Editing Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (section)

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Commentators"></span> ==
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Each participating broadcaster was required to relay live and in full the contest via television. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants"; any passive countries wishing to participate in the following year's event were also required to provide a live broadcast of the contest or a deferred broadcast within 24 hours.<ref name="2003 rules" /> Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below. Broadcasters in 42 countries were reported to have broadcast the event live or deferred, including broadcasters in Albania, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Puerto Rico, Serbia and Montenegro, and the United States.<ref name="broadcast countries">{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 |url=http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/projects/live_events/esc_2003_countries.php |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030827105611/http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/projects/live_events/esc_2003_countries.php |archive-date=27 August 2003 |date=10 April 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="broadcast1">{{cite web |last=Opheim |first=Bjørn Erik |title=50th Anniversary won't affect annual Eurovision |url=https://esctoday.com/1306/50th_anniversary_wont_affect_annual_eurovision/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204025532/http://www.esctoday.com/1306/50th_anniversary_wont_affect_annual_eurovision/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |date=22 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="broadcast2">{{cite web |last=Barak |first=Itamar |title=EBU press conference about the contest's future |url=https://esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204052814/http://www.esctoday.com/1597/ebu_press_conference_about_the_contests_future/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |date=22 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries<ref name="broadcast countries" />
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[ORF 1]]
| [[Andi Knoll]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Andreas Knoll |url=https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/who-is-who/tv/knoll100.html |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414061750/http://der.orf.at/unternehmen/who-is-who/tv/knoll100.html |archive-date=14 April 2017 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}
| [[RTBF]]
| {{lang|fr|[[La Une]]|i=unset}}{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[RTBF Sat]]<ref name="TV8" />}}
| [[Jean-Pierre Hautier]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Van Roey |first=Laurent |title=L'acteur t.A.T.u. |trans-title=Actor t.A.T.u. |url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/d-20030524-W2J91P |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Le Soir]] |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208143158/https://www.lesoir.be/art/d-20030524-W2J91P |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=fr |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT (broadcaster)|VRT]]
| [[VRT 1|TV1]]
| [[André Vermeulen]] and [[Anja Daems]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Leidsch" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Eén and La Une present Eurovision coverage - ESCToday.com |url=https://esctoday.com/4423/belgium_en_and_la_une_present_eurovision_coverage/ |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110431/http://esctoday.com/4423/belgium_en_and_la_une_present_eurovision_coverage/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=10 May 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Croatia}}
| [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]]
| [[HRT 1]]
| {{ill|Daniela Trbović|hr}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV program |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/novine.php?B=1&C=20&godina=2003&broj=000020&page=026 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Glas Podravine |date=23 May 2003 |page=26 |language=hr |location=[[Koprivnica]], Croatia |via={{ill|Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb|hr|Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pjesmice eurovizije |trans-title=Eurovision songs |url=http://www.infobiro.ba/article/588247 |work=[[Feral Tribune]] |location=[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia |date=31 May 2003 |language=hr |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428164642/http://www.infobiro.ba/article/588247 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Cyprus|1960}}
| [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|CyBC]]
| {{lang|el-latn|[[RIK 1|RIK Ena]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Τηλεορασεις |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/919359 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|[[Haravgi]]|i=unset}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Nicosia]], Cyprus |page=16 |language=el |via={{ill|Cyprus Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}} |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182307/https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/919359#?c=&m=&s=&cv= |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Estonia}}
| colspan="2" | [[Eesti Televisioon|ETV]]
| [[Marko Reikop]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=ETV 2003 {{!}} ajalugu {{!}} Ülevaade Eesti Televisiooni tegemistest aastal 2003. |trans-title=ETV 2003 {{!}} history {{!}} Overview of the activities of Estonian Television in 2003. |url=https://info.err.ee/1088730/etv-2003 |publisher=[[Eesti Televisioon]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806104421/https://info.err.ee/1088730/etv-2003 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |date=31 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}
