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{{Short description|International song competition}}
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{{Infobox Song Contest
| name       = Eurovision Song Contest
| year       = 2003
| theme      = ''Magical Rendez-vous''
| logo       = Eurovision Song Contest 2003 logo.svg
| final      = {{start date|2003|05|24|df=y}}
| venue      = [[Skonto Hall]]<br>Riga, Latvia
| presenters = {{unbulleted list|[[Marie N]]|[[Renārs Kaupers]]}}
| director   = [[Sven Stojanović]]
| exproducer = Brigita Rozenbrika
| host       = [[Latvian Television]] (LTV)
| entries    = 26
| debut      = {{Esc|Ukraine|1992}}
| return     = {{unbulleted list|{{Esc|Iceland}}|{{Esc|Ireland}}|{{Esc|Netherlands}}|{{Esc|Norway}}|{{Esc|Poland}}|{{Esc|Portugal}}}}
| nonreturn  = {{unbulleted list|{{Esc|Denmark}}|{{Esc|Finland}}|{{Esc|Lithuania|1988}}|{{Esc|North Macedonia|name=Macedonia}}|{{Esc|Switzerland}}}}
| vote       = Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs
| winner     = {{unbulleted list|{{Esc|Turkey|y=2003}}|"[[Everyway That I Can]]"}}
| Map Relegation = Y
}}
The '''Eurovision Song Contest 2003''' was the 48th edition of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. It took place in [[Riga]], Latvia, following the country's victory at the {{Escyr|2002||2002 contest}} with the song "[[I Wanna (Marie N song)|I Wanna]]" by [[Marie N]]. Organised by the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) and host broadcaster [[Latvian Television]] (LTV), the contest was held at the [[Skonto Hall]] on 24 May 2003. The contest was presented by last year's winner Marie N and former contestant [[Renārs Kaupers]].<ref name=hosts>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/996/renars_kaupers_and_marie_n_hosts_2003_show/|title=Renars Kaupers and Marie N hosts 2003 show|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=1 December 2002|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021234305/http://esctoday.com/996/renars_kaupers_and_marie_n_hosts_2003_show/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Twenty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-five first set in {{escyr|1993}}. It saw the return of {{Esccnty|Iceland}}, {{Esccnty|Ireland}}, the {{Esccnty|Netherlands}}, {{Esccnty|Norway}}, and {{Esccnty|Poland}} after having been relegated from competing the previous year. {{Esccnty|Portugal}} also returned to the contest after being absent the previous year, while {{Esccnty|Ukraine}} participated in the contest for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/780/ebu_released_list_of_participant_for_2003/|title=EBU released list of participant for 2003|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=27 November 2002|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204072647/http://esctoday.com/780/ebu_released_list_of_participant_for_2003/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Esccnty|Denmark}}, {{Esccnty|Finland}}, {{Esccnty|Lithuania}}, {{Esccnty|Macedonia}}, and {{Esccnty|Switzerland}} were relegated due to their poor results in 2002.

The winner was {{Esccnty|Turkey|y=2003}} 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. {{Esccnty|Belgium|y=2003}}, {{Esccnty|Russia|y=2003}}, {{Esccnty|Norway|y=2003}}, and {{Esccnty|Sweden|y=2003}} rounded out the top five. Further down the table, the {{Esccnty|United Kingdom|y=2003}} achieved their worst result to date, finishing twenty-sixth (last place) with [[Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest#Scoring no points|no points]]. However, they avoided relegation due to being one of the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]" countries at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2935874.stm|title=UK act hits Eurovision low|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=25 May 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826210526/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2935874.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The host country Latvia placed twenty-fourth (third from last) – this was the first time since {{Escyr|1995}} that the host entry did not place in the top 10, and it was, overall, the worst result for a host entry since {{Escyr|1992}}.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/|title=EBU press conference about the contest's future|last=Barak|first=Itamar|date=22 May 2003|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522192021/http://esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 ==
[[File:Olimpiskā Skonto halle.jpg|thumb|230px|left|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 (Marie N 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 [[Euro|€]]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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vēstulē noliedz Eirovīzijas finansu problēmas|url=http://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/vestule-noliedz-eirovizijas-finansu-problemas.d?id=4700906|publisher=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]|date=31 January 2003|access-date=27 October 2013|language=lv|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927002250/https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/vestule-noliedz-eirovizijas-finansu-problemas.d?id=4700906|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 ===
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Three cities were considered as host city of the contest: [[Riga]], [[Ventspils]], and [[Jūrmala]].<ref name=EUR20031>{{cite web|title=Dzintaru koncertzāles pārbūve Eirovīzijas rīkošanai izmaksātu trīs miljonus latu|url=http://www.tvnet.lv/izklaide/notikumi/47667-dzintaru_koncertzales_parbuve_eirovizijas_span_classhiliterikosanaispan_izmaksatu_tris_miljonus_latu|publisher=TVNET|date=6 June 2002|access-date=27 October 2013|language=lv|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185628/http://www.tvnet.lv/izklaide/notikumi/47667-dzintaru_koncertzales_parbuve_eirovizijas_span_classhiliterikosanaispan_izmaksatu_tris_miljonus_latu|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Ventspils Olympic Center Basketball Hall|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.<ref>{{cite web|first=Vēsma|last=Lēvalde|title=Ventspils dome vēlas Eirovīzijas rīkošanu Ventspilī (papildināts)|url=http://www.db.lv/citas-zinas/ventspils-dome-velas-eirovizijas-rikosanu-ventspili-papildinats-197167|publisher=db.lv|date=3 June 2002|access-date=27 October 2013|language=lv|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210340/http://www.db.lv/citas-zinas/ventspils-dome-velas-eirovizijas-rikosanu-ventspili-papildinats-197167|url-status=live}}</ref> Jūrmala City Council offered the Dzintari Concert Hall with plans to expand and upgrade the facility and surrounding infrastructure.<ref name=EUR20031/>

LTV's organisational task force later decided to proceed with the bids from Riga and Ventspils, eliminating Jūrmala and the Mežaparks Open-air Stage in Riga. On 15 June 2002, the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) Reference Group decided in conjunction with the organisational task force in Latvia that Riga would host the 2003 contest with the venue option between the Skonto Hall and Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre being decided upon by LTV.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eirovīzija izmaksās 4,7 vai 5,5 miljonus latu|url=http://financenet.tvnet.lv/zinas/115462-eirovizija_izmaksas_47_vai_55_miljonus_latu|publisher=TVNET|date=2 July 2002|access-date=27 October 2013|language=lv|archive-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220908/http://financenet.tvnet.lv/zinas/115462-eirovizija_izmaksas_47_vai_55_miljonus_latu|url-status=live}}</ref> LTV ultimately chose the Skonto Hall as the venue to stage the contest.

'''Key'''
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| [[Mežaparks Open-air Stage]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2;"
| '''[[Skonto Hall]]''' {{dagger}}
|- style="background:#F2E0CE;"
| Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre ‡
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! scope="row" | [[Ventspils]]
| [[Ventspils Olympic Center Basketball Hall|Ventspils Olympic Center halls]]
|}

