Eurovision Song Contest 2004

49th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Under the Same Sky
date	May 12, 2004 (semi-finals) May 15, 2004 (final)
Host country	Turkey
venue	Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex , Istanbul
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay
Pause filler	Semi-finals: ABBA : Our Last Video Ever Finale: Commercials for Tourism, Fire of Anatolia
participating countries	36
winner	Ukraine
First time participation	Albania Andorra Serbia and Montenegro Belarus
Returning participants	Monaco
Voting rule	The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 2003 • ESC 2005 ►

The 49th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 12 and 15, 2004 in Istanbul ( Turkey ) under the motto Under the Same Sky . It was the largest event in this competition to date; 36 countries participated. The programs were moderated by Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay .

particularities

Interpreter of the winning title, Ruslana , in 2008

The German participant was in the show Germany 12 Points! Awarded: It was Max Mutzke with Can't Wait Until Tonight who came in eighth in the end. The representatives of Austria's tie break with Du bist were only 21. Switzerland had to be eliminated from the semi-finals with zero points, singer Piero Esteriore had a bald head the day after. The song Celebrate! should be the last Swiss song until 2011 that was chosen by preliminary decision. Due to the persistently poor results, even a complete withdrawal of Switzerland from the Grand Prix was under discussion.

This year, the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the eighth time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winner was Sanda Ladosi from Romania.

Attendees

Countries in the final

Countries that did not reach the final

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 2004

Albania , Andorra , Serbia-Montenegro and Belarus took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. Monaco returned to competition after a 25 year hiatus. Due to the large number of participants, which would exceed the time of any broadcast, a semi-final was introduced. 22 countries competed against each other on May 12th. The ten best qualified for the final on May 15th. There they met the 14 countries that in the previous year had already qualified for the final, among them Germany and Austria . For the sixth time ever and for the first time in two consecutive years, there were no returning interpreters at the ESC.

Voting procedure

Since 2004, the points in all countries have been determined using televoting . The overwhelming majority of the participating countries have already involved television viewers in the awarding of points in the past. The ten songs with the most votes receive 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points. If two countries have the same number of points, the higher position will be given to the country that has received points from most countries. If this criterion is not decisive, of these two countries the country with the most 12 points is positioned higher, possibly with the most 10 points and so on. If both countries are the same, both countries have won.

When awarding points in the final, countries that were eliminated in the qualifying round can also vote. So far, the votes of the countries in the starting order have been obtained in the final. This is now done according to the sequence according to the ISO country code abbreviation.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 12, 2004 (CEST). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.

In the semifinals, places 11 to 22 were announced and it was clear that Switzerland was left empty-handed. There was also an error when displaying these places, as the votes from Croatia and Monaco were not calculated correctly. The correct point allocation did not influence the qualification of the 10 qualified countries. The places 1 to 10 were not revealed, however, in order to avoid interference. Since 2005 all semi-final results have been kept secret until after the final.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	Points
01.	20th	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra Жељко Јоксимовић	Lane moje Лане моје M: Željko Joksimović ; T: Leontina Vukomanović	Serbian	My darling (lit .: my doe)	263
02.	11	Ukraine	Ruslana Руслана	Wild Dances M: Ruslana ; T: Ruslana , Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Jamie Maher, Fayney, Sherena Dugani	English , Ukrainian	Wild dances	256
03.	10	Greece	Sakis Rouvas Σάκης Ρουβάς	Shake It M: Nikos Terzis; T: Nektarios Tirakis	English	Erbebe	238
04th	13	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	The Image of You M: Edmond Zhulali; T: Xhuli Teilor	English	Your image	167
05.	14th	Cyprus	Lisa Andreas Λίζα Αντρέας	Stronger Every Minute M / T: Mike Connaris	English	Stronger every minute	149
06th	22nd	Netherlands	Re-union	Without You M: Ed van Otterdijk; T: Angeline van Otterdijk	English	Without you	146
07th	21st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	In the Disco M / T: Vesna Pisarović	English	At the disco	133
08th.	08th	Malta	Julie & Ludwig	On Again… off Again M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg	English	On again ... off again	074
09.	18th	Croatia	Ivan Mikulić	You Are the Only One M: Ivan Mikulić , Vedran Ostojić; T: Duško Gruborović	English	You are the only one	072
10.	15th	Macedonia	Toše Proeski Тоше Проески	Life M: Jovan Jovanov; T: Ilija Nikolovski	English	The life	071
11.	05	Israel	David D'Or דוד ד'אור	Leha'amin (To Believe) (להאמין(To Believe)) M: David D'Or , Ofer Meiri; T: David D'Or	Hebrew , English	To believe	057
11.	17th	Estonia	Neiokõsõ	Tii M: Priit Pajusaar , Glen Pilvre; T: Aapo Ilves	Võro	path	057
13.	19th	Denmark	Tomas Thordarson	Shame on You M: Ivar Lind Greiner; T: Iben Plesner	English	You should be ashamed of yourself	056
14th	01	Finland	Jari Sillanpää	Takes 2 to Tango M: Mika Toivanen; T: Jari Sillanpää	English	It takes two to dance a tango	051
15th	07th	Portugal	Sofia	Foi magia M / T: Paulo Neves	Portuguese	It was magic	038
16.	12	Lithuania	Linas ir Simona	What's Happened to Our Love M: Michalis Antoniou, Linas Adomaitis; T: Camden-MS	English	What happened to your love	026th
17th	04th	Latvia	Fomins & Kleins	Dziesma par laimi M: Tomass Klein; T: Guntars Račs	Latvian	A song about happiness	023
18th	06th	Andorra	Marta Roure	Jugarem a estimar-nos M / T: Jofre Bardagí	Catalan	We'll play that we love each other	012
19th	02	Belarus	Aljaksandra & Kanstanzin Аляксандра і Канстанцін	My Galileo M: Aljaksandra Kirsanawa, Kanstanzin Drapesa; T: Alexey Solomakha	English	My Galileo	010
19th	09	Monaco	Maryon	Notre planète M: Philippe Bosco; T: Patrick Sassier	French	Our planet	010
21st	16	Slovenia	platinum	Stay Forever M: Simon Gomilšek; T: Diana Lečnik	English	Stay forever	005
22nd	03	Switzerland	Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars	Celebrate M / T: Greg Manning	English	Celebrate!	000

