Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Final date	15 November 2003
Presenter(s)	Camilla Ottesen, Remee
Host broadcaster	DR
Venue	Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Winning song	Croatia "Ti si moja prva ljubav"
Voting system
Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	see below
Nul points	None
Interval act
Sugababes performing Hole in the Head, Busted performing Crashed the Wedding
Participation map      Participating participants
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. With Camilla Ottesen and Remee as the presenters, the contest was won by the then eleven-year-old Dino Jelusić, who represented Croatia with his song Ti Si Moja Prva Ljubav (You Are My First Love) while 2nd and 3rd place went to Spain and the United Kingdom respectively.

It was the first Eurovision to be broadcast in the 16:9 widescreen format. It was also the first Eurovision Song Contest where a DVD of the contest would be released. It was decided that the country that won the contest would not necessarily host the next contest, in order to reduce the pressure on the contestants.

Slovakian broadcaster Slovenská televízia (STV) and German broadcaster ARD expressed an interest in joining this contest and were included in a draw for the chance of participating in the programme (though the results of this draw later became redundant).^[1]

Individual entries

Results

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Greece	Greek	Nicolas Ganopoulos	"Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα)	Friends forever	8	53
02	Croatia	Croatian	Dino Jelusić	"Ti si moja prva ljubav"	You are my first love[2]	1	134
03	Cyprus	Greek	Theodora Rafti	"Mia efhi" (Μια ευχή)	One wish	14	16
04	Belarus	Belarusian	Volha Satsiuk	"Tantsui" (Танцуй)	Dance	4	103
05	Latvia	Latvian	Dzintars Čīča	"Tu esi vasarā"	You're in summer	9	37
06	Macedonia	Macedonian	Marija and Viktorija	"Ti ne me poznavaš" (Ти не ме познаваш)	You don't recognise me[3]	12	19
07	Poland	Polish	Kasia Żurawik	"Coś mnie nosi"	Something makes me bustle about	16	3
08	Norway	Norwegian	2U	"Sinnsykt gal forelsket"	Crazy in love	13	18
09	Spain	Spanish	Sergio	"Desde el cielo"	From heaven	2	125
10	Romania	Romanian	BUBU	"Tobele sunt viaţa mea"	Drums are my life	10	35
11	Belgium	Dutch	X!NK	"De vriendschapsband"	The bond of friendship	6	83
12	United Kingdom	English	Tom Morley	"My Song For The World"	–	3	118
13	Denmark	Danish	Anne Gadegaard	"Arabiens drøm"	Arabian dream	5	93
14	Sweden	Swedish	The Honeypies	"Stoppa mig"	Stop me	15	12
15	Malta	English	Sarah Harrison	"Like a Star"	–	7	56
16	Netherlands	Dutch	Roel	"Mijn ogen zeggen alles"	My eyes say everything	11	23

Interval acts

The half time entertainment was provided by 2 Acts from the UK. Busted performed "Crashed the Wedding" but Charlie Simpson was absent due to illness. However, the following day he was present for a radio interview in the UK where it was implied by both himself and the other band members that this was in fact a lie, and the real reason for his absence was that he hated Eurovision. The Sugababes performed "Hole in the Head".

Score sheet

		Results
	Greece	53		7	12	1	5	1	1	7		5	2	7	1	3		1
	Croatia	134	10		8	10	8	12	10	12	2	12	8	8	8	8	8	10
	Cyprus	16	12							1				3
	Belarus	103	5	12	6		10	10	12	10	1	7	5	5	4	7	6	3
	Latvia	37		5		8		4	3	3		1	3	1			3	6
	Macedonia	19		10		2										1	2	4
	Poland	3				3
	Norway	18		1			3	2			5				3	4
	Spain	125	8	8	10	6	12	8	8	6		8	10	12	6	6	10	7
	Romania	35	4		5		2	5	2		6		6				5
	Belgium	83	3	6	2	7	4	6	6	4	8	3		6	7	5	4	12
	United Kingdom	118	7	4	7	12	7	3	7	5	10	10	4		12	10	12	8
	Denmark	93	6	2	4	5	6	7	5	8	12	6	7	4		12	7	2
	Sweden	12			1					2	3				5		1
	Malta	56	2	3	3	4	1		4		7	4	1	10	10	2		5
	Netherlands	23	1								4	2	12	2	2

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another:

N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
3	Croatia	Macedonia, Norway, Romania
	United Kingdom	Belarus, Denmark, Malta
2	Belarus	Croatia, Poland
	Denmark	Spain, Sweden
	Spain	Latvia, United Kingdom
1	Belgium	Netherlands
	Cyprus	Greece
	Greece	Cyprus
	Netherlands	Belgium

Commentators

•  Norway - Stian Barsnes Simonsen (NRK1)
•  Spain - Fernando Argenta
•  Belgium (VRT) - André Vermeulen
•  United Kingdom - Mark Durden-Smith & Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (ITV1)^[4]
•  Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius (DR1)
•  Sweden - Victoria Dyring (SVT1)
•  Netherlands - Angela Groothuizen

References

1. ^ http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/archives/2002/press_song_contest_kids.php Information on the draw of broadcasters used prior to the contest
2. ^ Official English title: 'You are my one and only'.
3. ^ Official English title: 'I want to be your friend'
4. ^ http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Eurovision_Song_Contest

External links

• Junior Eurovision Official Site
• Lyrics of Junior Eurovision 2003 entries at ESCKaz.com

Artists' sites

• Official X!NK site
• Official Dino site
• Official Anne Gadegaard site