Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the inaugural edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 15 November 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. With Camilla Ottesen and Remee as the presenters, the contest was won by the then eleven-year-old Dino Jelusić, who represented Croatia with his song "Ti si moja prva ljubav" while second and third place went to Spain and the United Kingdom respectively. The next time that a country would win on its first attempt was Italy in 2014.
Forum in Copenhagen was the venue for the inaugural contest.
Cover art of the official album
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003.
Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark hosted the inaugural edition of the contest in 2003.
Ksenia Sitnik claimed Belarus' first win in 2005 with "My vmeste". Her country's next victory was two years later with Alexey Zhigalkovich
Vladimir Arzumanyan representing Armenia, who won the 2010 contest with the song "Mama"
Sietse Bakker (center), executive supervisor from 2011 to 2012