Everything about Eurovision Song Contest 2004 totally explained
The
Eurovision Song Contest 2004, the 49th in the series, was held in the
Abdi İpekçi Arena in
Istanbul,
Turkey, with the final on
15 May 2004 and the new semi-final three days earlier on
12 May 2004.
The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was
TRT. The
Ukrainian singer
Ruslana Lyzhichko won the contest with the song "Wild Dances", and a score of 280 points. It is notable that this was only Ukraine's second participation in the contest.
The contest's new official generic logo was used for the first time this year, with the heart-shaped flag in the centre due to be changed for future contests. The slogan for Istanbul's contest was "Under The Same Sky", which communicated the importance of a united Europe and Turkish integration.
The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul were
Korhan Abay and
Meltem Cumbul. In the semi-final and the final, Meltem Cumbul warmed up the audience with a sing-a-long of Eurovision classic "
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)", originally by
Domenico Modugno. Sertab Erener returned to the stage in the final to perform "Everyway That I Can", the 2003 winning song, and one of her new songs called "Leave". Sertab also interviewed contestants in the green room. The Turkish dance ensemble "Fire of Anatolia" performed as the interval act. An official CD was released and, for the first time, the entire contest was released on DVD.
An hour after the semi-final had been aired, the European Broadcasting Union discovered that there had been problems with the vote counting in
Monaco and
Croatia. Digame, an affiliate of
Deutsche Telekom, who had been responsible for processing all the votes, reported that they'd encountered problems with their calculation software, and there was a problem with
text message voting in Croatia. Consequently, some votes were not counted in the results announced at the end of the broadcast of the semi-final. When the results were corrected to include these additional votes, they were found not to have affected which countries had qualified for the Final.
It is also noted that Serbia and Montenegro finished 1st in the Semi-Final with 263 points and then finished 2nd in the Final with 263 points.
This year was also notable as it was the first year that
Turkey voted for
Cyprus and the second year in a row that Cyprus voted for Turkey.
Nevertheless, in a move that angered some Cypriots, when the country presented its votes no map of the island was shown (all other presenters were preceded with their country being highlighted on a map). This was due to Turkey's recognition of the northern half of the island as an independent republic (not recognized by any other state). It is likely Turkey pulled out of showing the map due to the fact that it would have only highlighted the southern portion of the island, and thus angered the international community.
This was also the first year that the scores were only re-read by the hosts in 1 language. Before 2004 every point was repeated in
French and
English, but due to 36 countries voting, and more in years to come, in 2004 to save time the hosts only re-read each score in 1 language.
There were technical problems when in a short hiatus halfway through the songs, (used for the advertising break), the hosts tried to contact various parties in Europe. They tried contacting
Germany,
Spain and
Turkey, but in the end they only managed to get a response from
Germany. Also during the
Romanian postcard introduction, the information for the Romanian entry appearred on the screen, but was quickly taken away. A final hiccup was very minor, when on her way to present
Ruslana the trophy,
Sertab Erener got her shoe stuck in a speaker grill by the side of the stage and had to be freed by stagehands. This didn't delay proceedings in any way though, and other than the above the show ran smoothly.
Individual Entries
Participating countries
This year's Eurovision contest was the first to be a two-day event, with one qualifying round held on a Wednesday and the grand final held on the following Saturday. Under this new format,
byes into the final were given to the 'Big 4'; the
United Kingdom,
France,
Germany and
Spain (as the largest financial contributors to the
European Broadcasting Union) and the ten highest placed finishers in the
2003 contest.
Andorra,
Albania and
Belarus participated in the Contest for the first time,
Serbia and Montenegro returned after a 12-year hiatus (however, they'd participated as
FR Yugoslavia the previous time) and
Monaco returned after an absence of 25 years. All participating countries had the right to vote in both the qualifying round and the grand final. This was the first year in which all 36 participating countries voted based on a public phone vote. However
France,
Poland and
Russia didn't broadcast the semi-final (as they were not participating in it) and therefore didn't give votes for it like the other thirty-three countries.
Final
The finalists were:
- the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
- the top 10 countries from the 2003 contest (other than the automatic qualifiers);
- the top 10 countries from the 2004 semi-final.
The final was held on
15 May 2004 at 21:00 (
CET).
Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Final.
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on
12 May 2004 at 21:00 (
CET). 22 countries performed and all participants voted except
France,
Poland and
Russia.
Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final
Voting structure
Every country in the competition, including those who didn't qualify for the final, were allowed to vote for other countries. After all performances were completed, each country opened their phonelines to allow their viewers to vote for their favourite song. Voting for the country in which you're situated isn't allowed, however.
