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Amerivision Song Contest 2003

Amerivision Song Contest 2003
Dates
Semi-final	October 8 2003
Final	October 11 2003
Host
Venue	Larry Gomes Stadium Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Presenter(s)	Katie Kissoon Mac Kissoon
Host broadcaster	Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)
Participants
Number of entries	32
Debuting countries	Greenland
Returning countries	Argentina Costa Rica El Salvador Guyana Panama Paraguay U.S. Virgin Islands
Non-returning countries	Netherlands Antilles
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs
Winning song	TBA

The Amerivision Song Contest 2003 was the fourty-eighth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU), host broadcaster Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). The edition was hosted in the Larry Gomes Stadium, in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, as the country earned the right to host the event by winning the previous edition.

This was the first edition where the semifinal system was implemented, retiring the relegation system. The semifinal was hosted on the wednesday and the final on the saturday.

Host picking

While other venues showed interest in hosting the contest, the Larry Gomes Stadium was considered by a large margin to be the most suitable venue for the contest, so, the day after Trinidad and Tobago confirmed it was going to host the event, they also announced that the contest would also be hosted in the Larry Gomes Stadium, same venue as the 1997 contest.

City	Venue
Arima	Larry Gomes Stadium

Semi-final implementation

The 2003 contest marked the end of the relegation system in the contest, in place of it, a preceeding semifinal show on wednesday was implemented so all interested nations can participate, with the ten best performing nations in the semifinal moving to the final together with the big four — Brazil. Canada, Mexico and the United States — and the ten best performing non-big four nations in the 2002 contest.

The edition saw the return of the relegated nations of 2002 in the contest, plus El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay, as well as the debut of Greenland. However, the Netherlands Antilles withdrew from the contest after their first ever last place finish.

Participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	English title
Argentina	Telefe	Chenoa	"Soy lo que me das"	Spanish	"I Am What You Give Me"
Barbados	CBC TV 8	Kevin Lyttle	"Turn Me On"	English
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	Bélica	"After Today"
Brazil	Globo	Ana Carolina	"Encostar na tua"	Portuguese	"Lean on Yours"
Canada	CBC	Delerium	"Fallen"	English
Chile	TVN	Lulu Jam!	"Se quiero te lo doy"	Spanish	"I You Want It, I Give It to You"
Colombia	Canal 1	Andrés Cabas	"Bolita de trapo"		"Rag Ball"
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	Belanova	"Tus ojos"		"Your Eyes"
Cuba	Cubavisión	Addys Mercedes	"Esa voz"		"That Voice"
Dominican Republic	RDTV	Arianna Puello	"Rap pa mi - pa ti"		"Rap for You - For Me"
Ecuador	Ecuavisa	Pamela Cortes	"Te vas"		"You're Leaving"
El Salvador	TV-2	Nativa Geranio	"La otra dimensión"		"The Other Dimension"
French Guiana	RFO Guiana	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"	French	"My Rival"
Greenland	KNR	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"	Greenlandic	"Don't Push Me"
Guadeloupe	RFO Guadeloupe	Thierry Cham	"Dernière chance"	French	"Last Change"
Guatemala	Televisiete	Viento en Contra	"Muero por ti, muero sin ti"	Spanish	"I Die for You, I Die Without You"
Guyana	TVG	Eddy Wata	"Jam"	English
Haiti	TNH	Marlène Dorcena	"Panama"	Haitian Creole
Honduras	Canal 5	Frankie J	"Don't Wanna Try"	English
Jamaica	TVJ	Wayne Wonder	"Bounce Along"
Martinique	RFO Martinique	Princess Lover	"Mon soleil"	French	"My Sun"
Mexico	Las Estrellas	Luis Miguel	"Te necesito"	Spanish	"I Need You"
Panama	RPC	Ivan Barrios	"Mi bendición"		"My Blessing"
Paraguay	SNT	Flou	"El recuerdo aquel"		"That Memory"
Peru	América	Fuera del Resto	"Tregua"		"Truce"
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	Ivy Queen	"Tuya soy"		"I Am Yours"
Suriname	STVS	Glennis Grace	"Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now"	English
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	Destra Garcia	"Carnival"
United States	NBC	Michelle Branch	"Are You Happy Now?"
Uruguay	Canal 10	Mario Guerrero	"Me gustas"	Spanish	"I Like It"
U.S. Virgin Islands	WSVI	Iba	"No Apology"	English
Venezuela	Venevisión	Uff	"Me enamoro de ti"	Spanish	"I Fall in Love With You"

Returning artists

Bolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.

