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{{Infobox song contest national year
| Year = 2002
| Broadcaster = [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]{{efn|{{lang|de|Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|i=no}}}} – {{lang|de|[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|i=no}} (NDR)
| Country = Germany
| Preselection = ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002''
| Preselection date = 22 February 2002
| Entrant = [[Corinna May]]
| Song = I Can't Live Without Music
| Writer = {{unbulleted list|[[Ralph Siegel]]|[[Bernd Meinunger]]}}
| Final result = 21st, 17 points
}}
Germany was represented at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]] with the song "I Can't Live Without Music", composed by [[Ralph Siegel (songwriter)|Ralph Siegel]], with lyrics by [[Bernd Meinunger]], and performed by [[Corinna May]].  The German participating broadcaster on behalf of [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]], {{lang|de|[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|i=no}} (NDR), organised the national final ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002'' in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 22 February 2002 and featured fifteen competing acts with the winner being selected through two rounds of public televoting. "I Can't Live Without Music" performed by Corinna May won after placing first in the top three during the first round of voting and ultimately gaining 41.1% of the votes in the second round.
As a member of the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 18, Germany placed twenty-first out of the 24 participating countries with 17 points.
== Background ==
{{main|Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
Prior to the 2002 Contest, [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] had participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] representing Germany forty-five times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in {{Escyr|1956|the inaugural contest}}.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Germany Country Profile|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=9|access-date=21 September 2014|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]}}</ref> It has won the contest on one occasion: {{esccnty|Germany|y=1982|t=in 1982}} with the song "{{lang|de|[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]|i=no}}" performed by [[Nicole Seibert|Nicole]]. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having appeared in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for {{esccnty|Germany|y=1996|t=1996}} when it was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In {{esccnty|Germany|y=2001|t=2001}}, the German entry "{{lang|de|Wer Liebe lebt|i=no}}" performed by [[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]] placed eighth out of twenty-three competing songs scoring 66 points.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ARD organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1996, ARD had delegated the participation in the contest to its member {{lang|de|[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|i=no}} (NDR). NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select its entry for the 2002 contest.<ref name=":0" />
== Before Eurovision ==
=== ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002'' ===
[[File:Sparkassen Arena Kiel Suedansicht.JPG|thumb|The Ostseehalle in Kiel was the host venue of ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002'']]
''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002'' was the competition organised by NDR to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. It took place on 22 February 2002 at the [[Ostseehalle]] in [[Kiel]], hosted by [[Axel Bulthaupt]] and broadcast on [[Das Erste]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Grand-Prix-Countdown in der Kieler Ostseehalle - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article375431/Grand-Prix-Countdown-in-der-Kieler-Ostseehalle.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Die Welt |language=de}}</ref> Fifteen acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. The national final was watched by 9.75 million viewers in Germany with a market share of 38.2%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deutschland |url=https://www.ecgermany.de/esc/2003/laender/de |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=ecgermany.de |language=de-de}}</ref>
==== Competing entries ====
