Amerivision Song Contest 2003

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	United States; "Are You Happy Now?"
	Amerivision Song Contest

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.

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"	English
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	Thalía ft. Fat Joe	"Me pones Sexy"	Spanish, English	"You Make Me Sexy"
French Guiana	RFO Guiana	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"	French	"My Rival"
Greenland	KNR	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"	Kalaallisut, English	"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 (Say Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh...)"	English
Haiti	TNH	Marlène Dorcena	"Panama"	Haitian Creole
Honduras	Canal 5	Frankie J	"Don't Wanna Try"	English, Spanish
Jamaica	TVJ	Wayne Wonder	"Bounce Along"	English
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"	182	3
2	Barbados	Kevin Lyttle	"Turn Me On"	26	17
3	Bolivia	Bélica	"After Today"	69	14
4	Costa Rica	Belanova	"Tus ojos"	121	6
5	French Guiana	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"	141	4
6	Panama	Ivan Barrios	"Mi bendición"	89	11
7	Greenland	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"	104	7
8	El Salvador	Thalía ft. Fat Joe	"Me pones Sexy"	95	10
9	U.S. Virgin Islands	Iba	"No Apology"	79	12
10	Haiti	Marlène Dorcena	"Panama"	72	13
11	Suriname	Glennis Grace	"Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now"	233	1
12	Martinique	Princess Lover	"Mon soleil"	41	16
13	Argentina	Chenoa	"Soy lo que me das"	226	2
14	Venezuela	Uff	"Me enamoro de ti"	127	5
15	Guyana	Eddy Wata	"Jam (Say Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh...)"	101	8
16	Peru	Fuera del Resto	"Tregua"	99	9
17	Paraguay	Flou	"El recuerdo aquel"	57	15

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	Argentina	Chenoa	"Soy lo que me das"	205	2
2	Peru	Fuera del Resto	"Tregua"	39	19
3	Honduras	Frankie J	"Don't Wanna Try"	59	11
4	Brazil	Ana Carolina	"Encostar na tua"	124	4
5	Jamaica	Wayne Wonder	"Bounce Along"	27	24
6	French Guiana	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"	34	22
7	Greenland	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"	65	10
8	Suriname	Glennis Grace	"Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now"	162	3
9	Mexico	Luis Miguel	"Te necesito"	34	22
10	Canada	Delerium	"Fallen"	51	13
11	Chile	Lulu Jam!	"Se quiero te lo doy"	70	9
12	Puerto Rico	Ivy Queen	"Tuya soy"	38	21
13	Guatemala	Viento en Contra	"Muero por ti, muero sin ti"	103	6
14	Costa Rica	Belanova	"Tus ojos"	92	7
15	El Salvador	Thalía ft. Fat Joe	"Me pones Sexy"	41	18
16	Guyana	Eddy Wata	"Jam (Say Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh...)"	88	8
17	Colombia	Andrés Cabas	"Bolita de trapo"	112	5
18	Venezuela	Uff	"Me enamoro de ti"	48	16
19	United States	Michelle Branch	"Are You Happy Now?"	222	1
20	Trinidad and Tobago	Destra Garcia	"Carnival"	39	19
21	Dominican Republic	Arianna Puello	"Rap pa mi - pa ti"	43	17
22	Cuba	Addys Mercedes	"Esa voz"	55	12
23	Ecuador	Pamela Cortes	"Te vas"	51	13
24	Uruguay	Mario Guerrero	"Me gustas"	4	25
25	Guadeloupe	Thierry Cham	"Dernière chance"	49	15

