The lyrics for "Addicted to You" were written by Kolehmainen's frequent collaborator Tracy Lipp [fi] alongside Janina Frostell, a model who was attempting a singing career: Frostell's album Impossible Love comprised songs she and Lipp co-wrote and "Addicted to You" was in fact written for Frostell's Impossible Love, her version being either never recorded and/or released once the potential of having a high-profile Finnish singer such as Laura Voutilainen make a Eurovision bid with the song was recognized.

"Addicted to You" easily won the national selection round for Eurovision 2002 receiving 46 points from the jury and 36% of the popular vote.

[3] Performing thirteenth on the night of the Eurovision 2002 final, following Sweden's Afro-dite with "Never Let It Go" and preceding Denmark's Malene with "Tell Me Who You Are", Voutilainen was dressed in the colours of the Finnish flag, in a blue top and white trousers.

The vocal quartet who supported Voutilainen included Sheidi [fi], who had placed sixth in the Finnish national preliminary for Eurovision 2002 with "Make the Rain".

Pictures of a weeping Voutilainen accompanied the singer's post-contest interview, in which she opined: "Everybody thought that I should have won...