Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country
Estonia
National selection
Selection process
Eurolaul 2002
Selection date(s)
26 January 2002
Selected entrant
Sahlene
Selected song
"Runaway"
Selected songwriter(s)
Pearu Paulus
Ilmar Laisaar
Alar Kotkas
Jana Hallas
Finals performance
Final result
3rd, 111 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Runaway" written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas and Jana Hallas. The song was performed by Sahlene. In addition to participating in the contest, the Estonian broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. ETV organised the national final Eurolaul 2002 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2002 contest in Tallinn. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Runaway" performed by Sahlene was selected as the winner by an international jury panel.
As the host country, Estonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2002. Performing during the show in position 8, Estonia placed third out of the 24 participating countries with 111 points.
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