Croatia participated in the

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. The Croatian broadcaster

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(HRT) organised an national final to select the first Croatian entry, being

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with the song " Ti si moja prva ljubav", which went on to win the 2003 contest.

Before Junior Eurovision

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Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster. An expert committee consisting of Alan Bjelinski,

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, Mladen Kušec, Marin Margitić, Ivana Plechinger and Maja Vučić selected ten artists and songs for the competition from the received submissions.

Final

The final took place on 7 July 2003 at the Tvornica Kulture in Zagreb, hosted by Iva Sulentić and Frano Domitrović, while all the competing songs were accompanied by a symphony orchestra. The winner was determined by a public televote. Only the winner was announced.

At Junior Eurovision

During the running order draw which both took place on 6 October 2003, Croatia was drawn to perform second, following Greece and preceding Cyprus. Dino Jelusić went on to win the contest with 134 points, receiving the maximum 12 points from 3 countries and receiving at least two points from every competing nation.

Voting

References

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