Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

1st annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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. 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
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"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Results change

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01   Greece Greek Nicolas Ganopoulos "Filoi gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) Friends forever 8 53
02   Croatia Croatian Dino Jelušić "Ti si moja prva ljubav" You are my first love 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 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 Felius "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" My eyes say everything 11 23

Score sheet change

Results
Total Score                                
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 change

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 change

References change

  1. Zouboulakis, I. (1 November 2003). "Επιλογές / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"" [TV choices / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"]. To Vima (in Greek). p. 49.
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

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