United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	6 September 2003
Selected entrant	Tom Morley
Selected song	"My Song for the World"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 118 points
United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The United Kingdom competed at the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. A national final was held by Independent Television (ITV) to select the first UK entry to Junior Eurovision.

Before Junior Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held on 6 September 2003, and was broadcast on ITV1. The show was presented by Mark Durden-Smith and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, and regional televoting selected the winner from the eight competing acts.

Final – 6 September 2003
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Feature 5	"Slumberland"	35	4
2	Jack Brown	"Back to Love"	12	7
3	Ellis De Bie	"I Have a Feeling"	38	3
4	Starrlight	"Gonna Be Fine"	10	8
5	Sasha Stevens	"Little Children"	29	5
6	Mr Cheerful	"Winter's Nearly Gone"	23	6
7	Tom Morley	"My Song for the World"	64	1
8	UZLOT	"Please Don't Cry"	62	2

At Junior Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tom Morley performed 12th in the running order of the contest, following Belgium and preceding Denmark. At the close of the voting Morley has received 118 points, placing 3rd of the 16 competing entries, beaten by Spain and winners' Croatia.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to the United Kingdom^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Belarus Denmark Malta
10 points	Romania Spain Sweden
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Cyprus Greece Latvia Poland
6 points
5 points	Norway
4 points	Belgium Croatia
3 points	Macedonia
2 points
1 point

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

References[]

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

[2003detailed-2] "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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