14 acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of NDR from proposals received by the broadcaster from record companies and announced on 8 January 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title="Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" / Sendetermin: Freitag, 22. Februar2002, 20.15 Uhr, live im Ersten |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/313728 |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=presseportal.de |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Among the competing artists were [[Joy Fleming]] (who represented {{esccnty|Germany|y=1975|t=Germany in 1975}}), [[Ireen Sheer]] (who represented {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1974|t=Luxembourg in 1974}}, {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1985|t=Luxembourg in 1985}}, and {{esccnty|Germany|y=1978|t=Germany in 1978}}), and [[Nino de Angelo]] (who represented {{esccnty|Germany|y=1989|t=Germany in 1989}}). [[Corinna May]] was due to represent {{esccnty|Germany|y=1999|t=Germany in 1999}} before being disqualified when it was discovered that her song had already been released by another singer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GERMAN NATIONAL FINAL 2002 |url=https://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Germany2002.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=natfinals.50webs.com}}</ref> An additional act, Isabel Soares, was announced on 4 February 2002 after being selected through a casting round organised by German newspaper ''[[Bild]]'' among 5,000 applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Isabel Soares |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Isabel-Soares,isabelsoares103.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=eurovision.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=2002-02-05 |title=Germany: tabloid announced 15th participant |url=https://esctoday.com/363/germany_tabloid_announced_15th_participant/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Esctoday}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
!Artist
!Song
!Songwriter(s)
|-
|[[Corinna May]]
|"I Can't Live Without Music"
|[[Ralph Siegel]], [[Bernd Meinunger]]
|-
|Disco Brothers feat. [[The Weather Girls]]
|"Get Up, Stand Up"
|Harald Reitinger, Uli Fischer
|-
|[[Ireen Sheer]] and [[Bernhard Brink]]
|"Es ist niemals zu spät"
|Michael Buschjahn, Jean-Pierre Valence, Bernhard Brink, Norbert Hammerschmidt
|-
|Isabel Soares
|"Will My Heart Survive"
|[[Dieter Bohlen]]
|-
|[[Joy Fleming]] and Jambalaya
|"Joy to the World"
|Jason Homan, Hans Steingen
|-
|Linda Carriere
|"Higher Ground"
|Ali Neander, Linda Carriere, Lisa Cash
|-
|Mundstuhl
|"Fleisch"
|Lars Niedereichholz, Ande Werner
|-
|Natalie
|"Don’t Say Goodbye"
|Jan Löchel, Vincent Sorg
|-
|[[Nino de Angelo]]
|"Und wenn du lachst"
|Andreas Fahner, Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen
|-
|Normal Generation
|"Hold On"
|Simon Veigel, Steve Waidelich, Judy Bailey
|-
|SPN-X
|"Bravo Punk"
|Alexander Muth
|-
|[[The Kelly Family]]
|"I Wanna Be Loved"
|The Kelly Family
|-
|Tuesdays
|"Du bist mein Weg"
|Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl
|-
|Unity 2
|"You Never Walk Alone"
|Klaus Dehr, Peter Voll, Eckhard Horst
|-
|Zarah
|"To Be or Not to Be"
|Guido Craveiro, Johannes Kram, [[Michael Holm]]
|}
==== Final ====
The televised final took place on 22 February 2002. The winner was selected through two rounds of public televoting. In the first round of voting, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The top three entries were. In the second round, the winner, "I Can't Live Without Music" performed by [[Corinna May]], was selected.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Corinna May gewinnt Grand-Prix-Vorentscheid |url=https://www.musikwoche.de/musik/corinna-may-gewinnt-grand-prix-vorentscheid-1a60df4bfc94ae6cd8db4fd7cc020285 |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=musikwoche.de |language=de}}</ref> In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured [[Guildo Horn]] (who represented {{esccnty|Germany|y=1998|t=Germany in 1998}}), the German music duo [[Modern Talking]], the Australian music ensemble [[The Ten Tenors]], and the German group [[Schiller (band)|Schiller]] performing their song "{{lang|de|[[Ein schöner Tag]]|i=no}}" together with German singer [[Isgaard]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=2002: Deutscher Vorentscheid in Kiel |url=https://www.eurovision.de/geschichte/2002-Deutscher-Vorentscheid-in-Kiel,vorentscheidnullzwei101.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=eurovision.de |language=de}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
|+ First Round – 22 February 2002
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Televote
! Place
|-
| 1
| align="left" | Disco Brothers feat. [[The Weather Girls]]
| align="left" | "Get Up, Stand Up"
| —
| 13
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 2
| align="left" | Normal Generation
| align="left" | "Hold On"
| 12%
| 3
|-
| 3
| align="left" | [[Nino de Angelo]]
| align="left" | "Und wenn du lachst"
| —
| 9
|-
| 4
| align="left" | Unity 2
| align="left" | "You Never Walk Alone"
| —
| 15
|-
| 5
| align="left" | Mundstuhl
| align="left" | "Fleisch"
| —
| 11
|-
| 6
| align="left" | Isabel Soares
| align="left" | "Will My Heart Survive"
| —
| 6
|-
| 7
| align="left" | Linda Carriere
| align="left" |"Higher Ground"
| —
| 12
|-
| 8
| align="left" | SPN-X
| align="left" | "Bravo Punk"
| —
| 8
|-
| 9
| align="left" | Zarah
| align="left" | "To Be or Not to Be"
| —
| 14
|-
| 10
| align="left" | [[Ireen Sheer]] and [[Bernhard Brink]]
| align="left" | "Es ist niemals zu spät"
| —
| 7
|-
| 11
| align="left" | [[The Kelly Family]]
| align="left" | "I Wanna Be Loved"
| —
| 4
|-
| 12