The countries that did not qualify for the final had to participate in the semifinals again if they participated in 2005 .

Scoring in the semi-finals

France , Poland and Russia did not vote because they did not broadcast the semi-finals.

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AD	AL	AT	BA	BE	BY	CH	CS	CY	DE	DK	EE	IT	FI	GB	GR	MR	IE	IL	IS	LT	LV	MC	MK	MT	NL	NO	PT	RO	SE	SI	TR	UA
Finland	51		7th			1				6th			7th	3	-		5				3			6th	2			3			8th
Belarus	10						-						2								1	2												5
Switzerland	0							-
Latvia	23						4th						5						4th	2		6th	-	2
Israel	57	3	5	1		2	3		3	2	1	2		4th	2	2	3			-						6th	2		7th	5			4th
Andorra	12	-												12
Portugal	38	12				4th		7th						6th										1					-	8th
Malta	74	5	6th		4th		1					4th	10			5	1	1	1	6th	2	7th	7th		4th	-	3		4th			1		2
Monaco	10	4th	2							4th														-
Greece	238	8th	12	5	5	10	8th	3	10	12	10	3	4th	7th	5	12	-	6th	2	12	6th	8th	6th	4th	7th	12	6th	5	8th	12	4th	4th	12	10
Ukraine	256	10	3	4th	7th	8th	12	2	8th	8th	6th	6th	12	10	8th	7th	7th	8th	10	10	10	12	10	5	8th	10	7th	7th	12	7th	6th	8th	8th	-
Lithuania	26th						2			7th							2		3	1		-	8th			3
Albania	167	6th	-	7th	6th	5		10	6th	1	8th	7th	1	2	6th	6th	8th	7th	5	4th	4th		5	3	12	8th	5	8th	2	6th	7th	5	6th	1
Cyprus	149	2		6th		6th	6th	1	2	-	4th	5	6th	1	7th	10	12	2	8th	3	8th	4th	3	12		5	10	4th	3	1	3	3	5	7th
Macedonia	71		8th	2	8th			5	12		3	1					4th	5							-	1	1			4th	2	6th	3	6th
Slovenia	5				1													3							1							-
Estonia	57		1						4th				-		12	1					7th	10	12					1	5		1			3
Croatia	72			8th	10		7th	6th	5		5				1			-				3	1		6th		4th		1			7th		8th
Denmark	56				3					3		-	3		4th					5	12			10		2		6th		2	5		1
Serbia and Montenegro	263	1	4th	12	12	7th	10	12	-	10	12	10		8th	10	8th	10	12	6th	8th		1	4th	7th	10	4th	12	10	10	10	12	12	7th	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	133		10	10	-	3		8th	7th		7th	12				4th		10	7th						5		8th	12			10	10	10
Netherlands	146	7th		3	2	12	5	4th	1	5	2	8th	8th	5	3	3	6th	4th	12	7th	5	5	2	8th	3	7th	-	2	6th	3		2	2	4th

