Junior Eurovision

Song Contest
2003

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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest

2003 was the inaugural edition of the
annual Junior 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 Jelušić, who
represented Croatia with his song "Ti si
moja prva ljubav" (You are my first
love) while second and third place
went to Spain and the United Kingdom
respectively. The next time that a
country would win on its first attempt
was Italy in 2014.
 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2003

Dates

Final 15 November 2003

Host

Venue Forum Copenhagen,

Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s) Camilla Ottesen,
Remee

Directed by Arne J. Rasmussen

Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius

Executive producer Preben Vridstoft

Host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR)

Opening act Fu:el and Dance Faction

(not included in
televised broadcast)

Interval act Sugababes performing

"Hole in the Head",
 Busted performing
"Crashed the Wedding"
Website junioreurovision.tv
/event/copenhagen-
2003

Participants

Number of entries 16

Debuting countries Belarus

 Belgium
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Denmark
 Greece
  Latvia
 Macedonia
 Malta
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Spain
 Sweden
 United Kingdom

Participation map
 Vote
     Participating
Voting system countriesEach country awards 12,
10, 8–1 points to their 10
favourite songs.

Nul points None

Winning song  Croatia

"Ti si moja prva ljubav"
It was the first Eurovision contest 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, to reduce the pressure
on the contestants.

Origins and history

The origins of the contest date back to
2000 when Danmarks Radio held a
song contest for Danish children that
year and the following year.[1][2] The
idea was extended to a Scandinavian
song festival in 2002, MGP Nordic, with
Denmark, Norway and Sweden as
participants.[3][4] The EBU picked up the
idea for a song contest featuring
children and opened the competition to
all EBU member broadcasters making
it a pan-European event. The working
title of the programme was "Eurovision
Song Contest for Children",[5] branded
with the name of the EBU's already
popular song competition, the
Eurovision Song Contest.
Location
Denmark was asked to host the first
programme after their experience with
their own contests and the MGP Nordic.
Copenhagen was confirmed as the host
city in November 2002.[6] In January
2003, it was announced that the Danish
broadcaster would host the inaugural
contest at the 8,000 capacity Forum
venue in the Danish capital.[7]

Venue E…
Forum, Copenhagen. Venue of the 2003 Junior
Eurovision Song Contest.

Forum Copenhagen (Danish: Forum

København) is a large multi-purpose,
rentable indoor arena located in
Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
It hosts a large variety of concerts,
markets, exhibitions and other events.
The venue can hold up to 10,000 people
depending on the event. The Forum
operates as a convention center,
concert hall and indoor arena.

It was opened in February 1926 to host

a car exhibition and was last renovated
in 1996–97. Over two storeys there is a
combined exhibition floor area of 5,000
m² and a separate restaurant for up to
250 seated guests. The Metro station
Forum is adjacent to the building.
Forum Copenhagen was designed by
Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, and the
lighting was from Poul Henningsen's
brand new PH-lamp. In 1929 it held an
architecture exhibition, which was one
of the first presentations of
functionalism in Denmark, namely the
Housing and Building Exhibition in
Forum. It was at this exhibition that
Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen
exhibited their subscription to the
cylindrical "House of the Future".

Format

Presenters E…

In February 2003, there was

speculation regarding the potential host
of the first ever Eurovision Song
Contest for Children. Initially, the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU),
the organizer of the show, announced
the possible allocation of this role to
Irish vocalist and Eurovision Song
Contest 1997 co-host Ronan Keating
although no contract had yet been
signed.[8] On 10 October 2003, however,
it was officially announced that the
contest would be hosted by the Danish
duo consisting of Camilla Ottesen and
rapper Remee.[9]
Running order E…

The draw for the running order of the

contest was held on 6 October at
Radiohuset, with Greece drawn to open
the contest and the Netherlands drawn
to close.[10]

Voting E…

All countries used televoting to decide

on their top ten. In normal Eurovision
fashion, each country's favourite song
was given 12 points, their second
favourite 10, and their third to tenth
favourites were given 8–1 points.

Opening and interval acts E…

The opening number was performed

by Fu:el and Dance Faction, although
this was not included in televised
broadcast. The halftime entertainment
was provided by two acts from the
UK.[11] 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. The real reason for his absence was
that he hated Eurovision. The
Sugababes performed "Hole in the
Head".

