ojasti, Tracy Lipp
|
| Geir Rönning
|
"I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away"
|
Maki Kolehmainen, Tracy Lipp
|
| Johanna
|
"Who Cares About a Broken Heart"
|
Thomas G:son
|
| Jussi Saxlin
|
"The Closest Thing to Heaven"
|
Toni Nygård
|
| Laura Voutilainen
|
"Addicted to You"
|
Maki Kolehmainen, Janina Frostell, Tracy Lipp
|
| Marky
|
"Goodbye, Hello"
|
Lars Diedricson, Marcos Ubeda
|
| Ressu Redford
|
"Say You Will, Say You Won't"
|
Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson
|
| Saana
|
"My Special One"
|
Sari Matala
|
| Sheidi
|
"Make the Rain"
|
Jussi-Pekka Järvinen
|
| Stiina Jean
|
"If I Do"
|
Risto Asikainen
|
| Susann
|
"Welcome the World"
|
Thomas Heinonen, Nestor Geli, Susie Päivärinta
|
| Taina Kokkonen
|
"Silenzio"
|
Pertti Haverinen, Kalevi Puonti, Tiina Pajula
|
The final took place on 26 January 2002 where twelve entries competed. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top six entries were selected to proceed to the second round based on the votes of six regional juries. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 points. In the second round, "Addicted to You" performed by Laura Voutilainen was selected as the winner based on the results from the public vote.[2]
First Round – 26 January 2002
| Draw
|
Artist
|
Song
|
Points
|
Place
|
|---|
| 1
|
Aika
|
"Stay"
|
30
|
2
|
| 2
|
Jussi Saxlin
|
"The Closest Thing to Heaven"
|
0
|
12
|
| 3
|
Johanna
|
"Who Cares About a Broken Heart"
|
23
|
5
|
| 4
|
Sheidi
|
"Make the Rain"
|
16
|
6
|
| 5
|
Geir Rönning
|
"I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away"
|
28
|
3
|
| 6
|
Laura Voutilainen
|
"Addicted to You"
|
46
|
1
|
| 7
|
Saana
|
"My Special One"
|
4
|
9
|
| 8
|
Marky
|
"Goodbye, Hello"
|
6
|
7
|
| 9
|
Taina Kokkonen
|
"Silenzio"
|
1
|
11
|
| 10
|
Stiina Jean
|
"If I Do"
|
3
|
10
|
| 11
|
Susann
|
"Welcome the World"
|
6
|
7
|
| 12
|
Ressu Redford
|
"Say You Will, Say You Won't"
|
23
|
4
|
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes
|
|---|
| Draw
|
Song
|
Oulu
|
Vaasa
|
Jyväskylä
|
Lappeenranta
|
Turku
|
Helsinki
|
Total
|
|---|
| 1
|
"Stay"
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
|
2
|
8
|
30
|
| 2
|
"The Closest Thing to Heaven"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
| 3
|
"Who Cares About a Broken Heart"
|
1
|
10
|
|
6
|
6
|
|
23
|
| 4
|
"Make the Rain"
|
8
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
6
|
16
|
| 5
|
"I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away"
|
2
|
4
|
|
8
|
10
|
4
|
28
|
| 6
|
"Addicted to You"
|
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
10
|
46
|
| 7
|
"My Special One"
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
| 8
|
"Goodbye, Hello"
|
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
| 9
|
"Silenzio"
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
| 10
|
"If I Do"
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
| 11
|
"Welcome the World"
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
6
|
| 12
|
"Say You Will, Say You Won't"
|
10
|
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
23
|
Second Round – 26 January 2002
| Draw
|
Artist
|
Song
|
Televote
|
Place
|
|---|
| 1
|
Aika
|
"Stay"
|
39,690
|
2
|
| 2
|
Johanna
|
"Who Cares About a Broken Heart"
|
15,836
|
5
|
| 3
|
Sheidi
|
"Make the Rain"
|
8,356
|
6
|
| 4
|
Geir Rönning
|
"I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away"
|
36,183
|
3
|
| 5
|
Laura Voutilainen
|
"Addicted to You"
|
70,580
|
1
|
| 6
|
Ressu Redford
|
"Say You Will, Say You Won't"
|
22,440
|
4
|
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