Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Dates
Final 15 November 2003
Host
Venue Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s) Camilla Ottesen,
Remee
Director Arne J. Rasmussen
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producer Preben Vridstoft
Host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR)
Opening act Fu:el and Dance Faction
Interval act Sugababes performing "Hole in the Head",
Busted performing "Crashed the Wedding"
Participants
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries
Participation map
  • Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003frameless}}
    About this image
         Participating countries
Vote
Nul points None
Winning song  Croatia
"Ti si moja prva ljubav"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2003 • 2004►

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 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.

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, in order 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. Denmark was asked to host the first programme after their experience with their own contests and the MGP Nordic.

Location

For more details on the host city, see Copenhagen.
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".

Participating countries

16 countries competed in the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[6] 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.[7] These countries would eventually be replaced by entries from Poland, Cyprus and Belarus, in their first ever Eurovision event. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) also expressed a debut in the first contest, but went on to just broadcast it instead.[8]

The draw for the running order of the contest was held on 6 October, with Greece drawn to open the contest and the Netherlands drawn to close.[9]

The rights to broadcast the contest were also acquired by broadcasters in Finland (YLE), Serbia and Montenegro (RTS/RTCG), Estonia (ETV), Germany (KIKA) and Australia (SBS).[10]

Results

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Greece Nicolas Ganopoulos "Fili gia panta" (Φίλοι για πάντα) Greek 8 53
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
06  Macedonia Marija & Viktorija "Ti ne me poznavaš" (Ти не ме познаваш) Macedonian 12 19
07  Poland Kasia Żurawik "Coś mnie nosi" Polish 16 3
08  Norway 2U "Sinnsykt gal forelsket" Norwegian 13 18
09  Spain Sergio "Desde el cielo" Spanish 2 125
10  Romania Bubu "Tobele sunt viaţa mea" Romanian 10 35
11  Belgium X!NK "De vriendschapsband" Dutch 6 83
12  United Kingdom Tom Morley "My Song for the World" English 3 118
13  Denmark Anne Gadegaard "Arabiens drøm" Danish 5 93
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

Interval acts

The half time entertainment was provided by two 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. The real reason for his absence was that he hated Eurovision. The Sugababes performed "Hole in the Head". The opening number was performed by Fu:el and Dance Faction.

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. Contestant 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

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
JESC: Copenhagen 2003
(2003)		 JESC: Lillehammer 2004
(2004)

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.

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Junior Eurovision Theme"    3:37
2. "Fili gia panta"  Nicolas Ganopoulos (Greece) 2:36
3. "Ti si moja prva ljubav"  Dino Jelušić (Croatia) 2:45
4. "Mia efhi"  Theodora Rafti (Cyprus) 2:45
5. "Tantsuy"  Volha Satsiuk (Belarus) 2:46
6. "Tu esi vasarā"  Dzintars Čīča (Latvia) 2:33
7. "Ti ne me poznavaš"  Marija & Viktorija (Macedonia) 2:44
8. "Coś mnie nosi"  Kasia Żurawik (Poland) 2:42
9. "Sinnsykt gal forelsket"  2U (Norway) 2:40
10. "Desde el cielo"  Sergio (Spain) 2:39
11. "Tobele sunt viaţa mea"  Bubu (Romania) 2:42
12. "De vriendschapsband"  X!NK (Belgium) 2:45
13. "My Song for the World"  Tom Morley (United Kingdom) 2:39
14. "Arabiens drøm"  Anne Gadegaard (Denmark) 2:47
15. "Stoppa mig"  The Honeypies (Sweden) 2:32
16. "Like a Star"  Sarah Harrison (Malta) 2:47
17. "Mijn ogen zeggen alles"  Roel Felius (Netherlands) 2:45
Total length:
 46:44

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IMDB: Børne1'erens melodi grand prix 2000". IMDB. 1 May 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "IMDB: de unges melodi grand prix 2001". IMDB. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "IMDB: MGP Nordic 2002". IMDB. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "MGP Nordic 2002" (in Danish). esconnet.dk. 27 April 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "First EBU press release on JESC 2003". European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "The first ever "Eurovision Song Contest for Children" is born". 21 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ↑ http://netello.fi/tv?MODULI_id=467344
  9. ↑ "First ever Junior Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. 7 October 2003. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "The new Junior Eurovision Song Contest in high definition". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Zouboulakis, I. (1 November 2003). "Επιλογές / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"" [TV choices / 21:00, ET1 "Eurovision Junior"]. To Vima (in Greek). p. 49.
  12. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  13. ↑ http://netello.fi/tv?MODULI_id=467344

External links

Artists' sites

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.