I Wanna was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 performed by Marie N representing Latvia. With this victory, Latvia became the second ex-USSR member to win the Contest (Estonia had achieved the feat one year earlier). Eurovision Song Contest 2002 logo. ... Marie N is the stage name of Marija Naumova (b. ...

The song is particularly famous for Marie's performance. She began wearing a white suit and a trilby hat, which was removed by one of her dancers. As the song continued, other dancers removed her suit jacket and her dark shirt, revealing the top of a pink dress. The suit trousers were then removed, revealing the bottom half of the short dress. On the final beat of the song, the hem was pulled, revealing the dress to be much longer.
This visual performance was also supported by a Salsa-style song, which made full use of the more up-beat tempos increasingly finding success in the Contest.

Marie (along with Brainstorm lead singer Renars Kaupers) would go on to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Brainstorm or Prata Vetra is a rock/pop band from Latvia. ... Lead singer of Latvian pop/rock band Brainstorm. ... Eurovision Song Contest 2003 logo. ...

The song was succeeded in 2003 as Contest winner by Sertab Erener representing Turkey with Everyway That I Can. Sertab Erener (born 1964) is a Turkish pop star, best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with Every Way That I Can. ... Everyway That I Can is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, by Sertab Erener. ...