Artist	Country	Previous year(s)
Jacob Desvarieux	French Guiana	1991 (for Martinique)
Luis Miguel	Mexico	1987
Thierry Cham	Guadeloupe	1992

Contest overview

Semi-final

In the first semi-final of the contest, 18 countries performed and all participants voted.

  Qualifiers

Results of the semifinal of the Amerivision Song Contest 2003

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Guatemala	Viento en Contra	"Muero por ti, muero sin ti"
2	Barbados	Kevin Lyttle	"Turn Me On"
3	Bolivia	Bélica	"After Today"
4	Costa Rica	Belanova	"Tus ojos"
5	French Guiana	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"
6	Panama	Ivan Barrios	"Mi bendición"
7	Greenland	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"
8	El Salvador	Nativa Geranio	"La otra dimensión"
9	U.S. Virgin Islands	Iba	"No Apology"
10	Haiti	Marlène Dorcena	"Panama"
11	Suriname	Glennis Grace	"Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now"
12	Martinique	Princess Lover	"Mon soleil"
13	Argentina	Chenoa	"Soy lo que me das"
14	Venezuela	Uff	"Me enamoro de ti"
15	Guyana	Eddy Wata	"Jam"
16	Peru	Fuera del Resto	"Tregua"
17	Paraguay	Flou	"El recuerdo aquel"

Final

The finalists were:

• the four automatic qualifiers Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States;
• the top 10 countries from the 2002 contest (other than the automatic qualifiers);
• the top 10 countries from the 2003 semi-final.

  Winner

Results of the final of the Amerivision Song Contest 2003

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	TBA	TBA	TBA
2	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	Honduras	Frankie J	"Don't Wanna Try"
4	Brazil	Ana Carolina	"Encostar na tua"
5	Jamaica	Wayne Wonder	"Bounce Along"
6	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	Mexico	Luis Miguel	"Te necesito"
10	Canada	Delerium	"Fallen"
11	Chile	Lulu Jam!	"Se quiero te lo doy"
12	Puerto Rico	Ivy Queen	"Tuya soy"
13	TBA	TBA	TBA
14	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	Colombia	Andrés Cabas	"Bolita de trapo"
18	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	United States	Michelle Branch	"Are You Happy Now?"
20	Trinidad and Tobago	Destra Garcia	"Carnival"
21	Dominican Republic	Arianna Puello	"Rap pa mi - pa ti"
22	Cuba	Addys Mercedes	"Esa voz"
23	Ecuador	Pamela Cortes	"Te vas"
24	Uruguay	Mario Guerrero	"Me gustas"
25	Guadeloupe	Thierry Cham	"Dernière chance"

Detailed voting results

Semi-final

Detailed voting results of the semifinal of the Amerivision Song Contest 2003

		Total score	Guatemala	Barbados	Bolivia	Costa Rica	French Guiana	Panama	Greenland	El Salvador	U.S. Virgin Islands	Haiti	Suriname	Martinique	Argentina	Venezuela	Guyana	Peru	Paraguay	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Puerto Rico	Guadeloupe	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Brazil	Colombia	United States	Cuba	Chile	Canada	Jamaica	Honduras	Uruguay
Contestants	Guatemala
	Barbados
	Bolivia
	Costa Rica
	French Guiana
	Panama
	Greenland
	El Salvador
	U.S. Virgin Islands
	Haiti
	Suriname
	Martinique
	Argentina
	Venezuela
	Guyana
	Peru
	Paraguay

Final

Detailed voting results of the final of the Amerivision Song Contest 2003

		Total score	TBA	TBA	Honduras	Brazil	Jamaica	TBA	TBA	TBA	Mexico	Canada	Chile	Puerto Rico	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Colombia	TBA	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Dominican Republic	Cuba	Ecuador	Uruguay	Guadeloupe	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Contestants	TBA
	TBA
	Honduras
	Brazil
	Jamaica
	TBA
	TBA
	TBA
	Mexico
	Canada
	Chile
	Puerto Rico
	TBA
	TBA
	TBA
	TBA
	Colombia
	TBA
	United States
	Trinidad and Tobago
	Dominican Republic
	Cuba
	Ecuador
	Uruguay
	Guadeloupe

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA