Track Listing

1. Gimme - ONE (Cyprus)
2. Come Back - Jessica Garlick (United Kingdom)
3. Say a Word - Manuel Ortega (Austria)
4. SAGAPO - Michalis Rakintzis (Greece)
5. Europe's Living a Celebration - Rosa (Spain)
6. Sasvim Sigurna - Vesna (Croatia)
7. Northern Girl - Primier Ministr (Russian Federation)
8. Runaway - Sahlene (Estonia)
9. It Depends On Us - Karolina (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
10. Lets Light a Candle Together - Sarit Hadad (Israel)
11. Dans le Jardin - Francine Jordi (Switzerland)
12. Never Let It Go - Afro-dite (Sweden)
13. Addicted To You - Laura (Finland)
14. Vis mig, Hvem du er - Malene W. Mortensen (Denmark)
15. Na Jastuku Dvoje - Maja Tatic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
16. Sister - Sergio @ The Ladies (Belgium)
17. Il Faut du Temps - Sandrine François (France)
18. I Can't Live Without Music - Corrina May (Germany)
19. Leylaklar Doldu Kalbime - Grup Safir (Turkey)
20. 7th Wonder - Ira Losco (Malta)
21. Tell Me Why - M. Anghel/M. Pavel (Romania)
22. Samo Ljubezen - Sestre (Slovenia)
23. I Wonna - Marija Naumova (Latvia)
24. We All - B'Avarija (Lithuania

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84354 in Music
• Released on: 2002-05-18
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Not since the likes of Abba and Bucks Fizz graced the Eurovision Song Contest has public anticipation been so great. As with a lot of Eurotrash it sinks so low that irony forces it back into the public's heart and 2002's collection of mullets and mono-syllable choruses looks set to be a winner.

Flying the flag for the UK is Pop Idol contestant Jessica Garlick with a sweet MOR ballad showing what a great voice she has. Another one to watch out for is Greece's "tough" looking Michalis Rakintzis whose "SAGAPO" may draw comparisons to the high-art of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" in the mid-80. There are some decent non-tongue-in-cheek entries from Croatia's Vesna Pisarovic, the home country's Sahlene and, lest we forget, Sergio & the Ladies. A highlight apart from Aivaras' hair is Finland's Laura with the Kylie-disco sound of "Addicted to You" which could never be predicted as a winner but you never know.

Following on from Laura the album improves rapidly with each song as upbeat and fun as the next except for the pass-me-the-razor ballad of Monica & Marcel which is still good, but a touch depressing. This is a good collection of songs with a fantastic array of larger than life personalities and in the good spirit of Eurovision, plenty for Terry Wogan to sneer at. --David Trueman

Customer Reviews

You will not be dissapointed!!!
It won't dissapoint. Yet again Eurovision presents its eclectic mix of polished ballads, dance anthems and good old fashioned slightly cheesy Europop.
From the uptempo antics of Spain's Rosa to the deep and haunting voice of France's Sandrine Francois to the UK's Jessica Garlick (of Pop Idol Fame) pleasent pop song, its no surprise that this album is alreay riding high in the Amazon Top 40 without even being released!!

Definitely not to be overlooked
This years competition entries, were far superior all round. On this album there is a great selection to choose from.If you found it hard to pick one overall winner,on the night, then I'm sure that you were not alone.I have listened to this over and over, yet I still find it difficult to pick just one.This contest has come a long way since the painful screeching from some of the entries of yesteryear.As soon as the contest was over I bought this CD, as I was really taken back by the quality of all the entries.You will not be disappointed with this compilation.

Another outing for Eurovision!
The Eurovision song contest is to this day the greatest gameshow in the world. With a 50 year history and around 50 participating countries, Europe grinds to a halt the second Saturday in May each year to enoy the coming together of music from Andorra to Malta, Russia to Ukraine!

Each year, the winning country gets to host the next year's contest and over the years have proved some amazing artists and spectacular performances.

Talinn was a good year full of quality artists. Of course there are always the joke entries - usually Germany for some reason however, winning can put your whole country on the tourist map - just like it did for Talinn and Riga the following year.

If you were to embark on a Eurovision introduction, I would suggest you try a compilation of winners and either 1993, 2002 or 2003 as they are extremely high quality and mostly in English.

Eurovision is unique - and remains one day in each year when Europe unites - and that can't be all bad can it?