Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Croatia
National selection
Selection process	Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003
Selection date(s)	7 July 2003
Selected artist(s)	Dino Jelusić
Selected song	"Ti si moja prva ljubav"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 134 points
Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Croatia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) organised an national final to select the first Croatian entry, being Dino Jelusić with the song "Ti si moja prva ljubav", which went on to win the 2003 contest.

Before Junior Eurovision

Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003

Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003 was the first edition of the Croatian national selection, which selected Croatia's entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster. An expert committee consisting of Alan Bjelinski, Rajko Dujmić, Boris Đurđević, Mladen Kušec, Marin Margitić, Ivana Plechinger and Maja Vučić selected ten artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.^[1]

Final

The final took place on 7 July 2003 at the Tvornica Kulture in Zagreb, hosted by Iva Šulentić and Frano Domitrović, while all the competing songs were accompanied by a symphony orchestra. The winner was determined by a public televote. Only the winner was announced.^[1]^[2]

Final – 7 July 2003
Draw	Artist	Song
1	Luka Matošević	"Zašto si otišla"
2	Snježana-Ivana Pandl	"Treba mi vremena"
3	Mania	"Nedodirljiva"
4	Sara-Elena Menkovska	"Suzice"
5	Romana Brajša	"Ovisna"
6	Ivana Mrkonjić	"Anđele"
7	Kristina Jarić	"Ptica"
8	Hana Mašić	"Otkucaj srca tvog"
9	Marina Lijić	"Što je bilo"
10	Dino Jelušić	"Ti si moja prva ljubav"

At Junior Eurovision

During the running order draw which both took place on 6 October 2003, Croatia was drawn to perform second, following Greece and preceding Cyprus.^[3] Dino Jelusić went on to win the contest with 134 points, receiving the maximum 12 points from 3 countries and receiving at least two points from every competing nation.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Croatia^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Macedonia Norway Romania
10 points	Belarus Greece Netherlands Poland
8 points	Belgium Cyprus Denmark Latvia Malta Sweden United Kingdom
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points	Spain
1 point

Points awarded by Croatia^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Belarus
10 points	Macedonia
8 points	Spain
7 points	Greece
6 points	Belgium
5 points	Latvia
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Malta
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Norway

References

^ ^a ^b "Croatia 2003". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
^ "Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014.
^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[:0-1] "Croatia 2003". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.

[2] "Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014.

[3] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.

[4] "Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[2003detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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