Postcards E…

The postcards featured all of the

participants (and their backing
dancers/singers) exploring different
parts of Copenhagen. The postcard's
audio would be an instrumental version
of the opening theme. The following list
shows the various places they visited:

1.  Greece – The Tivoli Gardens

 
2.  Croatia – Forum Copenhagen
 
3.  Cyprus – Royal Danish Theatre
 
4.  Belarus – Danish Aquarium
 
5.  Latvia – Strøget
 
6.  Macedonia – Copenhagen Lakes
 
7.  Poland – A hotel in Copenhagen
 
8.  Norway – A hairdressers in
 
Copenhagen
 9.  Spain – Parken
 
10.  Romania – Louis Tussaud's Wax
 
Museum
11.  Belgium – Copenhagen Skatepark
 
12.  United Kingdom – Copenhagen Zoo
 
13.  Denmark – A hotdog stand in
 
Copenhagen
14.  Sweden – The Round Tower
 
15.  Malta – A riding school in
 
Copenhagen
16.  Netherlands – An internet café in
 
Copenhagen
Participating countries
16 countries competed in the first
edition of the Junior Eurovision Song
Contest.[12] In an original press release
for the contest, then entitled the
"Eurovision Song Contest for Children",
a draw was held to select 15 countries
to take part in the inaugural contest,
with Slovakian broadcaster Slovenská
televízia (STV) and German
broadcaster ARD being drawn to
compete along with 13 other
countries.[5]
These countries would eventually be
replaced by entries from Poland,
Cyprus (added as 16th country before
Germany and Slovakia withdrew) and
Belarus, in their first ever Eurovision
event. The Finnish broadcaster Yle also
expressed a debut in the first contest,
but went on to just broadcast it
instead.[13]

Results E…
Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points

Nicolas
01  Greece "Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) Greek 8 53
Ganopoulos

02  Croatia Dino Jelušić "Ti si moja prva ljubav" Croatian 1 134

03    Cyprus Theodora Rafti "Mia efhi" (Μια ευχή) Greek 14 16

04   Belarus Volha Satsiuk "Tantsuy" (Танцуй) Belarusian 4 103

05    Latvia Dzintars Čīča "Tu esi vasarā" Latvian 9 37

Marija & "Ti ne me poznavaš" (Ти не ме

06    Macedonia Macedonian 12 19
Viktorija познаваш)

Katarzyna
07    Poland "Coś mnie nosi" Polish 16 3
Żurawik

08    Norway 2U "Sinnsykt gal forelsket" Norwegian 13 18

09    Spain Sergio "Desde el cielo" Spanish 2 125

10    Romania Bubu "Tobele sunt viața mea" Romanian 10 35

11    Belgium X!NK "De vriendschapsband" Dutch 6 83

12    United Tom Morley "My Song for the World" English 3 118
Kingdom

Anne
13    Denmark "Arabiens drøm" Danish 5 93
Gadegaard

14    Sweden The Honeypies "Stoppa mig" Swedish 15 12

15    Malta Sarah Harrison "Like a Star" English 7 56

16    Netherlands Roel Felius "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" Dutch 11 23

Scoreboard
 Resu

Total score

Macedonia

Norway
Belarus
Greece

Cyprus
Croatia

Poland
Latvia
Greece 53 7 12 1 5 1 1 7
Contestants

Croatia 134 10 8 10 8 12 10 12

Cyprus 16 12 1

Belarus 103 5 12 6 10 10 12 10

Latvia 37 5 8 4 3 3

Macedonia 19 10 2

Poland 3 3

Norway 18 1 3 2

Spain 125 8 8 10 6 12 8 8 6
 Romania 35 4 5 2 5 2

Belgium 83 3 6 2 7 4 6 6 4

United
118 7 4 7 12 7 3 7 5
Kingdom

Denmark 93 6 2 4 5 6 7 5 8

Sweden 12 1 2

Malta 56 2 3 3 4 1 4

Netherlands 23 1

12 points E…

Below is a summary of the maximum

12 points each country awarded to
another:
N. Contestant Voting nation

Croatia Macedonia, Norway, Romania

3
United Kingdom Belarus, Denmark, Malta

Belarus Croatia, Poland

2 Denmark Spain, Sweden

Spain Latvia, United Kingdom

Belgium Netherlands

Cyprus Greece
1
Greece Cyprus

Netherlands Belgium

International broadcasts
and voting
The rights to broadcast the contest
were also acquired by broadcasters in
Iceland (RÚV),[14] Finland (Yle), Serbia
and Montenegro (RTS/RTCG), Estonia
(ETV), Germany (KI.KA), Australia
(SBS) and Kosovo (RTK).[15]