==Participants==
{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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{{ESC 2003 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.<ref name="2003 rules">{{cite web |title=Rules of the 48th Eurovision Song Contest (2003) |url=http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/pdf/ESC2003Rules_E.pdf |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819205208/http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/pdf/ESC2003Rules_E.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Record26">{{cite press release |date=18 November 2002 |title=Record 26 countries to compete in 2003 Song Contest |url=http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/2002/song_contest_2003.php |url-status=dead |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040704194054/http://www.ebu.ch:80/en/union/news/2002/song_contest_2003.php |archive-date=4 July 2004 |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> Originally a total of twenty-five countries were scheduled to participate in the event, however {{esccnty|Ukraine}} was added to the line-up shortly before the publication of the competing countries in November 2002, making its début appearance in the contest.<ref name="Record26" /><ref name="Decade2003">{{cite web |title=The end of a decade: Riga 2003 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/the-end-of-a-decade-riga-2003 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802084115/https://eurovision.tv/story/the-end-of-a-decade-riga-2003 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |language=en |date=24 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|Iceland}}, {{esccnty|Ireland}}, the {{esccnty|Netherlands}}, {{esccnty|Norway}}, {{esccnty|Poland}}, and {{esccnty|Portugal}} returned after being absent from the previous year's event, and competed alongside Ukraine, the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]" largest contributing participating countries{{snd}}{{esccnty|France}}, {{esccnty|Germany}}, {{esccnty|Spain}}, and the {{esccnty|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}and the remaining fifteen highest-scoring participating countries from the {{escyr|2002||2002 contest}}.<ref name="remember">{{cite web |title=Remember the three way thriller of 2003? |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/remember-the-three-way-thriller-of-2003 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513172034/https://eurovision.tv/story/remember-the-three-way-thriller-of-2003 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |language=en |date=24 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="O'Connor 03">{{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Carlton Publishing Group|Carlton Books]] |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd |pages=172–175}}</ref> Having received the lowest scores in the 2002 contest, {{esccnty|Denmark}},<ref name="O'Connor 02">{{cite book |last=O'Connor |first=John Kennedy |author-link=John Kennedy O'Connor |title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History |date=2010 |publisher=[[Carlton Publishing Group|Carlton Books]] |location=London, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84732-521-1 |edition=2nd |pages=168–171}}</ref> {{esccnty|Finland}},<ref>{{cite web |title=From 'Pump-Pump' to 'Cha Cha Cha': Finland's vibrant Eurovision history |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/finlands-vibrant-eurovision-history |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809125933/https://eurovision.tv/story/finlands-vibrant-eurovision-history |archive-date=9 August 2023 |language=en |date=9 August 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|Lithuania}},<ref>{{cite web |author=Andžej |title=A brief history of Lithuania in Eurovision Song Contest {{!}} Eurodiena.lt – Eurovizija. Konkurso dienoraštis |url=https://eurodiena.lt/58674/eurovizija/a-brief-history-of-lithuania-in-eurovision-song-contest/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201104949/http://eurodiena.lt/58674/eurovizija/a-brief-history-of-lithuania-in-eurovision-song-contest/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |date=10 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{esccnty|North Macedonia|t=Macedonia}},<ref>{{cite news |title=Се огласи МРТ: Македонија нема да учествува на Евровизија 2023 |trans-title=MRT announced: Macedonia will not participate in Eurovision 2023 |url=https://www.muzika24.mk/festvali/se-oglasi-mrt-makedonija-nema-da-uchestvuva-na-evrovizija-2023/57716/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Muzika24 |date=14 October 2022 |language=mk |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329142554/https://www.muzika24.mk/festvali/se-oglasi-mrt-makedonija-nema-da-uchestvuva-na-evrovizija-2023/57716/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and {{esccnty|Switzerland}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Swiss dropped from Eurovision line-up |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/swiss-dropped-from-eurovision-line-up/2730848 |publisher=[[SWI swissinfo]] |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329134443/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/swiss-dropped-from-eurovision-line-up/2730848 |archive-date=29 March 2024 |date=27 May 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> were subsequently [[Relegation in the Eurovision Song Contest|relegated]] and were prevented from participating in this year's event.<ref name="2003 rules" />

Twenty-four countries participated in the 2002 contest in [[Tallinn]]; of these, fourteen were expected to compete in 2003. The bottom ten in Tallinn would be relegated, to allow countries to compete for the first time.<ref>Sietse Bakker (25 May 2002). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090628180628/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/689 Latvia won the 47th Eurovision Song Contest]. ESCToday. Retrieved on 23 March 2008.</ref> In reality, only five countries were relegated{{snd}}nineteen countries that entered in 2002 competed in Riga.<ref>Sietse Bakker. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090524051134/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/780 EBU released list of participant for 2003]. ESCToday. Retrieved on 23 March 2008.</ref> Originally, {{Esccnty|Serbia and Montenegro}}, {{Esccnty|Albania}}, and {{Esccnty|Belarus}} had planned 2003 debuts, but the EBU's late changes to the relegation procedure meant that they could not compete.<ref>Sietse Bakker. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070515112113/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/747 No new countries at next Eurovision Song Contest]. ESCToday. Retrieved on 23 March 2008.</ref> 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 Stavec|Karmen]] had previously performed as a backing singer to [[Vili Resnik]] for {{esccnty|Slovenia|y=1998|t=Slovenia in 1998}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slovenia : Karmen Stavec talks to Eurovision.tv |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/slovenia-karmen-stavec-talks-to-eurovision-tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922122653/https://eurovision.tv/story/slovenia-karmen-stavec-talks-to-eurovision-tv |archive-date=22 September 2020 |language=en |date=30 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+ Eurovision Song Contest 2003 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Riga 2003 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321151101/https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/participants |archive-date=21 March 2023 |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Songwriter(s)
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! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[Alf Poier]]
| "{{lang|de|Weil der Mensch zählt|i=unset}}"
| German{{efn|name=aut|Specifically [[Styria]]n, a [[Southern Bavarian]] dialect}}
| Alf Poier
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}}
| [[RTBF]]
| [[Urban Trad]]
| "[[Sanomi]]"
| Imaginary{{efn|In a [[constructed language]]}}
| {{ill|Yves Barbieux|fr}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| [[Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina|PBSBiH]]
| [[Mija Martina]]
| "{{lang|hr|Ne brini|i=unset}}"
| Croatian, English
| {{hlist|Arjana Kunštek|Ines Prajo}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Croatia}}
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]]
| [[Claudia Beni]]
| "{{lang|hr|[[Više nisam tvoja]]|i=unset}}"
| Croatian, English
| {{ill|Andrej Babić|de}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Cyprus|1960}}
| [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|CyBC]]
| {{ill|Stelios Constantas|de|Stelios Konstantas|es}}
| "Feeling Alive"
| English
| Stelios Constantas
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Estonia}}
| [[Eesti Televisioon|ETV]]
| [[Ruffus]]
| "Eighties Coming Back"
| English
| [[Vaiko Eplik]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}}
| {{lang|fr|[[France Télévisions]]|i=unset}}
| {{ill|Louisa Baïleche|fr}}
| "{{lang|fr|Monts et merveilles|i=unset}}"
| French
| Hocine Hallaf
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}}
| [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |trans-title=All German ESC acts and their songs |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |website=www.eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| [[Lou (German singer)|Lou]]
| "Let's Get Happy"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Bernd Meinunger]]|[[Ralph Siegel]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Greece}}
| [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]
| [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
| "[[Never Let You Go (Mando song)|Never Let You Go]]"
| English
| {{hlist|Teri Siganos|[[Adamantia Stamatopoulou]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Iceland}}
| [[RÚV]]
| [[Birgitta Haukdal|Birgitta]]
| "Open Your Heart"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Birgitta Haukdal]]|Hallgrímur Óskarsson|{{ill|Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson|is}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ireland}}
| [[RTÉ]]
| [[Mickey Joe Harte|Mickey Harte]]
| "We've Got the World"
| English
| {{hlist|Martin Brannigan|Keith Molloy}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Israel}}
| [[Israel Broadcasting Authority|IBA]]
| [[Lior Narkis]]
| "Words for Love"
| Hebrew
| {{hlist|{{ill|Yossi Gispan|he|יוסי גיספן}}|{{ill|Yoni Ro'eh|he|יוני רועה}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Latvia}}
| [[Latvian Television|LTV]]
| {{ill|F.L.Y.|lv}}
| "Hello from Mars"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Mārtiņš Freimanis]]|[[Lauris Reiniks]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Malta}}
| [[Public Broadcasting Services|PBS]]
| {{ill|Lynn Chircop|de||it}}
| "To Dream Again"
| English
| {{hlist|Cynthia Sammut|Alfred Zammit}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]]
| [[Esther Hart (singer)|Esther Hart]]
| "One More Night"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Alan Michael (musician)|Alan Michael]]|Tjeerd van Zanen}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}}
| [[NRK]]
| {{ill|Jostein Hasselgård|no}}
| "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Arve Furset]]|VJ Strøm}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Poland}}
| [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]]
| [[Ich Troje]]
| "{{lang|de|Keine Grenzen|i=unset}} – {{lang|pl|Żadnych granic|i=unset}}"
| German, Polish, Russian
| {{hlist|{{ill|André Franke|de}}|[[Joachim Horn-Bernges]]|[[Jacek Łągwa]]|[[Michał Wiśniewski]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Portugal}}
| [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|RTP]]
| [[Rita Guerra]]
| "{{lang|pt|Deixa-me sonhar|i=unset}}"
| Portuguese, English
| Paulo Martins
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Romania}}
| [[TVR (TV network)|TVR]]
| [[Nicoleta Alexandru|Nicola]]
| "[[Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song)|Don't Break My Heart]]"
| English
| {{hlist|{{ill|Mihai Alexandru (songwriter)|ro|Mihai Alexandru|lt=Mihai Alexandru}}|[[Nicoleta Alexandru]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Russia}}
| [[Channel One (Russia)|C1R]]
| [[t.A.T.u.]]
| "{{lang|ru-latn|[[Ne ver', ne boisia]]|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|ru|Не верь, не бойся}})</small>
| Russian
| {{hlist|[[Mars Lasar]]|[[Valery Polienko]]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Slovenia}}
| [[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|RTVSLO]]
| [[Karmen Stavec|Karmen]]
| "Nanana"
| English
| {{hlist|Karmen Stavec|Martin Štibernik}}
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! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain}}
| [[Televisión Española|TVE]]
| [[Beth (singer)|Beth]]
| "{{lang|es|[[Dime (Beth song)|Dime]]|i=unset}}"
| Spanish
| {{hlist|Amaya Martínez|Jesús María Pérez}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]
| [[Fame (duo)|Fame]]
| "[[Give Me Your Love (Fame song)|Give Me Your Love]]"
| English
| {{hlist|{{ill|Calle Kindbom|sv}}|{{ill|Carl Lösnitz|sv}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Turkey}}
| [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|TRT]]
| [[Sertab Erener]]
| "[[Everyway That I Can]]"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Demir Demirkan]]|Sertab Erener}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ukraine|1992}}
| [[National Television Company of Ukraine|NTU]]
| [[Oleksandr Ponomariov|Olexandr]]
| "{{lang|es|Hasta la vista|i=unset}}"
| English
| {{hlist|[[Svika Pick]]|{{ill|Mirit Shem Or|he|מירית שם אור}}}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[Jemini]]
| "[[Cry Baby (Jemini song)|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.<ref name="2003 rules" /> The rules also modified the eligibility criteria for entries, changing the date of release cut-off point for songs from 1 January 2003 to 1 October 2002. There was also a change in the tie-break rule, which would now resolve such a case in favour of the nation that received points from a higher number of countries rather than taking into account the number of top scores (12 points) received. The draw for running order was held on 29 November 2002 in [[Riga]], hosted by Marie N and Renārs Kaupers, with the results being revealed during a delayed broadcast of the proceedings later that day.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Draw to be made public Friday 17:00 CET|url=http://www.esctoday.com/994/draw_to_be_made_public_friday_1700_cet/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=28 November 2002|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234138/http://esctoday.com/994/draw_to_be_made_public_friday_1700_cet/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Sietse Bakker (1 December 2002). [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011153301/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/997 Draw of running order finally available]. ESCToday. Retrieved on 23 March 2008.</ref>

