Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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

Sweden entered the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, represented by the - 10-year-old Rebecca Laakso and eleven-year-old Julia Urban - with the song "Stoppa mig".

Before Junior Eurovision[]

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003[]

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

Music video[]

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.

At Junior Eurovision[]

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]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Sweden^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Denmark
4 points
3 points	Spain
2 points	Norway
1 point	Cyprus Malta

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

External links[]

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 Sveriges Television

References[]

^ Ringby, Daniel (2003-09-10). "Songs for Swedish children's final announced!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ ^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] Ringby, Daniel (2003-09-10). "Songs for Swedish children's final announced!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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

[2003detailed-3] "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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