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Encyclopedia > Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Date(s) May 24, 2003 (2003-05-24)
Presenter(s) Marie N,
Renārs Kaupers
Director Sven Stojanovic
Host broadcaster Flag of Latvia LTV
Venue Skonto Hall, Riga, Latvia
Winning song Flag of Turkey Turkey
"Every Way That I Can"
Voting system Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 26
Debuting countries Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Returning countries Flag of Portugal Portugal
Withdrawing countries Flag of Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Null points Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom


The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest and was held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on May 24, 2003. The hosts of the evening was 2002 contest winner Marie N and Renārs Kaupers, whose band placed third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. This was the second time that a Eurovision contest had been hosted by two former participants, this happening earlier in 1991. Sertab Erener, the entrant for Turkey, was the winner of the event with the song "Every Way That I Can", which earned 167 points. Turkey managed to win the contest despite receiving points from only 21 countries. This is less than Belgium who came 2nd receiving points from 22 countries, and Russia who came 3rd receiving points from 23 countries. Sertab Erener's song clearly showed her nationality with a striking violin hook in typically Turkish pop style, emphasised with attractive dancers accompanying her performing a bellydance. The song received an explosive reception from the Latvian audience. Erener had changed the song to include a faster tempo, melismas, and sang counter to the rhythm in tandem with the Turkish drums. Image File history File links Got from [www. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album cover of Marie N Marija Naumova (born June 23, 1973) is a Latvian singer. ... Renārs Kaupers is a Latvian pop singer. ... Sven Stojanovic is a Swedish director mostly involved with Swedish tv productions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Latvijas TelevÄ«zija logo. ... Skonto Hall is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Coordinates: Founded 1201 Government  - Mayor Jānis Birks Area  - City 307. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Every Way That I Can, also known as Everyway That I Can, is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, by Sertab Erener. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Skonto Hall is an arena in Riga, Latvia. ... Coordinates: Founded 1201 Government  - Mayor Jānis Birks Area  - City 307. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eurovision Song Contest 2002 logo. ... An album cover of Marie N Marija Naumova (born June 23, 1973) is a Latvian singer. ... Renārs Kaupers is a Latvian pop singer. ... Brainstorm or Prāta VÄ“tra are currently the most successful Latvian pop/rock band. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 13, 2000 in the Globen Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1991 in Rome. ... Sertab Erener (born December 4, 1964) is a Turkish pop star. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Every Way That I Can, also known as Everyway That I Can, is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, by Sertab Erener. ... Belly dancers Belly dance is a Western name coined for a style of female dance developed in the Middle East and other Arabic_influenced areas. ... The first two measures of Mozarts Sonata XI, which indicates the tempo as Andante grazioso and a modern editors metronome marking: = 120. “Andante” redirects here. ... In music, melisma is the technique of setting several notes to a single syllable of text. ...


The contest featured a usual collection of typical Eurovision-style dance numbers and power ballads with unique performances which allowed several acts to stand out from the usual fare. Alf Poier, the Austrian entry, gave a performance that was a clear attempt to poke fun at the contest's excesses, with a stage act involving cardboard cut-out animals playing musical instruments. The second placed Belgian entry Urban Trad produced a song somewhere in the space between folk and New Age music with instrumentation including piano-accordion, bagpipes, the recorder, and lyrics in "an imaginary language", delivered without substantial artifice. Nicola from Romania performed "Don't Break My Heart" which featured back-up dancers who changed costumes several times and played with a huge record player prop. In the end, voting came down to a three-way race between Russia, Belgium, and Turkey, with the usual pattern of ethnic blocs and quarrels mostly holding sway — but with a few surprising exceptions, most notably eight points from Cyprus to Turkey, after both countries had ignored each other in the voting for twenty years. Slovenia were the last country to issue votes, and they decided the winner, awarding ten points to Turkey. It is worth mentioning that second-to-last voter Sweden did not give any points at all to Belgium and only two points to Russia. Belgium finished just two points behind in second. Second favourite before the contest, Beth of Spain managed to end up 8th, due to a disappointing performance. After her rehearsal, her odds of winning across Europe went down considerably. She blamed a sore throat, but although she was third in Spanish Fame Academy Operación Triunfo, she wasn't to do so well in Eurovision. However, the song, Dime (Tell Me) managed to chart all across Europe and she remains one of the most successful people to come from reality TV in Spain. To emphasize the emotional aspect of a power ballad, crowds customarily hold up lit lighters. ... Alf Poier (born February 22, 1967) is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian. ... Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group, consisting of both Dutch and French speaking people. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... New Age music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ... Nicola Nicoleta Alexandru (born 2 January 1968), whose stage name is Nicola, is a famous Romanian singer. ... Elisabeth Rodergas, better known as Beth, (born December 23, 1981 in Barcelona) is a popular musician in Spain. ... Fame Academy is the name of televised competition to search for and educate musical talents. ... Location of different versions of Star Academy Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spains TVE network in 2001. ...


