Latvia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "I Wanna", written by Marija Naumova and Marats Samauskis, and performed by Naumova herself under her artistic name Marie N. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), organised the national final Eirodziesma 2002 in order to select its entry for the contest.

The competition took place at the Olympic Center in Ventspils on 2 March 2002, hosted by Ija Circene and Ēriks Niedra and broadcast on LTV1.

[5] A jury panel appointed by LTV evaluated the submitted songs and selected fifteen entries for the competition.

Fifteen acts competed and the song with the highest number of votes from the public, "I Wonna" performed by Marija Naumova, was declared the winner.

[8] A preliminary vote by a jury panel and the Latvian public prior to the final also selected Marija Naumova as the winner.