Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004; Under the Same Sky
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Dates
Semi-final date	12 May 2004
Final date	15 May 2004
Host
Venue	Abdi İpekçi Arena; Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s)	Korhan Abay; Meltem Cumbul;
Host broadcaster	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Participants
Number of entries	36
Debuting countries	Albania; Andorra; [[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belarus; Serbia and Montenegro;
Returning countries	Denmark; Finland; [[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Lithuania; Macedonia; Monaco; Switzerland;
Vote
Winning song	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1992}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Ukraine; "Wild Dances";
Eurovision Song Contest
	◄2003 2005►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-final took place on the 12 May and the grand final on 15 May 2004.^[1] The contest was held in Istanbul, Turkey, following their win at the 2003 contest with the song "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener.

36 countries took part in the contest, with Albania, Andorra, Belarus & Serbia and Montenegro taking part for the first time ever, while Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monaco and Switzerland returned after their relegation in 2003.

The winner was Ukraine with the song "Wild Dances", performed by Ruslana.

Location

Istanbul is the largest city of Turkey. The venue was the Abdi İpekçi Arena.^[2]

Participants

Eurovision Song Contest 2004 participants^[3]
Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language
Albania	RTSH	Anjeza Shahini	"The Image of You"	English
Andorra	RTVA	Marta Roure	"Jugarem a estimar-noscode: ca is deprecated "	Catalan
Austria	ORF	Tie Break	"Du bistcode: de is deprecated "	German
[[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belarus	BTRC	Aleksandra and Konstantin	"My Galileo"	English
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	VRT	Xandee	"1 Life"	English
Bosnia and Herzegovina	PBSBiH	Deen	"In the Disco"	English
Croatia	HRT	Ivan Mikulić	"You Are the Only One"	English
Cyprus	CyBC	Lisa Andreas	"Stronger Every Minute"	English
Denmark	DR	Tomas Thordarson	"Shame on You"	English
Estonia	ETV	Neiokõsõ	"Tiicode: vro is deprecated "	Võro
Finland	YLE	Jari Sillanpää	"Takes 2 to Tango"	English
France	France Télévisionscode: fr is deprecated	Jonatan Cerrada	"À chaque pascode: fr is deprecated "	French, Spanish
Germany	NDR	Max	"Can't Wait Until Tonight"	English, Turkish
Greece	ERT	Sakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	English
Iceland	RÚV	Jónsi	"Heaven"	English
Ireland	RTÉ	Chris Doran	"If My World Stopped Turning"	English
Israel	IBA	David D'Or	"Leha'amincode: he is deprecated " (להאמיןcode: he is deprecated )	Hebrew, English
Latvia	LTV	Fomins and Kleins	"Dziesma par laimicode: lv is deprecated "	Latvian
[[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Lithuania	LRT	Linas and Simona	"What's Happened to Your Love"	English
Republic of Macedonia	MRT	Toše Proeski	"Life"	English
Malta	PBS	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	English
Monaco	TMC	Maryon	"Notre planètecode: fr is deprecated "	French
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	NOS	Re-union	"Without You"	English
Norway	NRK	Knut Anders Sørum	"High"	English
Poland	TVP	Blue Café	"Love Song"	English, Spanish
Portugal	RTP	Sofia Vitória	"Foi magiacode: pt is deprecated "	Portuguese
Romania	TVR	Sanda	"I Admit"	English
Russia	C1R	Yulia Savicheva	"Believe Me"	English
Serbia and Montenegro	UJRT	Željko Joksimović and Ad Hoc Orchestra [de]	"Lane mojecode: sr is deprecated " (Лане мојеcode: sr is deprecated )	Serbian
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Platin	"Stay Forever"	English
Spain	TVE	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ticode: es is deprecated "	Spanish
Sweden	SVT	Lena Philipsson	"It Hurts"	English
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Piero and the MusicStars	"Celebrate"	English
Turkey	TRT	Athena	"For Real"	English
[[Image:{{{flag alias-1992}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Ukraine	NTU	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"	English, Ukrainian
United Kingdom	BBC	James Fox	"Hold On to Our Love"	English

Overview

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 12 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET).

Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004^[4]
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Finland	Sillanpää, JariJari Sillanpää	"Takes 2 to Tango"	51	14
2	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1995}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Belarus	Aleksandra and Konstantin	"My Galileo"	10	19
3	Switzerland	Piero and the MusicStars	"Celebrate"	0	22
4	Latvia	Fomins and Kleins	"Dziesma par laimicode: lv is deprecated "	23	17
5	Israel	D'Or, DavidDavid D'Or	"Leha'amincode: he is deprecated "	57	11
6	Andorra	Roure, MartaMarta Roure	"Jugarem a estimar-noscode: ca is deprecated "	12	18
7	Portugal	Sofia Vitória	"Foi magiacode: pt is deprecated "	38	15
8	Malta	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	74	8
9	Monaco	Maryon	"Notre planètecode: fr is deprecated "	10	19
10	Greece	Rouvas, SakisSakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	238	3
11	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1992}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Ukraine	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"	256	2
12	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1988}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Lithuania	Linas and Simona	"What's Happened to Your Love"	26	16
13	Albania	Shahini, AnjezaAnjeza Shahini	"The Image of You"	167	4
14	Cyprus	Andreas, LisaLisa Andreas	"Stronger Every Minute"	149	5
15	Republic of Macedonia	Proeski, TošeToše Proeski	"Life"	71	10
16	Slovenia	Platin	"Stay Forever"	5	21
17	Estonia	Neiokõsõ	"Tiicode: vro is deprecated "	57	11
18	Croatia	Mikulić, IvanIvan Mikulić	"You Are the Only One"	72	9
19	Denmark	Thordarson, TomasTomas Thordarson	"Shame on You"	56	13
20	Serbia and Montenegro	Joksimović, ŽeljkoŽeljko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra	"Lane mojecode: sr is deprecated "	263	1
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	"In the Disco"	133	7
22	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Re-union	"Without You"	146	6

Final

The final was held on 15 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET)

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004^[5]
R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Spain	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ticode: es is deprecated "	87	10
2	Austria	Tie Break	"Du bistcode: de is deprecated "	9	21
3	Norway	Sørum, Knut AndersKnut Anders Sørum	"High"	3	24
4	France	Cerrada, JonatanJonatan Cerrada	"À chaque pascode: fr is deprecated "	40	15
5	Serbia and Montenegro	Joksimović, ŽeljkoŽeljko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra	"Lane mojecode: sr is deprecated "	263	2
6	Malta	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	50	12
7	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Re-union	"Without You"	11	20
8	Germany	Max	"Can't Wait Until Tonight"	93	8
9	Albania	Shahini, AnjezaAnjeza Shahini	"The Image of You"	106	7
10	[[Image:{{{flag alias-1992}}}\|22x20px\|border ]] Ukraine	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"	280	1
11	Croatia	Mikulić, IvanIvan Mikulić	"You Are the Only One"	50	12
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	"In the Disco"	91	9
13	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	Xandee	"1 Life"	7	22
14	Russia	Savicheva, JuliaJulia Savicheva	"Believe Me"	67	11
15	Republic of Macedonia	Proeski, TošeToše Proeski	"Life"	47	14
16	Greece	Rouvas, SakisSakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	252	3
17	Iceland	Jónsi	"Heaven"	16	19
18	Ireland	Doran, ChrisChris Doran	"If My World Stopped Turning"	7	22
19	Poland	Blue Café	"Love Song"	27	17
20	United Kingdom	Fox, JamesJames Fox	"Hold On to Our Love"	29	16
21	Cyprus	Andreas, LisaLisa Andreas	"Stronger Every Minute"	170	5
22	Turkey	Athena	"For Real"	195	4
23	Romania	Sanda	"I Admit"	18	18
24	Sweden	Philipsson, LenaLena Philipsson	"It Hurts"	170	5

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004 was the official compilation album of the 2004 contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Media

Abdi İpekçi Spor Salonu
The stage design of the contest
Countries participating in the semi-final The top ten of the 2003 contest, who automatically qualify. The "Big Four" countries, who automatically qualify.
Lisa Andreas performing "Stronger Every Minute", the entry which won the inaugural Marcel Bezençon Awards' Composer Award