Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Arne J. Rasmussen

Writers:

Rune Klan (presenters' scripts)
Jacob Riising (presenters' scripts)

Release Date:

November 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Family | Music

Tagline:

The World's Biggest Children's TV Show Ever!

Plot:

The first Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) was based on an idea developed by Danmarks Radio (DR)...

Plot Keywords:

Contest | Winner | Song | Song Contest | Eurovision

Cast

Camilla Ottesen	...	Herself - Host
Remee	...	Himself - Host
Nicolai Molbech	...	Announcer (voice)
Flow Dance Academy	...	Themselves - Dancers
Nicolas Ganopoulos	...	Himself - Performer: Greece (as Nicolas)
Dino Jelusic	...	Himself - Performer: Croatia (as Dino)
Theodora Raftis	...	Herself - Performer: Cyprus (as Theodora)
Volha Satsiuk	...	Herself - Performer: Belarus (as Volha)
Katsiaryna Lipouskaya	...	Herself - Backing vocals: Belarus
Dzintars Cica	...	Himself - Performer: Latvia (as Dzintars)
Marija Arsovska	...	Herself - Performer: FYR Macedonia (as Marija, Victorija & Co.)
Viktorija Loba	...	Herself - Performer: FYR Macedonia (as Marija, Victorija & Co.)
Irena Galabovska	...	Herself - Performer: FYR Macedonia (as Marija, Victorija & Co.)
Bisera Ilijoska	...	Herself - Backing Vocals: FYR Macedonia (as Marija, Victorija & Co.)
Bojana Ilijoska	...	Herself - Backing Vocals: FYR Macedonia (as Marija, Victorija & Co.)

Also Known As:

Europæisk junior mgp 2003 (Denmark)
Junior ESC 2003 (Europe: English title) (short title)
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (Europe: English title)
Junior mgp 2003 (Denmark) (short title)

Runtime:

Denmark:122 min | Spain:120 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Dutch | English | Greek | Latvian | Macedonian | Norwegian | Polish | Romanian | Serbo-Croatian | Spanish | Swedish | Belarusian | Danish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Amagertorv, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Danmarks Radio (DR)

Trivia:

It was decided that the country that won the contest would not necessarily host the next contest, in order to reduce the pressure on the contestants. As such, the next host was decided before the contest was held. In this case, the United Kingdom was chosen; however, the UK broadcaster ITV pulled out in May 2004 due to finance and scheduling problems. The venue was therefore moved to Croatia, the winning country of 2003, but the Croatian broadcaster HRT reportedly forgot that the prospective venue for the event was already booked for the period the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was to take place. For this reason, Norway's NRK organized the next contest, which took place in the Lillehammer Håkons Hall, the Ice Arena from the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Året der gik 2003 (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Arabiens drøm

The best TV concept ever developed in Denmark!

Although a small nation with a small language and so scant prospects of producing TV concepts with international appeal, Denmark has none the less managed to create something new and powerful with Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) - something to capture the audience unlike the vast array of shows featuring forgettable people in pointless situations. The idea of televising a song contest with children first began in 2000 as a spin-off from a children's show on DR TV, but already the next year it was launched on Danish TV as an independent show called "mgp 2001" - and became an instant success! It was only natural that the show would spawn, first, a Nordic version in 2002 and then, in 2003, the international version. This was not just a European "box" placed on top of the Danish show; all 16 entrants to the JESC 2003 had organized their own national contests thereby establishing a new TV tradition which hopefully will continue and develop in the future. An international children's song contest is about showing that children are competent, possessed of sufficient energy, willpower and skills to lift a show on this scale. Bear in mind that the youngest entrant was only eight years old, and by no means the worst. Unlike the ESC for grown-ups, where entrants may deliver songs written by just about anyone else than themselves, entrants to the JESC have to perform songs which are clearly their own. This JESC rule has added new zest to an institution lately considered somewhat sclerotic, and in a few years the Junior ESC may conceivably have supplanted the grown-up version as the preferred song contest.