Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

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

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Croatia
National selection
Selection processDječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003
Selection date(s)7 July 2003
Selected entrantDino Jelušić
Selected song"Ti si moja prva ljubav"
Finals performance
Final result1st, 134 points
Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Junior Eurovision

Dječja Pjesma Eurovizije 2003

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

Competing entries

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

Final

The final took place on 7 July 2003 at the Tvornica Kulture in Zagreb, hosted by Iva Sulentić and Frano Domitrović. The winner was determined by a public televote. Only the winner was announced.[1][2]

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

At Junior Eurovision

During the running order draw which both took place on 6 October 2003, Croatia was drawn to perform second, following Greece and preceding Cyprus.[3]

Points awarded to Croatia
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Croatia
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