Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 24 May 2003 at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia, and presented by Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Latvian Television (LTV), who staged the event after winning the for with the song "I Wanna" by Marie N. Kaupers had also represented as a member of Brainstorm.

Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-five first set in . It saw the return of , , the , , and after having been relegated from competing the previous year. also returned to the contest after being absent the previous year, while participated in the contest for the first time. , , , , and were relegated due to their poor results in 2002.

The winner was with the song "Everyway That I Can", performed by Sertab Erener who wrote it with Demir Demirkan. This was Turkey's first victory in the contest after 28 years of participation. , , , and rounded out the top five. Further down the table, the achieved their worst result to date, finishing twenty-sixth (last place) with no points. However, they avoided relegation due to being one of the "Big Four" countries at the time, as well as relegation being abolished the following year. The host country Latvia placed twenty-fourth (third from last) – this was the first time since that the host entry did not place in the top 10, and it was, overall, the worst result for a host entry since .

This was the last contest to take place on one evening. The EBU revealed that it would be adding a semi-final show to the competition in order to accommodate the growing number of interested countries wishing to take part in the contest. This was also the last contest in which a relegation system was used to determine which countries would participate in the following year's contest. As the Belgian entry was sung in an imaginary language, this was also the first time the contest featured a song with no parts performed in English or a language native to the country.

Location

thumb|220x220px|Skonto Hall, Riga – host venue of the 2003 contest.

On 22 August 2002, Latvian public broadcaster Latvian Television (LTV) announced that it had chosen the Skonto Hall in Riga as the host venue for the 2003 contest.

Latvia won the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 on 25 May 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, with the song “I Wanna” performed by Marie N. This was Latvia's first victory in the contest, which also carried the right for LTV to organise the 2003 contest. LTV initially had budgetary concerns with staging the contest. The chairman of the National Radio and Television Council Ojārs Rubenis stated that if the government presented no budget guarantees, the council, which owns shares in LTV, would vote against organising the contest. Rubenis elaborated that LTV was prepared to cover the creative side and broadcasting of the contest, but additional funds would be needed for infrastructure, hotels and other financial issues.

The Government of Latvia allotted €5.3 million for the event with a further €1.1 million being provided by the Riga City Council – covering the anticipated organisational costs for the contest. A task force that included members from LTV, the National Radio and Television Council, and state secretaries was formed to explicitly work on organisation of the contest and report on the estimated expenses.

Bidding phase

Three cities were considered as host city of the contest: Riga, Ventspils, and Jūrmala. LTV requested proposals from the three cities concerning how they plan to organise the contest. Riga City Council offered the Mežaparks Open-air Stage, Skonto Hall, and the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre as potential venues for hosting the contest. Ventspils bid to host the contest in the halls of the Ventspils Olympic Center with a pledge of support from city mayor Aivars Lembergs, who added that Ventspils could also provide two cruise ferries that could be used to accommodate up to 8,000 guests. Jūrmala City Council offered the Dzintari Concert Hall with plans to expand and upgrade the facility and surrounding infrastructure. LTV ultimately chose the Skonto Hall as the venue to stage the contest.

Key

Host venue

Shortlisted

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | City

! scope="col" | Venue

! scope="row" | Jūrmala

| Dzintari Concert Hall

! scope="row" style="background:#CEDFF2; font-weight:bold;" rowspan="3" | Riga

| Mežaparks Open-air Stage

|- style="background:#CEDFF2;"

| Skonto Hall

|- style="background:#F2E0CE;"

| Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre ‡

! scope="row" | Ventspils

| Ventspils Olympic Center halls

Participants

Per the rules of the contest, twenty-six countries were allowed to participate in the event, a new record number of competing entries in a single edition. Originally a total of twenty-five countries were scheduled to participate in the event, however was added to the line-up shortly before the publication of the competing countries in November 2002, making its début appearance in the contest. , , the , , , and returned after being absent from the previous year's event, and competed alongside Ukraine, the "Big Four" largest contributing participating countries, , , and the and the remaining fifteen highest-scoring participating countries from the . Having received the lowest scores in the 2002 contest, , , , , and were subsequently relegated and were prevented from participating in this year's event. In reality, only five countries were relegatednineteen countries that entered in 2002 competed in Riga. Originally, , , and had planned 2003 debuts, but the EBU's late changes to the relegation procedure meant that they could not compete. The countries eventually made their debuts in 2004.

The 2003 contest was one of the few editions where no lead artists had previously competed as lead artists in past contests, although Slovenian representative Karmen had previously performed as a backing singer to Vili Resnik for .

