Many Eurovision fans hate this year and call it the worst. I've never understood that. It's not the best but it's a good year. Latvia, UK, Malta and Denmark are my favourites. I'm still shocked with Denmark's final result. What a crime!
Patrick P Well, she was moving - but only her fingers, clapping them onto the microphone again and again. This was the very first ESC I ever saw as a kid, and I remember my mother being quite irritated about this "move". 😊
Just a couple of anecdotes: It's funny you said that Sahlene from Estonia was serving vocals cause at that time everyone thought something was missing in her performance and it was indeed true: as she was on her way to the stage, she mistakenly grabbed one of the backing singers' microphone so we basically couldn't hear her properly through the entire thing. Anyway her performance was brilliant so kudos to her. And did you know that ESC 2002 was the most watched thing in the history of Spain? It remained so up until 2008 and it is still the fifth most watched tv moment. The reason behind that is that Rosa became popular in the very first season of Operación Triunfo that was a hit on Spanish TV.
2002 lowkey served somee bops in there. so excited for some 2021 content from u, since the eurovision space on youtube has been rly dead for a while bcos of the cancellation haha
2002 was actually the first year I decided to watch Eurovision because I was interested (I think I started watching in 1997 just because my father was into Eurovision), and I decided to become a fan! It was a really good year!! By the way, my winner was Malta that year!
I was really looking forward to your comments on 2002, I don't know why it gets so much hate. I feel it's a solid contest with many current and powerful songs and it holds a special place in my heart as it was the first year that I really followed the national selections and rehearsals (Yes, I'm ancient) The down side to that was the winner. I never liked the song but I have to admit that Marie N changed the face of Eurovision forever as stagings and visuals became crucial
I love the fact that you call yourself ancient because you started following everything in 2002. Imagine how that would make me feel when I did the same back in 1996 lol
@@chriskarantais Well, even though I started following national selections and the whole process in 2002, 98 was the first contest I recall watching properly and my first eurovision memories go even further back into the early 90s so I may still be more ancient than you, if that helps hahaha just joking! If anything I would have loved to live the amazing 80s in all their glory!!
Not saying she had to win necessarily, but France from that year was my favourite French entry for a long time. Amir and Alma kinda came for it recently so maybe not anymore. But that's some Celine Dion level, vibe and I even heard they had like the same agent/manager for a period of time. I don't know. Sandrine Francois is just power and beauty.
The reason for the German singer just sort of standing there is that she is blind. Hey, I have a big big big request! Could you do 1980? My ansolute favourite contest of alltimes.....thx from Germany
Corinna May from Germany took first place in the betting offices. but unfortunately the live singing was wrong and many did not know that she was blind and so the performance looked a bit strange.
I find 2002 to be kind of a hot mess, but in an endearing way. Definitely a go-to contest to have fun watching. Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & Latvia all brought the entertainment Oh, and the woman from Germany wasn't really performing because she's blind, bless her.
In this year I had one very clear winner which was France. I really like the song and it's the only song from this year that I'd go back to (well apart from maybe Estonia)
Lest we forget this was the first ever Eurovision contest held in the other side of the former Iron Curtain. Not a bad year songs wise, but the stage still looks and feels very 90's and Latvia winning was a bit underwhelming.
I'm probably in the minority here that actually like the winner! Marie put on a great show, the song was sweet and catchy and she was a great host in 2003! My favourites though were Turkey and Sweden but I was NOT feeling the 7th Wonder....
Did you hear the demo songs for eden alene? Even though she isn't singing them it gives you an idea of what to expect and i remember you liked her song last year
The early 2000's were kinda bad imo, but 2003 is where things really started getting better. Also, my country didn't compete in 2002 because of the regulation rules 😭
Yeah, I was like... She listened to like 20 seconds and said that Karolina and Sarit's vocals were not fine, and they are like amazing singers... I can't ahahah
The thing about the 2000s and especially this year, because that there were no juries so the singers/performers had freedom and dare i say passion in singing their heart out, compared to the modern Eurovision where it feels so restricted sometimes that it hurts (I know that this sint juries fault, but year by year more forced it sounded and it would have felt in 2020 Eurovision, which is no surprise considering who were the popular 3 this year).
