The head of the German delegation confessed that he was very glad to see a rock band entering the somewhat conservative contest, and that this rock band came from Russia.
A widely expressed opinion was that the appearance of a rock band would infuse a fresh spirit into the pop-dominated contest and representatives of Germany, Lithuania and Malta pledged to vote for the Russian band. At the same time, everybody acknowledged that Mumiy Troll was "out of the Eurovision format", to say the least.
Eventually, Mumiy Troll wound up in 12th place. Though far from impressive, the result preserves Russia's participation quota for Eurovison 2002. If the ranking had been under 16, Russia would have been forfeited the right to send its representatives to the contest in the next year's installment.
As a band from Estonia topped the contest's rating list, Eurovion 2002 will take place in Tallinn.
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