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)
Voting Structure
Score Sheet
Final Results
| Country (Language) |
Artist | Song (Translation) |
Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Anjeza Shaini | Imazhi Yt (Your Image) |
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| Austria | Tie-break | Du bist (You Are) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Spain | Ramón | Para llenarme de ti (To Be Filled By You) |
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| Sweden | Lena Philipsson | Det gor ont (It Hurts) |
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| Turkey | Athena | For Real | ||
| United Kingdom | James Fox | Hold on to our Love | ||
| Ukraine | Ruslana Lyzhichko | Dikiye tantsy (Wild Dances) |
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| Venue: Abdi Ipekci Stadium - Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
| The table is ordered by the countries' names. | ||||