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semi-finals)

number	country	received from
9	Serbia and Montenegro	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ukraine
7th	Greece	Albania, Israel, Malta, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom, Cyprus
4th	Ukraine	Estonia, Lithuania, Portugal, Belarus
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Denmark, Norway
	Estonia	Finland, Latvia
	Netherlands	Belgium, Ireland
	Cyprus	Greece, Monaco
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Andorra	Spain
	Denmark	Iceland
	Macedonia	Serbia and Montenegro
	Portugal	Andorra

final

The final took place on May 15, 2004, 9:00 p.m. (CEST).

Before the final, in addition to the German competitor Max Mutzke , the contributions from Ukraine and Greece were considered favorites in the betting offices and the German public . For the first time there was a direct duel between the songwriters Stefan Raab and Ralph Siegel (as producer, neither text nor melody come from him this time) in the international finals. Ralph Siegel, represented in this competition for around 30 years, reached the final with Malta .

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	Points
01.	10	Ukraine	Ruslana Руслана	Wild Dances M: Ruslana ; T: Ruslana , Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Jamie Maher, Fayney, Sherena Dugani	English , Ukrainian	Wild dances	280
02.	05	Serbia and Montenegro	Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra Жељко Јоксимовић	Lane moje Лане моје M: Željko Joksimović ; T: Leontina Vukomanović	Serbian	My darling (lit .: my doe)	263
03.	16	Greece	Sakis Rouvas Σάκης Ρουβάς	Shake It M: Nikos Terzis; T: Nektarios Tirakis	English	Shake it	252
04th	22nd	Turkey	Athena	For Real M / T: Gökhan Özoğuz, Hakan Özoğuz	English	Really	195
05.	21st	Cyprus	Lisa Andreas Λίζα Αντρέας	Stronger Every Minute M / T: Mike Connaris	English	Stronger every minute	170
06th	24	Sweden	Lena Philipsson	It Hurts M / T: Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson	English	It hurts	170
07th	09	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	The Image of You M: Edmond Zhulali; T: Xhuli Teilor	English	Your image	106
08th.	08th	Germany	Max	Can't Wait Until Tonight M / T: Stefan Raab	English, Turkish	Can't wait until the evening	093
09.	12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	In the Disco M / T: Vesna Pisarović	English	At the disco	091
10.	01	Spain	Ramón	Para llenarme de ti M / T: Kike Santander	Spanish	To fill me with you	087
11.	14th	Russia	Julia Savicheva Юлия Савичева	Believe Me M: Maxim Fadeev; T: Brenda Loring	English	Believe me	067
12.	06th	Malta	Julie & Ludwig	On Again… off Again M: Philip Vella; T: Gerard James Borg	English	On again ... off again	050
13.	11	Croatia	Ivan Mikulić	You Are the Only One M: Ivan Mikulić , Vedran Ostojić; T: Duško Gruborović	English	You are the only one	050
14th	15th	Macedonia	Toše Proeski Тоше Проески	Life M: Jovan Jovanov; T: Ilija Nikolovski	English	The life	047
15th	04th	France	Jonathan Cerrada	A chaque pas M: Ben 'Jammin' Robbins, Steve Balsamo; T: Jonathan Cerrada	French , Spanish	With every step	040
16.	20th	United Kingdom	James Fox	Hold On to Our Love M: Gary Miller; T: Tim Woodcock	English	Hold on to our love	029
17th	19th	Poland	Blue cafe	Love Song M: Paweł Rurak-Sokal; T: Tatiana Okupnik	English Spanish	Love song	027
18th	23	Romania	Sanda Ladoşi	I Admit M: George Popa; T: Irina Gligor	English	I confess	018th
19th	17th	Iceland	Jónsi	Heaven M: Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson; T: Magnús Þór Sigmundsson	English	sky	016
20th	07th	Netherlands	Re-union	Without You M: Ed van Otterdijk; T: Angeline van Otterdijk	English	Without you	011
21st	02	Austria	Tie break	You are M / T: Peter Zimmermann	German	-	009
22nd	13	Belgium	Xandee	1 Life M: Marc Paelinck; T: Dirk Paelinck	English	One life	007th
22nd	18th	Ireland	Chris Doran	If My World Stopped Turning M: Bryan McFadden; T: Jonathan Shorten	English	When my world stopped spinning	007th
24.	03	Norway	Knut Anders Sørum	High M: Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson; T: Dan Attlerud	English	High	003

The winner and the countries marked in green were directly qualified for the final in the following year.