The official sponsors for the contest were Latvian mobile telecom provider {{lang|lv|[[Latvijas Mobilais Telefons]]|i=unset}} and Latvian bank company {{lang|lv|[[Parex Banka]]|i=unset}}.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Latvijas Mobilais and Parex sponsor 2003 contest|url=http://www.esctoday.com/998/latvijas_mobilais_and_parex_sponsor_2003_contest/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=30 November 2002|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109094822/http://esctoday.com/998/latvijas_mobilais_and_parex_sponsor_2003_contest/|url-status=live}}</ref> LTV selected Latvia Tours as its official partner to provide lodging, travel and recreation for the contest delegations and other guests.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Latvia Tours selected as cooperation partner|url=http://www.esctoday.com/786/latvia_tours_selected_as_cooperation_partner/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 November 2002|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029093857/http://esctoday.com/786/latvia_tours_selected_as_cooperation_partner/|url-status=live}}</ref> Riga City Council was also responsible for offering promotion and activities during the week preceding the contest.<ref>{{cite web|first=Aija|last=Medinika|title=The preparation for Eurovision Song Contest 2003|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1436/the_preparation_for_eurovision_song_contest_2003/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=25 March 2002|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029080811/http://esctoday.com/1436/the_preparation_for_eurovision_song_contest_2003/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref name="rehearsals">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/public/25144.html |title=Event |access-date=2017-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030602021415/http://www.eurovision.tv/public/25144.html |archive-date=June 2, 2003 }}. Eurovision.tv. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.</ref> 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.<ref name="rehearsals"/>

On the day of the contest, bookmaker [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]]'s odds placed Russia as joint favourites to win the contest with Spain. Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Norway and Iceland were behind in third, fourth and joint fifth respectively.<ref name=odds>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=William Hill: update of the betting figures!|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1630|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=24 May 2003|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027123307/http://esctoday.com/1630|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Eurovision Song Contest 1989|1989]], placing sixth.<ref name=odds/>

An official [[compilation album]], featuring all twenty-six competing entries from the contest, was released for the first time on the [[EMI]]/[[CMC International|CMC]] label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebu.ch/news/press_archive/press_breves_2003_110_esc_cd.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624012757/http://www.ebu.ch/news/press_archive/press_breves_2003_110_esc_cd.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2003|title=Eurovision Song Contest Riga 2003: CD available now|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=24 March 2008}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/868/eurovision_2003_theme_will_be_rendez-vous/|title=Eurovision 2003 theme will be rendez-vous|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=26 November 2002|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101142942/http://esctoday.com/868/eurovision_2003_theme_will_be_rendez-vous/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Decade2003" /> LTV launched a competition in order to find the logo for the contest. At the close of the competition, high interest from the public translated into 204 logo submissions, which were ultimately judged by a jury panel consisting of Uldis-Ivars Grava (general director of LTV), Arvīds Babris (then executive producer of the contest), Ugis Brikmanis (director), Laimonis Šteinbergs (artist), Ingūna Rībena (architect), Arta Giga (LTV representative) and Juhan Paadam (EBU representative).<ref>{{cite web|first=Aija|last=Medinika|title=204 logo propositions for ESC 2003|url=http://www.esctoday.com/760/204_logo_propositions_for_esc_2003/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 November 2002|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031002242/http://esctoday.com/760/204_logo_propositions_for_esc_2003/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Logo for Eurovision 2003 selected|url=http://www.esctoday.com/783/logo_for_eurovision_2003_selected/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 November 2002|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030232847/http://esctoday.com/783/logo_for_eurovision_2003_selected/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=escinsight>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Jordan|title=What's Another Year? Ten Years On From Riga|url=http://www.escinsight.com/2013/01/11/whats-another-year-ten-years-on-from-riga/|publisher=ESCInsight|date=11 January 2013|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123115556/https://escinsight.com/2013/01/11/whats-another-year-ten-years-on-from-riga/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The stage design was created by Aigars Ozoliņš and based on the concept called Planet Latvia.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 on Planet Latvia|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1438/eurovision_song_contest_2003_on_planet_latvia/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030070046/http://esctoday.com/1438/eurovision_song_contest_2003_on_planet_latvia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=stage>{{cite web|first=Itamar|last=Barak|title=Magical encounter on the Eurovision stage|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1499/magical_encounter_on_the_eurovision_stage/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=7 May 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231221/http://esctoday.com/1499/magical_encounter_on_the_eurovision_stage/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=stage/> The green room where the delegations and competitors awaited the results of the contest was placed directly behind the stage and unveiled shortly before the voting portion of the show commenced, allowing the audience to see the representatives of the competing nations as they received points.<ref name=stage22>{{cite web|first=Remi|last=Kübar|title=Details revealed about the stage in May|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1240/details_revealed_about_the_stage_in_may/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=7 February 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109083255/http://esctoday.com/1240/details_revealed_about_the_stage_in_may/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 {{lang|sv|[[Sveriges Television]]|i=no}} (SVT) and Estonian broadcaster {{lang|et|[[Eesti Televisioon]]|i=no}} (ETV).<ref name="Decade2003" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Arvids Babris will produce the contest in Latvia|url=http://www.esctoday.com/737/arvids_babris_will_produce_the_contest_in_latvia/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=28 November 2002|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026034709/http://esctoday.com/737/arvids_babris_will_produce_the_contest_in_latvia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Itamar|last=Barak|title=Riga 2003: A new executive producer|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1422/riga_2003_a_new_executive_producer/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=18 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102121353/http://esctoday.com/1422/riga_2003_a_new_executive_producer/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bjørn Erik|last=Opheim|title=SVT to produce 2003 Eurovision Song Contest|url=http://www.esctoday.com/992/svt_to_produce_2003_eurovision_song_contest/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=13 December 2002|access-date=21 March 2008|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101021010/http://esctoday.com/992/svt_to_produce_2003_eurovision_song_contest/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spectra+ lands third Eurovision contract|url=http://livedesignonline.com/news/lighting_spectra_lands_third/|publisher=Live Design|date=17 April 2003|access-date=21 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531012712/http://livedesignonline.com/news/lighting_spectra_lands_third/|archive-date=31 May 2009}}</ref>