I think this year is the worst from 2000's. The only ones that I like here: Cyprus, UK, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Romania. I can agree with Malta and Latvia as an okay song, but so high in my opinion. Estonia or UK deserved more for me here. :) Thanks Alesia for reacting such an oldiee years like this, always nice to here from you :)
I think the reason '02 has such a bad rep is I Wanna is one of the weaker winners of the past few decades. Perhaps its reputation would be better if Malta, Estonia, or the UK won?
In terms of songs, I think this was the worst Eurovision year ever. There's a dull baseline, the bops aren't really fun, and I could only really stand my top ten. So it's kind of a surprise when you like this year; I'm happy you found some jams in there! My favorite is "Il Faut du Temps" from France--it has a mid-nineties sound, fair, but Sandrine performs well and it clearly stands out from the crowd with its message and strength. I also particularly liked Runaway, 7th Wonder, Come Back, and some others. (Everything I Want is particularly fun; I love that early 2000s sound!) I wasn't a fan of I Wanna as a song, but I did like the performance.
Ah yeah, that was one example of a female Turkish singer singing with a very low larynx, creating this weird, dopy and honestly not very feminine sound 😊. I've only ever heard Turkish singers do that, haven't quite figured out yet why or how exactly they use this style.
2002 was a bad year. Estonia had the best music. I also like Malta, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Did Denmark come in last? Unfair. They should reach the top 10.
Contrary to most people, I think there are a number of good songs this year. Cyprus, United Kingdom, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Malta, Slovenia in particular. Just some of the others let it down a bit.
Actually I've always thought Denmark had one of the strongest songs that year, but she was so uncomfortable on stage. Confident performances pushed mediocre songs of Malta and Latvia to the top. I still like the UK, North Macedonia, Estonia... not a lot of others though, this was a year with a lot of dated songs. I hate the Greek entry with a passion.
Hahaha, Corrina May from Germany's blind so she's not going to move around. :: laugh :: Some of the songs were fine in 2002, but things like Israel (where the singer is super well known) were super disappointing with what they presented, and then others (like Greece) were super offkey. There were better years. Also the stage itself was kinda fugly.
This was one bad year, and I have been watching Eurovision since the mid 80s... ! 🤦♀️🤦♀️ Completely indifferent songs that you don't remember after 5 minutes and those that you remember are the bad ones (like Greece). If I had to chose songs I prefer I would go for Sweden, Denmark, Croatia, France and Finland. Fun facts: 1. German singer was blind, hence she was not moving at all. 🤨 2. Slovenian delegation were a band of transgenders and there was a massive uproar about that. 🌈 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1855726.stm
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Many Eurovision fans hate this year and call it the worst. I've never understood that. It's not the best but it's a good year. Latvia, UK, Malta and Denmark are my favourites. I'm still shocked with Denmark's final result. What a crime!
So do I! )) still listening danish masterpiece of 2002
The german singer was blind so maybe that's the reason why she wasn't moving on stage.
Patrick P Well, she was moving - but only her fingers, clapping them onto the microphone again and again. This was the very first ESC I ever saw as a kid, and I remember my mother being quite irritated about this "move". 😊
Denmark last is a CRIME!
Yess it was such a good song!
YEEES
you look like your are having so much fun... i love it!
Just a couple of anecdotes: It's funny you said that Sahlene from Estonia was serving vocals cause at that time everyone thought something was missing in her performance and it was indeed true: as she was on her way to the stage, she mistakenly grabbed one of the backing singers' microphone so we basically couldn't hear her properly through the entire thing. Anyway her performance was brilliant so kudos to her. And did you know that ESC 2002 was the most watched thing in the history of Spain? It remained so up until 2008 and it is still the fifth most watched tv moment. The reason behind that is that Rosa became popular in the very first season of Operación Triunfo that was a hit on Spanish TV.
2002 lowkey served somee bops in there. so excited for some 2021 content from u, since the eurovision space on youtube has been rly dead for a while bcos of the cancellation haha
Also Latvia was gag when watching this back in 2002... the quick change was so impressive at the time lol
2002 was actually the first year I decided to watch Eurovision because I was interested (I think I started watching in 1997 just because my father was into Eurovision), and I decided to become a fan! It was a really good year!! By the way, my winner was Malta that year!
