Eurovision Song Contest 2004

International song competition

"Eurovision 2004" redirects here. For the junior contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Under the Same Sky
Dates and venue
Semi-final|

* 12 May 2004 (2004-05-12)

Final|

* 15 May 2004 (2004-05-15)

Venue| Abdi İpekçi Arena
Istanbul, Turkey
Organisation
Organiser| European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor| Svante Stockselius
Production
Host broadcaster| Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Director| Sven Stojanovic
Executive producer| Bülent Osma
Presenters|

* Korhan Abay
* Meltem Cumbul

Participants
Number of entries| 36
Number of finalists| 24
Debuting countries|

*  Albania
*  Andorra
*  Belarus
*  Serbia and Montenegro

Returning countries|

*  Denmark
*  Finland
*  Lithuania
*  Macedonia
*  Monaco
*   Switzerland

Participation map

*      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2004

Vote
Voting system| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song|

*  Ukraine
* "Wild Dances"

2003 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2005

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Event page at eurovision.tv

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted —for the first time— of a semi-final on 12 May and a final on 15 May 2004, held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, and presented by Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), who staged the event after winning the 2003 contest for Turkey with the song "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener.[1] It was also the first time since the 1998 contest in Birmingham that it was not hosted in the host country's capital city.

Broadcasters from thirty-six countries participated in the contest, beating the record of twenty-six in the previous edition. Albania, Andorra, Belarus, and Serbia and Montenegro took part for the first time this year. The old relegation system was replaced with a semi-final format. This was done in order to accommodate the increasing number of countries who wished to participate. The new format allowed all countries to participate every year, rather than being forced to sit out per the relegation rules, which had been the standard since 1994. Because of this, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monaco, and Switzerland all returned to the contest, Monaco not having competed since 1979.

The winner was Ukraine with the song "Wild Dances", performed by Ruslana who wrote it with her husband Oleksandr Ksenofontov. This was Ukraine's first victory in the contest, only one year after the country made its debut in 2003. Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus rounded out the top five. Due to the expansion of the contest, this year was the first time in which a non-winning entry scored over 200 points. Prior to this contest, only the winning entries for Ireland in 1994 and the United Kingdom in 1997 had passed this mark. In this contest, the top 3 songs all got over 200 points. An official CD was released and, for the first time, the entire contest was released on DVD which included the semi-final and the final.

## Location

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Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul – host venue of the 2004 contest.

Ataköy Athletics Arena

ICEC

WTCI

Abdi İpekçi Arena

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Locations of the suggested venues in Istanbul, Turkey: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in red

Istanbul was chosen as the host city of the 2004 edition following Turkey's victory in the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia with "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Originally the Mydonose Showland, an entertainment center in the form of a giant pyramid tent near Atatürk International Airport, was chosen by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to host the event,[2] but the venue was later changed to the Abdi İpekçi Arena as the contest approached due to its bigger capacity.[1] The Mydonose Showland, later renamed the Istanbul Show Center, was demolished in 2009 after a fire destroyed it in April that year.[3][4] The Abdi İpekçi Arena was closed after the 2016/2017 basketball season and was demolished in early 2018.[5][6]

A number of other venues in the city were reported as possible venues, these included Ataköy Athletics Arena and Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center (ICEC), the latter of which lost out to Mydonose Showland.[7] Istanbul Chamber of Commerce president Mehmet Yıldırım offered the World Trade Center Istanbul (WTCI) as a venue for the event and confirmed that the Chamber would also provide financial support for the contest's organisation.[8]

## Participants

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Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

This section contains numerous links to pages on foreign language Wikipedias. They are shown as red links with the language codes in [small blue letters] in brackets. Click on the language code to see the page in that language.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2004 – Participation summaries by country

* Albania
* Andorra
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

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'; France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom –whose broadcasters were the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)– and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest.

Andorra, Albania, Belarus, and Serbia and Montenegro participated in the contest for the first time, with Monaco returning after a 25-year absence. Luxembourg were due to return after an absence of 11 years, but later pulled out after money issues arose between RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) and the EBU. Hungary was also due to return after last participating in 1998, but ultimately they did not take part in the contest.[9] Hungary would eventually return to the contest the following year, while Luxembourg would not return to the contest until 2024.

