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. 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.

 Participants 
+ Eurovision Song Contest 2004 participants Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language  RTSH Anjeza Shahini "The Image of You" English  RTVA Marta Roure "" Catalan  ORF Tie Break "" German  BTRC Aleksandra and Konstantin "My Galileo" English  VRT Xandee "1 Life" English  PBSBiH Deen "In the Disco" English  HRT Ivan Mikulić "You Are the Only One" English  CyBC Lisa Andreas "Stronger Every Minute" English  DR Tomas Thordarson "Shame on You" English  ETV Neiokõsõ "" Võro  YLE Jari Sillanpää "Takes 2 to Tango" English   Jonatan Cerrada "" French, Spanish  NDR Max "Can't Wait Until Tonight" English, Turkish  ERT Sakis Rouvas "Shake It" English  RÚV Jónsi "Heaven" English  RTÉ Chris Doran "If My World Stopped Turning" English  IBA David D'Or "" () Hebrew, English  LTV Fomins and Kleins "" Latvian  LRT Linas and Simona "What's Happened to Your Love" English  MRT Toše Proeski "Life" English  PBS Julie and Ludwig "On Again... Off Again" English  TMC Maryon "" French  NOS Re-union "Without You" English  NRK Knut Anders Sørum "High" English  TVP Blue Café "Love Song" English, Spanish  RTP Sofia Vitória "" Portuguese  TVR Sanda "I Admit" English  C1R Yulia Savicheva "Believe Me" English  UJRT Željko Joksimović and  "" () Serbian  RTVSLO Platin "Stay Forever" English  TVE Ramón "" Spanish  SVT Lena Philipsson "It Hurts" English  SRG SSR Piero and the MusicStars "Celebrate" English  TRT Athena "For Real" English  NTU Ruslana "Wild Dances"  English, Ukrainian  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  Country Artist Song Points Place 1   "Takes 2 to Tango" 51 14 2  Aleksandra and Konstantin "My Galileo" 10 19 3  Piero and the MusicStars "Celebrate" 0 22 4  Fomins and Kleins "" 23 17 5   "" 57 11 6   "" 12 18 7  Sofia Vitória "" 38 15 8  Julie and Ludwig "On Again... Off Again" 74 8 9  Maryon "" 10 19 10   "Shake It" 238 3 11  Ruslana "Wild Dances" 256 2 12  Linas and Simona "What's Happened to Your Love" 26 16 13   "The Image of You" 167 4 14   "Stronger Every Minute" 149 5 15   "Life" 71 10 16  Platin "Stay Forever" 5 21 17  Neiokõsõ "" 57 11 18   "You Are the Only One" 72 9 19   "Shame on You" 56 13 20   and Ad-Hoc Orchestra "" 263 1 21  Deen "In the Disco" 133 7 22  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  Country Artist Song Points Place 1  Ramón "" 87 10 2  Tie Break "" 9 21 3   "High" 3 24 4   "" 40 15 5   and Ad-Hoc Orchestra "" 263 2 6  Julie and Ludwig "On Again... Off Again" 50 12 7  Re-union "Without You" 11 20 8  Max "Can't Wait Until Tonight" 93 8 9   "The Image of You" 106 7 10  Ruslana "Wild Dances" 280 1 11   "You Are the Only One" 50 12 12  Deen "In the Disco" 91 9 13  Xandee "1 Life" 7 22 14   "Believe Me" 67 11 15   "Life" 47 14 16   "Shake It" 252 3 17  Jónsi "Heaven" 16 19 18   "If My World Stopped Turning" 7 22 19  Blue Café "Love Song" 27 17 20   "Hold On to Our Love" 29 16 21   "Stronger Every Minute" 170 5 22  Athena "For Real" 195 4 23  Sanda "I Admit" 18 18 24   "It Hurts" 170 5

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

 References 

2004
Category:2004 in Europe
Category:2004 in music
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