With the rapidly expanding size of the Contest , the decision was taken to restrict entry to the 2002 contest to those countries recording the best 13 results of 2001 , a group which did not include Norway . As a " passive participant " ( that is , a country broadcasting but not entering the Contest ) , Norway was re-admitted to the next event . Thus , the song was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 2003 contest by Jostein Hasselgård with " I 'm Not Afraid To Move On "
2002 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
On My Own (Haldor Lægreid song)