The three contest winners were Eyal Shachar of Israel, Sedat Yüce of Turkey and Linda Valori of Italy, respectively.

Created by End Productions, the first edition of Megahit-International Mediterranean Song Contest (Turkish: Megahit-Uluslararası Akdeniz Şarkı Yarışması) was organized in Aspendos Theatre in Antalya on October 13, 2002.

Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu, president of End Productions, hosted the event with Tuğçe Kazaz and Çağla Kubat.

[9] The third and final edition of the contest was held again in Fethiye Stadium on September 15, 2004[10] The number of participating countries raised to 15.

[10] Italian performer Linda Valori won the contest with "E Vai" and was awarded a €10,000 prize.