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, in the final. However France, Poland, and Russia did not broadcast the semi-final (as they were not participating in it) and therefore did not give votes for it like the other thirty-three countries. In Belgium, the French-language Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) did not broadcast the semi-final, but the Dutch-language Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) did. Monaco's televoting results in the semi-final were rendered invalid and a back-up jury had to be used, but no problems occurred in the final.

Stefan Raab, who had represented Germany in 2000, provided backing vocals for his country.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004 participants[10] Country  | Broadcaster  | Artist  | Song  | Language  | Songwriter(s)

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Albania | RTSH | Anjeza Shahini | "The Image of You"  | English  |

* Agim Doçi [sq]
* Edmond Zhulali [de]

Andorra | RTVA | Marta Roure | "Jugarem a estimar-nos"  | Catalan  | Jofre Bardagí [ca]
Austria | ORF | Tie Break | "Du bist"  | German  | Peter Zimmermann
Belarus | BTRC | Aleksandra and Konstantin | "My Galileo"  | English  |

* Kanstantsin Drapeza [be]
* Aljaksandra Kirsanava [sv]
* Aliaksiej Salamacha

Belgium | VRT | Xandee | "1 Life"  | English  |

* Dirk Paelinck
* Marc Paelinck

Bosnia and Herzegovina | PBSBiH | Deen | "In the Disco"  | English  | Vesna Pisarović
Croatia | HRT | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are the Only One"  | English  |

* Duško Gruborović [hr]
* Marina Madrinić
* Ivan Mikulić

Cyprus | CyBC | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute"  | English  | Mike Connaris
Denmark | DR | Tomas Thordarson | "Shame on You"  | English  |

* Ivar Lind Greiner
* Iben Plesner

Estonia | ETV | Neiokõsõ | "Tii"  | Võro |

* Aapo Ilves
* Priit Pajusaar [et]
* Glen Pilvre [et]

Finland | YLE | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango"  | English  |

* Jari Sillanpää
* Mika Toivanen [fi]

France | France Télévisions | Jonatan Cerrada | "À chaque pas"  | French, Spanish  |

* Steve Balsamo
* Jonatan Cerrada
* Ben "Jammin" Robbins

Germany | NDR[a] | Max | "Can't Wait Until Tonight"  | English, Turkish  | Stefan Raab
Greece | ERT | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It"  | English  |

* Nikos Terzis [nl]
* Nektarios Tyrakis

Iceland | RÚV | Jónsi | "Heaven"  | English  |

* Magnús Þór Sigmundsson
* Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson

Ireland | RTÉ | Chris Doran | "If My World Stopped Turning"  | English  |

* Brian McFadden
* Jonathan Shorten

Israel | IBA | David D'Or | "Leha'amin" (להאמין) | Hebrew, English  |

* David D'Or
* Ehud Manor
* Ofer Meiri [he]

Latvia | LTV | Fomins and Kleins | "Dziesma par laimi"  | Latvian  |

* Tomass Kleins [lv]
* Guntars Račs [lv]

Lithuania | LRT | Linas and Simona | "What's Happened to Your Love"  | English  |

* Linas Adomaitis [lt]
* Michalis Antoniou
* Camden-MS

Macedonia | MRT | Toše Proeski | "Life"  | English  |

* Irena Dukić
* Jovan Jovanov
* Damjan Lazarov

Malta | PBS | Julie and Ludwig | "On Again... Off Again"  | English  |

* Gerard James Borg
* Philip Vella

Monaco | TMC | Maryon | "Notre planète"  | French  |

* Philippe Bosco
* Patrick Sassier

Netherlands | NOS | Re-union | "Without You"  | English  |

* Angeline van Otterdijk
* Ed van Otterdijk

Norway | NRK | Knut Anders Sørum | "High"  | English  |

* Lars Andersson [sv]
* Dan Attlerud [sv]
* Thomas Thörnholm [sv]

