Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 will be the forty-ninth Eurovision and will be held on May 12, 2004 and May 15, 2004, in Turkey. Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay will be the presenters.

It will be the first Eurovision to be a two-day event, with one qualifying round held on a Wednesday and one grand finale held on Saturday. Under the new format, byes into the final will be given to the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain (as the four largest countries in Europe), Turkey (as the 2003 contest winners) and the nine remaining highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest. Also it will be the first contest to be broadcast in high definition format.

All participating countries have the right to vote in both the qualifying round and the grand finale. This is the first year in which all 36 participating countries will be voting based on a public phone vote.

On March 23, 2004, two draws were held to determine the running-order for the Semi-Final and Final events. A third draw took place, immediately following the Semi-Final on May 12, 2004, to determine the running order of the ten qualifying songs in the Final.

Semi-Final Results

Country (Language)	Artist	Song (Translation)	Place	Points
Albania	Anjeza Shaini	Imazhi Yt (Your Image)	Q
Andorra	Marta Roure	Jugarem a estimar-nos (We'll Be Playing at Loving Each Other)	18	12
Belarus	Aleksandra & Konstantin	Moy Galiley (My Galileo)	20	10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	In the Disco	Q
Croatia	Ivan Mikulic	You are my Only Love	Q
Cyprus	Lisa Andreas	Stronger Every Minute	Q
Denmark	Tomas Thordarson	Sig det' løgn (Shame on You)	13	56
Estonia	Neiokõsõ	Tii	11	65
Finland	Jari Sillanpää	Takes 2 to Tango	14	45
FYR of Macedonia	Tose Proeski	Angel ti si (Life Is)	Q
Greece	Sakis Rouvas	Shake it	Q
Israel	David D'or	Leha'amin (To Believe)	12	57
Latvia	Fomins & Kleins;	Dziesma par laimi (Song About Happiness)	17	21
Lithuania	Linas & Simona	What's Happened to your Love?	16	26
Malta	Julie & Ludwig	On Again... Off Again	Q
Monaco	Maryon	Notre planète (Our Planet)	20	10
Netherlands	Re-union	Without You	Q
Portugal	Sofía	Foi Magia (It Was Magic)	15	37
Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović	Lane Moje (My Sweetheart)	Q
Slovenia	Platin	Stay Forever	19	11
Switzerland	Piero Esteriore & the Musicstars	Celebrate	22	0
Ukraine	Ruslana Lyzhichko	Dikiye tantsy (Wild Dances)	Q
Venue: Abdi Ipekci Stadium - Istanbul, Turkey
The table is ordered by the countries' names.

NB - The results of the qualifying nations will not be published until after the final, to avoid bias.

First Appearances

• Albania, Andorra, Belarus
• Serbia and Montenegro(first time under this name)

Final Results

Country (Language)	Artist	Song (Translation)	Place	Points
Albania	Anjeza Shaini	Imazhi Yt (Your Image)
Austria	Tie-break	Du bist (You Are)
Belgium	Xandee	1 life
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	In the Disco
Croatia	Ivan Mikulic	You are my Only Love
Cyprus	Lisa Andreas	Stronger Every Minute
Greece	Sakis Rouvas	Shake it
France	Jonatan Cerrada	A chaque pas (Every Step)
Germany	Max	Can't Wait Until Tonight
Iceland	Jónsi	Heaven
Ireland	Chris Doran	If the World Stops Turning
FYR of Macedonia	Tose Proeski	Angel ti si (Life Is)
Netherlands	Re-union	Without You
Malta	Julie & Ludwig	On Again... Off Again
Norway	Knut Anders	High
Poland	Blue Cafe	Love Song
Romania	Sanda Ladosi	I Admit
Russia	Julia Savicheva	Believe Me
Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović	Lane Moje (My Sweetheart)
Spain	Ramón	Para llenarme de ti (To Be Filled By You)
Sweden	Lena Philipsson	Det gor ont (It Hurts)
Turkey	Athena	For Real
United Kingdom	James Fox	Hold on to our Love
Ukraine	Ruslana Lyzhichko	Dikiye tantsy (Wild Dances)
Venue: Abdi Ipekci Stadium - Istanbul, Turkey
The table is ordered by the countries' names.