Glorious Song Contest 04

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**Glorious Song Contest 04** (GSC 04) was fourth edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Chisinau, Moldova after Rody's victory in Athens with her song "Chemical" getting a total of 336 points. It was first time ever when Moldova had pleasure to host the competition. Moldovan broadcaster TRMorganized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Moldexpo. Choosen host were Cleopatra Stratan and Arsenium, they were the presenters for whole 3 shows - 2 Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

Fourty-Four countries confirmed their participation in Chisinau. Two countries decided to withdraw, Slovakia, Singapore. One country returned to the contest, Denmark after one editions of break. Five Countries debuted in contest, Andorra, Brazil, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

**Belgium** won Glorious Song Contest 04 with total of 353 points, official runner-up become **Sweden** with score of 311 points. **The Netherlands** reached third place with 306 points and Tanzania, Andorra, Turkey completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in fifth edition.

## Location

### Chisinau

**Chișinău**, also known as **Kishinev**, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bâc, a tributary of the Dniester. According to the results of the 2014 census, the city proper had a population of 532,513, while the population of the Municipality of Chișinău (which includes the city itself and other nearby communities) was 700,000. Chișinău is the most economically prosperous locality in Moldova and its largest transportation hub. Nearly a third of Moldova's population lives in the metro area. The origin of the city's name is unclear. A theory suggests that the name may come from the archaic Romanian word chișla (meaning "spring", "source of water") and nouă ("new"), because it was built around a small spring, at the corner of Pușkin and Albișoara streets.

### Forest National

     **Moldexpo** is a business , business and leisure exhibition complex in Chisinau , Republic of Moldova . It was founded in 1956 under the name of the Permanent Republican Agricultural Exhibition , and in 1959 it was renamed the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the Moldovan RSS (EREN).

## Presenter

### Cleopatra Stratan

**Cleopatra Stratan** born 6 October 2002 is a Moldovan-born Romanian singer, the youngest person ever to score commercial success, with her 2006 album La vârsta de trei ani ("At the age of 3"). She holds the record for the highest paid young artist, the youngest artist to receive an MTV award and the youngest artist to score a No.1 hit in a country ("Ghiță" in Romanian Singles Chart). As of late 2011, Cleopatra and her family have relocated and are living in Pipera. On her 18th birthday, Cleopatra announced her engagement to 22 year old soloist, Edward Sanda

### Arsenium

**Arsenie Todiraș** sometimes spelt Toderaș, also iterated Arseni Ivanovici Todiraș after the former Soviet and modern Russian form of the name is a Moldovan singer, best known for representing Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He grew up in Moldova with his mother, father and younger sister. He was once the youngest member of former boyband O-Zone. He now pursues a solo career in Russia and Romania, under the mononym Arsenie or at times the stage name Arsenium. Arsenie represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Loca" (Crazy in Spanish) with Natalia Gordienco featuring Connect-R, finishing in 20th place with 22 points. He took part in the Dansez pentru tine dance contest, the Romanian version of Dancing with the Stars, and took the second place, while the first was given to the Romanian singer Andra. His first solo album, The 33rd Element, was released in Romania in the summer of 2006.

## Results

### Semi-Final 01

Seventeen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Belgium, Finland and The Netherlands has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Semi-Final 02

Sixteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Armenia, Germany and Russia has to vote in this semi-final as well.