For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the details for 2003.
The 2003 Eurovision Song Contest will be held at the Skonto Olympic Hall in Riga in Latvia. The date for the 2003 contest was on Saturday 24th May 2003.
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It was confirmed that 26 countries will be entering in 2003, which means that Slovenia who was relegated from 2002 now qualify. Slovakia and Hungary did not broadcast the contest in 2002, hence they cannot enter in 2003. Any more countries and the contest could last 4 hours!
From 2004, the Eurovision will become a 2 day event, where all entries are held on a Friday and the best songs go through to the live final. Whether the Friday show will be televised, I don't know. This also means that more than the 26 allowed countries can enter and all allow to vote for each other. It is possible that 40 countries can vote! (Source EBU)
The draw took
place on 29th November 2002 in Riga. The 2 presenters for the
contest are Renars Kaupers who is the lead singer of the band
"Brainstorm" that repesented latvia in 2000 and Marija
Naumova (last year's winner). (See left).
Here are the list in draw order : 1.Iceland 2.Austria 3.Ireland 4.Turkey 5.Malta 6.Bosnia Hertzgovina 7.Portugal 8.Croatia 9.Cyprus 10.Germany 11.Russia 12.Spain 13.Israel 14.The Netherlands 15.United Kingdom 16.Ukraine 17.Greece 18.Norway 19.France 20.Poland 21.Latvia 22.Belgium 23.Estonia 24.Romania 25.Sweden 26.Slovenia.
For UK Selection Details, please click here.
For 2003 song lyrics, please click here.
Here are the dates and songs where available, of the National Finals.
| Draw Order | Country | Date of Final | Song | Artist | Language | Betting Odds as of | ||
| Starting 26/03/03 |
Ending 24/05/03 |
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| 1 |  |
Iceland | 15 February 2003 | Segou Mer Allt (Open Your Heart) |
Birgitta Haukdal | English | 16/1 | 10/1 |
| 2 |  |
Austria | 14 March 2003 | Weil Der Mensch Zahlt (Because People Count) |
Alf Poier | German | 66/1 | 250/1 |
| 3 |  |
Ireland | 8 March 2003 | We've Got The World Tonight | Mickey Harte | English | 14/1 | 13/2 |
| 4 |  |
Turkey | Everyway That I Can | Sertab Erener | English!!!! | 33/1 | 14/1 | |
| 5 |  |
Malta | 7-8 February 2003 | To Dream Again | Lynn Chircop | English | 25/1 | 40/1 |
| 6 |  |
Bosnia Hertzgovina | 1 March 2003 | Ne Brini (Could it Be) |
Mija Martina | Bosnian | 25/1 | 28/1 |
| 7 |  |
Portugal | 2 March 2003 | Deixa-me Sonhar (Só Mais Uma Vez) (Let Me Dream (Once More)) |
Rita Guerra | Portuguese | 40/1 | 200/1 |
| 8 |  |
Croatia | 9 March 2003 | Vise Nisam Tvoja (I Am Not Longer Yours) |
Claudia Beni | Croatian | 40/1 | 80/1 |
| 9 |  |
Cyprus | Feeling Alive | Stelios Konstantas | English | 33/1 | 200/1 | |
| 10 |  |
Germany | 7 March 2003 | Let's Get Happy | Lou | English | 8/1 | 8/1 |
| 11 |  |
Russia | Ne Ver, Ne Boisya, Ne Prosi (Don't Believe, Don't Be Afraid, Don't Ask) |
T.A.T.U (yes they reach number 1 in the UK) | Russian | 7/2 | 5/1 | |
| 12 |  |
Spain | 10 February 2003 *17 February 2003 (winner announced) |
Dime Tell Me |
Beth | Spanish | 8/1 | 4/1 |
| 13 |  |
Israel | 23 January 2003 | Milim La'ahava (Words For Love) |
Lior Narkis | Hebrew/Little English | 50/1 | 200/1 |
| 14 |  |
The Netherlands | 1 March 2003 | One More Night | Esther Hart | English | 14/1 | 12/1 |
| 15 |  |
United Kingdom | 2 March 2003 | Cry Baby | Jemini | English | 9/1 | 20/1 |
| 16 |  |
Ukraine | Hasta La Vista | Oleksandar Ponomariov | English | 33/1 | 25/1 | |
| 17 |  |
Greece | 26 February 2003 | Never Let You Go | Mando | English | 25/1 | 12/1 |
| 18 |  |
Norway | 1 March 2003 | I Am Not Afraid To Move On | Jostein Hasselgard | English | 20/1 | 14/1 |
| 19 |  |
France | Monts Et Merveilles (To Promise The Moon) |
Louisa | French | 16/1 | 33/1 | |
| 20 |  |
Poland | 25 January 2003 | Zadnych Granic - Keine Grenzen (No Borders) |
Ich Troje | Polish/German | 66/1 | 33/1 |
| 21 |  |
Latvia | 1 February 2003 | Hello From Mars | F.L.Y | English | 8/1 | 9/1 |
| 22 |  |
Belgium | Sanomi | Urban Trad | Jibrish | 50/1 | 33/1 | |
| 23 |  |
Estonia | 8 February 2003 | Eighties Coming Back | Ruffus | English | 16/1 | 12/1 |
| 24 |  |
Romania | 1 March 2003 | Don't Break My Heart | Nicola | English | 20/1 | 25/1 |
| 25 |  |
Sweden | 15 March 2003 | Give Me Your Love | Fame | English | 8/1 | 16/1 |
| 26 |  |
Slovenia | 15 February 2003 | Lep Poletni Dan (Na Na Na) |
Karmen Stavec | English | 25/1 | 9/1 |
Many thanks to Noam in Israel for the dates, draw order and songs. Also thank you for all those people who emailed me with the titles. There are too many to list.