===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%.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2932760.stm|title=Turkish delight at Eurovision win|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=24 May 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017021658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2932760.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2003 rules" /> Polish broadcaster {{lang|pl|[[Telewizja Polska]]|i=no}} opted to use only [[Short Message Service|SMS]]-voting.<ref>{{cite web|first=Aija|last=Medinika|title=Poland will use SMS-voting only|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1631/poland_will_use_sms-voting_only/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=24 May 2003|access-date=23 March 2008|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029201440/http://esctoday.com/1631/poland_will_use_sms-voting_only/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the televoting/smsvoting household shall not be permitted to vote more than three times.<ref name="2003 rules" /> All other participating broadcasters planned to use a televote. Due to a technical issue, [[#Russian complaint against Irish vote|Ireland used results from their back-up jury]] instead of televoting.<ref name=IrelandRussia /> This contest was also the first to introduce a computer-generated scoreboard which rearranged itself in order as the points were awarded. Participating broadcasters were required to assemble back-up juries that consisted of eight voting members, with age and gender equally distributed, in the case of televote failure on the night of the competition.<ref name="2003 rules" /> Four members of the jury had to be members of the general public and the other four members had to be music professionals.<ref name="2003 rules" />

===Future changes in contest format===
With the increased number of potential participating countries, the EBU began to review the format of the contest with potential changes being considered such as adding extra evenings for the show, holding a regional pre-selection, or putting a limit to number of participating countries by increasing the entrance fee. On 29 January 2003, the EBU unveiled a two-night system for the contest in 2004: a semi-final would be held before a grand final. The "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]", along with the top ten from the 2003 contest, would automatically qualify for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|2004 final]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=EBU confirms new Eurovision Song Contest format|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1192/ebu_confirms_new_eurovision_song_contest_format/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=29 January 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109090304/http://esctoday.com/1192/ebu_confirms_new_eurovision_song_contest_format/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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<span class="anchor" id="Results"></span><span class="anchor" id="Participants and results"></span> ==
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The contest featured special guests that communicated with the hosts via satellite: [[Lys Assia]], winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1956|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1603|title=Artists and fan sites campaign on World AIDS Day|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=1 December 2008|publisher=Eurovision.tv|access-date=17 November 2013|archive-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103221717/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1603|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/belgrade-2008?id=1062|title=1956 winner Lys Assia: "It will go on!"|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=21 May 2008|publisher=Eurovision.tv|access-date=17 November 2013|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205645/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/belgrade-2008?id=1062|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.balticsworldwide.com/eurovision%20_%202003%20_%20results.htm|title=Turks beat back Russia and Belgium to win; Baltics and Britain bomb.|last=Tarm|first=Michael|year=2003|newspaper=City Paper|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303073624/http://www.balticsworldwide.com/eurovision%20_%202003%20_%20results.htm|archive-date=3 March 2007|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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 (Latvian band)|Brainstorm]], [[Marie N]] and piano player [[Raimonds Pauls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/music/eirovizijas-veidotaji-parcelusies-uz-skonto-halli.d?id=5335547|title=Eirovīzijas veidotāji pārcēlušies uz 'Skonto' halli|date=6 May 2003|publisher=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]|access-date=17 November 2013|language=lv|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030191956/https://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/music/eirovizijas-veidotaji-parcelusies-uz-skonto-halli.d?id=5335547|url-status=live}}</ref>

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).

{{Legend|Gold|Winner}}
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Riga 2003 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=7 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407194917/https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final |archive-date=7 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Place
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2003}}
| [[Birgitta Haukdal|Birgitta]]
| "Open Your Heart"
| 81
| 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{Esc|Austria|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Alf|Poier}}
| "{{lang|de|Weil der Mensch zählt|i=unset}}"
| 101
| 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Mickey|Harte|Mickey Joe Harte}}
| "We've Got the World"
| 53
| 11
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | 4
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Sertab|Erener}}
| "[[Everyway That I Can]]"
| 167 
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Lynn|Chircop|nolink=1}}
| "To Dream Again"
| 4
| 25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Mija|Martina}}
| "{{lang|hr|Ne brini|i=unset}}"
| 27
| 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{Esc|Portugal|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Rita|Guerra}}
| "{{lang|pt|Deixa-me sonhar|i=unset}}"
| 13
| 22
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Claudia|Beni}}
| "{{lang|hr|[[Više nisam tvoja]]|i=unset}}"
| 29
| 15
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2003|1960}}
| {{sortname|Stelios|Constantas|nolink=1}}
| "Feeling Alive"
| 15
| 20
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{Esc|Germany|y=2003}}
| [[Lou (German singer)|Lou]]
| "Let's Get Happy"
| 53
| 11
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2003}}
| data-sort-value="tATu" | [[t.A.T.u.]]
| "{{lang|ru-latn|[[Ne ver', ne boisia]]|i=unset}}"
| 164
| 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2003}}
| [[Beth (singer)|Beth]]
| "{{lang|es|[[Dime (Beth song)|Dime]]|i=unset}}"
| 81
| 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Lior|Narkis}}
| "Words for Love"
| 17
| 19
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Esther|Hart|dab=singer}}
| "One More Night"
| 45
| 13
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2003}}
| [[Jemini]]
| "[[Cry Baby (Jemini song)|Cry Baby]]"
| 0
| 26
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2003|1992}}
| [[Oleksandr Ponomariov|Olexandr]]
| "{{lang|es|Hasta la vista|i=unset}}"
| 30
| 14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2003}}
| [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
| "[[Never Let You Go (Mando song)|Never Let You Go]]"
| 25
| 17
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Jostein|Hasselgård|nolink=1}}
| "I'm Not Afraid to Move On"
| 123
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19
| {{Esc|France|y=2003}}
| {{sortname|Louisa|Baïleche|nolink=1}}
| "{{lang|fr|Monts et merveilles|i=unset}}"
| 19
| 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 20
| {{Esc|Poland|y=2003}}
| [[Ich Troje]]
| "{{lang|de|Keine Grenzen|i=unset}} – {{lang|pl|Żadnych granic|i=unset}}"
| 90
| 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 21
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2003}}
| data-sort-value="FLY" | F.L.Y.
| "Hello from Mars"
| 5
| 24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 22
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2003}}
| [[Urban Trad]]
| "[[Sanomi]]"
| 165
| 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 23
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2003}}
| [[Ruffus]]
| "Eighties Coming Back"
| 14
| 21
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 24
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2003}}
| [[Nicoleta Alexandru|Nicola]]
| "[[Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song)|Don't Break My Heart]]"
| 73
| 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 25
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=2003}}
| [[Fame (duo)|Fame]]
| "[[Give Me Your Love (Fame song)|Give Me Your Love]]"
| 107
| 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 26
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2003}}
| [[Karmen Stavec|Karmen]]
| "Nanana"
| 7
| 23
|}

