The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first time the country had hosted following Sertab Erener's victory the previous year with the song "Every Way That I Can".
Albania, Andorra, Belarus and Serbia and Montenegro all made their debut while Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, F.Y.R. Macedonia, Monaco and Switzerland made their return. No country withdrew.
The Contest was won by Ukraine represented by Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances". The victory came just one year after the country's debut and made them the first former Soviet country to win.
To accommodate the increasing number of countries who wished to participate, a semi-final was introduced. The countries which did not qualify for the final are normally calculated like participating countries, as well semi finals are a part of the competition. For the second consecutive year, no returning acts were present - only the sixth time (including 1956) in the history of the Contest that this happened and it was the first time this had happened in two consecutive years.
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No artists returned to compete
Semi Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Finland | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango" | English | - | 14 | 51 |
02 | Belarus | Aleksandra & Konstantin | "My Galileo" | English | - | 19 | 10 |
03 | Switzerland | Piero Esteriore & The MusicStars | "Celebrate" | English | - | 22 | 0 |
04 | Latvia | Fomins and Kleins | "Dziesma par laimi" | Latvian | A song about happiness | 17 | 23 |
05 | Israel | David D'Or | "Leha'amin" | Hebrew, English | To believe | 12 | 57 |
06 | Andorra | Marta Roure | "Jugarem a estimar-nos" | Catalan | We'll be playing at loving each other | 18 | 12 |
07 | Portugal | Sofia Vitória | "Foi magia" | Portuguese | It was magic | 15 | 38 |
08 | Malta | Julie & Ludwig | "On Again... Off Again" | English | - | 8 | 74 |
09 | Monaco | Maryon | "Notre planète" | French | Our planet | 19 | 10 |
10 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It" | English | - | 3 | 238 |
11 | Ukraine | Ruslana | "Wild Dances" | English, Ukrainian | - | 2 | 256 |
12 | Lithuania | Linas and Simona | "What's Happened to Your Love?" | English | - | 16 | 26 |
13 | Albania | Anjeza Shahini | "The Image of You" | English | - | 4 | 167 |
14 | Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute" | English | - | 5 | 149 |
15 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Toše Proeski | "Life" | English | - | 10 | 71 |
16 | Slovenia | Platin | "Stay Forever" | English | - | 21 | 5 |
17 | Estonia | Neiokõsõ | "Tii" | Võro | Yes | 11 | 57 |
18 | Croatia | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are the Only One" | English | - | 9 | 72 |
19 | Denmark | Tomas Thordarson | "Shame on You" | English | - | 13 | 56 |
20 | Serbia & Montenegro | Željko Joksimović & Ad-Hoc Orchestra | "Lane moje" | Serbian | My sweetheart | 1 | 263 |
21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Deen | "In the Disco" | English | - | 7 | 133 |
22 | The Netherlands | Re-Union | "Without You" | English | - | 6 | 146 |
Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Spain | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti" | Spanish | 10 | 87 | |
02 | Austria | Tie Break | "Du bist" | German | You are | 21 | 9 |
03 | Norway | Knut Anders Sørum | "High" | English | - | 24 | 3 |
04 | France | Jonatan Cerrada | "À chaque pas" | French, Spanish | 15 | 40 | |
05 | Serbia & Montenegro | Željko Joksimović & Ad-Hoc Orchestra | "Lane moje" | Serbian | 2 | 263 | |
06 | Malta | Julie & Ludwig | "On Again... Off Again" | English | - | 12 | 50 |
07 | The Netherlands | Re-Union | "Without You" | English | - | 20 | 11 |
08 | Germany | Max | "Can't Wait Until Tonight" | English, Turkish | - | 8 | 93 |
09 | Albania | Anjeza Shahini | "The Image of You" | English | - | 7 | 106 |
10 | Ukraine | Ruslana | "Wild Dances" | English, Ukrainian | - | 1 | 280 |
11 | Croatia | Ivan Mikulić | "You Are the Only One" | English | - | 12 | 50 |
12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Deen | "In the Disco" | English | 9 | 91 | |
13 | Belgium | Xandee | "1 Life" | English | - | 22 | 7 |
14 | Russia | Julia Savicheva | "Believe Me" | English | - | 11 | 67 |
15 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Toše Proeski | "Life" | English | - | 14 | 47 |
16 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | "Shake It" | English | - | 3 | 252 |
17 | Iceland | Jónsi | "Heaven" | English | - | 19 | 16 |
18 | Ireland | Chris Doran | "If My World Stopped Turning" | English | - | 22 | 7 |
19 | Poland | Blue Café | "Love Song" | English, Spanish | - | 17 | 27 |
20 | United Kingdom | James Fox | "Hold Onto Our Love" | English | - | 16 | 29 |
21 | Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute" | English | - | 5 | 170 |
22 | Turkey | Athena | "For Real" | English | - | 4 | 195 |
23 | Romania | Sanda | "I Admit" | English | - | 18 | 18 |
24 | Sweden | Lena Philipsson | "It Hurts" | English | - | 5 | 170 |