New countries will not be entering in 2003 but will enter in 2004 which are Andorra, Albania, Belarus, Georgia (now member of EBU), Yugoslavia (to be known as serbia-montenegro). However, Ukraine has somehow been allowed to enter the 2003 contest.
Two possible venues were to host the contest which are Skonto Stadium (hall 1) and the Kipsala Exhibition Centre, but the Skonto Stadium was chosen. The people at the Kipsale Exhibition Centre are very angry about this because they were given no criteria in which to present a presentation to the EBU. The people at Kipsala do not think Lativa can produce a good contest and wanted it to past to Malta but work has already started on the Skonoto Hall. (This happened to Estonia in 2001 when it nearly gave it to Denmark). Around 6,000 people will fit in the hall, with better acoustics and a moden revamp inside and out.
The 2003 logo has been selected. Ireland are going to be having a national final in a pop idol format (similar to 2002's Spain entry. Poland will also have a national final in 2003 for the first time. Esther Hart withdrew from the UK Entry because she was offered to sing for the Netherlands in the finals.
In a change of previous televoting, the time to televote in 2003 will be reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. Could be something to do with Greece voting for Cyprus and vice versa!
Many thanks to Noam in Israel and Michael from the UK for these information.
Betting odds at certain point before the contest
Red means that the odds are lower than the starting odds on 26 March 2003
| Draw Order | Country | Betting Odds as of | ||||||||||
| Starting 26/03/03 |
08/04/03 |
13/04/0 |
20/04/03 |
02/05/ |
10/05/03 |
15/05/03 |
19/05/03 |
21/05/03 |
23/05/03 |
24/05/03 |
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| 1 | Iceland | 16/1 | 10/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 | 8/1 | 8/1 | 8/1 | 9/1 | 8/1 | 10/1 | 10/1 |
| 2 | Austria | 66/1 | 100/1 | 150/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 | 250/1 | 250/1 | 250/1 | 250/1 |
| 3 | Ireland | 14/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 12/1 | 9/1 | 13/2 | 13/2 |
| 4 | Turkey | 33/1 | 20/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 14/1 |
| 5 | Malta | 25/1 | 80/1 | 100/1 | 125/1 | 80/1 | 80/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 |
| 6 | Bosnia Hertzgovina | 25/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 18/1 | 18/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 25/1 | 20/1 | 28/1 | 28/1 |
| 7 | Portugal | 40/1 | 50/1 | 80/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 150/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 |
| 8 | Croatia | 40/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 100/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 |
| 9 | Cyprus | 33/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 125/1 | 150/1 | 150/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 |
| 10 | Germany | 8/1 | 10/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 10/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 10/1 | 8/1 | 8/1 |
| 11 | Russia | 7/2 | 2/1 | 2/1 | 5/2 | 4/1 | 9/2 | 11/2 | 11/2 | 5/1 | 5/1 | 5/1 |
| 12 | Spain | 8/1 | 9/1 | 8/1 | 7/1 | 7/1 | 6/1 | 5/1 | 5/1 | 5/1 | 9/2 | 4/1 |
| 13 | Israel | 50/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 125/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 | 150/1 | 200/1 | 200/1 |
| 14 | The Netherlands | 14/1 | 20/1 | 14/1 | 16/1 | 14/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 14/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 9/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 33/1 | 50/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 66/1 | 33/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 |
| 17 | Greece | 25/1 | 50/1 | 25/1 | 9/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 | 9/1 | 10/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 |
| 18 | Norway | 20/1 | 16/1 | 14/1 | 10/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 |
| 19 | France | 16/1 | 16/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 16/1 | 25/1 | 33/1 |
| 20 | Poland | 66/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 125/1 | 66/1 | 50/1 | 50/1 | 50/1 | 40/1 | 40/1 | 33/1 |
| 21 | Latvia | 8/1 | 9/1 | 8/1 | 7/1 | 7/1 | 7/1 | 7/1 | 7/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 |
| 22 | Belgium | 50/1 | 50/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 80/1 | 80/1 | 40/1 | 33/1 | 33/1 | 33/1 | 33/1 |
| 23 | Estonia | 16/1 | 16/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 12/1 | 10/1 | 10/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 | 12/1 |
| 24 | Romania | 20/1 | 22/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 20/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 | 16/1 | 20/1 | 25/1 |
| 25 | Sweden | 8/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 | 14/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 25/1 | 33/1 | 14/1 | 12/1 | 10/1 | 10/1 | 10/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 |
Here is the situation regarding the varies of Countries for 2003 contest (before the draw was done)
| 2002 Winner | Latvia |
| Automatic Qualification regardless of score | France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Automatic Qualification due to disqualification from 2002 | Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands, Poland |
| Qualified for 2003 | Malta, Estonia,
Cyprus, Sweden, Romania, Russia,
Croatia, Israel, Belgium,
Slovenia Now The following qualified for 2003 Bosnia Herzegovina, Turkey, Greece, Austria |
| New for 2003 | Ukraine |
| May be for 2004! | Albania, Belarus, Yugoslavia (serbia-montenegro), Georgia (now member of EBU) |
| Disqualified from 2003 | FYR Macedonia, Denmark, Lithuania, Switzerland, Finland |
| Did not broadcast 2002 contest, hence automatic disqualification | Hungary, Slovakia |
| No Longer Interested in taking part. | Italy |
| No Longer EBU members | Luxembourg, Yugoslavia (all change) |
| Active Members of the EBU. Can enter if they wish | Tunisia, Algeria, Bulgaria, 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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