Melodifestivalen 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003.
"När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition due to Carola's refusal to participate as an artist with no replacement singer found,[2][3] while "Someone, Somewhere, Someday" composed by Peter Ågrenwill and Mattias Holmlund to be performed by Nathalie Family was disqualified due to the singer being under the required age of 16 years old at the time the Eurovision Song Contest would be held.
[4][5] The Winners' Choice round was replaced by the Viewers' Choice round where the public could now vote for the top two songs among the third- and fourth- placed ones from the heats.
The heat was hosted by Mark Levengood, Charlotte Nilsson, and Lena Philipsson.
[8] The fourth heat took place on 8 March 2003 at the Nordichallen in Sundsvall.
[9] The Viewers' Choice round took place on 9 March 2003 at the SVT Broadcasting House in Stockholm.