This Friday, the draw for the running order of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 will take place at LTV. The hosts of the 2003 contest will be introduced too, although it's a public secret that Reynard Cowper and Marija Naumova will do the honourable job.

The draw, which will take place at 11:00 CET (which is 12:00 Latvian time), will give a first impression of the look and feel of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest. You can see the draw television programme online at eurovision.tv around 17:00 CET when esctoday.com will also publish the result.

Esctoday.com correspondent Aija Medinika will be present at the draw. We intended to publish the draw right afterwards, but LTV requested us to respect the embargo on it. As they want to inform the participating broadcasters first, the draw can be watched online somewhere near 17:00 CET. So unfortunately, no live draw…