Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Eesti Televisioon (ETV) | |||
| Country | Estonia | |||
| Selection process | Eurolaul 2002 | |||
| Selection date | 26 January 2002 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Runaway" | |||
| Artist | Sahlene | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 111 points | |||
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Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Runaway", written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas, and Jana Hallas, and performed by Sahlene. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) organised the national final Eurolaul 2002 in order to select its entry for the contest. In addition, ETV was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, after winning the previous edition with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL.
Ten songs competed in the national final and "Runaway" performed by Sahlene was selected as the winner by an international jury panel. 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.