Eurovision Song Contest Tallinn 2002 Opening
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Tallinn, Estonia - The year 2009 marks the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The last ten days of this year, Eurovision.tv looks back at the remarkable transition that the Eurovision Song Contest went through. We are also inviting you to share your memories with us, right here on the website as well as on Facebook. Today, we're looking back at the third Eurovision Song Contest of this decade: Tallinn 2002.
Tanel Padar and Dave Benton were the first ones to bring the Eurovision Song Contest to eastern Europe and to the former Soviet region. Financial obstacles for Host Broadcaster ETV were sorted by the Estonian government, which saw the value of hosting such a prestigious event. In the suburbs of Tallinn, the Saku Suurhall was about to be finished, and it proved to be the perfect venue for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Estonians decided to give the 47th Eurovision Song Contest a theme; A Modern Fairytale. In line with the theme, Estonian Television came up with a logo existing of twelve couloured pebbles in the shape of an 'e'. During the show, the hosts would refer to the Eurovision Song Contest as "the big e".
The show
ETV appointed national selection producer and delegation head Juhan Paadam as Executive Producer. Marius Bratten directed the TV-show for the second time. The television show opened with a film presenting Estonia to the European audience and reached a climax with the performance of last year's winning song, Everybody. Hosts Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere switched live to the Raekoja Plats - the Town Hall Square - in Tallinn, Hamburg, Grenada and London. The hosts performed one of the interval acts as well, singing A Little Story In The Music.
Christine Marchal-Ortiz supervised the contest on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union for the sixth and last time.
Tanel Padar and Dave Benton were the first ones to bring the Eurovision Song Contest to eastern Europe and to the former Soviet region. Financial obstacles for Host Broadcaster ETV were sorted by the Estonian government, which saw the value of hosting such a prestigious event. In the suburbs of Tallinn, the Saku Suurhall was about to be finished, and it proved to be the perfect venue for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Estonians decided to give the 47th Eurovision Song Contest a theme; A Modern Fairytale. In line with the theme, Estonian Television came up with a logo existing of twelve couloured pebbles in the shape of an 'e'. During the show, the hosts would refer to the Eurovision Song Contest as "the big e".
The show
ETV appointed national selection producer and delegation head Juhan Paadam as Executive Producer. Marius Bratten directed the TV-show for the second time. The television show opened with a film presenting Estonia to the European audience and reached a climax with the performance of last year's winning song, Everybody. Hosts Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere switched live to the Raekoja Plats - the Town Hall Square - in Tallinn, Hamburg, Grenada and London. The hosts performed one of the interval acts as well, singing A Little Story In The Music.
Christine Marchal-Ortiz supervised the contest on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union for the sixth and last time.