=== Spokespersons ===
{{More citations needed section|date=October 2021}}
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:
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# {{flagu|Iceland}}{{snd}}Eva María Jónsdóttir
# {{flagu|Austria}}{{snd}}{{ill|Dodo Roscic|de}}
# {{flagu|Ireland}}{{snd}}[[Pamela Flood]]
# {{flagu|Turkey}}{{snd}}Meltem Ersan Yazgan<ref name="Cumhuriyet">{{cite news |title=48. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması |url=https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/2003/5/24/A2C809E4-F62B-4A8B-968F-37B32C2734A8_3203296_16.jpeg |access-date=21 December 2022 |work=[[Cumhuriyet]] |location=[[Istanbul]], Turkey |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221095434/https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/2003/5/24/A2C809E4-F62B-4A8B-968F-37B32C2734A8_3203296_16.jpeg |archive-date=21 December 2022 |page=16 |language=tr |url-status=live}}</ref>
# {{flagu|Malta}}{{snd}}Sharon Borg<ref>[http://www.escflashmalta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033:breaking-news-and-the-spokesperson-is&catid=2:latest-news-international&Itemid=2 ]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124012146/http://www.escflashmalta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033%3Abreaking-news-and-the-spokesperson-is&catid=2%3Alatest-news-international&Itemid=2 |date=January 24, 2016 }}</ref>
# {{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{snd}}{{ill|Ana Vilenica|hr}}
# {{flagu|Portugal}}{{snd}}{{ill|Helena Ramos|pt|Helena Ramos (apresentadora)}}
# {{flagu|Croatia}}{{snd}}{{ill|Davor Meštrović|hr}}
# {{flagu|Cyprus|1960}}{{snd}}Loukas Hamatsos
# {{flagu|Germany}}{{snd}}[[Axel Bulthaupt]]
# {{flagu|Russia}}{{snd}}[[Yana Churikova]]
# {{flagu|Spain}}{{snd}}[[Anne Igartiburu]]
# {{flagu|Israel}}{{snd}}{{ill|Michal Zo'aretz|he|מיכל זוארץ}}
# {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}[[Marlayne]]
# {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}[[Lorraine Kelly]]
# {{flagu|Ukraine|1992}}{{snd}}Lyudmyla Hariv<ref name="Day" />
# {{flagu|Greece}}{{snd}}{{ill|Alexis Kostalas|el|Αλέξης Κωστάλας}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gossip-tv.gr/g-specials/gossip-cam/gallery/579385/alexis-kostalas-deite-poy-ton-entopisame-meta-apo-kairo|title=Αλέξης Κωστάλας: Δείτε πού τον εντοπίσαμε μετά από καιρό!|language=el|website=Gossip-tv.gr|date=19 February 2010|access-date=30 August 2022|archive-date=30 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830135344/https://www.gossip-tv.gr/g-specials/gossip-cam/gallery/579385/alexis-kostalas-deite-poy-ton-entopisame-meta-apo-kairo|url-status=live}}</ref>
# {{flagu|Norway}}{{snd}}[[Roald Øyen]]
# {{flagu|France}}{{snd}}[[Sandrine François]]
# {{flagu|Poland}}{{snd}}{{ill|Maciej Orłoś|pl}}
# {{flagu|Latvia}}{{snd}}{{ill|Ģirts Līcis|arz|جيرتس ليسيس}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/1601/girts_licis_press_conferences_and_latvian_votes/|title=Girts Licis: press conferences and Latvian votes|date=22 May 2003|access-date=24 February 2020|work=ESCToday|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224085356/http://esctoday.com/1601/girts_licis_press_conferences_and_latvian_votes/|url-status=live}}</ref>
# {{flagu|Belgium}}{{snd}}{{ill|Corinne Boulangier|fr}}
# {{flagu|Estonia}}{{snd}}[[Eda-Ines Etti|Ines]]
# {{flagu|Romania}}{{snd}}[[Leonard Miron]]
# {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}[[Kattis Ahlström]]<ref name="Melfest">{{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv |pages=312–313}}</ref>
# {{flagu|Slovenia}}{{snd}}[[Peter Poles]]
{{Div col end}}

== Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> ==
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|+ Detailed voting results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Riga 2003 – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=7 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407200035/https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final/results |archive-date=7 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=217#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042947/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=217#Scoreboard |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2" | Voting procedure used:<br />{{legend|#EFA4A9|100% televoting|outline=#AAAAAA}}{{legend|#A4D1EF|100% jury vote|outline=#AAAAAA}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score|cellstyle=border-bottom:1px solid transparent;}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Iceland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Austria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ireland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Turkey}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Malta}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Portugal}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Croatia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Cyprus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Russia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Spain}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Israel}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|United Kingdom}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ukraine}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Greece}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|France}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Poland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Latvia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belgium}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Estonia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Romania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Sweden}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Slovenia}}
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|-
! rowspan="26" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! 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
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Croatia|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Estonia|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Latvia|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2003|1992}}
|- 
! scope="row" | 4
| '''{{Esc|Turkey|y=2003}}''' || {{Esc|Austria|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Belgium|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2003}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 3
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Iceland|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Ireland|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Sweden|y=2003}}
|- 
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2003}} || {{Esc|France|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Poland|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Spain|y=2003}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Malta|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Norway|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Israel|y=2003}}, {{Esc|Portugal|y=2003}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="7" | 1
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Turkey|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Cyprus|1960|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Greece|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Cyprus|1960|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2003}} || {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Poland|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Germany|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Russia|y=2003}}
|-
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=2003}} || {{Esc|Romania|y=2003}}
|}

