Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Under the Same Sky
Dates
Semi-final	12 May 2004 (2004-05-12)
Final	15 May 2004 (2004-05-15)
Host
Venue	Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s)	Korhan Abay Meltem Cumbul
Host broadcaster	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/istanbul-2004
Participants
Number of entries	36
Number of finalists	24
Debuting countries	Albania  Andorra  Belarus  Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countries	Denmark  Finland  Lithuania  Macedonia  Monaco   Switzerland
Vote
Winning song	Ukraine "Wild Dances"
Eurovision Song Contest → 2005

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-nos"	Catalan
Austria	ORF	Tie Break	"Du bist"	German
Belarus	BTRC	Aleksandra and Konstantin	"My Galileo"	English
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	"Tii"	Võro
Finland	YLE	Jari Sillanpää	"Takes 2 to Tango"	English
France	France Télévisions	Jonatan Cerrada	"À chaque pas"	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'amin" (להאמין)	Hebrew, English
Latvia	LTV	Fomins and Kleins	"Dziesma par laimi"	Latvian
Lithuania	LRT	Linas and Simona	"What's Happened to Your Love"	English
Macedonia	MRT	Toše Proeski	"Life"	English
Malta	PBS	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	English
Monaco	TMC	Maryon	"Notre planète"	French
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 magia"	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 moje" (Лане моје)	Serbian
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Platin	"Stay Forever"	English
Spain	TVE	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ti"	Spanish
Sweden	SVT	Lena Philipsson	"It Hurts"	English
Switzerland	SRG SSR	Piero and the MusicStars	"Celebrate"	English
Turkey	TRT	Athena	"For Real"	English
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	Jari Sillanpää	"Takes 2 to Tango"	51	14
2	Belarus	Aleksandra and Konstantin	"My Galileo"	10	19
3	Switzerland	Piero and the MusicStars	"Celebrate"	0	22
4	Latvia	Fomins and Kleins	"Dziesma par laimi"	23	17
5	Israel	David D'Or	"Leha'amin"	57	11
6	Andorra	Marta Roure	"Jugarem a estimar-nos"	12	18
7	Portugal	Sofia Vitória	"Foi magia"	38	15
8	Malta	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	74	8
9	Monaco	Maryon	"Notre planète"	10	19
10	Greece	Sakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	238	3
11	Ukraine	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"	256	2
12	Lithuania	Linas and Simona	"What's Happened to Your Love"	26	16
13	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	"The Image of You"	167	4
14	Cyprus	Lisa Andreas	"Stronger Every Minute"	149	5
15	Macedonia	Toše Proeski	"Life"	71	10
16	Slovenia	Platin	"Stay Forever"	5	21
17	Estonia	Neiokõsõ	"Tii"	57	11
18	Croatia	Ivan Mikulić	"You Are the Only One"	72	9
19	Denmark	Tomas Thordarson	"Shame on You"	56	13
20	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra	"Lane moje"	263	1
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	"In the Disco"	133	7
22	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 ti"	87	10
2	Austria	Tie Break	"Du bist"	9	21
3	Norway	Knut Anders Sørum	"High"	3	24
4	France	Jonatan Cerrada	"À chaque pas"	40	15
5	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra	"Lane moje"	263	2
6	Malta	Julie and Ludwig	"On Again... Off Again"	50	12
7	Netherlands	Re-union	"Without You"	11	20
8	Germany	Max	"Can't Wait Until Tonight"	93	8
9	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	"The Image of You"	106	7
10	Ukraine	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"	280	1
11	Croatia	Ivan Mikulić	"You Are the Only One"	50	12
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	"In the Disco"	91	9
13	Belgium	Xandee	"1 Life"	7	22
14	Russia	Julia Savicheva	"Believe Me"	67	11
15	Macedonia	Toše Proeski	"Life"	47	14
16	Greece	Sakis Rouvas	"Shake It"	252	3
17	Iceland	Jónsi	"Heaven"	16	19
18	Ireland	Chris Doran	"If My World Stopped Turning"	7	22
19	Poland	Blue Café	"Love Song"	27	17
20	United Kingdom	James Fox	"Hold On to Our Love"	29	16
21	Cyprus	Lisa Andreas	"Stronger Every Minute"	170	5
22	Turkey	Athena	"For Real"	195	4
23	Romania	Sanda	"I Admit"	18	18
24	Sweden	Lena Philipsson	"It Hurts"	170	5

Official album

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