| {{lang|fr|[[France Télévisions]]|i=unset}}
| [[France 3]]
| [[Laurent Ruquier]] and [[Isabelle Mergault]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="TV8" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste]]|i=unset}}
| [[Peter Urban (presenter)|Peter Urban]] 
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" /><ref>{{cite press release |date=10 February 2003 |title='Eurovision Song Contest': Sänger Max und Produzent Ralph Siegel haben die Startnummer 8 |trans-title='Eurovision Song Contest': Singer Max and producer Ralph Siegel have starting number 8 |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/540241 |language=de |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803044937/https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/540241 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Greece}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]
| [[ERT1|ET1]]
| [[Dafni Bokota]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="ERTnatfinalprep">{{cite web |title=Τετάρτη 26 Φεβρουαρίου ο ελληνικός διαγωνισμός |trans-title=Wednesday 26 February the Greek competition |url=http://eurovision.ert.gr/ |publisher=[[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030216152140/http://eurovision.ert.gr/ |archive-date=16 February 2003 |language=el |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[First Programme (ERT)|ERA 1]]
| Nikos Triboulidis
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}
| rowspan="2" | [[RÚV]]
| {{lang|is|[[RÚV (TV channel)|Sjónvarpið]]|i=unset}}
| [[Gísli Marteinn Baldursson]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Laugardagur 24. maí |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://timarit.is/page/3047099#page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Reykjavík]], Iceland |page=62 |language=is |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|is|[[Rás 2]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}
| [[RTÉ]]
| [[RTÉ One]]
| [[Marty Whelan]] and [[Phil Coulter]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Count-down to Eurovision in Latvia |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2003/0523/399325-eurovision/ |publisher=[[RTÉ]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208132337/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2003/0523/399325-eurovision/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |date=23 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Latvia}}
| [[Latvijas Televīzija|LTV]]
| [[Latvijas Televīzija|LTV1]]
| {{ill|Kārlis Streips|lv}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Šaitere |first=Tekla |title=www.eurovision.tv |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/www.eurovision.tv-11676750 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Diena]] |location=[[Riga]], Latvia |date=22 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141258/https://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/www.eurovision.tv-11676750 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=lv |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Malta}}
| [[Public Broadcasting Services|PBS]]
| [[Television Malta|TVM]]
| John Bundy
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Massa |first=Adriana |title=Lynn's dress rehearsal goes well |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/lynns-dress-rehearsal-goes-well.149502 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |location=[[Birkirkara]], Malta |date=23 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141641/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/lynns-dress-rehearsal-goes-well.149502 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organisation)|PO]]
| {{lang|nl|[[NPO 2|Nederland 2]]|i=unset}}
| [[Willem van Beusekom]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Leidsch">{{cite news |title=Radio & Televisie Zaterdag |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-24/edition/0/page/32 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Leidsch Dagblad]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |date=24 May 2003 |page=34 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100949/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-24/edition/0/page/32 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=De Vos |first=Ronald |title=Toch trots op 'onze' Esther Hart |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-31/edition/0/page/14 |access-date=16 January 2003 |work=[[Leidsch Dagblad]] |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |date=31 May 2003 |page=14 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182340/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2003-05-31/edition/0/page/14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[NPO Radio 2|Radio 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Norway}}
| rowspan="2" | [[NRK]]
| [[NRK1]]
| [[Jostein Pedersen]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="Scandi">{{cite news |title=Radio & TV |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0e795491cdc27eb1a696781697ca5927?page=77 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Telemarksavisa]] |location=[[Skien]], Norway |date=24 May 2003 |pages=78–80 |via=[[National Library of Norway]] |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182307/https://www.nb.no/items/0e795491cdc27eb1a696781697ca5927?page=77 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[NRK P1]]
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Poland}}
| [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]]
| [[TVP1]]
