Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

1st Junior Eurovision Song Contest
date	November 15, 2003
Host country	Denmark
venue	Forum Copenhagen , Copenhagen
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Camilla Ottesen & Remee
Pause filler	Sugababes with Hole in the Head and Busted with Crashed the Wedding
participating countries	16
winner	Croatia
First time participation	Belgium , Denmark , Greece , Croatia , Latvia , Malta , North Macedonia , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Sweden , Spain , United Kingdom , Belarus , Cyprus
Voting rule	Each country awards 1-8, 10 and 12 points to its 10 favorites.
JESC 2004 ►

The 1st Junior Eurovision Song Contest was the premiere of the competition and took place on November 15, 2003 in Copenhagen , Denmark . The organizer was DR , the moderators were Camilla Ottesen and Remee . The winner of the competition was eleven-year-old Dino Jelusić from Croatia with the song Ti si moja prva ljubav (“You are my first love”). Spain finished second, the United Kingdom came third.

In advance of the competition, however, it was decided that the winning country would not be granted the event rights for the upcoming JESC in order not to expose the participants to unnecessary pressure. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place in Norway. Germany expressed interest in the competition and was already included in the list of participants, but withdrew for unexplained reasons and has not yet taken part in any competition. An initial participation was suspected in 2014, but the NDR withdrew on the grounds that the competition was probably not a successful format under German standards.

The JESC 2003 was the first Eurovision Song Contest ever to be broadcast in 16: 9 format. In addition, it was the first ESC that subsequently released a DVD on the market. The competition was also broadcast in Finland (YLE), Kosovo (RTK), Serbia and Montenegro (RTS / RTCG), Estonia (ETV), Germany (KIKA) and Australia (SBS).

For Belarus it was the first participation in an ESC, in the Eurovision Song Contest the country did not take part until 2004. While there was no entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 60 years that won from start number two, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest did so in the first year.

participation

Green: Participants in 2003

16 countries participated in the first edition. The interest in participation exceeded the expectations of the EBU , which therefore decided to grant a maximum of 15 countries. Germany and Slovakia were also on this list, although they both canceled at short notice. Poland and Belarus moved up to replace them. After increasing the number of participants, Cyprus was also allowed to appear as the sixteenth country.

Because of their experience with the MGP Nordic , the model of the JESC, Denmark was allowed to host the first competition.

Participant and result

space	Start number	country	language	Interpreter	song	translation	Points
01.	02	Croatia	Croatian	Dino Jelusić	Ti si moja prva ljubav M / T: Dino Jelusić	You are my first love	134
02.	09	Spain	Spanish	Sergio	Desde el cielo M / T: Sergio Jesus Garcia Gil	From heaven	125
03.	12	United Kingdom	English	Tom Morley	My Song for the World M / T: Tom Morley	My song for the world	118
04th	04th	Belarus	Belarusian	Olga Satsyuk	Tanzuj M / T: Olga Satsyuk	Dance!	103
05.	13	Denmark	Danish	Anne Gadegaard	Arabian drøm M / T: Anne Gadegaard	Arabic dream	093
06th	11	Belgium	Flemish	X! NK	De vriendschapsband M / T: Jonas Meukens, Niels Meukens, Philip Valkiers, Thomas Valkiers	The bond of friendship	083
07th	15th	Malta	English	Sarah Harrison	Like a Star M / T: Sarah Harrison	Like a star	056
08th.	01	Greece	Greek	Nicolas Ganopoulos	Fili gia panta M / T: Nicolas Ganopoulos	friends for ever	053
09.	05	Latvia	Latvian	Dzintars Cica	Tu esi vasarā M / T: Dzintars Cica	It is summer	037
10.	10	Romania	Romanian	Bubu	Tobele sunt viaţa mea M / T: nd three Mihai Cernea	Drums are my life	035
11.	16	Netherlands	Dutch	Roel Felius	Mijn ogen zeggen everything M / T: Roel Felius	My eyes say everything	023
12.	06th	North Macedonia	Macedonian	Marija & Viktorija	Ti ne me poznavaš M / T: Marija Arsovska, Viktorija Loba	You don't pay any attention to me	019th
13.	08th	Norway	Norwegian	2U	Sinnsykt gal forelsket M / T: Charlot Daysh, Joakim Harestad Haukaas	Crazy with love	018th
14th	03	Cyprus	Greek	Theodora Rafti	Mia efhi M / T: Theodora Rafti	A desire	016
15th	14th	Sweden	Swedish	The honeypies	Stoppa mig M / T: Rebecca Laakso	Stop me	012
16.	07th	Poland	Polish	Kasia Zurawik	Coś mnie nosi M / T: Kasia Zurawik	Something is making me nervous	003

Distribution of points

		Result
		Pt.	GR	MR	CY	BY	LV	MK	PL	NO	IT	RO	BE	GB	DK	SE	MT	NL
country	Greece	53		7th	12	1	5	1	1	7th		5	2	7th	1	3		1
	Croatia	134	10		8th	10	8th	12	10	12	2	12	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	10
	Cyprus	16	12							1				3
	Belarus	103	5	12	6th		10	10	12	10	1	7th	5	5	4th	7th	6th	3
	Latvia	37		5		8th		4th	3	3		1	3	1			3	6th
	Macedonia	19th		10		2										1	2	4th
	Poland	3				3
	Norway	18th		1			3	2			5				3	4th
	Spain	125	8th	8th	10	6th	12	8th	8th	6th		8th	10	12	6th	6th	10	7th
	Romania	35	4th		5		2	5	2		6th		6th				5
	Belgium	83	3	6th	2	7th	4th	6th	6th	4th	8th	3		6th	7th	5	4th	12
	United Kingdom	118	7th	4th	7th	12	7th	3	7th	5	10	10	4th		12	10	12	8th
	Denmark	93	6th	2	4th	5	6th	7th	5	8th	12	6th	7th	4th		12	7th	2
	Sweden	12			1					2	3				5		1
	Malta	56	2	3	3	4th	1		4th		7th	4th	1	10	10	2		5
	Netherlands	23	1								4th	2	12	2	2

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
3	Croatia	North Macedonia , Norway , Romania
	United Kingdom	Denmark , Malta , Belarus
2	Denmark	Sweden , Spain
	Spain	United Kingdom , Latvia
	Belarus	Croatia , Poland
1	Belgium	Netherlands
	Greece	Cyprus
	Netherlands	Belgium
	Cyprus	Greece

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Esckaz.com: Review of JESC 2003, accessed July 19, 2010.

Web links

• official website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest