the final was held on 26 january 2002 at the linnahall in tallinn, hosted by marko reikop and karmel eikner. the winning song was chosen by an international panel of 8 judges which included nicki french (uk 2000), nusa derenda (slovenia 2001), bo halldorsson (iceland 1995), marlain (cyprus 1999), moshe datz (israel 1991) plus jurors from sweden, germany and ireland.