Lied van Liedjes 28

This was the twenty-seventh Lied van Liedjes to be held. Semi-Finals would occur on the Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th October 2002. Golden Duels / Second Chance night would occur on Friday 1st November 2002 with the final happening on Saturday 2nd November 2002.

=Organization= Lucia Danielsen returned as executive producer, alongside the previous director Eila Kekkonen. Luxembourg broadcaster hired a contractor from Belgium, Amélie Bernhoeft. Luxembourg was the obvious contender for host city, however both Brussels and Antwerp proposed to host the event if Luxembourg could not provide.

=Contest= Lucia Danielsen had to withstand the high participation fee, and infact raised it even higher than ever before to allow them to host the contest in Luxembourg. There was even a week delay to the contest, making it one of the longest gaps between contests as they had to secure sponsors and money. The Semi-Finals had to be cut down and only two were allowed to take place. Because of the huge change in format, the rules were changed drastically. They would keep the top 5 of the previous contest to secure an automatic qualification into the final. These countries being:, , , and. Japan had initially been selected to be an automatic qualifier, replacing Serbia and Montenegro, however they withdrew and gave up the position.

Due to only 37 competing acts, and a lack of money, only two semi finals were made. These would each have 16 participants. There would be 10 qualifiers from each semi final which would join the automatic qualifiers of 5 to make a final of 25 countries. There would be no second chance round.

=Semi Finals=

Semi Final 2
=Finals=

Grand Final
=Other Countries=

Northern Europe

 * - no official statement made.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - no official statement made.

Western Europe

 * - no official statement made.
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 * - no official statement made.

Eastern Europe

 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - no official statement made.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.

Southern Europe

 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - no official statement made.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.

Americas

 * - no official statement made.

Asia

 * - no official statement made.
 * - no official statement made.
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 * - no official statement made.
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 * - no official statement made. they have yet to debut.
 * - no official statement made. they have yet to debut.
 * - no official statement made. they have yet to debut.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.

Africa

 * - no official statement made.
 * - no official statement made.
 * - no official statement made.
 * - no official statement made.
 * - no official statement made. they have yet to debut.

Oceania

 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.
 * - announced they would not take part in the edition due to financial reasons.