Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The show was presented by Camilla Ottesen and Remee. The contest was won by the then eleven-year-old Dino Jelušić, who represented Croatia with his song "Ti Si Moja Prva Ljubav" (You Are My First Love). Second place went to Spain and third place went to the United Kingdom.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 15 November 2003 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Presenter(s) | Camilla Ottesen, Remee |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Host broadcaster | Danmarks Radio (DR) |
| Interval act | Sugababes performing Hole in the Head, Busted performing Crashed the Wedding |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries | see below |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |  Croatia"Ti si moja prva ljubav" |
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Results
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Greece
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Greek | Nicolas Ganopoulos | "Filoi gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) | Friends forever | 8 | 53 |
| 02 | Croatia
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Croatian | Dino Jelušić | "Ti si moja prva ljubav" | You are my first love | 1 | 134 |
| 03 |  Cyprus
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Greek | Theodora Rafti | "Mia efhi" (Μια ευχή) | One wish | 14 | 16 |
| 04 |  Belarus
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Belarusian | Volha Satsiuk | "Tantsui" (Танцуй) | Dance | 4 | 103 |
| 05 |  Latvia
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Latvian | Dzintars Čīča | "Tu esi vasarā" | You're in summer | 9 | 37 |
| 06 |  Macedonia
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Macedonian | Marija and Viktorija | "Ti ne me poznavaš" (Ти не ме познаваш) | You don't recognise me | 12 | 19 |
| 07 |  Poland
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Polish | Kasia Żurawik | "Coś mnie nosi" | Something makes me bustle about | 16 | 3 |
| 08 |  Norway
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Norwegian | 2U | "Sinnsykt gal forelsket" | Crazy in love | 13 | 18 |
| 09 |  Spain
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Spanish | Sergio | "Desde el cielo" | From heaven | 2 | 125 |
| 10 |  Romania
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Romanian | BUBU | "Tobele sunt viaţa mea" | Drums are my life | 10 | 35 |
| 11 |  Belgium
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Dutch | X!NK | "De vriendschapsband" | The bond of friendship | 6 | 83 |
| 12 |  United Kingdom
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English | Tom Morley | "My Song For The World" | – | 3 | 118 |
| 13 |  Denmark
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Danish | Anne Gadegaard | "Arabiens drøm" | Arabian dream | 5 | 93 |
| 14 |  Sweden
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Swedish | The Honeypies | "Stoppa mig" | Stop me | 15 | 12 |
| 15 |  Malta
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English | Sarah Harrison | "Like a Star" | – | 7 | 56 |
| 16 |  Netherlands
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Dutch | Roel Felius | "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" | My eyes say everything | 11 | 23 |
Score sheet
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| Contestants | 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 |
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| 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
- Greece – Masa Fasoula and Nikos Frantseskakis (ERT)[1]
- Norway - Stian Barsnes Simonsen (NRK1)
- Spain - Fernando Argenta (TVE1)
- Belgium - Ilse Van Hoecke and Bart Peeters (VRT TV1), Corinne Boulangier (RTBF La Deux)
- United Kingdom - Mark Durden-Smith & Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (ITV)[2]
- Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius (DR1)
- Sweden - Victoria Dyring (SVT1)
- Netherlands - Angela Groothuizen (Nederland 1)
- Poland - TBC (TVP2)
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Media
Forum in Copenhagen was the venue for the inaugural contest.
References
- ↑ Zouboulakis, I. (1 November 2003). "Επιλογές / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"" (in Greek). To Vima: 49.
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
Other websites
Artists' sites
- Official X!NK site Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Dino site
- Official Anne Gadegaard site Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine