Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	26 January 2002
Selected entrant	Laura Voutilainen
Selected song	"Addicted to You"
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 24 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, after being relegated from the 2001 contest.

The Finnish national final was held at the Kaleva Centre in Tampere on 26 January 2002, hosted by Maria Guzenina and Simo Frangén.

Twelve songs were performed . In the first round of voting, 6 regional juries awarded points to the 12 songs, with the top 6 songs being performed again, with the winner decided by televoting.

The winner was Laura Voutilainen with the song "Addicted to You"

Result of National Final

Draw	Song	Artist	Votes		Place
Draw	Song	Artist	Jury	Public	Place
1	Stay	Aika	30	21%	2nd
2	The Closest Thing to Heaven	Jussi Saxlin	0	-	12th
3	Who Cares About a Broken Heart	Johanna	23	8%	5th
4	Make the Rain	Sheidi	16	5%	6th
5	I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away	Geir Rönning	28	19%	3rd
6	Addicted to You	Laura Voutilainen	46	36%	1st
7	My Special One	Saana	4	-	9th
8	Goodbye, Hello	Marky	6	-	7th
9	Silenzio	Taina Kokkonen	1	-	11th
10	If I Do	Stiina Jean	3	-	10th
11	Welcome The World	Susann	6	-	7th
12	Say You Will, Say You Won't	Ressu Redford	23	11%	4th

At Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Voutilainen sang 13th, following Sweden and preceding Denmark. At the close of the voting it had received 24 points, placing 20th in a field of twenty four, and relegating Finland from the 2003 contest.

Points Awarded by Finland

Final

12 points	France
10 points	Estonia
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Latvia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Russia
2 points	Malta
1 point	Macedonia

Points Awarded to Finland

Points Awarded to Finland (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Estonia		Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark	Cyprus	Macedonia

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