For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the details for 2003.
The 2003 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Skonto Olympic Hall in Riga in Latvia on Saturday 24 May 2003. Presented by Marija Naumova and Renars Kaupers.
Full results appeared here at 01:50 UK on Sunday 25th May 2003. Later than normal due to the Eurovision Party in Birmingham I went to.
Congratulation
to Turkey who is the winner of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest
2nd : Belgium
3rd : Russia
Please
click here for full 2003 details! (Pre Eurovision Night). This detail pages was
this page until 24 May 2003.
There are loads of info about this years contest.
Results of the
contest is found later on this page. Don't click away.
The important news about 2004 contest is at the bottom of this page. UK qualify automatically to the final due to be one of the big 4 country even they got nil points.
(*) Indicate the number of times that a country was awarded 12 points.
This table is interactive! To sort a column, just click on any of the column heading. Click again for reverse sort.
| Position | Image | Country | Score | Song | Artist | Draw Order | Language |
| 1 |  . |
Turkey (4) | 167 | Everyway That I Can | Sertab Erener | 4 | English!!!! |
| 2 |  . |
Belgium (3) | 165 | Sanomi | Urban Trad | 22 | Jibrish |
| 3 |  . |
Russia (5) | 164 | Ne Ver, Ne Boisya, Ne Prosi (Don't Believe, Don't Be Afraid, Don't Ask) |
T.A.T.U | 11 | Russian |
| 4 |  . |
Norway (3) | 123 | I Am Not Afraid To Move On | Jostein Hasselgard | 18 | English |
| 5 |  . |
Sweden (1) | 107 | Give Me Your Love | Fame | 25 | English |
| 6 |  . |
Austria | 101 | Weil Der Mensch Zahlt (Because People Count) |
Alf Poier | 2 | German |
| 7 |  . |
Poland (1) | 90 | Zadnych Granic - Keine Grenzen (No Borders) |
Ich Troje | 20 | Polish/German |
| 8= |  . |
Iceland (2) | 81 | Segou Mer Allt (Open Your Heart) |
Birgitta Haukdal | 1 | English |
| 8= |  . |
Spain (2) | 81 | Dime Tell Me |
Beth | 12 | Spanish |
| 10 |  . |
Romania (1) | 73 | Don't Break My Heart | Nicola | 24 | English |
| 11= |  . |
Ireland (1) | 53 | We've Got The World Tonight | Mickey Harte | 3 | English |
| 11= |  . |
Germany | 53 | Let's Get Happy | Lou | 10 | English |
| 13 |  . |
The Netherlands | 45 | One More Night | Esther Hart | 14 | English |
| 14 |  . |
Ukraine | 30 | Hasta La Vista | Oleksandar Ponomariov | 16 | English |
| 15 |  . |
Croatia | 29 | Vise Nisam Tvoja (I Am Not Longer Yours) |
Claudia Beni | 8 | Croatian |
| 16 |  . |
Bosnia Hertzgovina (1) | 27 | Ne Brini (Could it Be) |
Mija Martina | 6 | Bosnian |
| 17 |  . |
Greece (1) | 25 | Never Let You Go | Mando | 17 | English |
| 18 |  . |
France | 19 | Monts Et Merveilles (To Promise The Moon) |
Louisa | 19 | French |
| 19 |  . |
Israel | 17 | Milim La'ahava (Words For Love) |
Lior Narkis | 13 | Hebrew/Little English |
| 20 |  . |
Cyprus (1) | 15 | Feeling Alive | Stelios Konstantas | 9 | English |
| 21 |  . |
Estonia | 14 | Eighties Coming Back | Ruffus | 23 | English |
| 22 |  . |
Portugal | 13 | Deixa-me Sonhar (Só Mais Uma Vez) (Let Me Dream (Once More)) |
Rita Guerra | 7 | Portuguese |
| 23 |  . |
Slovenia | 7 | Lep Poletni Dan (Na Na Na) |
Karmen Stavec | 26 | English |
| 24 |  . |
Latvia | 5 | Hello From Mars | F.L.Y | 21 | English |
| 25 |  . |
Malta | 4 | To Dream Again | Lynn Chircop | 5 | English |
| 26 |  . |
United Kingdom | 0 | Cry Baby | Jemini | 15 | English |
The winner was Turkey, the first for Turkey.
The United Kingdom has their first nil points ever.
For Background Details to the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, please click here.
For UK Selection Details, please click here.
For 2003 song lyrics, please click here.
For a report with photos from the Birmingham Eurovision Party 2003, please click here.
First Eurovision Song Contest for Kids
The first Junior Eurovision Song Contest took
place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Click here for full details of
the 2003 Contest.
Entries for the 2004 Contest
These are early predictions of which some have changed.
Automatic qualification will go to the following countries. The winner of the previous year, the next 9 highest score, the top 10 of the qualifying rounds and also the big 4 countries (pay a lot of money to the EBU), including United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain. This means that even that the UK got nil points for 2003, they qualify automatically to the final. The contest will be over 2 days.
| 2003 Winner | Turkey |
| Next 9 highest score from 2003 (exclude Big 4) | Belgium, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Poland, Iceland, Romania, Ireland |
| Automatic qualification regardless of score (Big 4) | France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Countries in the play off semi finals (so far) | The Netherlands, Ukraine, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Latvia, Malta, Denmark, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Switzerland |
| No Longer Interested in taking part. | Italy |
| No Longer EBU members | Luxembourg, Yugoslavia |
| Active Members of the EBU. Can enter if they wish | Tunisia, Algeria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Monaco, Morocco, San Marino, Syria, Vatican State |
The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries. Please click here for details.
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