Home Composed Song Contest 2002

Contest overview

The 2002 Home Composed Song Contest was held in Germany and was jointly organised by Achim Wurm from Kronberg im Taunus and Matthias Pohl from Berlin.

A number of records were smashed this year. There was a record number of entrants, with 24 participating composers and a total of 36 songs - over 50% more than ever before! The competition also welcomed entries from France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Finland for the very first time - a sign that Home Composed was finally expanding to become a truly European competition.

Because of the large number of songs, the organisers chose to introduce a new scoring system for this year's contest. Each of the participant juries voted for 22 songs in total, giving points from 1 to 20, then 25, then 30 to their favourite song. Meanwhile, the guest jurors (shown as to in the scoresheet) voted in the traditional 12-10-8... ESC format, in order to give a greater weighting to the votes of the actual participants. The guest jurors comprised some former participants as well as OGAE members from various countries.

Needless to say, this all meant the points scores in the 2002 contest were rather larger than usual - 545 for the winner, for example! At the same time, it made it likely that nobody would end up with no points, as a glance at the bottom end of the table shows.

And after the long voting process was over, congratulations were due to Sascha Mutavdzic - his first time participating in the contest, the first ever entries from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he almost completed a clean sweep of the top two placings. The only thing stopping him was Deo Grech's Maltese entry "Bandido - The Spanish Thief", which split the two Bosnian songs and finished second. But in the end, "History" by Sasha was the clear winner.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Sweden I	Vi är inga öar	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund, Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	27	69
02	France	Le jeu de l'amour	Anthony	Anthony Florent	Anthony Florent	36	8
03	Netherlands I	Wie dichten wil	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	16	210
04	Germany I	Music Of Broken Dreams	Tim Wisniewski	Tim Wisniewski	n/a	10	261
05	Germany II	Hier gehör' ich hin	Projekt S.A.M.	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	24	121
06	Germany III	Wrong Way	Felix K.	Felix Krückau	Felix Krückau	25	115
07	Norway	Hvisker dit navn	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	5	344
08	Malta	Bandido - The Spanish Thief	Ina Robinich	Andrew Zahra	Deo Grech	2	470
09	Germany IV	Broken (And I Start To Sing)	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	34	28
10	Germany V	Wind von Ägypten	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	32	34
11	Germany VI	If You Love Me	Karin & Matthias Heising	Matthias Heising	Matthias Heising	6	328
12	Germany VII	Dein Platz in meinem Herz	Matthias Gräber	Matthias Gräber	Matthias Gräber	18	199
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	History	Sasha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Sascha Mutavdzic	1	545
14	Germany VIII	Neue Liebe	Daniel Koch	Daniel Koch	Daniel Koch	19	192
15	Netherlands I	Falter im Wind	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	22	166
16	United Kingdom I	Lost Without A Trace	Christina Irving & Dominic Irving	Christina Irving	Christina Irving	29	49
17	United Kingdom II	Inferior	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	14	219
18	Germany IX	Wegweisung	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	28	63
19	Turkey	Olmuyor nedense	Orhan Özmut	Orhan Özmut	Orhan Özmut	9	287
20	Sweden II	Do It!	Jonas Gladnikoff	Jonas Gladnikoff	Annika Jansson	12	249
21	Germany V	Lebenswertes Leben	Scotty	Scotty, Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	8	291
22	Netherlands II	Sample This	Aarnoud de Molennaar	Aarnoud de Molennaar	n/a	26	106
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Suze za kraj	Sasha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Sascha Mutavdzic	3	399
24	Sweden III	Another Lie	Sara Lidman	Jonas Gladnikoff	Giannis Kostarellis, Jonas Gladnikoff	4	372
25	Germany IX	In dieser Zeit	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	30	44
26	Denmark	You	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	21	178
27	Norway	Jeg har lagt dig på is	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	7	300
28	Finland	Waiting For Life	Petri Käenmäki	Tero Aalto	Tero Aalto	15	214
29	United Kingdom	Snuff	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	13	226
30	Turkey	Yolcu	Orhan Özmut	Orhan Özmut	Orhan Özmut	20	187
31	Germany X	A Little Boat	Ricky Nix	Richard Kessler	Richard Kessler	32	34
32	Germany II	Auf dem Ball der Engel	Projekt S.A.M.	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	23	122
33	Germany VIII	Sommerregen	Daniel Koch	Daniel Koch	n/a	17	200
34	France	Reviens-moi	Antony	Antony Florent	Antony Florent	31	37
35	Denmark	You Go Away	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	11	251
36	Germany IV	Meine Rückkehr ins Leben	S. Larsch & K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	35	22