Voting and spokespersons E…

 Greece – Chloe Sofia Boleti

 Latvia – David Daurins
 Spain – Jimmy Castro
 Belgium – Judith Bussé
 United Kingdom – Sasha Stevens
 Sweden – Siri Lindgren
 Netherlands – Aisa

Commentators E…
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Participating countries E…

Belarus – Denis Kurian (BTRC)

 Belgium – Dutch: Ilse Van Hoecke
and Bart Peeters (VRT TV1), French:
Corinne Boulangier (RTBF La Deux)
 Croatia – TBC (HRT)
 
 Cyprus – TBC (CyBC)
 
 Denmark – Nicolai Molbech (DR1)
 
 Greece – Masa Fasoula and Nikos
 
Frantseskakis (ERT1)[16]
  Latvia – Kārlis Streips (LTV1)[17]
 
 Malta – TBC (PBS)
 
 Macedonia – Milanka Rašik (MTV 1)
 
 Netherlands – Angela Groothuizen
 
(Nederland 1)
 Norway – Stian Barsnes Simonsen
 
(NRK1)
 Poland – Jarosław Kulczycki (TVP2)
 
 Romania – Ioana Isopecu and
 
Alexandru Nagy (TVR1)
 Spain – Fernando Argenta (TVE1)
 
 Sweden – Victoria Dyring (SVT1)
 
  United Kingdom – Mark Durden-Smith
 
and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (ITV)[18]
Non-participating countries E…

 Australia – No commentator (SBS TV,

 
delayed)[19]
 Estonia – Unknown (ETV)[15]
 
 Finland – Henna Vänninen and Olavi
 
Uusivirta (YLE TV2)[13]
 Germany – Unknown (KI.KA, delayed)[19]
 

Other countries
For a country to be eligible for potential
participation in the Junior Eurovision
Song Contest, it needs to be an active
member of the EBU. It is currently
unknown whether the EBU issue
invitations of participation to all 56
active members like they do for the
Eurovision Song Contest.

 Finland – Finnish broadcaster Yle

expressed an interest in participating in
the contest. However, it was
unsuccessful and they went on to
broadcast it instead.[15]
 Germany – The EBU announced that
they would hold a draw to determine
which countries would participate in
the contest. German broadcaster KiKa
was one of the countries drawn.[5]
However, they announced their
withdrawal from the contest and went
on to broadcast it instead.[15]
 Ireland – After Germany and
Slovakia withdrew,[20] the EBU sent an
invitation to Irish broadcaster Raidió
Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) who then
submitted preliminary applications, but
in the end declined to participate or
broadcast the contest.[21]
  Israel – The EBU also sent an
 
invitation to the Israel Broadcasting
Authority (IBA), but they declined to
participate and also did not broadcast
it.[20] Ireland and Israel would later be
replaced by Poland and Belarus, who
received the final spot.[20]
 Slovakia – Slovakian broadcaster
 
Slovenská televízia (STV), along with
KiKa, was drawn to participate in the
contest,[5] however declined to
participate and did not broadcast the
show either.
Official album
 Junior Eurovision Song Contest:
Copenhagen 2003

Compilation album by Junior Eurovision

Song Contest

Released November 2003

Genre Pop

Length 46:44

Label Universal

Junior Eurovision Song Contest chronology

 Junior JESC:
Eurovision Song Lillehammer
Contest: 2004
Copenhagen (2004)
2003
(2003)

Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

Copenhagen 2003, is a compilation
album put together by the European
Broadcasting Union, and was released
by Universal Music Group on
November 2003. The album features
all the songs from the 2003 contest. On
the track list Cyprus was misspelt as
Cypres.[22]

See also
European Broadcasting Union
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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