Pre-contest favourites t.A.T.u., who had already had success throughout Europe and throughout the world, caused many controversies before and after the contest. They cancelled their rehearsal, according to the band due to a sore throat, and even tried to boycott the event. They promised a shocking and erotic performance for the Eurovision final, which led the EBU to worry. During the final performance itself, fortunately nothing 'shocking' happened. After the results were in and Turkey had been declared the winner, the Russian team protested against the final outcome. There were difficulties with the Irish televote and according to EBU rules, a back-up jury would be used in this case. The Irish jury award no points to Russia nor Turkey, but it was later revealed that the televote results would have not given Russia any points ([1]), although they would have finished second ahead of Belgium. t. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...


The United Kingdom's act, Jemini, failed to receive a single point, provoking slight consternation in the UK. Some, such as long-time commentator Terry Wogan, believed that it was due to Britain's decision to back the United States in its attack on Iraq. However, discussion on the BBC's website suggested that many Eurovision enthusiasts attributed it to a mediocre song and to the fact that the female singer was completely out of key in the entire performance. In interviews following the event, Jemini claimed that there were significant problems with the monitor speakers; hence they couldn't hear themselves or the backing track and so performed badly. Whether this was an excuse, accident or sabotage is probably not worth the hassle of investigation. However, the fact that several other contestants were slightly out of key suggests that there may have been a monitor problem. Ukraine participated for the first time, however they also had a monitor problem during their performance. Jemini was a British pop group, best known for scoring nul points and finishing in last place with their song Cry Baby at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia. ... Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3, 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) for most of his career. ... The subject of this article is the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Monitor speakers may refer to: Studio monitor loudspeakers The loudspeakers facing the stage during a live performance. ...

Contents

The presenters, Marie N and Renārs Kaupers.

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Individual entries

Results

Bolded Countries earned a spot in the final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the forty-ninth Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, with the final on 15 May 2004, and the new semi-final three days earlier, on 12 May 2004. ...

Draw Country Language Artist Song Translation Place Points
1 Flag of Iceland Iceland English Birgitta Haukdal Open Your Heart - 8 81
2 Flag of Austria Austria Steiermarkish - German dialect in Austria Alf Poier Weil Der Mensch Zählt Because Humans Count 6 101
3 Flag of Ireland Ireland English Mickey Joe Harte We've Got The World - 11 53
4 Flag of Turkey Turkey English Sertab Erener Every Way That I Can - 1 167
5 Flag of Malta Malta English Lynn Chircop To Dream Again - 25 4
6 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English Mija Martina Ne Brini Don't Worry 16 27
7 Flag of Portugal Portugal English, Portuguese Rita Guerra Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez) Let me dream (only one more time) 22 13
8 Flag of Croatia Croatia Croatian, English Claudia Beni Više nisam tvoja I'm Not Yours Anymore 15 29
9 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus English Stelios Konstantas Feeling Alive - 20 15
10 Flag of Germany Germany English Lou Let's Get Happy - 11 53
11 Flag of Russia Russia Russian t.A.T.u. Не верь, не бойся / Ne Ver', Ne Boysia Don't believe, don't fear 3 164
12 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish Beth Dime Tell Me 8 81
13 Flag of Israel Israel English, Hebrew Lior Narkis Milim la'ahava Words For Love 18 19
14 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands English Esther Hart One More Night - 13 45
15 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom English Jemini Cry Baby - 26 0
16 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine English / Spanish Oleksandr Ponomaryov Hasta la vista - 14 30
17 Flag of Greece Greece English Mando Never Let You Go - 17 25
18 Flag of Norway Norway English Jostein Hasselgård I'm Not Afraid To Move On - 4 123
19 Flag of France France French Louisa Baileche Monts Et Marveilles Mounts And Marveilles 18 19
20 Flag of Poland Poland German, Polish, Russian Ich Troje Keine Grenzen - Zadnych Granic No Borders 7 90
21 Flag of Latvia Latvia English F.L.Y. Hello From Mars - 24 5
22 Flag of Belgium Belgium Imaginary Urban Trad Sanomi - 2 165
23 Flag of Estonia Estonia English Ruffus Eighties Coming Back - 21 14
24 Flag of Romania Romania English Nicola Don't Break My Heart - 10 73
25 Flag of Sweden Sweden English Fame Give Me Your Love - 5 107
26 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia English Karmen Stavec Nanana - 23 7

Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Birgitta Haukdal (born July 28, 1979) is a pop singer who comes from the small town of Húsavík in Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Alf Poier (born February 22, 1967) is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian. ... Weil der Mensch zählt (English translation: Man Is The Measure Of All Things, literally Because The Human Counts) was the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in Steiermarkish (a dialect of German) by Alf Poier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Mickey Joe Harte (born 1973) is a professional singer-songwriter from Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Sertab Erener (born December 4, 1964) is a Turkish pop star. ... Every Way That I Can, also known as Everyway That I Can, is the winning song of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, by Sertab Erener. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malta. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Lynn Chircop (born 1981) is a Maltese singer, who won the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs in the Serbian diaspora. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Mija Martina Barbarić (born April 26, 1984) is a singer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Ne Brini (English translation: Dont Worry) was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in Bosnian and English by Mija Martina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Rita Guerra (born Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra on October 22, 1967) is a Portuguese singer. ... Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez) (English: Let me dream (just once more)) was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia, performed in Portuguese and English (although this bilingual version was never recorded) by Rita Guerra. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Claudia Beni (born May 30, 1986) is a pop music singer from Croatia. ... ViÅ¡e nisam tvoja (English translation: Im Not Yours Anymore) was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in Croatian and English by Claudia Beni. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Stelios Konstantas is a well known singer in Cyprus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... German pop singer and Eurovision participant Lou was born on October 27, 1963. ... Lets Get Happy was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Lou. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... t. ... Ne Ver, Ne Boysia (Cyrillic: Не верь, не бойся; Translated: Dont Believe, Dont Fear) also known as Ne Ver, Ne Boisya, Ne Prosi (Dont believe, Dont fear, Dont ask) is a song by t. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Elisabeth Rodergas, better known as Beth, (born December 23, 1981 in Barcelona) is a popular musician in Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Lior Narkis is an Israeli singer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Birthname: Katinka Hartkamp Birthplace: Rotterdam Katinka Hartkamp (Epe, June 3, 1970) acts nowadays under the name Esther Hart. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jemini was a British pop group, best known for scoring nul points and finishing in last place with their song Cry Baby at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Manto or Mando (Μαντώ in Greek), was born Adamantia Stamatopoulou (Αδαμαντία Σταματοπουλου in Greek), is a popular Greek singer. ... Never Let You Go was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English (the first time the Greek entry had not featured any lyrics in Greek) by Mando. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jostein HasselgÃ¥rd (born 1979) was not thought to have much chance of winning Norways national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, but he took the country by storm with his laid-back yet genuine performance of the power-ballad Im Not Afraid To Move On and... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Louisa Baileche (born 4th January 1977) is a singer, dancer and performer and has achieved success in a variety of artistic genres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group, consisting of both Dutch and French speaking people. ... Sanomi was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in an imaginary language by Urban Trad. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ruffus is a band from Estonia that originally became known as Claires Birthday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Nicola Nicoleta Alexandru (born 2 January 1968), whose stage name is Nicola, is a famous Romanian singer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Fame is a Swedish duo consisting of Jessica Andersson, (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Karmen Stavec Karmen Stavec (born December 21, 1973) is a Slovene musician and pop singer. ...

