Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

2nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest
date	November 20, 2004
Host country	Norway
venue	Håkons Hall , Lillehammer
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Stian Barsnes Simonsen & Nadia Hasnaoui
Pause filler	Westlife with Ain't That a Kick in the Head?
participating countries	18th
winner	Spain
First time participation	France Switzerland
Voting rule	Each country awards 1-8, 10 and 12 points to its 10 favorites.
◄ JESC 2003 • JESC 2005 ►

The 2nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place on November 20, 2004 in Lillehammer , Norway . The television broadcaster NRK organized the competition, Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui took over the moderation, the latter was also one of the moderators at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo .

18 countries took part, but 20 countries initially registered, including Germany and Israel . However, they ultimately withdrew their participation. There were rumors that Ireland was also interested in participating. Israel took part for the first time in 2012 and Ireland will make its debut in 2015.

The winner of the JESC 2004 was María Isabel from Spain with her song Antes Muerta Que Sencilla . Last year's winner Dino Jelusić presented her with the trophy. She is still considered the most commercially successful JESC winner and has chart successes in Latin America. She still publishes CDs in her home country today.

In 9th place, Greece received more high scores than Great Britain, which finished second behind Spain. In contrast to Croatia or Romania, which ended up in fourth and third place, France, as the sixth-placed contribution, received points from all participating countries. The same three countries as in 2003 made the podium, just in a different order: Spain, Great Britain and Croatia.

Participant in 2004

The event was broadcast in 20 countries and was seen by around 100 million people in total. France and Switzerland were newcomers, making Switzerland the first and so far only German-speaking country at the JESC, but did not compete with a German-language song.

organizer

The event rights were originally given to the British broadcaster ITV , which wanted to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Manchester. In May 2004, however, ITV's rights were withdrawn due to financial and organizational problems and passed on to the second applicant Croatia. At the time of the JESC, the Croatian broadcaster HRT already had other plans and refused to host it. Only then did the Norwegian broadcaster NRK get in touch and agree to host the event.

Result

space	Start number	country	language	Interpreter	song	translation	Points
01.	15th	Spain	Spanish	Maria Isabel	Antes muerta que sencilla M / T: María Isabel , López Rodriguez	Better dead than usual	171
02.	13	United Kingdom	English	Cory Spedding	The Best Is Yet to Come M / T: Cory Spedding	The best is yet to come	140
03.	11	Croatia	Croatian	Nika Turković	Hej mali M / T: Nika Turković	Hey little boy	126
04th	18th	Romania	Romanian	Noni Răzvan Ene	Îţi mulţumesc M / T: Noni Răzvan Ene	Thank you very much	123
05.	14th	Denmark	Danish	Cool kids	Pigen er min M / T: Ibrahim Chouqeir, Caroline Forsberg Thybo, Niki Popović	The girl is mine	116
06th	06th	France	French	Thomas Pontier	Si on voulait bien M / T: Thomas Pontier	If we wanted to	078
07th	07th	North Macedonia	Macedonian	Martina Siljanovska	Zabava M / T: Martina Siljanovska	Be happy	064
08th.	09	Cyprus	Greek	Mario's Tofi	Onira M / T: Marios Tofi	dreams	061
09.	01	Greece	Greek	Secret band	O palios mou eaftos M / T: Andreas Kefalas	My old me	048
10.	17th	Belgium	French	Free spirits	Accroche-toi M / T: Fabrice Morelle, Olivier Losciuto, Samuel Evrard	Wait	037
11.	03	Netherlands	Dutch	Klaartje & Nicky	Hij is een kei M / T: Klaartje Meulemeesters, Nicky Bruyn	He's an ace	027
12.	02	Malta	English	Young Talent Team	Power of a Song M / T: Charlotte Debbatista, Marilena Gauci	The power of a song	014th
13.	05	Norway	Norwegian	@lek	The star shall be any M / T: Aleksander Moberg	I will be a star	012
14th	10	Belarus	Belarusian	Egor Volchek	Spjavajtse so mnoj M / T: (Egor Volchek, Ulada Suslenka)	Sing with me	009
15th	16	Sweden	Swedish	Limelights	Varför jag? M / T: Liselotte Östblom, Anna Jalkéus	Why me?	008th
16.	04th	Switzerland	Italian	Demis Mirarchi	Birichino M / T: Alessandro Maraniello, E. Rutherford, Demis Mirachi	Naughty	004th
17th	12	Latvia	Latvian	Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors	Balts vai melns M / T: Mārtiņš Tālbergs	black or white	003
18th	08th	Poland	Polish	KWADro	Łap życie M / T: Dominika Rydz, Kamila Piatkowska, Weronika Bochat, Anna Klamczynska	Catch life	003

Distribution of points

		Result
		Pt.	GR	MT	NL	CH	NO	FR	MK	PL	CY	BY	MR	LV	GB	DK	IT	SE	BE	RO
country	Greece	48		12	1	2	1	3			12		3		5		1		2	6th
	Malta	14th			2				3						4th	4th				1
	Netherlands	27		3			3	1	1			3	1	5			2	1	7th
	Switzerland	4th		4th
	Norway	12														7th		5
	France	78	6th	1	5	6th	2		2	4th	4th	6th	4th	7th	2	6th	8th	4th	8th	3
	Macedonia	64		6th	6th	5	5	4th		5	3		8th	3	3	5	3	3	3	2
	Poland	3						2				1
	Cyprus	61	12	8th	3	1			6th			4th	5	2	8th	1	5		1	5
	Belarus	9	1							3				1						4th
	Croatia	126	4th		8th	8th	10	8th	12	7th	6th	8th		8th	12	8th	6th	8th	6th	7th
	Latvia	3	2							1
	United Kingdom	140	5	10	12	7th	6th	6th	5	10	5	10	7th	10		10	10	7th	10	10
	Denmark	116	7th	5	7th	3	12	5	8th	8th	7th	5	6th	4th	10		7th	10	4th	8th
	Spain	171	10	7th	10	12	8th	12	10	12	10	7th	12	6th	7th	12		12	12	12
	Sweden	8th					4th				1					3
	Belgium	37	3		4th	4th		7th	4th	2	2	2	2		1		4th	2
	Romania	123	8th	2		10	7th	10	7th	6th	8th	12	10	12	6th	2	12	6th	5

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation

number	country	received from
8th	Spain	Belgium , Denmark , France , Croatia , Poland , Romania , Sweden , Switzerland
3	Romania	Latvia , Spain , Belarus
2	Greece	Malta , Cyprus
	Croatia	North Macedonia , United Kingdom
1	Denmark	Norway
	United Kingdom	Netherlands
	Cyprus	Greece

Web links

• official website of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest