Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 20 November 2004 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway |
| Presenter(s) | Stian Barsnes Simonsen Nadia Hasnaoui |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Host broadcaster | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) |
| Website | junioreurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Debuting countries |  France Switzerland |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries | None |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Spain"Antes muerta que sencilla" |
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights". The show was presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui. It was broadcast in 20 countries and viewed by 100 million people. Eighteen countries participated, including France and Switzerland who participated for the first time. Originally 20 countries had applied to take part in the competition, but Germany and Israel later withdrew. Spain, the United Kingdom and Croatia won the top three places, the same three countries as last year.
Results
[change | change source]| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Greece
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Greek | Secret Band | "O palios mou eaftos" (Ο παλιός μου εαυτός) |
My old self | 9 | 48 |
| 02 |  Malta
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English | Young Talent Team | "Power of a Song" | — | 12 | 14 |
| 03 |  Netherlands
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Dutch | Klaartje and Nicky | "Hij is een kei" | He's the best | 11 | 27 |
| 04 | Switzerland
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Italian | Demis Mirarchi | "Birichino" | Cheeky | 16 | 4 |
| 05 |  Norway
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Norwegian | @lek | "En stjerne skal jeg bli" | I'm gonna be a star | 13 | 12 |
| 06 | France
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French | Thomas Pontier | "Si on voulait bien" | If we really wanted to | 6 | 78 |
| 07 |  Macedonia
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Macedonian | Martina Siljanovska | "Zabava" (Забава) | Party | 7 | 64 |
| 08 |  Poland
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Polish | KWADro | "Łap życie" | Grab life | 17 | 3 |
| 09 |  Cyprus
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Greek | Marios Tofi | "Onira" (Όνειρα) | Dreams | 8 | 61 |
| 10 |  Belarus
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Belarusian | Egor Volchek | "Spiavajce sa mnoju" (Спявайцэ са мною) |
Sing with me | 14 | 9 |
| 11 |  Croatia
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Croatian | Nika Turković | "Hej mali" | Hey little boy | 3 | 126 |
| 12 |  Latvia
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Latvian | Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors | "Balts vai melns" | White or black | 17 | 3 |
| 13 |  United Kingdom
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English | Cory Spedding | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | — | 2 | 140 |
| 14 |  Denmark
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Danish | Cool Kids | "Pigen er min" | The girl is mine | 5 | 116 |
| 15 | Spain
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Spanish | María Isabel | "Antes Muerta que Sencilla" | Better dead than plain | 1 | 171 |
| 16 |  Sweden
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Swedish | Limelights | "Varför jag?" | Why me? | 15 | 8 |
| 17 |  Belgium
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French | Free Spirits | "Accroche-toi" | Hold on | 10 | 37 |
| 18 |  Romania
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Romanian | Noni Răzvan Ene | "Îţi mulţumesc" | Thank you | 4 | 123 |
Score sheet
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| Contestants | Greece | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Malta | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 12 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 78 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Macedonia | 64 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 61 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Belarus | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 126 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 140 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Denmark | 116 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Spain | 171 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Sweden | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 37 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Romania | 123 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | |||
12 points
[change | change source]Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 8 | Spain |
Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland |
| 3 | Romania |
Belarus, Latvia, Spain |
| 2 | Croatia |
Macedonia, United Kingdom |
| Greece |
Cyprus, Malta | |
| 1 | Cyprus |
Greece |
| Denmark |
Norway | |
| United Kingdom |
Netherlands |
Commentators
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Netherlands - Angela Groothuizen (Nederland 1)
Switzerland - Roman Kilchsperger (SF2), Marie-Thérèse Porchet (TSR 2), Claudio Lazzarino & Daniele Rauseo (TSI 1)
France - Elsa Fayer & Bruno Berberes (France 3)
United Kingdom - Matt Brown (ITV2)[1]
Spain - Fernando Argenta (TVE1)
Belgium - Ilse Van Hoecke & Marcel Vanthilt (VRT TV1), Jean-Louis Lahaye (RTBF La Deux)
Romania - Leonard Miron (TVR1)
Poland - TBC (TVP1)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
Other websites
[change | change source]Artists' websites
[change | change source]- Official site of Noni Razvan Ene
- Official site of Cory Spedding Archived 2005-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Official site of Nika Turkovic Archived 2005-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Website of Marios Tofi Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