| [[Artur Orzech]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Programy TV sobota |trans-title=Saturday TV programmes |url=http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/show-content/publication/80523/edition/73819 |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=[[Dziennik Bałtycki]] |date=24–25 May 2003 |location=[[Gdańsk]], Poland |page=19 |language=pl |via={{ill|Baltic Digital Library|pl|Bałtycka Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Turcja, nie Polska zwycięzcą Eurowizji 2003 |trans-title=Türkiye, not Poland, won Eurovision 2003 |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/turcja-nie-polska-zwyciezca-eurowizji-2003/9m7e88v |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Onet.pl]] |date=25 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208141840/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/turcja-nie-polska-zwyciezca-eurowizji-2003/9m7e88v |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pl |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}
| [[Radiotelevisão Portuguesa|RTP]]
| [[RTP1]]
| {{ill|Margarida Mercês de Melo|pt}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Television & Radio Programmes |url=https://www.angloportuguesenews.pt/?a=d&d=APN20030522.1.6 |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[Anglo-Portuguese News]] |date=22 May 2003 |location=[[Lisbon]], Portugal |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Eurovisão: Concorrência de leste |trans-title=Eurovision: Eastern Competition |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/eurovisao-concorrencia-de-leste |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]] |date=19 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208142549/https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/eurovisao-concorrencia-de-leste |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pt |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Romania}}
| [[TVR (TV network)|TVR]]
| {{lang|ro|[[TVR 1|România 1]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Sâmbătă, 24 mai 2003 |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May 2003 |url=https://digital.bibliotecaarad.ro/files/original/eb234dd92ae7e582a1b86ed526ed450d7fc59c74.pdf |access-date=6 September 2024 |work={{ill|Adevărul de Arad|ro}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Arad, Romania|Arad]], Romania |language=ro |page=4 |via={{ill|Biblioteca Județeană "Alexandru D. Xenopol" Arad|ro|Biblioteca Județeană „A.D. Xenopol” din Arad}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Russia}}
| colspan="2" | [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]]
| {{ill|Yuriy Aksyuta|ru|Аксюта, Юрий Викторович}} and {{ill|Yelena Batinova|ru|Батинова, Елена Викторовна}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Организаторы конкурса «Евровидение-2003» обещают незабываемое шоу |trans-title=Organizers of the 'Eurovision 2003' contest promise an unforgettable show |url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2003-05-24/254065-organizatory_konkursa_evrovidenie_2003_obeschayut_nezabyvaemoe_shou |publisher=[[Channel One Russia]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511145202/http://www.1tv.ru/news/2003-05-24/254065-organizatory_konkursa_evrovidenie_2003_obeschayut_nezabyvaemoe_shou |archive-date=11 May 2017 |date=24 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Суббота, 24 мая |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May |url=http://89.223.124.215/tvps/jqpxmzerxgpn.pdf |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=[[Argumenty i Fakty]] |location=[[Moscow]], Russia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208185728/http://89.223.124.215/tvps/jqpxmzerxgpn.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=14 |language=ru |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Slovenia}}
| [[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|RTVSLO]]
| {{ill|TV SLO 2|sl|lt=SLO 2}}
| Andrea F
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |last=Šinik |first=Gorazd |title=Prosim, ne zaspite pred televizorjem |trans-title=Please don't fall asleep in front of the TV |url=https://arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si/digitar/16298754_2003_40_L.pdf |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=Gorenjski Glas |date=23 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208195450/https://arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si/digitar/16298754_2003_40_L.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=32 |language=sl |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain}}
| [[Televisión Española|TVE]]
| {{lang|es|[[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La Primera]]|i=unset}}{{efn|Additional live broadcast on {{lang|es|[[TVE Internacional]]|i=unset}}<ref name="TV8" />}}
| [[José Luis Uribarri]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Televisión |url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/24/pagina-8/34023160/pdf.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |location=[[Barcelona]], Spain |date=24 May 2003 |page=8 |language=es |url-access=subscription |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724044836/https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2003/05/24/pagina-8/34023160/pdf.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]
| [[SVT1]]
| [[Pekka Heino (television presenter)|Pekka Heino]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV & Radio i dag |trans-title=TV & Radio today |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |date=24 May 2003 |page=52 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| [[Sveriges Radio P4|SR P4]]
| [[Carolina Norén]] and [[Björn Kjellman]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogram 24 maj 2003 |trans-title=Radio programme 24 May 2003 |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |date=24 May 2003 |page=51 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|TRT]]
| [[TRT 1]]{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[TRT International|TRT Int]]<ref name="Cumhuriyet" />}}
| [[Bülend Özveren]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Cumhuriyet" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ukraine|1992}}