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Commentators"></span> ==
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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.<ref name="2003 rules" /> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below. Broadcasters in 42 countries were reported to have broadcast the event live or deferred, including broadcasters in Albania, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Puerto Rico, Serbia and Montenegro, and the United States.<ref name="broadcast countries">{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 |url=http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/projects/live_events/esc_2003_countries.php |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030827105611/http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/projects/live_events/esc_2003_countries.php |archive-date=27 August 2003 |date=10 April 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="broadcast1">{{cite web |last=Opheim |first=Bjørn Erik |title=50th Anniversary won't affect annual Eurovision |url=https://esctoday.com/1306/50th_anniversary_wont_affect_annual_eurovision/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204025532/http://www.esctoday.com/1306/50th_anniversary_wont_affect_annual_eurovision/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |date=22 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="broadcast2">{{cite web |last=Barak |first=Itamar |title=EBU press conference about the contest's future |url=https://esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204052814/http://www.esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |date=22 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries<ref name="broadcast countries" />
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[ORF 1]]
| [[Andi Knoll]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Andreas Knoll |url=https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/who-is-who/tv/knoll100.html |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414061750/http://der.orf.at/unternehmen/who-is-who/tv/knoll100.html |archive-date=14 April 2017 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}
| [[RTBF]]
| {{lang|fr|[[La Une]]|i=unset}}{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[RTBF Sat]]<ref name="TV8" />}}
| [[Jean-Pierre Hautier]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Van Roey |first=Laurent |title=L'acteur t.A.T.u. |trans-title=Actor t.A.T.u. |url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/d-20030524-W2J91P |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Le Soir]] |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208143158/https://www.lesoir.be/art/d-20030524-W2J91P |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=fr |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT (broadcaster)|VRT]]
| [[VRT 1|TV1]]
| [[André Vermeulen]] and [[Anja Daems]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Leidsch" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Eén and La Une present Eurovision coverage - ESCToday.com |url=https://esctoday.com/4423/belgium_en_and_la_une_present_eurovision_coverage/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110431/http://esctoday.com/4423/belgium_en_and_la_une_present_eurovision_coverage/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=10 May 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Croatia}}
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]]
| [[HRT 1]]
| {{ill|Daniela Trbović|hr}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV program |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/novine.php?B=1&C=20&godina=2003&broj=000020&page=026 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Glas Podravine |date=23 May 2003 |page=26 |language=hr |location=[[Koprivnica]], Croatia |via={{ill|Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb|hr|Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pjesmice eurovizije |trans-title=Eurovision songs |url=http://www.infobiro.ba/article/588247 |work=[[Feral Tribune]] |location=[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia |date=31 May 2003 |language=hr |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428164642/http://www.infobiro.ba/article/588247 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Cyprus|1960}}
| [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|CyBC]]
| {{lang|el-latn|[[RIK Ena]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Τηλεορασεις |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/919359 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|[[Haravgi]]|i=unset}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Nicosia]], Cyprus |page=16 |language=el |via={{ill|Cyprus Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}} |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182307/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/919359#?c=&m=&s=&cv= |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Estonia}}
| colspan="2" | [[Eesti Televisioon|ETV]]
| [[Marko Reikop]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=ETV 2003 {{!}} ajalugu {{!}} Ülevaade Eesti Televisiooni tegemistest aastal 2003. |trans-title=ETV 2003 {{!}} history {{!}} Overview of the activities of Estonian Television in 2003. |url=https://info.err.ee/1088730/etv-2003 |publisher=[[Eesti Televisioon]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806104421/https://info.err.ee/1088730/etv-2003 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |date=31 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}
| {{lang|fr|[[France Télévisions]]|i=unset}}
| [[France 3]]
| [[Laurent Ruquier]] and [[Isabelle Mergault]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="TV8" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste]]|i=unset}}
| [[Peter Urban (presenter)|Peter Urban]] 
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>{{cite press release |date=10 February 2003 |title='Eurovision Song Contest': Sänger Max und Produzent Ralph Siegel haben die Startnummer 8 |trans-title='Eurovision Song Contest': Singer Max and producer Ralph Siegel have starting number 8 |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/540241 |language=de |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803044937/https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/540241 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Greece}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]
| [[ERT1|ET1]]
| [[Dafni Bokota]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="ERTnatfinalprep">{{cite web |title=Τετάρτη 26 Φεβρουαρίου ο ελληνικός διαγωνισμός |trans-title=Wednesday 26 February the Greek competition |url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/ |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030216152140/http://eurovision.ert.gr/ |archive-date=16 February 2003 |language=el |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[First Programme|ERA 1]]
| Nikos Triboulidis
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}
| rowspan="2" | [[RÚV]]
| {{lang|is|[[RÚV (TV channel)|Sjónvarpið]]|i=unset}}
| [[Gísli Marteinn Baldursson]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Laugardagur 24. maí |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://timarit.is/page/3047099#page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Reykjavík]], Iceland |page=62 |language=is |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|is|[[Rás 2]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}
| [[RTÉ]]
| [[RTÉ One]]
| [[Marty Whelan]] and [[Phil Coulter]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Count-down to Eurovision in Latvia |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2003/0523/399325-eurovision/ |publisher=[[RTÉ]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208132337/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2003/0523/399325-eurovision/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |date=23 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Latvia}}
| [[Latvian Television|LTV]]
| [[LTV1]]
| {{ill|Kārlis Streips|lv}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Šaitere |first=Tekla |title=www.eurovision.tv |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/www.eurovision.tv-11676750 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Diena]] |location=[[Riga]], Latvia |date=22 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141258/https://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/www.eurovision.tv-11676750 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=lv |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Malta}}
| [[Public Broadcasting Services|PBS]]
| [[TVM (Malta)|TVM]]
| John Bundy
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Massa |first=Adriana |title=Lynn's dress rehearsal goes well |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/lynns-dress-rehearsal-goes-well.149502 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |location=[[Birkirkara]], Malta |date=23 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141641/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/lynns-dress-rehearsal-goes-well.149502 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organisation)|PO]]
| {{lang|nl|[[NPO 2|Nederland 2]]|i=unset}}
| [[Willem van Beusekom]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Leidsch">{{cite news |title=Radio & Televisie Zaterdag |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-24/edition/0/page/32 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Leidsch Dagblad]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |date=24 May 2003 |page=34 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100949/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-24/edition/0/page/32 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=De Vos |first=Ronald |title=Toch trots op 'onze' Esther Hart |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-31/edition/0/page/14 |access-date=16 January 2003 |work=[[Leidsch Dagblad]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |date=31 May 2003 |page=14 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182340/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-31/edition/0/page/14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[NPO Radio 2|Radio 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Norway}}
| rowspan="2" | [[NRK]]
| [[NRK1]]
| [[Jostein Pedersen]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Scandi">{{cite news |title=Radio & TV |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0e795491cdc27eb1a696781697ca5927?page=77 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Telemarksavisa]] |location=[[Skien]], Norway |date=24 May 2003 |pages=78–80 |via=[[National Library of Norway]] |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182307/https://www.nb.no/items/0e795491cdc27eb1a696781697ca5927?page=77 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[NRK P1]]
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Poland}}
| [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]]
| [[TVP1]]
| [[Artur Orzech]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Programy TV sobota |trans-title=Saturday TV programmes |url=http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/show-content/publication/80523/edition/73819 |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=[[Dziennik Bałtycki]] |date=24–25 May 2003 |location=[[Gdańsk]], Poland |page=19 |language=pl |via={{ill|Baltic Digital Library|pl|Bałtycka Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Turcja, nie Polska zwycięzcą Eurowizji 2003 |trans-title=Türkiye, not Poland, won Eurovision 2003 |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/turcja-nie-polska-zwyciezca-eurowizji-2003/9m7e88v |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Onet.pl]] |date=25 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141840/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/turcja-nie-polska-zwyciezca-eurowizji-2003/9m7e88v |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pl |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}
| [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|RTP]]
| [[RTP1]]
| {{ill|Margarida Mercês de Melo|pt}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Television & Radio Programmes |url=https://www.angloportuguesenews.pt/?a=d&d=APN20030522.1.6 |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[Anglo-Portuguese News]] |date=22 May 2003 |location=[[Lisbon]], Portugal |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Eurovisão: Concorrência de leste |trans-title=Eurovision: Eastern Competition |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/eurovisao-concorrencia-de-leste |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]] |date=19 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208142549/https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/eurovisao-concorrencia-de-leste |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pt |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Romania}}
| [[TVR (TV network)|TVR]]
| {{lang|ro|[[TVR 1|România 1]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Sâmbătă, 24 mai 2003 |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May 2003 |url=https://digital.bibliotecaarad.ro/files/original/eb234dd92ae7e582a1b86ed526ed450d7fc59c74.pdf |access-date=6 September 2024 |work={{ill|Adevărul de Arad|ro}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Arad, Romania|Arad]], Romania |language=ro |page=4 |via={{ill|Biblioteca Județeană "Alexandru D. Xenopol" Arad|ro|Biblioteca Județeană „A.D. Xenopol” din Arad}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Russia}}
| colspan="2" | [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]]
| {{ill|Yuriy Aksyuta|ru|Аксюта, Юрий Викторович}} and {{ill|Yelena Batinova|ru|Батинова, Елена Викторовна}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Организаторы конкурса «Евровидение-2003» обещают незабываемое шоу |trans-title=Organizers of the 'Eurovision 2003' contest promise an unforgettable show |url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2003-05-24/254065-organizatory_konkursa_evrovidenie_2003_obeschayut_nezabyvaemoe_shou |publisher=[[Channel One Russia]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511145202/http://www.1tv.ru/news/2003-05-24/254065-organizatory_konkursa_evrovidenie_2003_obeschayut_nezabyvaemoe_shou |archive-date=11 May 2017 |date=24 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Суббота, 24 мая |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May |url=http://89.223.124.215/tvps/jqpxmzerxgpn.pdf |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=[[Argumenty i Fakty]] |location=[[Moscow]], Russia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208185728/http://89.223.124.215/tvps/jqpxmzerxgpn.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=14 |language=ru |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Slovenia}}
| [[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|RTVSLO]]
| [[TV SLO 2|SLO 2]]
| Andrea F
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Šinik |first=Gorazd |title=Prosim, ne zaspite pred televizorjem |trans-title=Please don't fall asleep in front of the TV |url=https://arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si/digitar/16298754_2003_40_L.pdf |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=Gorenjski Glas |date=23 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208195450/https://arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si/digitar/16298754_2003_40_L.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=32 |language=sl |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain}}
| [[Televisión Española|TVE]]
| {{lang|es|[[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La Primera]]|i=unset}}{{efn|Additional live broadcast on {{lang|es|[[TVE Internacional]]|i=unset}}<ref name="TV8" />}}
| [[José Luis Uribarri]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Televisión |url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/24/pagina-8/34023160/pdf.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |location=[[Barcelona]], Spain |date=24 May 2003 |page=8 |language=es |url-access=subscription |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724044836/https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/24/pagina-8/34023160/pdf.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]
| [[SVT1]]
| [[Pekka Heino (television presenter)|Pekka Heino]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV & Radio i dag |trans-title=TV & Radio today |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |date=24 May 2003 |page=52 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| [[Sveriges Radio P4|SR P4]]
| [[Carolina Norén]] and [[Björn Kjellman]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogram 24 maj 2003 |trans-title=Radio programme 24 May 2003 |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |date=24 May 2003 |page=51 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|TRT]]
| [[TRT 1]]{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[TRT International|TRT Int]]<ref name="Cumhuriyet" />}}
| [[Bülend Özveren]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Cumhuriyet" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ukraine|1992}}
| [[National Television Company of Ukraine|NTU]]
| {{lang|uk|[[Pershyi Natsionalnyi]]|i=unset}}
| Dmytro Kryzhanivskyi
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Day">{{cite news |last=Polishchuk |first=Tetyana |title=«Євробачення» — готовність № 1 |trans-title='Eurovision' — readiness № 1 |url=https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/den-ukrayini/ievrobachennya-gotovnist-no-1 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[The Day (Kyiv)|The Day]] |location=[[Kyiv]], Ukraine |date=21 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050117/https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/den-ukrayini/ievrobachennya-gotovnist-no-1 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |language=uk |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Субота, 24 травня |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May |url=https://image.isu.pub/130920091321-5e44ad91820fbfd07ed18892ba3dd717/jpg/page_3.jpg |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=Nove Zhyttia |date=17 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208191338/https://image.isu.pub/130920091321-5e44ad91820fbfd07ed18892ba3dd717/jpg/page_3.jpg |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=uk |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| rowspan="2" | [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One]]{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[BBC Prime]]<ref name="Scandi" />}}
| [[Terry Wogan]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Eurovision Song Contest – BBC One |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0ffc639a804f44a882137c94ae5ebc90 |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=24 May 2003 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]] |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204112844/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0ffc639a804f44a882137c94ae5ebc90 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[BBC Radio 2]]
| [[Ken Bruce]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC Radio 2 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/98a49c11eb2c4d9dbbae3d55bff9d4f2 |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=24 May 2003 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]] |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204112836/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/98a49c11eb2c4d9dbbae3d55bff9d4f2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries<ref name="broadcast countries" />
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Andorra}}
| [[Radio and Television of Andorra|RTVA]]
| [[Andorra Televisió|ATV]]
| {{ill|Meri Picart|ca}} and Albert Roig
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=ATV Eurovisio |trans-title=ATV Eurovision |url=http://www.rtvasa.ad/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |publisher=[[Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra]] |date=9 October 2003 |access-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210092151/http://www.rtvasa.ad/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2003 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]
| [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]]{{efn|Deferred broadcast on 25 May at 20:30 ([[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]])<ref name="Australia" />}}
| Des Mangan
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Australia">{{cite news |title=TV Torres News |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/28459038 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Torres News]] |date=23 May 2003 |location=[[Thursday Island]], QLD, Australia |page=4 |via=[[Trove]] |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/28459038 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lesbian kiss could be Russia's Waterloo |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lesbian-kiss-could-be-russias-waterloo-20030524-gdgt8q.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116153856/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lesbian-kiss-could-be-russias-waterloo-20030524-gdgt8q.html |archive-date=16 November 2018 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Belarus|1995}}
| [[Belteleradio|BTRC]]
| [[Belarus-1]]
| Ales Kruglyakov and Tatyana Yakusheva
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Телепрограмма на 19.05 – 25.05 |trans-title=TV programmes for 19.05 – 25.05 |url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/yfptmpnanubj.pdf |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta]] |location=[[Minsk]], Belarus |date=16 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208192632/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/yfptmpnanubj.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=9 |language=ru |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=БТ покажет нам «Евровидение-2003» |trans-title=BT will show us 'Eurovision-2003' |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/23037/133233/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] |location=Moscow, Russia |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204225032/http://www.kp.ru/daily/23037/133233/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |language=ru |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
| [[DR1]]
| [[Jørgen de Mylius]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 24. maj 2003 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 24th May 2003 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=2003-05-24 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513173234/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=2003-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Falkland Islands}}
| [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|BFBS]]
| BFBS 1,{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 21:00 ([[Falkland Islands Time|FKT]])<ref name="Falklands" />}} [[BFBS Radio 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Falklands">{{cite news |title=Your BFBS Television programmes |url=https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Penguin%20News/2003%20Apr-Jun.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |work=[[Penguin News|Penguin News Information Pullout]] |date=24–30 May 2003 |page=2 |location=[[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], Falkland Islands |via=[[Jane Cameron National Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BFBS Radio 2 |url=https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Penguin%20News/2003%20Apr-Jun.pdf |work=[[Penguin News|Penguin News Information Pullout]] |date=24–30 May 2003 |page=3 |location=[[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], Falkland Islands |access-date=25 October 2024 |via=[[Jane Cameron National Archives]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Finland}}
| rowspan="4" | [[YLE]]
| [[YLE TV2]]
| [[Maria Guzenina]] and {{ill|Asko Murtomäki|fi}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV2 |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142452.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107151356/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142452.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[YLE FST]]
| {{ill|Thomas Lundin (broadcaster)|sv|Thomas Lundin|lt=Thomas Lundin}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Ohjelman tiedot : RITVA-tietokanta |trans-title=Programme information: RITVA database  |url=https://rtva.kavi.fi/program/details/program/24227500|access-date=21 September 2023 |language=fi |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100958/https://rtva.kavi.fi/program/details/program/24227500|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[YLE Radio Suomi]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Suomi |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142439.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107150610/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142439.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[YLE Radio Vega]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Vega |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003968340.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107145215/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003968340.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy|2003}}
| colspan="2" | [[GAY.tv]]
| {{ill|Fabio Canino|it}} and Paolo Quilici
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=L'Eurofestival più gay |trans-title=The gayest Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.gay.it/l-eurofestival-piu-gay |publisher=[[GAY.tv]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208144025/https://www.gay.it/l-eurofestival-piu-gay |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=it |date=23 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Lithuania}}
| [[Lithuanian National Radio and Television|LRT]]
| [[LRT televizija|LTV]]
| {{ill|Darius Užkuraitis|lt}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Sobota 24. V |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://pbc.uw.edu.pl//23302/1/99.pdf |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[Kurier Wileński]] |location=[[Vilnius]], Lithuania |date=23–25 May 2000 |page=10 |language=pl |via=Polonijna Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Meškinytė |first=Adelė |title='Eurovizijos' balsas D.Užkuraitis: smagi atsiradimo konkurse istorija ir atsakymas, ką išties mano apie šou |trans-title=Eurovision voice D.Užkuraitis: a funny story of his appearance in the contest and the answer to what he really thinks about the show |url=https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/eurovizija/eurovizijos-balsas-d-uzkuraitis-smagi-atsiradimo-konkurse-istorija-ir-atsakymas-ka-isties-mano-apie-sou-1058-1318738 |access-date=3 December 2022 |work=[[15min]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203112323/https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/eurovizija/eurovizijos-balsas-d-uzkuraitis-smagi-atsiradimo-konkurse-istorija-ir-atsakymas-ka-isties-mano-apie-sou-1058-1318738 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |language=lt |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Serbia and Montenegro}}
| [[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]]
| [[RTS 2 (Serbian TV channel)|RTS 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=24. мај – Субота |trans-title=24 May – Saturday |url=https://postimg.cc/vxgdT8CL |access-date=6 November 2024 |work={{ill|TV Novosti (magazine)|sr|ТВ Новости|lt=TV Novosti}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Belgrade]], Serbia and Montenegro |page=23 |language=sr-cyrl}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF zwei|SF 2]]
| {{ill|Roman Kilchsperger|de}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz">{{cite news |title=TV/Radio Samstag |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG20030524-01.1.9 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work={{ill|Freiburger Nachrichten|de}} |location=[[Fribourg]], Switzerland |date=24 May 2003 |page=9 |language=de |via=[[e-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR 1]]
| [[Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)|Jean-Marc Richard]] and [[Alain Morisod]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="TV8">{{cite magazine |title=Samedi 24 mai |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/323164/view?page=12&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[TV8 (magazine)|TV8]] |volume=81 |issue=21 |date=22 May 2003 |location=[[Zofingen]], Switzerland |pages=23–30 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RSI La 1|TSI 1]]
| Daniele Rauseo
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" />
|}

