Greece's least successful result was in 1998 when it placed 20th with the song "Mia krifi evaisthisia" by Thalassa, receiving only twelve points in total, all from Cyprus.

[3] Ellinikós Telikós 2002 was the Greek national final developed by ERT to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

[4][5] During the voting phase, One, who would represent Cyprus in 2002, performed as special guests and video clips of previous Greek Eurovision entries were shown, including "Krasi, thalassa ke t'agori mou" by Marinella (1974), "Mathima solfege" by Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy (1977), "Charlie Chaplin" by Tania Tsanaklidou (1978), "Sokrati" by Elpida (1979), "Autostop" by Anna Vissi and the Epikouri (1980), "Stop" by Bang (1987), "I anixi" by Sophia Vossou (1991), "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" by Cleopatra (1992), "Ellada, hora tou fotos" by Katy Garbi (1993), and "Die for You" by Antique (2001).

[5] Prior to the event, ERT opened a submissions window for Greek composers, lyricists, and performers to submit their original songs for consideration by 17 December 2001.

[5] In the days following Rakintzis' selection, Greek press reported on an issue during the televoting phase in that while the process and phone numbers were explained, the host never announced the commencement of the voting period.

[11][12][13][14] At a press conference held by the artist, Rakintzis stated that he was willing to resign from being the Greek entrant due to the voting issue, but ERT had responded that if he were to not represent the nation, then they would pull out of the contest.

[19] For the performance, Rakintzis was joined by four vocalists/musicians: Giannis Karmas (keyboards), Michalis Kyriakidis (guitar), Nikos Menemenoglou (drums) and Terry Mavridis (bass).

[29] Alexis Kostalas [el] was the Greek spokesperson announcing the country's voting results during the show, a task he had performed since the 1998 contest.