Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Latvia
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	8 June 2003
Selected artist(s)	Dzintars Čīča
Selected song	"Tu esi vasarā"
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 37 points
Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Latvia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 which took place on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised a national final in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2003 contest. On 8 June 2003, Dzintars Čīča won the national final and was selected to represent Latvia with the song "Tu esi vasarā".^[1]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

56 songs were submitted to LTV. Ten entries were selected for the national final, and the competing artists and songs were announced on 17 March 2003.^[2]

The final took place on 8 June 2003, hosted by Linda Leen and Horens Stalbe. Ten entries competed and the song with the highest number of votes from the public, "Tu esi vasarā" performed by Dzintars Čīča, was declared the winner.^[3]^[4]

Final – 8 June 2003
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Gatis Freimanis	"Āfrika"	1,039	8
2	Eva Burtniece	"Dažkārt"	870	9
3	Līvija Daudze	"Smilšu pils"	639	10
4	Sabīne Berezina	"Saules stari"	3,132	3
5	Miks Dukurs	"Mana sirds"	4,610	2
6	Alīna Razumnaja	"Es..."	2,340	4
7	Edgars Šmiukšis	"Bungas dzied"	1,212	7
8	Dzintars Čīča	"Tu esi vasarā"	11,993	1
9	Ieva Stāmere	"Zvaigznes un melodijas"	1,868	5
10	Madara Viktorova	"Es gribu zināt"	1,621	6

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

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

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

References

^ "Dzintars Cica". jesc.tv.
^ "Zināmi bērnu Eirovīzijas nacionālās atlases finālisti". DELFI (in Latvian). 17 March 2003.
^ "JESC 2003".
^ Medinika, Aija (9 June 2003). "Latvian finalist of Junior Eurovision known". Esctoday.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[1] "Dzintars Cica". jesc.tv.

[2] "Zināmi bērnu Eirovīzijas nacionālās atlases finālisti". DELFI (in Latvian). 17 March 2003.

[3] "JESC 2003".

[4] Medinika, Aija (9 June 2003). "Latvian finalist of Junior Eurovision known". Esctoday.

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

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