| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 October 2003 | |||
| Selected entrant | Honeypies | |||
| Selected song | "Stoppa mig" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 12 points | |||
| Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden entered the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, represented by the Honeypies - 10-year-old Rebecca Laakso and eleven-year-old Julia Urban - with the song "Stoppa mig".
Sveriges Television (SVT) held a national final to select the Swedish entry to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 was held on 4 October, and was hosted at the SVT Television Centre in Stockholm by children's TV host Victoria Dyring. [1]
Ten songs competed in the contest, with the winner decided by jury and televoting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday | "Det är så det ska va" | 28 | 40 | 68 | 3 |
| 2 | Vera & Vendela | "Vänner" | 22 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Daniel & Lukas | "Data-hop" | 44 | 0 | 44 | 6 |
| 4 | Sofie Ljungberg | "Du finns i mitt hjärta" | 38 | 30 | 68 | 4 |
| 5 | V.Ä.N.N.E.R | "För att du är min vän" | 30 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 6 | Sebbe | "Om jag gillar någon" | 32 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| 7 | Honeypies | "Stoppa mig" | 32 | 50 | 82 | 1 |
| 8 | Dragonheartz | "Om du" | 22 | 0 | 22 | 10 |
| 9 | Patrik Olsson | "Sommarsol" | 42 | 10 | 52 | 5 |
| 10 | Felix Hvit | "För den jag är" | 20 | 60 | 80 | 2 |
The music video for "Stoppa mig" depicts a film about two best friends named Piplup and Popplio who are going to enjoy their summer holiday in Tbilisi, Georgia (which had hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017).
Two TV networks: ANT1 (Greece) and TV Imedi (Georgia) were responsible to collaborate this production.
On the night of the contest, held in Copenhagen in Denmark, the Honeypies performed 14th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Malta. At the close of the voting the duo received 12 points, placing 15th of the 16 competing entries. [2]
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