eurovision 2003
Urban Trad
Urban Trad represented Belgium at Eurovision 2003 in Riga with “Sanomi”, finishing 2nd of 26.
- what
- band
- formed
- 2000, Belgium
- contest
- 2003
- best result
- 2nd, 2003
- music
- new age music
- active
- since 2000
- members
- Yves Barbieux past and present
- sang for
- Belgium
Biography
Urban Trad is a Belgian folk group with Flemish and French-speaking members and close ties to Galicia. “Sanomi”, sung in a made-up language, finished second in Riga in 2003, two points behind the winner.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Urban Trad”.
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The act’s own accounts, as listed on Wikidata. If one is wrong or out of date, tell us and we’ll take it down.
At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2003 Riga
“Sanomi”
2nd of 26 Finished 2nd of 26, with 165 points.
- Sung in
- Imaginary
- Written by
- Yves Barbieux
- Running order
- 22nd of 26
- Won that year
- Turkey: Sertab Erener, “Everyway That I Can”
The story of Eurovision 2003: Three songs within three points, and nothing at all for Britain
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Urban Trad is part of.
- 2003 Sanomi Moments people still talk about
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Urban Trad, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2003 Sanomi
Belgium's entry was sung in a language that does not exist. "Sanomi", by the group Urban Trad, was the first song at the contest with not a word of English or of any language of the country it came from.
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