==Incidents==

===Organisational issues===
In January 2003, German news magazine [[Der Spiegel]] reported  that Riga was suffering from serious financial problems that could  lead to a breach of contract so  the contest might need to be moved to another city.<ref>{{cite web|first=Oliver|last=Rau|title=Financial problems in Riga|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1195/financial_problems_in_riga/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=28 January 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923032212/http://esctoday.com/1195/financial_problems_in_riga/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ilona Bērziņa, spokesperson of LTV, denied that potential financial issues the city council of Riga may be facing would interrupt the organisation of the contest.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=LTV: 'Eurovision Song Contest not in danger'|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1198/ltv_eurovision_song_contest_not_in_danger/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=29 January 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031221829/http://esctoday.com/1198/ltv_eurovision_song_contest_not_in_danger/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2003, [[The Baltic Times]] reported that a committee of Riga municipality rejected the proposal to withdraw the funds it pledged in support of organising the contest.<ref>{{cite web|first=Itamar|last=Barak|title=Riga municipality won't cut Eurovision budget|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1217/riga_municipality_wont_cut_eurovision_budget/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=2 February 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031225716/http://esctoday.com/1217/riga_municipality_wont_cut_eurovision_budget/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2003, Danish newspaper [[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]] published an article based on accusations that the EBU television director Bjørn Erichsen made in reference to LTV suffering from organisational chaos which could result in the removal of Latvia's hosting duties since they were running behind schedule.<ref>{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Ringby|title=Danish newspaper writes about LTV's chaos|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1409/danish_newspaper_writes_about_ltvs_chaos/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=15 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918073208/http://esctoday.com/1409/danish_newspaper_writes_about_ltvs_chaos/|url-status=live}}</ref> The general director of LTV, Uldis-Ivars Grava, replied, saying: "A few weeks ago, the EBU's legal director, Werner Rumphorst, was in Riga, and I spent an entire day with him and with the former general director of the Danish broadcaster [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]], Bjørn Erichsen. We talked about co-operation and about programme exchanges, and neither of them said a single word that would indicate any doubts, lack of trust or accusation."<ref name=incidents1>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=LTV: "Eurovision will take place in Riga!"|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1414/ltv_eurovision_will_take_place_in_riga/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=16 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918084407/http://esctoday.com/1414/ltv_eurovision_will_take_place_in_riga/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ingrida Smite, head of press for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, reaffirmed that the contest would take place in Riga despite reports to the contrary.<ref name=incidents1/>

