Latvia won the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest
The winning song was "I Wanna" by legal student and multiple national contest runner-up Marija Naumova. Interesting trvia point: her track can be played simultaneously with most Ricky Martin songs without any noticeable discordance.
Marie N. received 176 points (76 for the song and 100 from guys at home who enjoyed watching her be stripped by two men). With three countries to vote there was a chance Ira Losco from Malta might win, but it was not to be.
The E's tied for third place: Estonia and England (so host Marko should be happy).

Two new features as of this year for The Summary: Douze Point and Neighbourhood Watch. Douze Point shows where each country sent its powerful vote of 12 points. Neighbourhood Watch highlights any suspicious voting where neighbouring countries seem to have scored big time, for example Croatia gave Slovenia 8 points. It doesn't mean the votes weren't deserved, it is simply highlighted for consideration.
Where it really is dead obvious that nations are exchanging 12 points I have added the note + backscratch - the best example for 2002 was Greece and Cyprus. Greece gave Cyprus 12 points (which is OK if you like boy bands and were put off by Prime Minister) BUT Cyprus gave Greece 12 points in return: and thats just criminal.

Cyprus	One	Gimme
	Music:	Your typical boy band tune - very reminiscent of N'Synch and co.. It was quick-paced and up-beat.
	Presentation:	The guys are clearly professional and while a little over enthusiastic at the start, clearly earned 6th place and could have gone higher.
	Comments:
Score: 85 pts	Douze Point:	Greece
Place: 6th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Greece (12) + backscratch , Malta (10) + backscratch
UK	Jessica Garlick	Come Back
	Music:	Britney copies her own music, now Jessica is copying Britney's copies. Pop idols will eat themselves.
	Presentation:	The first Destiny Child outfit of the night - mini-skirt and off the shoulder midriff top, all covered in tassles and stuff.
	Comments:	"Her dress has been through the shredders" (Terry Wogan)
Score: 111 pts	Douze Point:	Malta
Place: 3rd	Neighbourhood Watch:	n/a
Austria	Manuel Ortega	Say A Word
	Music:	Say a word and I'll be there. Sing seven and you have Austria's entry.
	Presentation:	Manuel looked great and the act was really revving up until everyone realised the song was 25 seconds long and then repeated over and over and over.
	Comments:
Score: 26 pts	Douze Point:	United Kingdom
Place: 18th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Switzerland (5)* * As Switzerland's highest score it sticks out - and there's no Francophonia to mitigate.
Greece	Mihalis Rakintzis	S' Agapo 'I Love You'
	Music:	If Gary Numan and Depeche Mode had a love-child in 1983 and sheltered it from all cultural influences thereafter, you'd be close to how bad this sounded.
	Presentation:	"Its the Attack of the Clones. Here come the Borg" (Terry Wogan)
	Comments:	"Its life Jim, but not as we know it" (Terry Wogan)
Score: 27 pts	Douze Point:	Cyrpus
Place: 17th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Cyprus (12) + backscratch
Spain	Rosa	Europe's Living A Celebration
	Music:	This went down big with Belgium and Switzerland (the EC focussed countries). The song was energetic and should have been a dead-cert to win in a year of currency union.
	Presentation:	Rosa looked much better than her Operacion Triunfo photos and if you could put up with her aerobics style of dancing put on a good show.
	Comments:	One of these two factors killed Rosa's song: the verses were in Spanish and no one knew what she was singing about, or the ESC now represents a reclaiming of cultural territory with the advent of the € which explains the increase in Neighbourhood voting.
Score: 81 pts	Douze Point:	Latvia
Place: 7th	Neighbourhood Watch:	France (8) + backscratch
Croatia	Vesna Pisarovic	Sasvim Sigurna 'Completely Sure'
	Music:	Did she sing? I cant remember. My wife says its wasnt a good song. I was distracted.
	Presentation:	CORR-blimey. The hairstyling, plastic surgery, semi-erotic props and dance moves were all very captivating. Croatia sends women in Helene pants two years in a row (its pants with the short skirt over the top).
	Comments:	"Now if you look at this closely you'll see one of the Corrs sisters has escaped for the evening from the family compound" (Terry Wogan)
Score: 44 pts	Douze Point:	Malta
Place: 11th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Slovenia (8)
Russia	Premier Ministr	Northern Girl
	Music:	POP goes Russia. This was a classic Eurovision entry. Its kitsch, but its damned good! The chorus once in your head, cannot be removed. '...frosty eyes. Im gonna melt you...'
	Presentation:	The anti-Vesnas (Croatia). Where Vesna was so good looking you forgot to listen to the song, these guys were so ugly and badly dressed you assumed the song sucked. As with Mumiy Troll the year before, Russia can win Eurovision - it just needs to place a dark screen between its performers and the audience.
	Comments:	"When you pick a boy band usually, you pick them for their good looks. But the Russians appear to have gone to the other extreme" (Terry Wogan)
Score: 55 pts	Douze Point:	Romania
Place: 10th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Romania (12), Latvia (10), Lithuania (4)
Estonia	Sahléne	Runaway
	Music:	A very mainstream girly pop song. Written by the guy who wrote 'Once in a Lifetime' for ESC-2000. That was better.
