Home Composed Song Contest 2003

Contest overview

The 2003 Home Composed Song Contest was organised by Sascha Mutavdzic, last year's winner from Bosnia and Herzegovina but living in Austria. After last year's record number of entries, things settled down a little, with "only" 27 songs and 17 composers taking part. This meant that, contrary to the expectations expressed before the contest, a semi-final was not required. Sascha also invited four guest juries, made up of interested non-composers from various countries.

The only newcomer to the contest this year was Germany's Helge Keipert, although Robbert Landegent from the Netherlands also returned after a seven-year absence, his only previous participation having come in 1996 with the ballad "Liefdesland".

In a big technological step forward for the contest, this year the entries and the voting show were distributed on CD for the first time, meaning an improvement in the overall sound quality and making it easier for the participants to copy the songs for their jury members.

As if to illustrate how quickly fortunes can change in the world of Home Composed, Mårten Eklund and Martin Faulkner, previously the only participants to have ever scored "nul points" (in 1997), both landed inside the top ten, whereas Achim Wurm - the winner of the contest just two years earlier - failed to register a single point with "OK", also finishing second-last with "Im Sturm dieser Welt".

At the upper end of the table, it was a tough fight for the top placings. Only ten points separated fourth and eighth place, while the battle for the title was just as hotly contested. Morten Boldt opened up an early lead with some high scores for "The Only One I Fear", and despite a late comeback by host Sasha and "Pjesma andjela", helped by good scores from the guest juries, it was the Danish representative who held on to win the 2003 Home Composed Song Contest.

This was Morten's third victory in the contest, following his successes in 1998 and 1991 - the year he brought the competition into existence.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Germany I	Love Can Be A Sign	Tim Wisniewski	Tim Wisniewski	n/a	12	49
02	Germany II	OK	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	27	0
03	Germany III	Ein neuer Weg	Projekt S.A.M.	Michael Bauer, M. Huhn	Michael Bauer	17	33
04	Germany IV	One Day	Felix K.	Felix Krückau	Felix Krückau	21	10
05	Norway	You	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	Liza Pedersen	3	89
06	Malta	In Love	Glen & Eleonor	Herbert Pace	Deo Grech	4	82
07	Germany III	Wenn du gehst - dann für immer	Projekt S.A.M.	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	25	5
08	Netherlands I	Spijbelsprookje	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders, L. de Beer	19	18
09	Sweden I	Just nu	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund, Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	22	9
10	Germany V	Sophie	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	16	35
11	Germany VI	The Searching	Helge Keipert	Helge Keipert	Helge Keipert	6	74
12	Sweden	Te quiero	Annika Jansson	Annika Jansson	Annika Jansson	13	45
13	Sweden I	Vi är för alltid vänner	Henrik Lindvall	Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	5	78
14	Germany IV	Losers Talk	Felix K.	Felix Krückau	Felix Krückau	23	8
15	Germany II	Im Sturm dieser Welt	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	26	3
16	Germany V	Bunny	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	23	8
17	Norway	On Christmas Day	t.O.T.o.	Tony Olsen	Tony Olsen	8	72
18	Germany VII	Why	José R.G. Bellon	José R.G. Bellon	Beate Fix	15	43
19	Germany VI	Frühling	Helge Keipert	Helge Keipert	n/a	18	21
20	United Kingdom	Books With Broken Spines	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	9	58
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Pjesma andjela	Sasha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Sascha Mutavdzic	2	109
22	Denmark	The Only One I Fear	Morten Boldt	Morten Boldt	Morten Boldt	1	122
23	Netherlands II	Question de dosage	Robbert Landegent	René Breders, Robbert Landegent	Marie Noel	11	55
24	Germany VIII	Regenbogenhymnen	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	20	16
25	Netherlands II	When I'm With You	Robbert Landegent	Jonas Gladnikoff	Jonas Gladnikoff	7	73
26	United Kingdom	Desiderata	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	9	58
27	Malta	Tfegg ix-xemx ghalik	Maronia	Renato Briffa	Deo Grech	13	45

Scoreboard

	Juries
																						Total
Love Can Be A Sign		8			2		3	2					3				6	10	7		8	49
OK																						0
Ein neuer Weg		6		4	3	4				2		2	6			6						33
One Day					1								5			1					3	10
You	8		7					3	8		3	1		2	12	4	8	8	12	6	7	89
In Love			4	6			7	5	12	8				7		7	12	5	4	5		82
Wenn du gehst - dann für immer				5																		5
Spijbelsprookje		1			7									3			2		5			18
Just nu		3								4			2									9
Sophie					8		1						8		3			1	10		4	35
The Searching	4		1	7		8	12						10	10	10	10		2	1	1	1	74
Te quiero	12	4							2			5		6	1				2	1	12	45
Vi är för alltid vänner	3		2	10		3			1	10		10	12	8	8		4			2	5	78
Losers Talk								6								2						8
Im Sturm dieser Welt																	3					3
Bunny							4					4										8
On Christmas Day	10	12		8			6		10		7	6			5		7				1	72
Why	7			12	5	5		4		3	1						1	3			1	43
Frühling						7	10							4								21
Books With Broken Spines			12			6		12		6	12				7	3						58
Pjesma andjela	5	5	5	2	4			8	6	5	6	7	7		6	12	5	12	6	8		109
The Only One I Fear	2		10		12	12	2	7	5	12	10		1	12		8	10	6	1	12		122
Question de dosage	1	7	3			2	8	1	7	1	2		4	1	4			4	3	7		55
Regenbogenhymnen		10			6																	16
When I'm With You	6		8	1		10			3		4	12			2			7		10	10	73
Desiderata		2		3	10	1	5	10			8	3				5			8	3		58
Tfegg ix-xemx ghalik			6						4	7	5	8		5						4	6	45

Guest jurors:

Michael Andersson (Sweden) Apostolos Courtis (Greece) Franz Schwarzinger (Austria) Erwin Wiesen (Germany)

Media

HCSC 2003 winner: Morten Boldt - The Only One I Fear

Recap of all HCSC 2003 songs in draw order
The host