AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2003

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AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2003
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Dates
Final16th of May 2003
Host
VenueAaren Airfield Tent, Aaren, Daya Island
Presenter(s)Sanna Lindfors
Musical directorMaya Ruslin
Directed byEshlainn Rouwendal
Executive supervisorIshaq Nurqifli
Executive producerDanyka Eliskaunavin
Host broadcasterRadio Pyalivostok - Dayain Saari (RP-DS)
Participants
Number of entries18
Vote
Voting systemEach region sends five-member juries where each votes 1,3,5,7, and 10 for the best 5 songs, added with online vote using Propotional Vote.

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2003 is the fourty-sixth edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition was held as usual in 16th of May 2003 by the authorities of Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari (RP-DS). This is the third time that Daya Island hosted the competition after previously doing so in 1971 and 1995.

Initially, the festival was supposed to be hosted in the small town of Alganogen in Daya Island, and it was to be hosted in an expanded Alganogen Theatre. This decision came from a meeting between Radio Pyalivostok and Radio Pyalivostok - Dayain Saari about searching another town to host the competition to "give another side to Daya Island". However, budgetary issues forced the town to pull back on its hosting rights and gave it to the capital of Daya Island, Aaren.

Aaren is the smallest territorial city in North Alezia, hosting only 151,000 people living in it as of 2003, it's the northernmost and the smallest town and the territorial city to have hosted the festival many times. Aaren is known for its hard accessibility. However, unlike 1995 (the last time the competition was held in Daya Island), the town at the time got the recent upgrade to their transportation system, expanding the airfield and port.

The ever-expanding characteristic of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs created issues on hosting. Aaren's available convention centres and theatres don't have enough seating to meet the minimal requirements. Moreso, the Aaren Stadium was still being expanded and won't be completed until 2005.

After some decisions and concept ideas (including thinking about hosting the competition by seating audiences in 10 cruise ships, but organizers decided to shelve the idea due to budgetary concerns from paying for the facilities and the possibility of alienating regular live spectators due to the possible high ticket prices), it was decided to host it on Aaren Airfield. But instead of hosting it outdoors, a similiar method like in 1995 and 2000 was used where the territory built a temporary tent and seating.

The Aaren Airfield tent was completed four months before the festival and was dismantled immediately after the festival was over and was entirely dismantled by August that year. During the festival, due to the possible noise from airplanes landing and taking off at near proximity, the airfield was temporarily closed for ARFOS night with flights redirected back to Pyalivostok until the festival was over.

The festival's logo received an update with an addition of a special mountain peak representing the Saaristonen Mountain, the highest mountain in Daya Island. Another update for the festival is the combination of Spokespersons and Commentators for the first time, where the people commentating the event in their languages also acted as spokespersons who would read the jury results. Should a region have more than one commentator, the job was given to one commentator to read the votes which were selected by AleziRadio themselves by random.

Another update to the festival is the allowance for every registered televoter to be able to give ten votes to the eighteen songs. Responding to the concern of over-voting for their home entries, AleziRadio partnered with ARICO to limit the ability to vote for the region by three out of ten votes.

This year saw Sinta Maalivalainen returning to the festival after previously earning 18th place for Daya Island back in 1997. Another returnee is Sherlina Meliz Dadon, who was one of the two debutees for the Pantabang Islands back in 1966 where she earned 12th place.

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region Conductor
Basna Ali Hisauradin
Zafizamarrah Alsanuddin Djamal
Pyalivostok Lisa Navianova
Tel Hadiv Dorothy Weiss
Mosin-Nagan Ami Navidayan
Bristol Samuel-Jonathan Wittel
Aramna Helga Robbine
Pantabang Islands Cherea Alisaunitaian
Daya Island Amilea Samidana

Commentators and Spokepersons

The name written in bold is the spokeperson for that region or territory.

Region Radio Broadcaster Commentators
NATIONWIDE ABA
  • English: Azza Ruzindari (AR-P1), Anria Marindaruddin (ABA Channel One)
  • Arabic : Farah Al Fattaharin (AR-P2), Nur Hasan Yusril (ABA Channel One, broadcasted a day after the live competition)
Zafizamarrah Radio Zafizamarrah
  • Arabic: Mafzali Amiruddin (RZ-P1)
  • Buginese: Andi Zahranita Narinda (RZ-PB)
Pantabang Islands Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi
  • Alezian : Ya'en Rama'i Dadon (RZ/P A)
  • French : Samuel Na'ikane'i Salem (RZ/P Francais)
  • Dutch : Emilio Saalvendijk (RZ/P Nederlandse)
Tel Hadiv Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu
  • Hebrew : Sheila Rayeshmaim (RTH-Y-P1)
Bristol Royal Radio of Bristol
  • English : Lisa Albertsen (RRB)
  • French : Enis Tauberin (RFrB)
Pyalivostok Radio Pyalivostok
  • Russian : Yovleyin Dabarnova (RP)
Basna Radio Basna Raya
  • Indonesian : Nika Albani (RBR)
Mosin-Nagan Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu / Mosinannaganyan
  • Georgian : Elida Maruvinayan (RTH-Y / MN)
Daya Island Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari
  • Finnish : Denaya Maaristo (RP / DS)
  • Swedish : Lovera (RP / DS / Svensk)
Aramna Araminhaes Radioues
  • Aramnan : Ennie Loulavais (ARR)
South Alezia Televisie Alezie-Suid no commentary and no jury

Participating Entries and Results

  • "*" = the singer won the Independence Award which was held the day before the competition.
  • The song for the Independence Award for the year was "Nothing Of A Specific Matter" sung by Onnachana in 1940
No. Region Singer Song Translation Language Place Points
01 Daya Island Sinta Maalivalainen Mitä olen aloittanut What I've Started Finnish
02 Pantabang Islands Sherlina Merliz Dadon Amour, Amour Love, Love French
03 Bristol Ethos Claiming The Final Steps -none- English
04 Zafizamarrah Dani, Yuzhril, and Ma'ruf غير مصدق Unbelievable Arabic
05 Mosin-Nagan Sherin Katsunagyan გაიმეორე ჩემი სიტყვები Repeat My Words Georgian
06 Pantabang Islands Cheirie Na'upasan Makarina Ka'a a'uwe'i ho'upa'e The Last To Cry Hawaiian
07 Tel Hadiv Masha Nalic תבכה עוד Cry More Hebrew
08 Aramna Ilisya Naleinavais Countrebondais Contraband Aramnan
09 Mosin-Nagan Shisha and Mika პირი, თვალები, ყურები Mouth, Eyes, Ears Georgian
10 Bristol Nathaniel St. Thomas Looking At The Ceiling -none- English
11 Pyalivostok Dechelva Navalnova Маленький мечтатель Little Dreamer Russian
12 Aramna Deima Navaliosais A -none- Aramnan
13 Zafizamarrah Adin Ruslini مثل هذا المنحدر Such A Goner English
14 Pyalivostok Risli Yalevich Самая темная ночь The Darkest Night Russian
15 Daya Island Eslan Naaselund Asenne Attitude Finnish
16 Tel Hadiv Deshleyn Ashelina מַדְאִיג Worrisome Hebrew
17 Basna Aila Runia Imajinasi Imagination Indonesian
18 Basna Islaina Alhanda Pertanyaanku Yang Utama My Main Question Indonesian