Poland | TVP | Blue Café | "Love Song"  | English, Spanish  |

* Tatiana Okupnik
* Paweł Rurak-Sokal [pl]

Portugal | RTP | Sofia Vitória | "Foi magia"  | Portuguese  | Paulo Neves
Romania | TVR | Sanda | "I Admit"  | English  |

* Irina Gligor
* George Popa

Russia | C1R | Yulia Savicheva | "Believe Me"  | English  |

* Maxim Fadeev
* Brenda Loring

Serbia and Montenegro | UJRT | Željko Joksimović and Ad Hoc Orchestra [de] | "Lane moje" (Лане моје) | Serbian  |

* Željko Joksimović
* Leontina Vukomanović

Slovenia | RTVSLO | Platin | "Stay Forever"  | English  |

* Simon Gomilšek
* Diana Lečnik

Spain | TVE | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti"  | Spanish  | Kike Santander
Sweden | SVT | Lena Philipsson | "It Hurts"  | English  | Thomas "Orup" Eriksson
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Piero and the MusicStars  | "Celebrate"  | English  | Greg Manning
Turkey | TRT | Athena | "For Real"  | English  |

* Gökhan Özoğuz
* Hakan Özoğuz

Ukraine | NTU | Ruslana | "Wild Dances"  | English, Ukrainian  |

* Oleksandr Ksenofontov
* Ruslana Lyzhychko

United Kingdom | BBC | James Fox | "Hold On to Our Love"  | English  |

* Gary Miller
* Tim Woodcock

## Format

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### Visual design

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The stage design of 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.

### Voting structure

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Every country in the competition, including those who did not qualify for the final, were allowed to vote for other countries. After all performances were completed, each country opened their phone lines to allow their viewers to vote for their favourite song. Voting for the country in which you are situated is not allowed, however. Each country awarded points based on the number of votes cast for each song: the song 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 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.

This was also the first year that the scores were only re-read by the hosts in one 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 one language. This was in the opposite of the original country representative spoke in.

## Contest overview

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### Semi-final

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Countries participating in the semi-final

The top ten of the 2003 contest, who automatically qualify.

The "Big Four" countries, who automatically qualify.

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 who opted not to broadcast the show.

A new ABBA video was shown in the semi-final, briefly outlining how ABBA started and what the response was of the first record company they approached. It featured small puppets of the band performing snippets of their songs (the voices being the ones of the band) and featured Rik Mayall as the record company manager.[1] Due to copyright purposes, this was cut from the Eurovision Song Contest DVD and released separately. References to the video before it was shown were also cut.

Qualifiers

Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004[12] R/O | Country  | Artist  | Song  | Points  | Place

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1  |  Finland | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango"  | 51  | 14
2  |  Belarus | Aleksandra and Konstantin | "My Galileo"  | 10  | 19
3  |   Switzerland | Piero and the MusicStars  | "Celebrate"  | 0  | 22
4  |  Latvia | Fomins and Kleins | "Dziesma par laimi"  | 23  | 17
5  |  Israel | David D'Or | "Leha'amin"  | 57  | 11
6  |  Andorra | Marta Roure | "Jugarem a estimar-nos"  | 12  | 18
7  |  Portugal | Sofia Vitória | "Foi magia"  | 38  | 15
8  |  Malta | Julie and Ludwig | "On Again... Off Again"  | 74  | 8
9  |  Monaco | Maryon  | "Notre planète"  | 10  | 19
10  |  Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It"  | 238  | 3
11  |  Ukraine | Ruslana | "Wild Dances"  | 256  | 2
12  |  Lithuania | Linas and Simona | "What's Happened to Your Love"  | 26  | 16
13  |  Albania | Anjeza Shahini | "The Image of You"  | 167  | 4
14  |  Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute"  | 149  | 5
15  |  Macedonia | Toše Proeski | "Life"  | 71  | 10
16  |  Slovenia | Platin  | "Stay Forever"  | 5  | 21
17  |  Estonia | Neiokõsõ  | "Tii"  | 57  | 11
18  |  Croatia | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are the Only One"  | 72  | 9
19  |  Denmark | Tomas Thordarson | "Shame on You"  | 56  | 13
20  |  Serbia and Montenegro | Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra  | "Lane moje"  | 263  | 1
21  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Deen | "In the Disco"  | 133  | 7
22  |  Netherlands | Re-union | "Without You"  | 146  | 6

### Final

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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) and was won by Ukraine.

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 performed 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.[1]

Winner

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004[13] R/O | Country  | Artist  | Song  | Points  | Place

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1  |  Spain | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti"  | 87  | 10
2  |  Austria | Tie Break  | "Du bist"  | 9  | 21
3  |  Norway | Knut Anders Sørum | "High"  | 3  | 24
4  |  France | Jonatan Cerrada | "À chaque pas"  | 40  | 15
5  |  Serbia and Montenegro | Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra  | "Lane moje"  | 263  | 2
6  |  Malta | Julie and Ludwig | "On Again... Off Again"  | 50  | 12
7  |  Netherlands | Re-union | "Without You"  | 11  | 20
8  |  Germany | Max | "Can't Wait Until Tonight"  | 93  | 8
9  |  Albania | Anjeza Shahini | "The Image of You"  | 106  | 7
10  |  Ukraine | Ruslana | "Wild Dances"  | 280  | 1
11  |  Croatia | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are the Only One"  | 50  | 12
12  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Deen | "In the Disco"  | 91  | 9
13  |  Belgium | Xandee | "1 Life"  | 7  | 22
14  |  Russia | Julia Savicheva | "Believe Me"  | 67  | 11
15  |  Macedonia | Toše Proeski | "Life"  | 47  | 14
16  |  Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It"  | 252  | 3
17  |  Iceland | Jónsi | "Heaven"  | 16  | 19
18  |  Ireland | Chris Doran | "If My World Stopped Turning"  | 7  | 22
19  |  Poland | Blue Café | "Love Song"  | 27  | 17
20  |  United Kingdom | James Fox | "Hold On to Our Love"  | 29  | 16
21  |  Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute"  | 170  | 5
22  |  Turkey | Athena | "For Real"  | 195  | 4
23  |  Romania | Sanda | "I Admit"  | 18  | 18
24  |  Sweden | Lena Philipsson | "It Hurts"  | 170  | 5

#### Spokespersons

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Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson to announce its respective country's points in the final.[14] The voting order in the 2004 contest was determined alphabetically by each country's ISO two-letter country code.

1.  Andorra – Pati Molné
2.  Albania – Zhani Ciko [sq]
3.  Austria – Dodo Roscic [de]
4.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Mija Martina
5.  Belgium – Martine Prenen [nl]
6.  Belarus – Denis Kurian
7.   Switzerland – Emel Aykanat
8.  Serbia and Montenegro – Nataša Miljković [sr]
9.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
10.  Germany – Thomas Anders
11.  Denmark – Camilla Ottesen
12.  Estonia – Maarja-Liis Ilus
13.  Spain – Anne Igartiburu
14.  Finland – Anna Stenlund
15.  France – Alex Taylor [fr]
16.  United Kingdom – Lorraine Kelly
17.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas
18.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
19.  Ireland – Johnny Logan
20.  Israel – Merav Miller
21.  Iceland – Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir
22.  Lithuania – Rolandas Vilkončius [lt]
23.  Latvia – Lauris Reiniks
24.  Monaco – Anne Allegrini
25.  Macedonia – Karolina Petkovska
26.  Malta – Claire Agius
27.  Netherlands – Esther Hart
28.  Norway – Ingvild Helljesen
29.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś [pl]
30.  Portugal – Isabel Angelino [pt]
31.  Romania – Andreea Marin
32.  Russia – Yana Churikova
33.  Sweden – Jovan Radomir
34.  Slovenia – Peter Poles
35.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
36.  Ukraine – Pavlo Shylko

