The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003, following Marie N's win the previous year with the song "I Wanna".
Ukraine made its debut while Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Portugal returned after being relegated from the 2002 Contest due to their poor results at the 2001 Contest. Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, F.Y.R. Macedonia and Switzerland withdrew from competing.
This Contest was won by Sertab Erener of Turkey with the song "Every Way That I Can". This was the country's first-ever win and beat runner-up Belgium by two points and 3rd place Russia by three points.
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Bidding phase[]
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Returning artists[]
No artists returned to compete
Results[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Iceland | Birgitta | "Open Your Heart" | English | - | 8 | 81 |
02 | Austria | Alf Poier | "Weil der Mensch zählt" | German | 6 | 101 | |
03 | Ireland | Mickey Harte | "We've Got the World" | English | - | 11 | 53 |
04 | Turkey | Sertab Erener | "Every Way That I Can" | English | - | 1 | 167 |
05 | Malta | Lynn Chircop | "To Dream Again" | English | - | 25 | 4 |
06 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mija Martina | "Ne brini" | Croatian, English | 16 | 27 | |
07 | Portugal | Rita Guerra | "Deixa-me sonhar" | Portuguese, English | 22 | 13 | |
08 | Croatia | Claudia Beni | "Više nisam tvoja" | Croatian, English | 15 | 29 | |
09 | Cyprus | Stelios Constantas | "Feeling Alive" | English | - | 20 | 15 |
10 | Germany | Lou | "Let's Get Happy" | English | - | 11 | 53 |
11 | Russia | t.A.T.u. | "Ne ver', ne boysia" | Russian | Don't Believe, Don't Fear | 3 | 164 |
12 | Spain | Beth | "Dime" | Spanish | Tell me | 8 | 81 |
13 | Israel | Lior Narkis | "Words for Love" | Hebrew | - | 19 | 17 |
14 | The Netherlands | Esther Hart | "One More Night" | English | - | 13 | 45 |
15 | United Kingdom | Jemini | "Cry Baby" | English | - | 26 | 0 |
16 | Ukraine | Olexandr | "Hasta la vista" | English | - | 14 | 30 |
17 | Greece | Mando | "Never Let You Go" | English | - | 17 | 25 |
18 | Norway | Jostein Hasselgård | "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" | English | - | 4 | 123 |
19 | France | Louisa Baïleche | "Monts et merveilles" | French | Heaven on earth | 18 | 19 |
20 | Poland | Ich Troje | "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" | German, Polish, Russian | No borders | 7 | 90 |
21 | Latvia | F.L.Y. | "Hello from Mars" | English | - | 24 | 5 |
22 | Belgium | Urban Trad | "Sanomi" | Imaginary | 2 | 165 | |
23 | Estonia | Ruffus | "Eighties Coming Back" | English | - | 21 | 14 |
24 | Romania | Nicola | "Don't Break My Heart" | English | - | 10 | 73 |
25 | Sweden | Fame | "Give Me Your Love" | English | - | 5 | 107 |
26 | Slovenia | Karmen | "Nanana" | English | - | 23 | 7 |