I was exactly the same. My first one was 1997 but this year really put eurovision on the map for me.
Still appreciate:
Finland, Estonia, Croatia, Denmark, Great Britain, Malta, France, Cyprus, Romania
Denmark was pretty underrated in 2002
France is my winner. For the second year running I might add.
Love your 2000s series! Can you please react to the 90s next? 🙏💞
Maybe next year? :-)
@@AlesiaMichelle can't wait 😁
Estonia was my winner for this year, just a joy - and honestly the UK was my runner up... very rare I say this!
i'm so glad that you like sestre *-*
I was really looking forward to your comments on 2002, I don't know why it gets so much hate. I feel it's a solid contest with many current and powerful songs and it holds a special place in my heart as it was the first year that I really followed the national selections and rehearsals (Yes, I'm ancient) The down side to that was the winner. I never liked the song but I have to admit that Marie N changed the face of Eurovision forever as stagings and visuals became crucial
I love the fact that you call yourself ancient because you started following everything in 2002.
Imagine how that would make me feel when I did the same back in 1996 lol
@@chriskarantais Well, even though I started following national selections and the whole process in 2002, 98 was the first contest I recall watching properly and my first eurovision memories go even further back into the early 90s so I may still be more ancient than you, if that helps hahaha just joking! If anything I would have loved to live the amazing 80s in all their glory!!
6:18 Tea lol
Not saying she had to win necessarily, but France from that year was my favourite French entry for a long time. Amir and Alma kinda came for it recently so maybe not anymore. But that's some Celine Dion level, vibe and I even heard they had like the same agent/manager for a period of time. I don't know. Sandrine Francois is just power and beauty.
Denmark is a real example of "We didn't want to host again for a while"
North Macedonia, UK, Romania, Finland, Denmark, Turkey and Malta are my favourites
Slovenian entry was a drag queen group :D don't know if you've noticed
The reason for the German singer just sort of standing there is that she is blind. Hey, I have a big big big request! Could you do 1980? My ansolute favourite contest of alltimes.....thx from Germany
Slovenia & Sweden, both as slick as fuck! I believe I voted for Germany at the time, even bought her album!
Corinna May from Germany took first place in the betting offices. but unfortunately the live singing was wrong and many did not know that she was blind and so the performance looked a bit strange.
I find 2002 to be kind of a hot mess, but in an endearing way. Definitely a go-to contest to have fun watching. Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & Latvia all brought the entertainment Oh, and the woman from Germany wasn't really performing because she's blind, bless her.
In this year I had one very clear winner which was France. I really like the song and it's the only song from this year that I'd go back to (well apart from maybe Estonia)
Lest we forget this was the first ever Eurovision contest held in the other side of the former Iron Curtain. Not a bad year songs wise, but the stage still looks and feels very 90's and Latvia winning was a bit underwhelming.
Hey there :) Greetings from 2002 winning country :)
I'm probably in the minority here that actually like the winner! Marie put on a great show, the song was sweet and catchy and she was a great host in 2003! My favourites though were Turkey and Sweden but I was NOT feeling the 7th Wonder....
Did you hear the demo songs for eden alene? Even though she isn't singing them it gives you an idea of what to expect and i remember you liked her song last year
I'm waiting till I react.
Why you don't react to full shows? The voting time is so exciting!
Hii Alesia Michelle idk did u watched it but please react to ESC 2003 pls
coming next :-)
Yes it was and I liked the uk to win that year
That was surprisingly fun... i dont get why the ones that everybody seems to recall are the worse ones though. Some underrated stuff in there
I like the winner, but I have songs I love more like Estonia, Slovenia, The UK, Malta, Spain and France.
Funnily enough 2002 is considered by many as the worst Eurovision year (as is 2001) - but there’s definitely some gems among there!
The early 2000's were kinda bad imo, but 2003 is where things really started getting better. Also, my country didn't compete in 2002 because of the regulation rules 😭
The german singer is blind, thats why she didnt move much.
What was Europe thinking with Latvia? Boy that song did not age well. France should have won in 2002- that was another Celine Dion.
"her vocal could be better"
Actually, it's a unique voice of Sarit Hadad...
Yeah, I was like... She listened to like 20 seconds and said that Karolina and Sarit's vocals were not fine, and they are like amazing singers... I can't ahahah
I think the deal with 2002 is that it's full of ok pop songs from that era. But none of the songs have really stood the test of time.
Germany's singer is blind, just to avoid any embarrassment :) I know you didn't mean anything, just letting you know!
Do u think mendez - adrenaline (2nd in mello) could have Won in 2002? :)
The thing about the 2000s and especially this year, because that there were no juries so the singers/performers had freedom and dare i say passion in singing their heart out, compared to the modern Eurovision where it feels so restricted sometimes that it hurts (I know that this sint juries fault, but year by year more forced it sounded and it would have felt in 2020 Eurovision, which is no surprise considering who were the popular 3 this year).
I think this year is the worst from 2000's. The only ones that I like here: Cyprus, UK, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Romania. I can agree with Malta and Latvia as an okay song, but so high in my opinion. Estonia or UK deserved more for me here. :)
Thanks Alesia for reacting such an oldiee years like this, always nice to here from you :)
Big fan of Greece. FORGET THE PASSWORD 😂
Denmark was my winner, but they came last lol
I think the reason '02 has such a bad rep is I Wanna is one of the weaker winners of the past few decades. Perhaps its reputation would be better if Malta, Estonia, or the UK won?
Alesia voice change a bit for some reason 🤔
In terms of songs, I think this was the worst Eurovision year ever. There's a dull baseline, the bops aren't really fun, and I could only really stand my top ten. So it's kind of a surprise when you like this year; I'm happy you found some jams in there!
My favorite is "Il Faut du Temps" from France--it has a mid-nineties sound, fair, but Sandrine performs well and it clearly stands out from the crowd with its message and strength. I also particularly liked Runaway, 7th Wonder, Come Back, and some others. (Everything I Want is particularly fun; I love that early 2000s sound!)
I wasn't a fan of I Wanna as a song, but I did like the performance.
Ah yeah, that was one example of a female Turkish singer singing with a very low larynx, creating this weird, dopy and honestly not very feminine sound 😊. I've only ever heard Turkish singers do that, haven't quite figured out yet why or how exactly they use this style.
2002 was a bad year. Estonia had the best music. I also like Malta, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
Did Denmark come in last? Unfair. They should reach the top 10.
Contrary to most people, I think there are a number of good songs this year. Cyprus, United Kingdom, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Malta, Slovenia in particular. Just some of the others let it down a bit.
Actually I've always thought Denmark had one of the strongest songs that year, but she was so uncomfortable on stage. Confident performances pushed mediocre songs of Malta and Latvia to the top. I still like the UK, North Macedonia, Estonia... not a lot of others though, this was a year with a lot of dated songs. I hate the Greek entry with a passion.
I just didn't get Sweden, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta with Vem é dé du vill ha should have won Melodifestivalen in 02 total Schlager realness.
This year sucks but I guess great video
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Hahaha, Corrina May from Germany's blind so she's not going to move around. :: laugh ::
Some of the songs were fine in 2002, but things like Israel (where the singer is super well known) were super disappointing with what they presented, and then others (like Greece) were super offkey. There were better years.
Also the stage itself was kinda fugly.
This is easily the weakest year of the new millennium. Just a ton of whatever entries. I like France, Malta, UK, Latvia, Romania and Spain though.
2001 was worse in my humble opinion.
@@AlesiaMichelle The 2001 entries from Greece, France, Denmark and Slovenia are all way better than any entry from 2002 in my opinion.
Your taste is horrible
@@valterssluka1945 Which entries do you like then?
This was one bad year, and I have been watching Eurovision since the mid 80s... ! 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Completely indifferent songs that you don't remember after 5 minutes and those that you remember are the bad ones (like Greece).
If I had to chose songs I prefer I would go for Sweden, Denmark, Croatia, France and Finland.
Fun facts:
1. German singer was blind, hence she was not moving at all. 🤨
2. Slovenian delegation were a band of transgenders and there was a massive uproar about that. 🌈
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