## Detailed voting results

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### Semi-final

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Detailed voting results of the semi-final[15][16] Voting procedure used:

100% televoting

100% jury vote

Total score

Andorra

Albania

Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Belarus

Switzerland

Serbia and Montenegro

Cyprus

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Ireland

Israel

Iceland

Lithuania

Latvia

Monaco

Macedonia

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Romania

Sweden

Slovenia

Turkey

Ukraine

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| Finland  | 51 |  | 7 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | 7 | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6 | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 8 |  |  |
Belarus  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Switzerland  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Latvia  | 23 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 2 |  | 6 |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Israel  | 57 | 3 | 5 | 1 |  | 2 | 3 |  | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |  | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 2 |  | 7 | 5 |  |  | 4 |
Andorra  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Portugal  | 38 | 12 |  |  |  | 4 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |
Malta  | 74 | 5 | 6 |  | 4 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 4 | 10 |  |  | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 |  | 4 |  | 3 |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  | 2
Monaco  | 10 | 4 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greece  | 238 | 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  | 256 | 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  | 26 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 3 | 1 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Albania  | 167 | 6 |  | 7 | 6 | 5 |  | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |  | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1
Cyprus  | 149 | 2 |  | 6 |  | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |  | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 12 |  | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7
Macedonia  | 71 |  | 8 | 2 | 8 |  |  | 5 | 12 |  | 3 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 4 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6
Slovenia  | 5 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estonia  | 57 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 7 | 10 | 12 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 5 |  | 1 |  |  | 3
Croatia  | 72 |  |  | 8 | 10 |  | 7 | 6 | 5 |  | 5 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 1 |  | 6 |  | 4 |  | 1 |  |  | 7 |  | 8
Denmark  | 56 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 5 | 12 |  |  | 10 |  | 2 |  | 6 |  | 2 | 5 |  | 1 |
Serbia and Montenegro  | 263 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 |  | 10 | 12 | 10 |  | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 |  | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 133 |  | 10 | 10 |  | 3 |  | 8 | 7 |  | 7 | 12 |  |  |  | 4 |  | 10 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 8 | 12 |  |  | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Netherlands  | 146 | 7 |  | 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 |  | 2 | 2 | 4

#### 12 points

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

### Final

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Detailed voting results of the final[17][18] Voting procedure used:

100% televoting

Total score

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Croatia

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Lithuania

Latvia

Monaco

Macedonia

Malta

Netherlands

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Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Sweden

Slovenia

Turkey

Ukraine

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| Spain  | 87 | 12 |  |  |  | 7 | 2 | 6 |  | 7 | 2 |  |  |  |  | 8 |  | 3 |  |  | 8 | 1 |  |  | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |  | 1 | 12 | 5 |  |  |  | 2 |
Austria  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Norway  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |
France  | 40 | 7 | 1 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 4 |  |  |  |
Serbia and Montenegro  | 263 | 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  | 50 | 6 | 3 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 6 |  |  |  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |  | 4 | 6 |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Netherlands  | 11 |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Germany  | 93 |  | 2 | 10 | 3 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 12 |  | 7 | 4 |  | 1 | 4 |  |  | 1 |  | 7 |  |  | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |  |  | 3 | 5 |
Albania  | 106 |  |  | 5 | 4 | 1 |  | 7 | 8 |  | 5 | 4 |  |  | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 |  | 4 |  | 1 |  | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 |  |  | 1 |  | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Ukraine  | 280 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 |  | 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  | 50 |  |  | 3 | 10 |  | 5 | 3 | 5 |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 5 |  | 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 91 |  | 10 | 7 |  |  |  | 5 | 6 |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 4 |  | 2 | 10 |  |  |  |  | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Belgium  | 7 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Russia  | 67 |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  | 1 | 6 |  |  | 8 |  | 4 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 6 |  | 8 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
Macedonia  | 47 |  | 6 |  | 8 |  |  | 1 | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 4 | 3
Greece  | 252 | 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  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |
Ireland  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Poland  | 27 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 3 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 5
United Kingdom  | 29 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  | 2 |  | 3 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 2 |  | 2 | 1 | 2 |  |  |
Cyprus  | 170 | 4 |  | 6 |  | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 |  | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 |  | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4
Turkey  | 195 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 |  | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 |  | 12 | 8 | 8 |  | 10 | 8 | 5 |  |  | 6
Romania  | 18 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |
Sweden  | 170 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |  | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 |  |  | 12 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 |  | 2 | 5 |  | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 |  | 2 | 3 | 2

