Eurovision Song Contest 2003 participants | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

2003 saw yet another debutant in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine participated for the first time. Due to this, 26 countries were present in Riga, a new Eurovision record. The famous duo t.A.T.u. .. More..

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Date of the Eurovision Song Contest final: 24 May 2003
Location: Skonto Olympic Hall, Riga, Latvia
Broadcaster: LTV
Host(s): Marie N and Renars Kaupers
Participating countries: 26
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.

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Eurovision Song Contest final

		country	participant(s)	song	pts	rnk
	4	Turkey	Sertab Erener	Everyway that I can	167	1
	22	Belgium	Urban Trad	Sanomi	165	2
	11	Russia	t.A.T.u.	Ne ver’, ne boisia	164	3
	18	Norway	Jostein Hasselgård	I'm not afraid to move on	123	4
	25	Sweden	Fame	Give me your love	107	5
	2	Austria	Alf Poier	Weil der Mensch zählt	101	6
	20	Poland	Ich Troje	Keine Grenzen - Zadnych granic	90	7
	1	Iceland	Birgitta	Open your heart (Segðu mér allt )	81	8
	12	Spain	Beth	Dime	81	8
	24	Romania	Nicola	Don’t break my heart	73	10
	10	Germany	Lou	Let’s get happy	53	11
	3	Ireland	Mickey Harte	We’ve got the world	53	11
	14	The Netherlands	Esther Hart	One more night	45	13
	16	Ukraine	Olexandr	Hasta la vista	30	14
	8	Croatia	Claudia Beni	Više nisam tvoja	29	15
	6	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Mija Martina	Ne brini	27	16
	17	Greece	Mando	Never let you go	25	17
	19	France	Louisa Baileche	Monts et merveilles	19	18
	13	Israel	Lior Narkis	Words for love	17	19
	9	Cyprus	Stelios Constantas	Feeling alive	15	20
	23	Estonia	Ruffus	Eighties coming back	14	21
	7	Portugal	Rita Guerra	Deixa-me sonhar	13	22
	26	Slovenia	Karmen	Nanana	7	23
	21	Latvia	F.L.Y.	Hello from Mars	5	24
	5	Malta	Lynn Chirchop	To dream again	4	25
	15	United Kingdom	Jemini	Cry baby	0	26

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2003 saw yet another debutant in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine participated for the first time. Due to this, 26 countries were present in Riga, a new Eurovision record. The famous duo t.A.T.u. from Russia participated and they kept both the organisation and the press rather busy during the rehearsal week by not caring about rehearsal schedule’s and threatening with indecent behaviour on stage during the final. Eventually the alleged lesbian duo finished 3rd after Turkey (which was victorious for the first time) and Belgium. Another novelty in the Eurovision Song Contest was the stage in which a video floor was embedded.