According to the way in which viewers placed their vote, each country awarded points: the country which received the most viewer votes was awarded
12 points, the second
10 points, the third
8 points and then
7,
6,
5, etc. down to
1.
In the event of a tie, the number of countries to vote for the tying songs would be counted, and the song having the most countries awarding points to it, would be the eventual winner. In the event of a further tie, then the previously used method of counting back on the number of 12 points, 10 points etc, would be used to find an eventual winner.
Score sheet
Final
Spain | 12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0
|
Austria | 0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Norway | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
France | 7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Serbia & Montenegro | 2 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
|
10 |
10 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
12 | |
Malta | 6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 | |
The Netherlands | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Germany | 0 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
0 | |
Albania | 0 |
|
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
0 | |
Ukraine | 10 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
| |
Croatia | 0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
7 | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 |
10 |
7 |
|
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
0 | |
Belgium | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Russia | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 | |
FYR Macedonia | 0 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
3 | |
Greece | 8 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
|
7 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
8 | |
Iceland | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Ireland | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Poland | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 | |
United Kingdom | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Cyprus | 4 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
|
8 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 | |
Turkey | 3 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
|
6 | |
Romania | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Sweden | 5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
12 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
|
2 |
3 |
2 | |
| Rows are ordered by appearance, columns are ordered by voting order. |
Semi-Final
Finland | 0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Belarus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 | |
Switzerland | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Latvia | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Israel | 3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 | |
Andorra | |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Portugal | 12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Malta | 5 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 | |
Monaco | 4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Greece | 8 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
3 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
|
6 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
10 | |
Ukraine | 10 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
| |
Lithuania | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
Albania | 6 |
|
7 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
1 | |
Cyprus | 2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
7 | |
FYR Macedonia | 0 |
8 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
6 | |
Slovenia | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 | |
Estonia | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 | |
Croatia | 0 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
8 | |
Denmark | 0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 | |
Serbia & Montenegro | 1 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
|
10 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
8 | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 |
10 |
10 |
|
3 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 | |
Netherlands | 7 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
|
2 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 | |
| Rows are ordered by appearance, columns are ordered by voting order in final. France, Poland and Russia didn't vote as they didn't broadcast the semi-final. |
12 Points
Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:
| N. |
To |
From |
| 8 |
Ukraine |
Estonia, Israel, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Turkey |
| 7 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine |
| 5 |
Greece |
Albania, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, United Kingdom |
| 4 |
Sweden |
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway |
| 4 |
Turkey |
Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands |
| 2 |
Spain |
Andorra, Portugal |
| 1 |
Albania |
FYR Macedonia |
| 1 |
Cyprus |
Greece |
| 1 |
France |
Monaco |
| 1 |
FYR Macedonia |
Serbia and Montenegro |
| 1 |
Germany |
Spain |
| 1 |
Russia |
Belarus |
Spokespersons
» In order of appearance on the final night
Andorra - Pati Molné
Albania - Zhani Ciko
Austria - Dodo Roscic
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Mija Martina (Bosnian representative singer in 2003 contest)
Belgium - Martine Prenen
Belarus - Denis Kurian
Switzerland - Emel Aykanat
Serbia & Montenegro - Nataša Miljković
Cyprus - Loukas Hamatsos
Germany - Thomas Anders (former member of Modern Talking)
Denmark - Camilla Ottesen
Estonia - Maarja-Liis Ilus
Spain - Anne Igartiburu
Finland - Anna Stenlund
France - Alex Taylor
FYR Macedonia - Karolina Petkovska
United Kingdom - Lorraine Kelly
Greece - Alexis Kostalas
Croatia - Barbara Kolar
Ireland - Johnny Logan (the only double ESC winner at that time - in 1980 and 1987)
Israel - Merav Miller
Iceland - Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir
Lithuania - Rolandas Vilkoncius
Latvia - Lauris Reiniks
Malta - Claire Agius
Monaco - Anne Allegrini
The Netherlands - Esther Hart (Dutch representative in the 2003 contest)
Norway - Ingvild Helljesen
Poland - Maciej Orłoś
Portugal - Isabel Angelino
Romania - Andreea Marin
Russia - Yana Churikova
Sweden - Jovan Radomir
Slovenia - Peter Poles
Turkey - Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Ukraine - Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pascha) (Would be the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 held in Kiev following Ruslana's victory.)
Map
Green = Countries in the final
Yellow = Countries which had previously participated but didn't do so in this year
Red = Countries eliminated in the semi-finalFurther Information
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