#### 12 points

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Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

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

## Broadcasts

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Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries[19] Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Show(s) | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Andorra  | RTVA | ATV | All shows  | Meri Picart [ca] and Josep Lluís Trabal  | [20][21]
Austria  | ORF | ORF 1 | All shows  | Andi Knoll | [22][23][24]
Belarus  | BTRC |  | All shows  | Ales Kruglyakov and Denis Dudinsky [ru] | [25][26]
Belgium  | VRT | TV1 | All shows  |  | [27][28]
RTBF | La Une | Final  | Jean-Pierre Hautier | [29][30]
La Première |  | [30]
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | PBSBiH | BHTV 1, BH Radio 1 | All shows  | Dejan Kukrić  | [31][32][33]
RTVFBiH | FTV | Final
Croatia  | HRT | HRT 2 | Semi-final  |  | [34]
HRT 1 | Final  |  | [35]
Cyprus  | CyBC | RIK Ena | All shows  |  | [36][37]
Denmark  | DR | DR1 | All shows  | Jørgen de Mylius | [38][39]
Estonia  | ETV | All shows  | Marko Reikop | [40]
ER | Raadio 2 | Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
Finland  | YLE | YLE TV2 | All shows  | Markus Kajo and Asko Murtomäki [fi] | [41][42]
YLE FST | Thomas Lundin [sv] | [43][44]
YLE Radio Suomi | Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki  | [45][46]
YLE Radio Vega | Thomas Lundin  | [43]
Final  | Hans Johansson  | [47]
France  | France Télévisions | France 3 | Final  | Laurent Ruquier and Elsa Fayer | [48][49]
Radio France | France Bleu | Jean-Luc Delarue
Germany  | ARD | NDR Fernsehen | Semi-final  | Peter Urban | [23][50][51]
Das Erste | Final
Greece  | ERT | NET | All shows  |  | [36][37]
Iceland  | RÚV | Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 | All shows  | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | [52][53][54]
Ireland  | RTÉ | N2 | Semi-final  | Marty Whelan | [55][56][57]
RTÉ One | Final
Latvia  | LTV |  | All shows  | Kārlis Streips [lv] | [58]
Lithuania  | LRT | LTV | All shows  | Darius Užkuraitis | [59][60][61]
Malta  | PBS | TVM | All shows  | Eileen Montesin | [62][63]
Monaco  | TMC Monte Carlo | All shows  | Bernard Montiel [fr] | [48][64][65]
Netherlands  | PO | Nederland 2 | All shows  | Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas | [27][28][66]
Radio 2 |
Norway  | NRK | NRK2[b] | Semi-final  | Jostein Pedersen | [67][68]
NRK1 | Final
NRK P1 |
Poland  | TVP | TVP1 | Final  | Artur Orzech | [69][70]
Portugal  | RTP |  | All shows  | Eládio Clímaco | [71]
Romania  | TVR | România 1 | All shows  |  | [72][73]
Russia  | Channel One[c] | Final  |  | [75]
Serbia and Montenegro  | RTS | RTS 1 | Semi-final  |  | [76]
Final  | Duška Vučinić-Lučić and Stanko Crnobrnja [sr] | [77][78]
Slovenia  | RTVSLO | SLO 2 | Semi-final  | Andrea F  | [79][80]
SLO 1 | Final
| All shows  | Jernej Vene  | [79]
Spain  | TVE | La 2 | Semi-final  | Beatriz Pécker [es] | [81]
La Primera | Final  | [82]
Sweden  | SVT | SVT1 | All shows  | Pekka Heino | [67][68][83]
SR | SR P4 | Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén | [83]
Switzerland  | SRG SSR | SF 2 | Semi-final  | Marco Fritsche  | [22][23][48][64][84]
SF 1 | Final  | Sandra Studer
TSR 2 | Semi-final  | Jean-Marc Richard and Alain Morisod
TSR 1 | Final
TSI 1 | All shows  |
Turkey  | TRT | TRT 1, TRT Int | All shows  |  | [85][86]
Ukraine  | NTU | Pershyi Natsionalnyi | All shows  | Rodion Pryntsevsky  | [87][88][89]
United Kingdom  | BBC | BBC Three | Semi-final  | Paddy O'Connell | [90][91]
BBC One, BBC Prime | Final  | Terry Wogan | [48][92]
BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | [93]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries[19] Country  | Broadcaster  | Channel(s)  | Show(s) | Commentator(s)  | Ref(s)