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	182		4	8	12		12	2	10	4	2	6	5	12	8	1	8	7		12	8		12		7	4		8	7		1	12	10
	Barbados	26					2				2	1				1				4			4					3			2	7
	Bolivia	69	3			1		4	4	3	1		2			10		6	3						5	1	6			4	3	4	4	5
	Costa Rica	121	10		6		1	10		12	3	4		6	6		3				4	4			8	8		10		5		3	10	8
	French Guiana	141		7	2	2		3	8	1	10	12	12	12		2	10		2	10		5	8	5	2		1	7		1	8	8	3
	Panama	89	8		4	8				7			3		2	7	8	3	6	2	1				6		5		10	2			7
	Greenland	104	1	6		3	4				8	5	8	6	3	3	2	2		7	3		6	3	1	10		8	3		12
	El Salvador	95	6		3	7	6	5					4	3	10			7	5		7	7		7			2	5		3			5	3
	U.S. Virgin Islands	79		10			7					8	7	2			6			8		2	3					4	6		4	12
	Haiti	72		5			8		5		5		5	8	1		4			5		1	5			5			5			5	1	4
	Suriname	233	7	12	1	6	12	6	12	6	12	7		10	4	5	12	5	4	12	5	6	10	6		12	7	12	2	8	10	10	6	6
	Martinique	41		3			3		1			6							1	1			12	1		2			4		6			1
	Argentina	226	12	2	10	10	5	7	7	8	6	3		7		12	7	12	12		10	10	2	10	7	4	8	6	12	12	5		8	12
	Venezuela	127	5		7	5		8	10	5			1	4	8			10	10		8	12	1	4	10		12		7
	Guyana	101	2	8			10	1	3	4	7	10	10					1		6			7	8	3	6		2			7	6
	Peru	99	4		12	4			6	2				1	5	4	5		8	3	6	3			12	3	10		1	6		2		2
	Paraguay	57		1	5			2							7	6		4			2			2	4		3	1		10	1		2	7

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	Suriname	Barbados, Brazil, French Guiana, Greenland, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands
7	Argentina	Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
6	Guatemala	Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama
3	French Guiana	Haiti, Martinique, Suriname
2	Peru	Bolivia, Ecuador
2	Venezuela	Colombia, Paraguay
1	Costa Rica	El Salvador
	Greenland	Canada
	Martinique	Guadeloupe
	U.S. Virgin Islands	Jamaica

Final

Detailed voting results of the final of the Amerivision Song Contest 2003
		Total score	Argentina	Peru	Honduras	Brazil	Jamaica	French Guyana	Greenland	Suriname	Mexico	Canada	Chile	Puerto Rico	Guatemala	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Guyana	Colombia	Venezuela	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Dominican Republic	Cuba	Ecuador	Uruguay	Guadeloupe	Haiti	Paraguay	Panama	Bolivia	Barbados	Martinique	U.S. Virgin Islands
Contestants	Argentina	205		12	8			3	6	3	12	7	12	12	10	8	5	4	12	7	1	3	10	10	8	10		1	12	7	6	3	6	7
	Peru	39								4			8	2		7	2			6			1		4	3					2
	Honduras	59				3	6	2	3	2	4				6	3	7	1							5		1			8		8
	Brazil	124		6	4		2	6	5	5		6	7		2		3	8		5	10	4	3	3		12	5		8		12			8
	Jamaica	27						4										2			4	6					2					6		3
	French Guiana	34					4		1	8		4						5									6	3					3
	Greenland	65	2			8	3	1				10			3			6	1		6	7				8	3	6		1
	Suriname	162	7		3	10	12	10	12			8						12	4	2	12	8		7	2		12	10			1	12	8	10
	Mexico	34			5								3	4	7	2	1				2			1					4	5
	Canada	51		2	2	7			10									7			8	1					7					2		5
	Chile	70	8						7		8			5		10			2	8		2	2			6					8		4
	Puerto Rico	38	1		1											5	6		3	1			7	2	1					6	5
	Guatemala	103	6	5	12	4					7		4			12	12							8	10				3		10	5	5
	Costa Rica	92	5		10						10	5	10		12		10		7						6			2		4		4	1	6
	El Salvador	41		1	7						1			1	8	6							6			2			7				2
	Guyana	88					10	8	4	12		3									5	10					8	12				7	7	2
	Colombia	112	12	10		6					6	1	6				8			12	7	5		5	12				10	12
	Venezuela	48				5					5		2	6	5				8				4	6	3	4
	United States	222	10	7	6	12	8	7	8	10	2	12	5	10		4	4	10	5			12	8		7	7	10	7	5	10	4	10	10	12
	Trinidad and Tobago	39		4		1	7	5	2	7											3					1		5						4
	Dominican Republic	43		3							3			8	1				6	4				4		5			6	2				1
	Cuba	55	4			2	1							3	3					10			12				4	4	2	3	7
	Ecuador	51		8						1				7		1			10	3			5	12					1		3
	Uruguay	4	3										1
	Guadeloupe	49					5	12		6		2						3										8				1	12

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Argentina	Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico
6	Suriname	Barbados, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, United States
4	Colombia	Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela
4	United States	Brazil, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands
3	Guatemala	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras
2	Brazil	Bolivia, Uruguay
	Guadeloupe	French Guiana, Martinique
	Guyana	Haiti, Suriname
1	Costa Rica	Guatemala
	Cuba	Dominican Republic
	Ecuador	Cuba