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Eurovision Song Contest 2003 participants

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Language

! scope="col" | Songwriter(s)

! scope="row" |

| ORF

| Alf Poier

| ""

| German

| Alf Poier

! scope="row" |

| RTBF

| Urban Trad

| "Sanomi"

| Imaginary

! scope="row" |

| PBSBiH

| Mija Martina

| ""

| Croatian, English

! scope="row" |

| HRT

| Claudia Beni

| ""

| Croatian, English

! scope="row" |

| CyBC

| "Feeling Alive"

| English

| Stelios Constantas

! scope="row" |

| ETV

| Ruffus

| "Eighties Coming Back"

| English

| Vaiko Eplik

! scope="row" |

| ""

| French

| Hocine Hallaf

! scope="row" |

| NDR

| Lou

| "Let's Get Happy"

| English

! scope="row" |

| ERT

| Mando

| "Never Let You Go"

| English

! scope="row" |

| RÚV

| Birgitta

| "Open Your Heart"

| English

! scope="row" |

| RTÉ

| Mickey Harte

| "We've Got the World"

| English

! scope="row" |

| IBA

| Lior Narkis

| "Words for Love"

| Hebrew

! scope="row" |

| LTV

| "Hello from Mars"

| English

! scope="row" |

| PBS

| "To Dream Again"

| English

! scope="row" |

| NOS

| Esther Hart

| "One More Night"

| English

! scope="row" |

| NRK

| "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"

| English

! scope="row" |

| TVP

| Ich Troje

| " – "

| German, Polish, Russian

! scope="row" |

| RTP

| Rita Guerra

| ""

| Portuguese, English

| Paulo Martins

! scope="row" |

| TVR

| Nicola

| "Don't Break My Heart"

| English

! scope="row" |

| C1R

| t.A.T.u.

| "" ()

| Russian

! scope="row" |

| RTVSLO

| Karmen

| "Nanana"

| English

! scope="row" |

| TVE

| Beth

| ""

| Spanish

! scope="row" |

| SVT

| Fame

| "Give Me Your Love"

| English

! scope="row" |

| TRT

| Sertab Erener

| "Everyway That I Can"

| English

! scope="row" |

| NTU

| Olexandr

| ""

| English

! scope="row" |

| BBC

| Jemini

| "Cry Baby"

| English

| Martin Isherwood

Format

The EBU released the rules for the 2003 contest in November 2002, which detailed that twenty-six countries would participate, making it the largest number of participants to take part in the contest up to this point.

The official sponsors for the contest were Latvian mobile telecom provider and Latvian bank company . LTV selected Latvia Tours as its official partner to provide lodging, travel and recreation for the contest delegations and other guests. Riga City Council was also responsible for offering promotion and activities during the week preceding the contest.

Full preparations for the 2003 contest began on 18 May 2003 at the Skonto Hall. There were rehearsals, press conferences and participants were also involved in an internet chat. Two dress rehearsals were held on 23 May, in front of an estimated 12,000 people. The organisers of the contest held a press conference; one of the issues complained about was the lack of invitations for the after-party. The final dress rehearsal was held on 24 May, the day of the contest. A simulation of the voting procedure was also held, in which the presenters linked up with all twenty-six countries by satellite for the first time. At the conclusion of the contest, favourites Russia placed third and Spain placed eighth, while outsiders Turkey (20–1) and Belgium (50–1) claimed the first and second places, respectively. Austria, at 100–1, were favourites to finish last, however, they scored their best result since 1989, placing sixth.

Graphic design

The design of the contest was built around the theme "Magical rendez-vous", which represented the meeting of the various European nations coming to Latvia and encountering Latvia's versatile landscapes. On 16 November 2002, LTV and the EBU presented the logo for the contest which was designed by the director of the Computer Graphics Department of LTV, Maris Kalve with further elaboration by LTV's chief artist Kristaps Skulte. The logo was named upes, the Latvian word for rivers, and carried the slogan "All rivers flow toward the sea, all songs flow toward the Eurovision Song Contest".

The postcards shown between the entries were directed by Ugis Brikmanis and featured the artists competing at the contest interacting with Latvia's various landscapes: forests, rivers, lakes and towns. The postcards were recorded during the preceding week of the contest and ran behind schedule, leading to some postcards featuring only footage from the rehearsals and press conferences.

The stage design was created by Aigars Ozoliņš and based on the concept "Planet Latvia". The stage used several light and video effects and included an innovation new to the contest – a video screen stage floor that could be used to give each entry a unique look. For the first time, the scoreboard automatically rearranged itself in descending order as each point was awarded, making it easier for the audience and television viewers to follow the exact progress of the competitors throughout the voting process.