| [[Suspilne Ukraine|NTU]]
| {{lang|uk|[[Pershyi|Pershyi Natsionalnyi]]|i=unset}}
| Dmytro Kryzhanivskyi
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Day">{{cite news |last=Polishchuk |first=Tetyana |title=«Євробачення» — готовність № 1 |trans-title='Eurovision' — readiness № 1 |url=https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/den-ukrayini/ievrobachennya-gotovnist-no-1 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[The Day (Kyiv)|The Day]] |location=[[Kyiv]], Ukraine |date=21 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050117/https://day.kyiv.ua/uk/article/den-ukrayini/ievrobachennya-gotovnist-no-1 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |language=uk |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Субота, 24 травня |trans-title=Saturday, 24 May |url=https://image.isu.pub/130920091321-5e44ad91820fbfd07ed18892ba3dd717/jpg/page_3.jpg |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=Nove Zhyttia |date=17 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208191338/https://image.isu.pub/130920091321-5e44ad91820fbfd07ed18892ba3dd717/jpg/page_3.jpg |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=uk |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| rowspan="2" | [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One]]{{efn|Additional live broadcast on [[BBC Prime]]<ref name="Scandi" />}}
| [[Terry Wogan]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Eurovision Song Contest – BBC One |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0ffc639a804f44a882137c94ae5ebc90 |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=24 May 2003 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]] |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204112844/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0ffc639a804f44a882137c94ae5ebc90 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[BBC Radio 2]]
| [[Ken Bruce]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest – BBC Radio 2 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/98a49c11eb2c4d9dbbae3d55bff9d4f2 |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=24 May 2003 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]] |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204112836/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/98a49c11eb2c4d9dbbae3d55bff9d4f2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries<ref name="broadcast countries" />
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Andorra}}
| [[Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra|RTVA]]
| [[Andorra Televisió|ATV]]
| {{ill|Meri Picart|ca}} and Albert Roig
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=ATV Eurovisio |trans-title=ATV Eurovision |url=http://www.rtvasa.ad/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |publisher=[[Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra]] |date=9 October 2003 |access-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210092151/http://www.rtvasa.ad/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2003 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]
| [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]]{{efn|Deferred broadcast on 25 May at 20:30 ([[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]])<ref name="Australia" />}}
| Des Mangan
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Australia">{{cite news |title=TV Torres News |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/28459038 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Torres News]] |date=23 May 2003 |location=[[Thursday Island]], QLD, Australia |page=4 |via=[[Trove]] |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/28459038 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lesbian kiss could be Russia's Waterloo |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lesbian-kiss-could-be-russias-waterloo-20030524-gdgt8q.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116153856/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lesbian-kiss-could-be-russias-waterloo-20030524-gdgt8q.html |archive-date=16 November 2018 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Belarus|1995}}
| [[Belteleradio|BTRC]]
| [[Belarus-1]]
| Ales Kruglyakov and Tatyana Yakusheva
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Телепрограмма на 19.05 – 25.05 |trans-title=TV programmes for 19.05 – 25.05 |url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/yfptmpnanubj.pdf |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta]] |location=[[Minsk]], Belarus |date=16 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208192632/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/tvps/yfptmpnanubj.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |page=9 |language=ru |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=БТ покажет нам «Евровидение-2003» |trans-title=BT will show us 'Eurovision-2003' |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/23037/133233/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] |location=Moscow, Russia |date=24 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204225032/http://www.kp.ru/daily/23037/133233/ |archive-date=4 December 2013 |language=ru |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
| [[DR1]]
| [[Jørgen de Mylius]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 24. maj 2003 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 24th May 2003 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=2003-05-24 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513173234/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=2003-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Falkland Islands}}
| [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|BFBS]]
