Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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The Euro Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the first edition of the competition and was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 November 2003. The event was organized DR, the presenters were Camilla Ottesen and Remee. Winner of the competition was the eleven year old Dino Jelusic of Croatia with the song Ti si moja ljubav prva ( "You're my first love "). In advance of the competition was, however, decided that the winner's country is not the event rights are allocated next JESC. The Euro Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place in Norway. Germany expressed interest in the competition and was already mentioned in the lists of participants, retired but returned for unknown reasons and has not participated in any competition until today.
The JESC 2003, the first Euro Vision Song Contest ever, which was broadcast in 16:9 format. It was also the first ESC, appeared a DVD on the market in which, in retrospect.
Participation
16 countries participated in the first edition. The interest in participating exceeded the expectations of the EBU, which therefore decided to grant a maximum of 15 countries. On this list was also Germany and Slovakia, however, both had canceled at short notice. As a substitute drew Poland and Belarus after. Cyprus was allowed as a sixteenth country also occur after increasing the number of participants.
Because of their experience with the MGP Nordic, the model of the JESC, Denmark was allowed to unsubscribe the first contest.