winner, 2002
Marija Naumova
Marija Naumova represented Latvia at Eurovision 2002 in Tallinn with “I Wanna”, and won.
- who
- Latvian singer and songwriter
- born
- 23 June 1973, Riga
- contest
- 2002
- win
- 2002
- music
- pop, jazz
- active
- since 1995
- studied at
- University of Latvia
- sang for
- Latvia
Biography
Marija Naumova is a Latvian singer who performs as Marie N, in styles from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002 Marie N won the contest in Tallinn for Latvia with “I Wanna”, and a year later presented it from Riga with Renārs Kaupers.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Marija Naumova”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2002 Tallinn
“I Wanna”
Winner Won the contest with 176 points, ahead of 23 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Marija Naumova, Marats Samauskis
- Running order
- 23rd of 24
- Age on the night
- 28
Play: Marie N — “I Wanna”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2002 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2002: A winner that was nearly not allowed to enter
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Marija Naumova, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2002 The result
Latvia won. Marie N, who co-wrote the song, sang "I Wanna" second from last and finished on 176 points, twelve ahead of Malta's Ira Losco. For Malta, second place was its best result ever.
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