Scoreboard

	Juries
																																			Total
Vi är inga öar							5	6		16								13				17		3				1			8				69
Le jeu de l'amour	8																																		8
Wie dichten wil	13	3	6		9		4	17		14	18		25	6	14	10	1	12		1		16			8		7	8		9				9	210
Music Of Broken Dreams	10	10	10	30			17	11		3	3		17	14	3	11	4		14			1	6	13	9		9	6			17		25	18	261
Hier gehör' ich hin	18	11		1	3					9			2	2						8	3	3	1	1	11		12			8	6		14	8	121
Wrong Way	14			4	7									1		6			12		2	25	2			1		10	1	18	12				115
Hvisker dit navn	3	13	7	13	16	2	25	18	12		8	5	9		13	12		18	2	3	30		3	30	10	8	18	13		16	15	12	10		344
Bandido (The Spanish Thief)	6	16	8	17	14	7	18	14	1			10	30	30	25	25		30	25	12	20	4	4	25	13	3	16	15	12	20	25			25	470
Broken (And I Start To Sing)								5						11																				12	28
Wind von Ägypten								3																11										20	34
If You Love Me	19	14		5	25	1	19	30			4	1	19			18	7		13		10	30	10	10	19	7	5	11		25	10	3	13		328
Dein Platz in meinem Herz	2	19	2	6	30	6	3	9		8		12	7	18	11							10		12	12	6	1	4	2	2		1		16	199
History	25	30	1	16	20	10	30	25	3	5	13		18		30	19	6		30		19	19	12	18	25	10	17	30		30	30	7	17	30	545
Neue Liebe		9			1		7				20		15	3	5	20		11			7	14			20	12	3	9		19	9	8			192
Falter im Wind		5			2		14		4		12		10	20	8	15		10				13		6	5	2	4	7		6		4		19	166
Lost Without A Trace								16		4	1			5		3			1											10			9		49
Inferior	30			3			20	12		18			1	4	17	17			15		9			8	17		19	2		17	3			7	219
Wegweisung							2			12	5			15			2												7				5	15	63
Olmuyor nedense	16	7		20	12		15			10	17		11	16	15	5		17	20	7	4	18		2			11	19	6	11	11		3	14	287
Do It!	11	18		15	11		10			7	19	2	4	25		2	5	20	4		8	12		16	4			16		15	1		11	13	249
Lebenswertes Leben	1		3	19	15	4	6		6	11	14	8	20		6	30	3	6	11	2	16	9		14	18		2	25		7	14		4	17	291
Sample This				25						20		7		10	9			7	17						1								8	2	106
Suze za kraj	4	17	5	12	18	5	9	20	10	6	11	6	12	17	19	16			16	6	25	7	8	20	30	4	15	17	5	14	16	10	16	3	399
Another Lie	17	20	4	14	19	8	1	15	7		30		16	7	18	7	8	9	18		17	8	5	17	14		25	20	3		18	5	18	4	372
In dieser Zeit		1		2						2	6	3		9				5		10														6	44
You	7	6		7	4			2		19			5	8	10			19	10		14			7	2		13	12	4	3			15	11	178
Jeg har lagt dig på is	9	25		10	17		16	1	8		9				1	9		25	9	5	18			19	15		20	5	10	13	20	6	30		300
Waiting For Life	20	12		11	8	12	12	8	2	1	25		6		16	1	12	14			13	11		4						1	13	2		10	214
Snuff	12	2		9	5		11	19	5	30	2		14		20	8		4	19						16		30			12	7		1		226
Yolcu	15	4		18	10		13	13		13	15	4			2	13		3	3	4	15	2		5			10	14			4		7		187
A Little Boat														12				16	6																34
Auf dem Ball der Engel		8			6					15	7		8	13	4						5	5		9	3		14				5		20		122
Sommerregen			12					7		17	16		3	19	7	4		2			12	20			7	5	8	18		4	19		19	1	200
Reviens-moi																		8	7		6								8		2		6		37
You Go Away	5	15		8	13	3	8	10		25	10		13		12	14	10	15	5		11	15	7	15	6		6	3		5			12	5	251
Meine Rückkehr ins Leben								4										1	8		1	6											2		22
																																			Total

Guest jurors:
Sorin Ripa (Romania) Thierry Leurquin (Belgium) Raf van Bedts (Belgium) Erwin Wiesen (Germany) José R.G. Bellon (Germany)	Maria Luisa Perero (Spain) Gerdy Wege (Germany) Anastasia Klinushkina (Russia) Paolo Boccadoro (Italy) Michael Andersson (Sweden)

Media

HCSC 2002 winner: Sasha - History

Recap of all HCSC 2002 songs in draw order
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