Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

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Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Participating broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV)
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
National selection
Selection processEurolaul 2003
Selection date(s)8 February 2003
Selected artist(s) Ruffus
Selected song"Eighties Coming Back"
Selected songwriter(s) Vaiko Eplik
Finals performance
Final result21st, 14 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Eighties Coming Back", written by Vaiko Eplik, and performed by the band Ruffus. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), organised the national final Eurolaul 2003 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Eighties Coming Back" performed by Claire's Birthday was selected as the winner by an international jury panel. The band was later renamed as Ruffus for Eurovision.

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Estonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. Performing during the show in position 17, Estonia placed twenty-first out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 14 points.

Background

Prior to the 2003 contest, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Estonia eight times since its first entry in 1994, [1] winning the contest on one occasion: in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ETV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since their debut, the broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest. ETV has organised the Eurolaul competition since 1996 in order to select its entry and on 8 November 2002, it announced the organisation of Eurolaul 2003 in order to select its 2003 entry. [2]

Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 2003

Eurolaul 2003 was the tenth edition of the national selection Eurolaul, organised by ETV to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The competition consisted of a ten-song final on 8 February 2003 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Romi Erlach and broadcast on ETV. The national final was watched by 343,500 viewers in Estonia with a market share of 57.4%. [3]

Competing entries

On 8 November 2002, ETV opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 9 December 2002. [4] A record 100 submissions were received by the deadline—breaking the previous record of 90, set during the 2002 edition. [5] A 10-member jury panel selected 10 finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced on 13 December 2002. Among the competing artists was previous Eurovision Song Contest entrant Koit Toome, who represented Estonia in 1998. Kaire Vilgats (member of Family), Kadi Toom, Maarja Kivi (member of Vanilla Ninja), Maiken and Nightlight Duo have all competed in previous editions of Eurolaul. The selection jury consisted of Jaak Joala (musician), Meelis Kapstas (journalist), Ivo Linna (singer), Jaan Karp (musician), Priit Hõbemägi (culture critic), Tõnu Kõrvits (composer), Eda-Ines Etti (singer), Ignar Fjuk (member of the National Broadcasting Council), Karmel Eikner (journalist) and Tiit Kikas (musician). [6]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Claire's Birthday "Eighties Coming Back" Vaiko Eplik
Family"Don't Ever Change"Susan Lilleväli, Johannes Lõhmus, Kaire Vilgats
Kadi Toom"Have a Little Faith" Maian Kärmas, Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre
"We Are Not Done"
Koit Toome "Know What I Feel"Koit Toome, Kersti Kuusk, Imre Sooäär
Maiken"No Matter What It Takes"Peter Ross, Elmar Liitmaa
Nightlight Duo "I Can B the 1" Sven Lõhmus
Slobodan River "What a Day" Maria Rahula, Tomi Rahula
Vanilla Ninja "Club Kung-Fu" Piret Järvis, Sven Lõhmus
Viies Element"Have It Your Way"Asko-Rome Altsoo, Raul Veeber, Aimar Toomla

Final

The final took place on 8 February 2003. Ten songs competed during the show and a jury selected "Eighties Coming Back" performed by Claire's Birthday as the winner. A non-competitive public vote conducted via televoting and online voting which registered 77,729 votes was also held and selected "Club Kung-Fu" performed by Vanilla Ninja as the winner. [7] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Anders Berglund (Swedish conductor), Sergio (Belgian singer), Darja Švajger (Slovenian singer), Manfred Witt (German television producer), Moshe Datz (Israeli singer), Renārs Kaupers (Latvian musician), Michael Ball (British singer) and Bo Halldórsson (Icelandic singer). [8]

Final – 8 February 2003
DrawArtistSongJury VotesTotalPlace
Anders Berglund
Sergio
Darja Švajger
Manfred Witt
Moshe Datz
Renārs Kaupers
Michael Ball
Björgvin Halldórsson
1Kadi Toom"We Are Not Done"1263861085583
2Family"Don't Ever Change"68751321338
3 Nightlight Duo "I Can B the 1"10105123147524
4Kadi Toom"Have a Little Faith"536107656485
5 Koit Toome "Know What I Feel"821231251210642
6 Slobodan River "What a Day"241228104337
7Maiken"No Matter What It Takes"712844732476
8 Vanilla Ninja "Club Kung-Fu"17215268329
9 Claire's Birthday "Eighties Coming Back"45107812712651
10Viies Element"Have It Your Way"314610413329

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom five countries in the 2002 contest competed in the final on 24 May 2003. [9] On 29 November 2002, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Estonia was set to perform in position 23, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from Romania. [10] The band performed at the contest under the new name Ruffus and Estonia finished in twenty-first place with 14 points. [11] [12]

The show was broadcast in Estonia on ETV with commentary by Marko Reikop as well as via radio on Raadio 2 with commentary by Vello Rand. ETV appointed Ines (who represented Estonia in 2000) as its spokesperson to announce the Estonian votes during the show.

Voting

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