	Presentation:	Sahléne did back-up for Charlotte Neilsen when she won ESC in 1999. Charlotte was better.
	Comments:	People are very polite to the host nation. Equal third!?! This had middle of the field written all over it.
Score: 111 pts	Douze Point:	Latvia
Place: 3rd	Neighbourhood Watch:	Latvia (12), Russia (10), Sweden (8), Finland (5), Lithuania (2)* * and I highlight the 2 points to Lithuania only because I saw Lithuania's entry.
Macedonia	Karolina Goceva	Od Nas Zavisi 'It Depends On Us'
	Music:	I loved this song. Its so rare to hear some folk-basis to a song in ESC where it melds successfully with modern music. The keyboards were very similar to Algerian pop-rai. Karolina's singing voice was superb. Apparently she threatened to walk out if they didnt let her sing in English. I doubt it would sound better in English (ie. it sounds so good in Macedonian).
	Presentation:	WOW! Usually when ESC contestants pull off dresses you get Bucks Fizz flashbacks and expect to see lots of thigh. Karolina's strip revealed not an inch more skin, but a huge red skirt and gold-Xena style breastplate. The backup singers seemed to have escaped from Greece's entry, though.
	Comments:	She was robbed! I reckon its the best song from ESC 2002. Webcast viewers agreed voting it first, just ahead of Rosa (Spain). Why do the public want boring songs and dumb gimmicks?
Score: 25 pts	Douze Point:	Romania
Place: 19th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Romania (12)
Israel	Sarit Hadad	Let's Light A Candle Together
	Music:	Dull as.
	Presentation:	Dull as.
	Comments:	This got 12 more points than Karolina (FYR Macedonia). Sympathy goes a long way - maybe Skopje should broadcast more battles with Albanians in the lead up to ESC 2004!?!
Score: 37 pts	Douze Point:	Latvia
Place: 12th	Neighbourhood Watch:	n/a
Switzerland	Francine Jordi	Dans Le Jardin De Mon Âme 'In the Garden of my Soul'
	Music:	It was in French, thus logically (it seems) it must be slow and boring.
	Presentation:	Most photos make Francine look like an African-American in her 50s. She is a very petite Pixie-like 24 year old. The performance was straight forward as you'd expect from a ballad.
	Comments:	If France got 5th place, then this deserved a lot higher. Check out her web site which is very cute and has a lot of photos from backstage.
Score: 15 pts	Douze Point:	Spain
Place: 22nd	Neighbourhood Watch:	France (10)* * The fact they're both French speaking mitigates this a bit.
Sweden	Afro-Dite	Never Let It Go
	Music:	Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor find Aaliyah alive on an island. They disguise themselves as a shiny version of Destiny's Child and sneak onto stage at Tallinn...BUT THEN
	Presentation:	We all discover, one of them can no longer sing!
	Comments:	A lot of bookies can retire on this Contest. 3/1 favouritism and it came in 8th - most of those votes from punters trying to save their investment.
Score: 72 pts	Douze Point:	Estonia
Place: 8th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Estonia (12), Finland (10)
Finland	Laura	Addicted To You
	Music:	A funk/disco-inspired pop song which was cruelly overlooked by ESC viewers - much to the anger of the Finns. It deserved a lot more votes than it got (a top 5 entry from our perspective) but it would have probably done better if it was entered in 1992 rather than 2002.
	Presentation:	"Its a woman dressed like a man whose trying to look like a woman" (my pal Melena)
	Comments:	"Estonia is very popular with the Finns. They come here for the culture, and the drink is cheaper also." (Terry Wogan)
Score: 24 pts	Douze Point:	France
Place: 20th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Estonia (10), Sweden (7)
Denmark	Malene Mortensen	Vis Mig, Hvem Du Er 'Tell Me Who You Are'
	Music:	Whats the midpoint between 'middle of the road' and 'crap'? Why didnt Denmark stick with Country and Western? Thats been working well for them.
	Presentation:	Dont let the boudoir photos fool you, Malene was stiff as a board and nearly as interesting to watch.
	Comments:	Someone has to come last. If Malene never moved, why were the Danish TV execs so angry that 25 of the 28 cameras werent on for the dress rehearsal? Was there ever a chance something good was going to be missed?
Score: 7 pts	Douze Point:	Malta
Place: 24th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Sweden (10)
Bosnia	Maja Tatic	Na Jastuku Za Dvoje 'On A Pillow For Two'
	Music:	Not memorable - not bad, just not great. More middle of the road than Nino Prses' lo-fi Ali G-esque song of 2001.
	Presentation:	A bit dull - but the hot pink stage lighting really made this look terrible. The backup singers looked nice, but someone decided Maja should be dressed like she just came back from the mall - black blouse hanging loose and black pants. Surely there's no need to cover her that much.
