Sweden was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Stoppa mig", written by Rebecca Laakso, and performed by . The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), organised Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 to select its entry for the contest. This was the first-ever entry from Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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. The submission window for Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 was opened until 6 June 2003. By the deadline, over 1300 entries were received, which from ten were selected as finalists and were revealed on 10 September 2003.
The final took place on 4 October at the SVT Television Centre in Stockholm. The show was hosted by children's TV host Victoria Dyring. Dilba performed an interval act with "Diamonds and Motorcars".
Ten songs competed in the contest, with the winner decided by regional juries from Sundsvall, Gothenburg, Vaxjö, Malmö and Stockholm, and televoting. Each regional jury gave 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to each entry, with the rest of the entries receiving 2 points, while the televoting awarded 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 points to each entry, with the rest of the entries receing 10 points. Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place 1Wednesday"Det är så det ska va'" 2840683 2Vera and Vendela"Vänner" 12 10229 3Daniel and Lukas"Data-hop" 2420446 4Sofie Ljungberg"Du finns i mitt hjärta" 3830684 5V.Ä.N.N.E.R"För du är min vän" 2010308 6Sebbe"Om jag gillar nå'n" 2210327 7"Stoppa mig!" 3250821 8Dragonheartz"Om du" 12102210 9Patrik"Sommarsol" 4210525 10Felix Hvit"För den jag är" 2060802 +Detailed jury votesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Det är så det ska va'"22128428 2"Vänner"4222212 3"Data-hop"10222824 4"Du finns i mitt hjärta"684101038 5"För du är min vän"12222220 6"Om jag gillar nå'n"2626622 7"Stoppa mig!"210612232 8"Om du"2224212 9"Sommarsol"81282124210"För den jag är"24102220 Jury spokespersons Sundsvall Martin Brattmyr Gothenburg Felicia Hansen Växjö Alice Wernbro Malmö Mikael Marklund Stockholm Siri Lindgren
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.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
External links Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003 Sveriges Television
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