The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia.
Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) chose the Skonto Hall as the venue. The hosts for the contest were the previous year’s winner Marie N and former Latvian representative at the 2000 contest, Renārs Kaupers, who competed in the contest as part of the band Brainstorm.
Twenty-six countries participated.
The winner for 2003 was Turkey with the song “Everyway That I Can” sung by Sertab Erener, written by legendary Turkish rock guitarist Demir Demirkan and Erener herself.
