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| In 2002, the eight songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest competed in a semi-final round on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 1st February 2002, having been previewed on Wake Up to Wogan and The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 between Monday 28th January 2002 and Thursday 31st January 2002. Following a phone vote, the top four songs went forward to the A Song For Europe final on Sunday 3rd March 2002. |
| Transmission Date: (Final) | Sunday 3rd March 2002 |
| Channel: | BBC One |
| Time: | 16.35-17.15 |
Presenters: | Claire Sweeney Christopher Price |
Voting: | Public phone vote |
Winning Song: | Come Back Jessica Garlick |
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Scoreboard
| Semi-Final Round | No detailed voting information is available; the names of the four qualifying songs only were revealed |
| SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Result | |
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| 1 | Lovestruck | Ben Copland, Yvonne John Lewis, Nicky Cooke & Phil Dane | Honey Trap | - | Eliminated |
| 2 | Never In A Million Years | Mark Jiggens & Zee Asha | Zee (Asha) | - | Qualified (see footnote) |
| 3 | When You're Around | Ben Copland & Martin Bushell | Paula O'Neill | - | Eliminated |
| 4 | Fade Away | Stuart Hanna & Alistair Griffin | Pulse | Unknown | Eliminated |
| 5 | I Give In | Jonathan Maitland, Jackie Collins & Peter Maitland | Surf''n Turf | Jackie Collins, Jonathan Maitland, Matt Allwright and Pete Cuthbert | Qualified |
| 6 | Every Step Of The Way | Graham Kearns & Howard New | Level Best | Unknown | Eliminated (but see footnote) |
| 7 | D J Romeo | Bea Eden, Simon Stirling & James Gordon | Tricia Penrose | - | Qualified |
| 8 | Come Back | Martyn Baylay | Jessica Garlick | - | Qualified |
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| Final | Only the voting details for the top three songs are known |
| SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Votes | Position | |
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| 1 | Every Step Of The Way | Graham Kearns & Howard New | Level Best | Unknown | 8,927 | 3 |
| 2 | D J Romeo | Bea Eden, Simon Stirling & James Gordon | Tricia Penrose | - | 28,621 | 2 |
| 3 | I Give In | Jonathan Maitland, Jackie Collins & Peter Maitland | Surf''n Turf | Jackie Collins, Jonathan Maitland, Matt Allwright and Pete Cuthbert | Unknown | 4 |
| 4 | Come Back | Martyn Baylay | Jessica Garlick | - | 67,998 | 1 |
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Jessica Garlick at The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 |
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At The Eurovision Song Contest 2002
| At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia on Saturday 25th May 2002, Come Back finished in equal 3rd place with 111 points. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Ken Bruce provided the commentary for BBC Radio 2. |
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To read an exclusive interview with Jonathan Maitland of Surf'n'Turf go to the Interviews section. |