| align="left" | Tuesdays
| align="left" | "Du bist mein Weg"
| —
| 10
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 13
| align="left" | [[Corinna May]]
| align="left" | "I Can't Live Without Music"
| 19.5%
| 1
|-
| 14
| align="left" | Natalie
| align="left" | "Don’t Say Goodbye"
| —
| 5
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 15
| align="left" | [[Joy Fleming]] and Jambalaya
| align="left" | "Joy to the World"
| 14%
| 2
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
|+ Second Round – 22 February 2002
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Televote
! Place
|-
| 1
| align="left" | Normal Generation
| align="left" | "Hold On"
| 26.4%
| 3
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 2
| align="left" | [[Corinna May]]
| align="left" | "I Can't Live Without Music"
| 41.1%
| 1
|-
| 3
| align="left" | [[Joy Fleming]] and Jambalaya
| align="left" | "Joy to the World"
| 32.5%
| 2
|}
==At Eurovision==
As a member of the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 on 25 May 2002. During the allocation draw on 9 November 2001, Germany was drawn to perform in position 18, following the entry from {{esccnty|France|y=2002}} and before the entry from {{esccnty|Turkey|y=2002}}.<ref name="Tallinn 2002">{{cite web |title=Tallinn 2002–Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102233622/https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |access-date=14 March 2021 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref><ref name="rules">{{cite web |date=28 September 2001 |title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2002.pdf |access-date=30 August 2022 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |via=myledbury.co.uk}}</ref> At the conclusion of the final, Germany placed twenty-first in the final, scoring 17 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final of Tallinn 2002 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408182851/https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final |archive-date=8 April 2021 |access-date=8 April 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref>
In Germany, the show was broadcast on [[Das Erste]] which featured commentary by [[Peter Urban (presenter)|Peter Urban]].<ref name="Schweiz">{{cite news |date=25 May 2002 |title=Radio/TV Samstag |language=de |page=9 |work=Freiburger Nachrichten |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG20020525-01 |access-date=6 December 2022 |via=[[e-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=23 May 2002 |title=Der lange "Grand Prix Eurovision"-Abend im Ersten: Alles rund um die Entscheidung des Finales in Tallinn |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/350601 |language=de |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129230204/https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/350601 |archive-date=29 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The show was watched by 10.02 million viewers in Germany, which meant a market share of 38.4 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |title=TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/182955/umfrage/tv-reichweite-des-eurovision-song-contest-seit-1976/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |date=14 May 2023 |title=Durchschnittlicher Zuschauermarktanteil der Übertragungen des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 2001 bis 2023 |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/377307/umfrage/zuschauermarktanteil-des-eurovision-song-contests/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref> NDR appointed [[Axel Bulthaupt]] as its spokesperson to announce the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote.
===Voting===
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to {{esccnty|Latvia|y=2002}} in the contest.{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded to Germany<ref name="2002detailed">{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final/results/germany |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408184209/https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final/results/germany |archive-date=8 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" | 12 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 10 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 8 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2002}}|{{Esc|Turkey|y=2002}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Russia|y=2002}}|{{Esc|Spain|y=2002}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Austria|y=2002}}|{{Esc|Estonia|y=2002}}|{{Esc|Romania|y=2002}}}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded by Germany<ref name="2002detailed" />
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Esc|France|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2002}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2002}}
|}
{{col-end}}
==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2002}}
[[Category:Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|2002]]
[[Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002]]
[[Category:2002 in German music|Eurovision]]
[[Category:2002 in German television|Eurovision]]