National host broadcaster

Initially, Arvīds Babris, head of the Latvian delegation at the 2002 contest, was appointed as executive producer for the contest, however, after production fell behind schedule and the EBU applied pressure upon LTV, he was dismissed and Brigita Rozenbrika took over the position, receiving additional support from the Swedish broadcaster (SVT) and Estonian broadcaster (ETV). SVT was also the technical producer of the contest for the second year running with Sven Stojanović as director and the Swedish lighting company Spectra+ contracted for the contest.

Voting system

The EBU reintroduced televoting as an obligatory voting mode in all participating countries, which awarded 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points to their ten favourite songs, in ascending order. Countries voted in the same order as they had performed. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia were granted an exception to holding a televote as they cited that their telecommunications penetration was less than 80%. In televoting and SMS voting, a household shall not be permitted to vote more than three times. The format change eliminated the relegation system, allowing all countries to send an artist and song to the contest. The fourteen eventual countries from the 2003 contest that qualified to compete directly in the 2004 final were Turkey, Belgium, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Poland, Spain, Iceland, Romania, Ireland, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. All other countries would have to compete in the semi-final for ten remaining spots in the final.

Contest overview

The contest was held on 24 May 2003 at 22:00 EEST (21:00 CEST) and was won by Turkey.

The contest featured special guests that communicated with the hosts via satellite: Lys Assia, winner of the 1956 contest greeted the hosts and spectators from Nicosia, Elton John spoke to the presenters live from the Life Ball in Vienna and one astronaut and one cosmonaut—Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko—gave their greetings from the International Space Station. The interval act for the contest was a short film directed by Anna Viduleja that featured a sequence of performances by Latvian post-folklore group Iļģi, Renārs Kaupers' band Brainstorm, Marie N and piano player Raimonds Pauls.

Turkey won with 167 points. Belgium came second with 165 points, with Russia, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Poland, Iceland, Spain and Romania completing the top ten. Portugal, Slovenia, Latvia, Malta and United Kingdom occupied the bottom five positions.

The UK's result was their worst-ever at Eurovision; by contrast, Turkey's win was their first. Alf Poier's sixth place was Austria's best result for fourteen years, Poland's seventh place was their best in nine, and Romania's tenth place was one place behind their best-ever. Belgium's second place was their first top-five finish in seventeen years, while Spain's eighth place (tied with Iceland's, which had its best result since 1999) was their third top-ten finish in a row, but Latvia's third-from-bottom finish was their worst result in four attempts; it was also the worst placing for a host country since 1992, until 2015 when host country Austria received 'nul points' and came second to last (Germany also received 'nul points' but because of the running order Austria placed ahead of them).

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points

! scope="col" | Place

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| Birgitta

| "Open Your Heart"

| 81

| 8

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

| ""

| 101

| 6

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3

| "We've Got the World"

| 53

| 11

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4

| "Everyway That I Can"

| 167

| 1

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5

| "To Dream Again"

| 4

| 25

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6

| ""

| 27

| 16

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7

| ""

| 13

| 22

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8

| ""

| 29

| 15

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9

| "Feeling Alive"

| 15

| 20

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10

| Lou

| "Let's Get Happy"

| 53

| 11

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11

| data-sort-value="tATu" | t.A.T.u.

| ""

| 164

| 3

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12

| Beth

| ""

| 81

| 8

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13

| "Words for Love"

| 17

| 19

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14

| "One More Night"

| 45

| 13

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15

| Jemini

| "Cry Baby"

| 0

| 26

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16

| Olexandr

| ""

| 30

| 14

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17

| Mando

| "Never Let You Go"

| 25

| 17

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18

| "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"

| 123

| 4

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19

| ""

| 19

| 18

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 20

| Ich Troje

| " – "

| 90

| 7

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 21

| data-sort-value="FLY" | F.L.Y.

| "Hello from Mars"

| 5

| 24

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 22

| Urban Trad

| "Sanomi"

| 165

| 2

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 23

| Ruffus

| "Eighties Coming Back"

| 14

| 21

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 24

| Nicola

| "Don't Break My Heart"

| 73

| 10

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 25

| Fame

| "Give Me Your Love"

| 107

| 5

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 26

| Karmen

| "Nanana"

| 7

| 23

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. The voting order in the 2003 contest was the order in which the countries had been drawn to perform. The spokespersons for each country were:

Eva María Jónsdóttir
Pamela Flood
Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Sharon Borg
Loukas Hamatsos
Axel Bulthaupt
Yana Churikova
Anne Igartiburu
Marlayne
Lorraine Kelly
Lyudmyla Hariv
Roald Øyen
Sandrine François
Ines
Leonard Miron
Kattis Ahlström
Peter Poles

Detailed voting results

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2" | Voting procedure used:

! scope="col"

! style="height:2px; border-top:1px solid transparent;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

! rowspan="26"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Iceland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 81 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || 7 || 8 || 12 || || || 6 || 5 || 1 || || || || 6 || || 4 || || 12 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 1 || || 7 || 4

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Austria

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 101 || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || 6 || || 5 || 10 || 5 || 4 || 2 || || 8 || || 8 || 8 || || 2 || 8 || || || 4 || 2 || 6 || || 6 || 7

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ireland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 53 || 2 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 5 || 5 || || 7 || 4 || 7 || || || || || || 12 || 1 || || 6 || || || 1 || 1 || || || || 2

|- style="background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | Turkey

| style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 167 || 3 || 12 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 4 || 12 || 8 || 10 || 8 || 10 || || 3 || 7 || 12 || 7 || 2 || 7 || 10 || 10 || 2 || || 12 || || 10 || 8 || 10

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Malta

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 4 || || || 3 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Bosnia and Herzegovina

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 27 || || 7 || || 12 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || 8 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Portugal

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 13 || || || 2 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || || 2 || || || || 3 || || || 6 || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Croatia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 29 || || 5 || 6 || 3 || || 6 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || || || || || || 1 || || || || || || || || || 8

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Cyprus

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 15 || || || || || 2 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || 1 || || || || 12 || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Germany

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 53 || 8 || 1 || 4 || || 3 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 7 || 4 || || 2 || 4 || || || || || 5 || 2 || || 2 || 1 || 10 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Russia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 164 || 4 || 8 || || 10 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 12 || 10 || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 6 || 10 || 1 || || 12 || 10 || 2 || 7 || 4 || 12 || 7 || 12 || 7 || 2 || 12

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Spain

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 81 || 6 || || || 2 || || || 12 || 7 || 6 || || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 12 || 5 || || || 5 || || || || || 10 || || 5 || 4 || 1

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Israel

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 17 || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || 3 || || 8 || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Netherlands

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 45 || || || 5 || || 7 || 2 || || || || || 10 || || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 1 || || || 5 || || || || 8 || || || 5 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ukraine

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 30 || || || || || || || || || || || 8 || || 4 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || 10 || 5 || || 3 || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Greece

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 25 || || || 1 || 4 || || || || || 12 || 5 || 1 || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || || || || || || 2 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Norway

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 123 || 12 || 2 || 12 || || 6 || || 5 || || || 7 || 4 || || 3 || 7 || 6 || 7 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 3 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 10 || 3 || 12 || 5

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | France

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 19 || || || || || || 8 || 2 || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 3 || || || || 6 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Poland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 90 || || 10 || || || 10 || || || || || 12 || || 5 || || 4 || 2 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 5 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 8 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 3 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Latvia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 5 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || 5 || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belgium

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 165 || 7 || 4 || 10 || 7 || || 10 || 6 || || 3 || 6 || 3 || 12 || 8 || 10 || 5 || 10 || 8 || 3 || 12 || 12 || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 8 || 8 || || 3

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Estonia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 14 || 1 || || 8 || || || || || || || || 2 || || || || 3 || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Romania

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 73 || || 6 || || 1 || || 7 || || 1 || 2 || 4 || 12 || 10 || 6 || || || 6 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 8 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 1 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Sweden

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 107 || 5 || 3 || || || 8 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 3 || || 7 || 5 || 3 || 10 || 5 || || 7 || 2 || 7 || 6 || 4 || 7 || 12 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"| || 6

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Slovenia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 7 || || || || || || 4 || || 3 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaaaaa;"|

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | N.

! scope="col" | Contestant

! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points

! scope="row" | 5

| || , , , ,

! scope="row" | 4

| || , , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 3

| || , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2

| || ,

! scope="row" rowspan="7" | 1

| ||

Broadcasts

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| RTBF

Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Location

Bidding phase

Participants

Format

Graphic design

National host broadcaster

Voting system

Contest overview<span class="anchor" id="Results"></span><span class="anchor" id="Participants and results"></span>

Spokespersons

Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span>

12 points

Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Commentators"></span>