Tampere hosted the Euroviisut final on 26.1.2002 when YLE2 took over from YLE1 the organisation after 40 years. They took example from Sweden and Estonia and received a record number of songs: 476. In the final first the juries gave their votes and then televoters and Laura Voutilainen's Addicted to you was a clear winner by both. She was a popular winner and the expectations were high in May when she took the stage in Tallinn, Helsinki's bars and clubs were ready to party afterwords but once again the parties died in astonished silence when she got only 24 points and 20th place.... Later she said she was shocked and the look was blamed. Indeed, the styling was much better in Tampere than in Tallinn.
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