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"One more night" - Esther Hart
The Dutch Final was held on March 1st at the Ahoy in Rotterdam, hosted by Loes Luca. Before the final there were 4 semi-finals - click here for details: DUTCH SEMI-FINALS 2003 The winning song was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%) which included Corry Brokken who won the 1957 ESC. Esther Hart was favourite with both the jury and televoters.
There were some problems with many of the SMS votes which didn't arrive until the day after the final. Once these votes were included the result would have been slightly different - Esther (165), Gordon (123), Arwin (87), Ebonique (63), Bert Heerink (50), Mango Nuts (31), Mary Amora (28) & Zooom (13).
| 1 | Time to party | Mango Nuts | 31 | 5th |
| 2 | Somewhere by the river | Mary Amora | 28 | 6th |
| 3 | Blue skies are for free | Bert Heerink & Manou | 25 | 7th |
| 4 | I'll be your voice | Gordon | 124 | 2nd |
| 5 | One more night | Esther Hart | 170 | 1st |
| 6 | Heatwave | Ebonique | 67 | 4th |
| 7 | Turiddu | Arwin Kluft | 102 | 3rd |
| 8 | Boogie | Zooom | 13 | 8th |
Richard Rodermond from the group Mango Nuts was a backing singer for Linda Wagenmakers in ESC 2000.
Esther Hart also took part in the 2003 UK Semi-Final, but withdrew from the UK Final when she qualified for the Dutch Final. At the Eurovision, she came 13th. Amongst her backing singers was Roger Happel (Dutch Final 1999).
Ebonique member Ingrid Simons was a backing singer for the Netherlands in the 1996 ESC and was one of the 'Ladies' who accompanied Sergio in the 2002 ESC for Belgium. Fellow member Carolien Dest was a backing singer for the Netherlands in the 1999 ESC.