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