	Comments:
Score: 33 pts	Douze Point:	Sweden
Place: 13th	Neighbourhood Watch:	n/a
Belgium	Sergio & The Ladies	Sister
	Music:	For Australians - it was a cross between Jimmy Barnes and Tom Jones. For non-Australians: imagine someone with some of Tom's moves but who screeches instead of sings.
	Presentation:	I cant get enough of ugly men, punching the air and trying to do somersaults (the cameras missed all the good stuff this year - did he or didnt he fall on his arse?)
	Comments:	It broke up the slow songs and gave everyone a good laugh - it served its purpose. Turkey gave this 10 points and Russia, 7. One of those countries is nuclear!
Score: 33 pts	Douze Point:	Spain
Place: 13th	Neighbourhood Watch:	France (10)* * The fact they're both French speaking mitigates this a bit.
France	Sandrine François	Il Faut Du Temps 'It Takes Time'
	Music:	Its Celine! No its Natasha St Pier! No, its the same thing every year from France (except Sofia Mestari from a few years back, she was good).
	Presentation:	The ennui induced lack of movement or expression that is de rigeur for French ballads.
	Comments:	"A moody French temptress" (Terry Wogan) whose taste in women differs from mine.
Score: 104 pts	Douze Point:	Spain
Place: 5th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Spain (12)
Germany	Corinna May	I Can't Live Without Music
	Music:	I can live without this music. White soul with a twist of gospel?
	Presentation:	We were wondering at home, how come a blind person can mimick Stevie Wonder's moves so closely. Its not like she can watch a tape of him... a mystery. Very dull to watch Corinna - her backup singers' activty just drew attention to the problem.
	Comments:	Another favourite with the bookies. Do they listen to these before setting odds?
Score: 17 pts	Douze Point:	Latvia
Place: 21st	Neighbourhood Watch:	n/a
Turkey	Safir	Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde 'Lilacs Filled In My Heart'
	Music:	A bouncey light number, Buget's voice seems older and fatter than the body it comes from.
	Presentation:	Very colourful group with lots of motion and a very Young Talent Time ending.
	Comments:	Has Turkish pop ever sold outside Turkey and parts of Cyprus?
Score: 29 pts	Douze Point:	Austria
Place: 16th	Neighbourhood Watch:	n/a
Malta	Ira Losco	Seventh Wonder
	Music:	The chorus is so cheesy, you could fry it and have it as entree. Malta produces a lot of good ESC contenders and deserves to win it once. This was inoffensive enough to do, one would have thought.
	Presentation:	Great presentation. She used every inch of stage (setting off late for the island podium for her finale) and we were all relieved to see her glitter.
	Comments:	Where is that hand going?!?!?! The best bad camera shot of the night had many an eye bulging as Ira's hand disappeared into her jumpsuit and went for a dig southwards.
Score: 164 pts	Douze Point:	Cyprus
Place: 2nd	Neighbourhood Watch:	Cyprus (12) + backscratch
Romania	Monica Anghel &	Marcel Pavel            The Voi Iubi Mereu 'Tell Me Why'
	Music:	Rene and Renata are back, but this time they're Slavic.
	Presentation:	Costume design by an 80 year old widow... coincidentally, thats who must have voted for it. The grey vote counts in ESC - 9th place!!!
	Comments:	No! Tell Me Why.
Score: 71 pts	Douze Point:	Macedonia (FYR)
Place: 9th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Russia (10) + backscratch
Slovenia	Sestre	Samo Ljubezen
	Music:	Lounge keyboards, Supremes-like verses and a pumping disco beat. This was different, but that's a good thing by me.
	Presentation:	Can a whacky Cabaret act win you Eurovision? NO.
	Comments:	A huge hit Down Under, we love our cross-dressers. Obviously not a winner in Europe where only France, UK and Spain gave it a go.
Score: 33 pts	Douze Point:	Croatia
Place: 13th	Neighbourhood Watch:	Croatia (12)
Latvia	Marija N (Naumova)	I Wanna
	Music:	She Bangs. She Plagarises.
	Presentation:	Can a tacky Cabaret act win you Eurovision? SURE CAN. Marija starts out as a guy in white pants (the new black in the Baltics) and black shirt. Her male companions rip off the shirt and pants to reveal a skin-hugging pink underthingy which eventually gets pulled down into a sort-of evening gown (but made of polyester and lycra).
	Comments:	This sorts of thing dents your faith in Eurovision. Everybody from 2001 was bad enough, but another incoherent, rambling, boring, derivative piece of retro-trash?
Score: 176 pts	Douze Point:	Estonia
Place: 1st	Neighbourhood Watch:	Estonia (12), Russia (10), Lithuania (6)
Lithuania	Aivaras Stepukonis	Happy You
	Music:	On one hand I want to say this guy did well filling in at the last minute after B'Avaria were disqualified...
	Presentation:	But on the other hand, he came second in the national final.
	Comments:	All of Lithuania's votes came via Neighbourhood Watch.
Score: 12 pts	Douze Point:	Latvia
Place: 23rd	Neighbourhood Watch:	10 points to Sweden, 12 points to Latvia