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Australia  | SBS | SBS TV[d] | All shows  | Des Mangan  | [94]
Falkland Islands  | BFBS | BFBS 1[e] | Final  | Terry Wogan  | [95]

## Incidents

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Just before the Slovenian entry was about to be performed, the Turkish broadcaster accidentally took a commercial break which meant the Slovenian song was not heard by Turkish viewers.[1] 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 were only able to get a response from Germany. During the Romanian postcard introduction, the information for the Romanian entry appeared on the screen, but was quickly taken away. A final minor hiccup occurred when, on her way to present the winner 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. However this did not delay proceedings, and other than the above the show ran smoothly.

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 (from 2004), reported that they had encountered problems with their calculation software, and there was a problem with text message voting in Croatia. When the votes were counted, results showed that Croatia had awarded themselves 4 points, which is against Eurovision rules. Later, an official EBU statement read that there had been technical problems at the side of the Croatian mobile service provider, who neglected to delete the illegal votes from the results. 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.[1]

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. When the country presented its votes no map of the island was shown although all other presenters were preceded with their country being highlighted on a map. This was probably due to Turkey's recognition of the northern half of the island as an independent republic, which is not recognised by any other state.[1]

## Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Lisa Andreas performing "Stronger Every Minute", the entry which won the inaugural Marcel Bezençon Awards' Composer Award

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, a series of awards held concurrently to the main contest, honour and celebrate the participants of the final of that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Named after one of the people influential in the creation of the contest,[96] and created by two former Swedish Eurovision participants, Christer Björkman (1992) and Richard Herrey (1984 as a member of the winning group Herreys), the inaugural awards were presented at part of the 2002 event. Three awards were presented as part of the third edition of the awards in 2004, with the winner of each award determined by the collective votes of a different group of individuals. The Fan Award, which was presented in the previous two editions, was replaced by a Composer Award for the 2004 contest.[97][98][99]

* The Press Award for the best competing song, as determined by the accredited press and media, was awarded to the entry from Serbia and Montenegro, "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović and Ad Hoc Orchestra
* The Artistic Award for the best artistic performance, as determined by previous Eurovision winners, was awarded to the Ukrainian entry, "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana
* The Composer Award for the best composition, as determined by the participating songwriters in the final, was awarded to the Cypriot entry, "Stronger Every Minute", written by Mike Connaris and performed by Lisa Andreas

The winners each received a hand-blown glass trophy designed by Karin Hammar and created at the Stockholm Glass Studio [sv], which were handed out backstage prior to the contest proper.[97][98]

## Official album

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Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004 was the official compilation album of the 2004 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 26 April 2004. The album featured all 36 songs that entered in the 2004 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[100]

### Charts

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Chart (2004)  | Peak
position

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German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[101] | 3

## Notes

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1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[11]
2. ^ Deferred repeat broadcast on NRK1 at 23:40 (CEST)[67]
3. ^ Also broadcast deferred via the Orbita satellite broadcasting system in the Russian Far East[74]
4. ^ Deferred broadcast on 14 May (semi-final) and 16 May (final) at 19:30 (AEST)[94]
5. ^ Deferred broadcast at 21:00 (FKT)[95]

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