| BFBS 1,{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 21:00 ([[Falkland Islands Time|FKT]])<ref name="Falklands" />}} [[BFBS Radio 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Falklands">{{cite news |title=Your BFBS Television programmes |url=https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Penguin%20News/2003%20Apr-Jun.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |work=[[Penguin News|Penguin News Information Pullout]] |date=24–30 May 2003 |page=2 |location=[[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], Falkland Islands |via=[[Jane Cameron National Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BFBS Radio 2 |url=https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Penguin%20News/2003%20Apr-Jun.pdf |work=[[Penguin News|Penguin News Information Pullout]] |date=24–30 May 2003 |page=3 |location=[[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], Falkland Islands |access-date=25 October 2024 |via=[[Jane Cameron National Archives]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Finland}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Yle|YLE]]
| [[Yle TV2|YLE TV2]]
| [[Maria Guzenina]] and {{ill|Asko Murtomäki|fi}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=TV2 |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142452.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107151356/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142452.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yle Fem|YLE FST]]
| {{ill|Thomas Lundin (broadcaster)|sv|Thomas Lundin|lt=Thomas Lundin}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Ohjelman tiedot : RITVA-tietokanta |trans-title=Programme information: RITVA database  |url=https://rtva.kavi.fi/program/details/program/24227500|access-date=21 September 2023 |language=fi |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014100958/https://rtva.kavi.fi/program/details/program/24227500|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yle Radio Suomi|YLE Radio Suomi]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Suomi |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142439.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107150610/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004142439.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yle Vega|YLE Radio Vega]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Vega |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003968340.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=24 May 2003 |language=fi |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107145215/https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003968340.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy|2003}}
| colspan="2" | [[GAY.tv]]
| [[Fabio Canino]] and Paolo Quilici
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=L'Eurofestival più gay |trans-title=The gayest Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.gay.it/l-eurofestival-piu-gay |publisher=[[GAY.tv]] |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208144025/https://www.gay.it/l-eurofestival-piu-gay |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=it |date=23 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Lithuania}}
| [[Lithuanian National Radio and Television|LRT]]
| [[LRT televizija|LTV]]
| {{ill|Darius Užkuraitis|lt}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Sobota 24. V |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://pbc.uw.edu.pl//23302/1/99.pdf |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[Kurier Wileński]] |location=[[Vilnius]], Lithuania |date=23–25 May 2000 |page=10 |language=pl |via=Polonijna Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Meškinytė |first=Adelė |title='Eurovizijos' balsas D.Užkuraitis: smagi atsiradimo konkurse istorija ir atsakymas, ką išties mano apie šou |trans-title=Eurovision voice D.Užkuraitis: a funny story of his appearance in the contest and the answer to what he really thinks about the show |url=https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/eurovizija/eurovizijos-balsas-d-uzkuraitis-smagi-atsiradimo-konkurse-istorija-ir-atsakymas-ka-isties-mano-apie-sou-1058-1318738 |access-date=3 December 2022 |work=[[15min]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203112323/https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/eurovizija/eurovizijos-balsas-d-uzkuraitis-smagi-atsiradimo-konkurse-istorija-ir-atsakymas-ka-isties-mano-apie-sou-1058-1318738 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |language=lt |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Serbia and Montenegro}}
| [[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]]
| [[RTS 2 (Serbian TV channel)|RTS 2]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=24. мај – Субота |trans-title=24 May – Saturday |url=https://postimg.cc/vxgdT8CL |access-date=6 November 2024 |work={{ill|TV Novosti (magazine)|sr|ТВ Новости|lt=TV Novosti}} |date=24 May 2003 |location=[[Belgrade]], Serbia and Montenegro |page=23 |language=sr-cyrl}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF zwei|SF 2]]
| {{ill|Roman Kilchsperger|de}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz">{{cite news |title=TV/Radio Samstag |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG20030524-01.1.9 |access-date=8 December 2022 |work={{ill|Freiburger Nachrichten|de}} |location=[[Fribourg]], Switzerland |date=24 May 2003 |page=9 |language=de |via=[[e-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR 1]]
| [[Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter)|Jean-Marc Richard]] and [[Alain Morisod]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="TV8">{{cite magazine |title=Samedi 24 mai |trans-title=Saturday 24 May |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/323164/view?page=12&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=8 December 2022 |magazine=[[TV8 (magazine)|TV8]] |volume=81 |issue=21 |date=22 May 2003 |location=[[Zofingen]], Switzerland |pages=23–30 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RSI La 1|TSI 1]]
| Daniele Rauseo
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Schweiz" />
|}