Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Countdown Grand Prix 2002
Selection date(s)	22 February 2002
Selected entrant	Corinna May
Selected song	"I Can't Live Without Music"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ralph Siegel; Bernd Meinunger;
Finals performance
Final result	21st, 17 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 by Corinna May with the song "I Can't Live Without Music", written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger. Corinna May had also entered the German National Final in 1999 and 2000. She had previously won the 1999 German Final before being disqualified when it was discovered that her winning song had already been released by another band. She also came 2nd in the 2000 German Final. At Eurovision 2002 Corinna May placed 21st.

Before Eurovision[]

Countdown Grand Prix 2002[]

Germany's representative was chosen during a national final called 'Countdown Grand Prix 2002'. It was held on 22 February at the Ostseehalle in Kiel, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and it was broadcast live on television. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - after the first round, the top 3 songs were voted on again. Corinna May won the German National Final and represented Germany in Tallinn with her English-language song "I Can't Live Without Music".

First Round – 22 February 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Disco Brothers feat. The Weather Girls	"Get Up, Stand Up"	Harald Reitinger, Uli Fischer	—	13
2	Normal Generation	"Hold On"	Simon Veigel, Steve Waidelich, Judy Bailey	12%	3
3	Nino de Angelo	"Und wenn du lachst"	Andreas Fahner, Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen	—	9
4	Unity 2	"You Never Walk Alone"	Klaus Dehr, Peter Voll, Eckhard Horst	—	15
5	Mundstuhl	"Fleisch"	Mundstuhl	—	11
6	Isabel Soares	"Will My Heart Survive"	Dieter Bohlen	—	6
7	Linda Carriere	"Higher Ground"	Ali Neander, Linda Carriere, Lisa Cash	—	12
8	SPN-X	"Bravo Punk"	Alexander Muth	—	8
9	Zarah	"To Be or Not to Be"	Guido Craveiro, Johannes Kram, Michael Holm	—	14
10	Ireen Sheer and Bernhard Brink	"Es ist niemals zu spät"	Michael Buschjahn, Jean-Pierre Valence, Bernhard Brink, Norbert Hammerschmidt	—	7
11	The Kelly Family	"I Wanna Be Loved"	The Kelly Family	—	4
12	Tuesdays	"Du bist mein Weg"	Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl	—	10
13	Corinna May	"I Can't Live Without Music"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	19.5%	1
14	Natalie	"Don’t Say Goodbye"	Jan Löchel, Vincent Sorg	—	5
15	Joy Fleming and Jambalaya	"Joy to the World"	Jason Homan, Hans Steingen	14%	2

Second Round – 22 February 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Normal Generation	"Hold On"	26.4%	3
2	Corinna May	"I Can't Live Without Music"	41.1%	1
3	Joy Fleming and Jambalaya	"Joy to the World"	32.5%	2

At Eurovision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Germany^[1]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points	Malta
3 points	Switzerland Turkey
2 points	Russia Spain
1 point	Austria Estonia Romania

Points awarded by Germany^[1]
Score	Country
12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Spain
6 points	France
5 points	Israel
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Romania

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[2002detailed-1] "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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