===Controversies surrounding Russian band t.A.T.u.===
Upon the selection of the Russian artists [[t.A.T.u.]], the duo gave an interview to German tabloid ''[[Bild]]'' in March 2003 where they claimed that they would win the contest without a doubt and criticised the German entrant [[Lou (German singer)|Lou]] calling her a witch with duo member [[Julia Volkova]] (also referring to Germany's 2002 entrant) stating, "In Russia we nurse blind and old people, but we don't send them to the Grand Prix. This must be different in Germany."<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand-Prix sensation: t.A.T.u. participate against Lou*. ("Blind" - Germany)|url=http://eng.tatysite.net/press/transl.php?id=584_0_8_0_M|date=19 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203071936/http://eng.tatysite.net/press/transl.php?id=584_0_8_0_M|url-status=live}}</ref> Lou later responded to the comments stating, "I don't know whether bitching, fighting and boozing kids are the right representatives for such a beautiful country as Russia."

t.A.T.u.'s first rehearsal dominated proceedings on 20 May—the band were supposed to rehearse the day before, but had turned up a day late, claiming that Julia Volkova was suffering from a sore throat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eurovision row over Tatu|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3045939.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=21 May 2003|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026090443/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3045939.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The group were booed by journalists during their press conference where they complained about the production's poor lighting and stage. EBU supervisor Sarah Yuen said "They are the bad girls of pop… we shouldn’t have expected them to come here and be nice and pleasant."<ref>{{cite web|title=tATu plan to take Eurovision by storm|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/tatu-plan-to-take-eurovision-by-storm-100070.html|publisher=BreakingNews.ie|date=23 May 2003|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116032643/https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/tatu-plan-to-take-eurovision-by-storm-100070.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU had originally planned to have a pre-recorded performance of the Russian entry ready to substitute during the live broadcast in case the duo performed a lesbian publicity stunt on stage, which they deemed inappropriate for a family entertainment show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tatu Lesbian Stunt Feared (SkyNews)|url=http://eng.tatysite.net/press/press.php?id=853_0_7_80|date=22 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203081127/http://eng.tatysite.net/press/press.php?id=853_0_7_80|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU later stated that the performance would be broadcast live without any interruption.<ref>{{cite web|first=Oliver|last=Rau|title=t.A.T.u.'s performance will not be interrupted|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1637/t-a-t-u-s_performance_will_not_be_interrupted/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=24 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918074858/http://esctoday.com/1637/t-a-t-u-s_performance_will_not_be_interrupted/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision to Brave All with Live t.A.T.u. Show (Reuters)|url=http://eng.tatysite.net/press/press.php?id=870_0_7_40|date=25 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203065626/http://eng.tatysite.net/press/press.php?id=870_0_7_40|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Russian complaint against Irish vote===
After the contest, Russian broadcaster [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]] complained that Irish broadcaster [[RTÉ]] had used a back-up jury, and that it had cost them victory. A statement by Channel One said "Considering [the] insignificant difference in points between the first and third places, there are grounds to believe that the contest results could be much different for Russia."<ref>{{cite news|first=Nick Paton|last=Walsh|title=Vote switch 'stole Tatu's Eurovision win'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/30/russia.arts|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=15 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315124738/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/30/russia.arts|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Russia launches Eurovision appeal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2947872.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=29 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227025448/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2947872.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On the night of the competition, the voting polls operated by Irish telecommunications company [[Eircom]] suffered a delay in delivering the results on time, which prompted RTÉ to use the votes of the back-up jury instead.<ref name=IrelandRussia>{{cite web|first=André|last=Rodrigues|title=EBU approves use back-up jury of Irish television|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1695/ebu_approves_use_back-up_jury_of_irish_television/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=20 June 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918074942/http://esctoday.com/1695/ebu_approves_use_back-up_jury_of_irish_television/|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU cleared RTÉ of any potential wrongdoing after an investigation on the matter and stated that the rules concerning substituting the back-up jury in place of the televote were correctly applied.<ref name=IrelandRussia/> RTÉ later published the unused results of the televote, which showed that had the jury not been used, Turkey would still have won, and Ireland's voting "partners", the United Kingdom, would still have no points. Russia did not receive any points from the televote, however, since Belgium only received 2 points from the Irish televote as opposed to 10 points awarded by the Irish jury, Russia would have placed second.<ref name=irishjury>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Irish televoting results finally announced|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1707/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 June 2003|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923040925/http://esctoday.com/1707/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Marcel Bezençon Awards ==
[[File:Esther Hart 3.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Esther Hart (singer)|Esther Hart]], the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=2003|t=Netherlands's representative}} and winner of the 2003 [[Marcel Bezençon Awards]]' Artistic Award]]
The [[Marcel Bezençon Awards]] are a series of awards held concurrently to the main contest, with the aim of honouring and celebrating the participants of the final of that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Named after the Swiss broadcasting executive [[Marcel Bezençon]], one of the people influencial in the creation of the contest,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Origins of Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=27 May 2019}}</ref> and created by two former Swedish Eurovision participants, [[Christer Björkman]] ({{escyr|1992}}) and [[Richard Herrey]] ({{escyr|1984}} as a member of the winning group [[Herreys]]), the inaugural awards were presented at part of the {{escyr|2002||2002 event}}. Three awards were presented as part of the second edition of the awards in 2003, with the winner of each award determined by a different group of individuals:<ref name="Bezençon1">{{cite web |title=Marcel Bezençon Awards {{!}} Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/in-depth/marcel-bezencon-awards |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en |date=1 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Bezençon2">{{cite web |title=Marcel Bezençon Award |url=https://www.marcelbezenconaward.com/ |publisher=Marcel Bezençon Award |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Richard |first1=Jean-Marc |last2=Clapasson |first2=Mary |last3=Tanner |first3=Nicolas |title=La saga Eurovision |date=2017 |publisher=Favre |location=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland |isbn=978-2-8289-1549-0 |pages=422–425 |language=fr}}</ref>
*The Press Award for the best competing song, as determined by the collective votes of the accredited press and media, was awarded to the {{esccnty|Turkey|y=2003|t=Turkish entry}}, "[[Everyway That I Can]]" performed by [[Sertab Erener]]
*The Artistic Award for the best artistic performance, as determined by the collective votes of previous Eurovision winners, was awarded to the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=2003|t=Dutch entry}}, "One More Night" performed by [[Esther Hart (singer)|Esther Hart]]
*The Fan Award, as determined by the collective votes of members of the international Eurovision fan club [[OGAE]], was awarded to the {{esccnty|Spain|y=2003|t=Spanish entry}}, "{{lang|es|[[Dime (Beth song)|Dime]]|i=unset}}" performed by [[Beth (musician)|Beth]]

The winners each received a hand-blown glass trophy designed by Karin Hammar and created at the {{ill|Stockholm Glass Studio|sv|Stockholms glasbruk}}, which were handed out backstage prior to the contest proper.<ref name="Bezençon1" /><ref name="Bezençon2" />

==Official album==
[[File:ESC 2003 album cover.jpg|thumb|right|Cover art of the official album]]
'''''Eurovision Song Contest: Riga 2003''''' was the official compilation album of the 2003 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by [[CMC International]] on 19 May 2003. The album featured all 26 songs that entered in the 2003 contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest: Riga 2003|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eurovision-Song-Contest-Riga-2003/dp/B00009EJIS/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music|website=amazon.co.uk|publisher=Amazon|access-date=5 November 2014|quote=Product details: released 19 May 2003|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429150019/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eurovision-Song-Contest-Riga-2003/dp/B00009EJIS/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
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|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Eurovision Song Contest 2003}}
* {{Official website|https://eurovision.tv/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030414040437/http://www.ebu.ch/news/pdf/ESC2003Rules.pdf Official rules for 2003]
* {{IMDb title|0367711}}

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