Voting structure

The vast majority of countries use televoting, where the top ten most-voted-for songs were awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points. Despite the EBU insisting on televoting in every nation in wake of the vote rigging of the juries in the 2002 contest, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia were unable to set up effective systems in time, so both remained using jury votes, for what has so far been the final time. The Irish televoting system failed during this contest, and so the votes of the Irish backup jury were used instead. The results of the Irish televotes were later released ([2]) after Russian protests of vote rigging to prevent t.A.T.u. from winning, but if the Irish televote results had been included, Turkey would still have won, and Russia would not have got any more points (though would have come second). Televoting or televote is the telephone voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. ... The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: , and unrelated to the European Union) was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England. ... t. ...


Score sheet

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Iceland 0 7 8 12 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 12 1 1 3 3 1 0 7 4
Austria 10 0 6 0 5 10 5 4 2 0 8 0 8 8 0 2 8 0 0 4 2 6 0 6 7
Ireland 2 0 5 5 0 7 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Turkey 3 12 0 4 12 8 10 8 10 0 3 7 12 7 2 7 10 10 2 0 12 0 10 8 10
Malta 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia-Herz 0 7 0 12 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 0 5 6 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 8 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 10 0
Russia 4 8 0 10 1 3 4 12 10 8 6 10 1 0 12 10 2 7 4 12 7 12 7 2 12
Spain 6 0 0 2 0 0 12 7 6 0 6 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 4 1
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 0 5 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 0
United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 3 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Norway 12 2 12 0 6 0 5 0 0 7 4 0 3 7 6 7 0 3 6 7 6 10 3 12 5
France 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0
Poland 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 0 4 2 8 6 4 5 8 5 4 4 3 0
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Belgium 7 4 10 7 0 10 6 0 3 6 3 12 8 10 5 10 8 3 12 12 10 8 8 0 3
Estonia 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 0 6 0 1 0 7 0 1 2 4 12 10 6 0 0 6 4 1 4 8 0 0 0 1 0
Sweden 5 3 0 0 8 1 3 2 1 3 0 7 5 3 10 5 0 7 2 7 6 4 7 12 6
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The table is ordered by appearance.

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Spokespersons

  • Iceland - Eva Maria Jonsdottir
  • Austria - Dodo Roscic
  • Ireland - Pamela Flood
  • Turkey - Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  • Malta - Sharon Borg
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina - Ana Vilenica
  • Portugal - Helena Ramos
  • Croatia - Davor Mestrovic
  • Cyprus - Loukas Hamatsos
  • Germany - Axel Bulthaupt
  • Russia - Yana Churikova
  • Spain - Anne Igartiburu
  • Israel - Michal Zoaretz
  • Netherlands - Marlayne
  • United Kingdom - Lorraine Kelly
  • Ukraine - Lyudmyla Hariv
  • Greece - Alexis Kostalas
  • Norway - Roald Øyen
  • France - Sandrine François
  • Poland - Maciej Orłoś
  • Latvia - Girts Licis
  • Belgium - Corinne Boulangier
  • Estonia - Ines
  • Romania - Leonard Miron
  • Sweden - Kattis Ahlström
  • Slovenia - Peter Poles

Yana Churikova is a Russian journalist, who worked on MTV Russia. ... Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly (born 30 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for GMTV, the ITV morning television station. ... Sandrine François is a French singer, born December 1980 in Paris. ...

Map

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  • Green = Participating countries
  • Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but not this year

External links

Eurovision Portal

  Results from FactBites:
 
Eurovision Song Contest 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (985 words)
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 24, 2003 in Riga, Latvia.
The presenters were Marie N (Marija Naumova, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia) and Renārs Kaupers (anglicised by himself to Reynard Cowpers), whose band actually came in at third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 held in Stockholm, Sweden.
This was the second time that a Eurovision contest had been hosted by two former participants, this happening earlier in 1991.
Eurovision Song Contest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3294 words)
Bizarrely, the UK's song was chosen after the date of the international final but the EBU adopted the idea of contacting the international juries by telephone and this was introduced in 1957 and used until 1993.
Some viewers of the Contest view the event as a combination of camp entertainment and a musical train wreck (a fact played upon in the UK broadcast with the sardonic BBC commentary of Terry Wogan) and a subculture of Eurovision Song Contest drinking games has evolved in some countries.
As mentioned previously, the Eurovision Song Contest was the central focus of an episode of Father Ted.
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