Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Greece and Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) chose to host a National Selection with the winner being chosen via 50% televoting and 50% "expert" jury. Michalis Rakintzis was chosen with "S.A.G.A.P.O."
| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ellinikós Telikós 2002 | |||
| Selection date(s) | February 26, 2002 | |||
| Selected entrant | Michalis Rakintzis | |||
| Selected song | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 27 points | |||
| Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Ellinikós Telikós 2002
The final took place on 26 February 2002 at the REX Music Hall in Athens and the host of the show was Dafni Bokota.[1] 10 songs competed and the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five were chosen an "expert" jury to advance to the second round. In the second round, the winner was determined by a combination of votes from the "expert" jury (50%) and televoting (50%).
| First Round – 26 February 2002 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
| 1 | Kostas Bigalis & Mirella Fragkopoulou | "Let Me Be the One" | Kostas Bigalis | Advanced |
| 2 | Veronika | "Tu non c’eri qui" | Charalampos Persidis | Eliminated |
| 3 | Yiannis Kokkinos, Flora Theodorou, Ermioni Komninou & Tolis Kokkinos | "Pension – Sweet Home" | Christos Konstantinidis, Panagiotis Kalkos | Eliminated |
| 4 | Christos Giannopoulos | "Proti fthinoporini vrochi" | Christos Giannopoulos | Eliminated |
| 5 | Maria-Louiza & Not 4 Sale | "2 Be Together" | Nikos Terzis, Antonis Pappas | Advanced |
| 6 | Peggy Zina | "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" | Thanos Kalliris | Advanced |
| 7 | Elina Konstantopoulou & Marion Georgiou | "Beautiful Life" | Konstantinos Tseleste Papakonstantinou, Iro Trigoni | Eliminated |
| 8 | Michalis Rakintzis | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | Michalis Rakintzis | Advanced |
| 9 | Katerina Topazi | "Moiazei na 'nai sinema/Y tu cruel" | Ioannis Stinkas, Dimitris Sotakis, Xenofon Chalatsis | Eliminated |
| 10 | Motive | "Fire" | Giannis Methenitis | Advanced |
| Second Round – 26 February 2002 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Kostas Bigalis & Mirella Fragkopoulou | "Let Me Be the One" | 4 | 12,736 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 2 | Maria-Louiza & Not 4 Sale | "2 Be Together" | 2 | 12,936 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Peggy Zina | "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" | 3 | 25,517 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Michalis Rakintzis | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | 1 | 33,356 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Motive | "Fire" | 5 | 9,796 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
At Eurovision
Rakintzis performed 3rd in the running order at the Eurovision 2002 final. He was accompanied on stage with four male singers/dancers all dressed in plastic robot type suits. The song finished 17th out of 24 with 27 points, tied as the worst placing for Greece in the 2000s.
Points awarded by Greece
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- "Ο Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής στη Eurovision!!!" (in Greek). MAD TV. 2002-02-26. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
See also
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