Scoring in the final

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AD	AL	AT	BA	BE	BY	CH	CS	CY	DE	DK	EE	IT	FI	FR	GB	GR	MR	IE	IL	IS	LT	LV	MC	MK	MT	NL	NO	PL	PT	RO	RU	SE	SI	TR	UA
Spain	87	12				7th	2	6th		7th	2			-		8th		3			8th	1			3	1	3	4th		1	12	5				2
Austria	9			-												4th		5
Norway	3																												-					3
France	40	7th	1			10								4th		-									12						2		4th
Serbia and Montenegro	263	2	7th	12	12	3	7th	12	-	10	10	7th	1	6th	10	10	3	8th	12	3	7th	7th	2	5	1	10	6th	10	6th	5	7th	8th	10	12	12	8th	12
Malta	50	6th	3		1							1	6th				2	1	2	6th	4th		4th	6th		3	-			3	1						1
Netherlands	11					6th							3														2	-
Germany	93		2	10	3			10			-		2	12		7th	4th		1	4th			1		7th			3	1	6th	8th	4th			3	5
Albania	106		-	5	4th	1		7th	8th		5	4th			3	1	1	10	6th	2		4th		1		12	10	1	3			1		7th	4th	6th
Ukraine	280	10	5	4th	6th	5	10		10	8th	6th	5	12	8th	8th	2	5	7th	8th	7th	12	12	12	12	6th	8th	8th	7th	7th	12	10	6th	12	10	8th	12	-
Croatia	50			3	10		5	3	5		1				1				-							5							5		5		7th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	91		10	7th	-			5	6th			8th							10						4th	4th		2	10					8th	10	7th
Belgium	7th	1				-				1																		5
Russia	67						12		1	6th			8th		4th			2			6th		8th	10									-				10
Macedonia	47		6th		8th			1	12										5							-	1								7th	4th	3
Greece	252	8th	12	2	5	8th	6th	4th	7th	12	7th	3	5	7th	6th	6th	12	-	7th	5	10	6th	10	7th	10	7th	12	6th	2	7th	6th	12	7th	4th	6th	10	8th
Iceland	16											2			2							-			5				5				2
Ireland	7th																7th			-
Poland	27									2	4th			1				4th				3	7th							-				1			5
United Kingdom	29						1						4th				-			8th		2		3			4th			2		2	1	2
Cyprus	170	4th		6th		4th	8th	2	3	-	8th	6th	7th	3	7th	5	10	12	4th	10	3	10	5	4th	2		7th	8th	4th	4th	3	3	6th	6th	1	1	4th
Turkey	195	3	8th	8th	7th	12	3	8th	2	4th	12	10		2	5	12	6th	6th	3	1	2	5	3	2	8th	6th		12	8th	8th		10	8th	5		-	6th
Romania	18th									3				10							1										4th	-
Sweden	170	5	4th	1	2	2	4th		4th	5	3	12	10	5	12	3	8th			12	5	8th	6th	8th		2	5		12	10	5	7th	3	-	2	3	2
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Map of the scoring for the winning title from Ukraine by country

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

number	country	received from
8th	Ukraine	Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey
7th	Serbia and Montenegro	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ukraine
5	Greece	Albania, Malta, Romania, United Kingdom, Cyprus
4th	Sweden	Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway
	Turkey	Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands
2	Spain	Andorra, Portugal
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Germany	Spain
	France	Monaco
	Macedonia	Serbia and Montenegro
	Russia	Belarus
	Cyprus	Greece

Marcel Bezençon Prize

The composer's prize was awarded for the first time, replacing the fan prize. The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize were:

• Press award for the best song - Serbia and Montenegro - Lane moje (Лане моје) - Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra 
• Artist award for the best performer - Ukraine - Ruslana - Wild Dances 
• Composers Prize for the best composition / text - Cyprus - Mike Konnaris (m & t) - Stronger Every Minute - Lisa Andreas 

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2004  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net
• Our archive from the Grand Prix. Eurovision Club Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurovision: Zero points for Switzerland ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report of the daily news of the SF DRS from May 13, 2004