Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004
Selection date(s)	9 October 2004
Selected artist(s)	Limelights
Selected song	"Varför jag?"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 8 points
Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 by the Limelights and the song "Varför jag?". the duo of Anna Jalkéus and Liselotte Östblom were the winners of the Lilla Melodifestivalen contest in 2004.

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004 was used to select the artist to represent Sweden at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004, organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT).

More than 1400 entries were submitted to SVT to compete in the contest, with only 10 being selected to compete in the televised contest on 9 October 2004.^[1] The contest was hosted by Mela Tesfazion, children's TV presented, and singer Magnus Carlsson of Barbados and Alcazar.^[2] The winner was decided by a jury and public televoting.

During the interval act, Lena Philipsson performed her new single "Lena Anthem".^[3]

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Points	Place
1	Yazmina Simic	"Jag vill veta nu"	34	0	34	6
2	Erik Nielsen	"Oh La La"	22	50	72	2
3	JaP	"Min vän"	10	0	10	10
4	Jessica and Karin	"Att ha en vän"	16	0	16	9
5	ReLi	"När jag åker moped"	40	20	60	5
6	Sisters	"Sjörövarvisa"	32	0	32	7
7	Girlzz	"Förstå"	18	0	18	8
8	Ville Blomgren	"Min gröna ö"	34	30	72	3
9	Limelights	"Varför jag?"	22	60	82	1
10	Reggae Boyz	"Shabalabala polarn"	22	40	62	4

At Junior Eurovision

On the night of the contest, held in Lillehammer in Norway, the Limelights performed 16th in the running order of the contest, following Spain and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting "Varför jag" received 8 points, placing 15th of the 18 competing entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Norway	Denmark		Cyprus

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Spain
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Croatia
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Romania
5 points	Norway
4 points	France
3 points	Macedonia
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Netherlands

External links

Lilla Melodifestivalen 2004 Sveriges Television

References

^ Bo Jensen, Rasmus (2004-06-16). "Junior: More than 1400 songs submitted in Sweden". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Philips, Roel (2004-09-08). "Junior: the 10 Swedish finalists". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Philips, Roel (2004-10-09). "Junior: Limelights to represent Sweden". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1] Bo Jensen, Rasmus (2004-06-16). "Junior: More than 1400 songs submitted in Sweden". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] Philips, Roel (2004-09-08). "Junior: the 10 Swedish finalists". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Philips, Roel (2004-10-09). "Junior: Limelights to represent Sweden". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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