Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Image:Jesclogo2004.png
Final 20 November 2004
Presenter(s) Stian Barsnes Simonsen
Nadia Hasnaoui
Host broadcaster Flag of Norway NRK
Venue Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway
Winning song Flag of Spain Spain
"Antes Muerta Que Sencilla"
Voting system
Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries 18
Debuting countries Flag of France France
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries None
Nul points None
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on November 20, 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui, broadcast in 20 countries and viewed by 100 million people. 18 countries participated, France and Switzerland participated for the first time. Originally 20 countries had applied to take part but Germany and Israel later pulled out. [1] The contest was won by 9-year-old María Isabel with her song Antes Muerta Que Sencilla (Better Dead Than Normal). Dino Jelusić, who won the 2003 contest, presented the award to María. Since, María Isabel has entered the charts in not only Spain but France, Italy, Scandinavia, Latin America and released a second album. Greece, who came ninth received more sets of twelve points than the United Kingdom, who came second. France, who came sixth, were voted by all the other countries that took part, which is more than the number of countries that voted for Romania, who came fourth and Croatia, who came third.

Norway was the third country of choice for this contest as the EBU had originally chosen ITV of the United Kingdom to host it in Manchester. However, ITV pulled out in May 2004 due to finance and scheduling problems. [2] The venue was therefore moved to Croatia, the winning country of 2003[3], but the Croatian broadcaster HRT reportedly forgot that the prospective venue for the event was already booked for the period the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was to take place. [4] NRK therefore offered to organise the next contest.


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[edit] Results

Country Language Artist Song Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Greece Greece Greek Secret Band O Palios Mou Eaftos Myself My Old Folk 09 48
02 Flag of Malta Malta English Young Talent Team Power Of A Song - 12 14
03 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Klaartje and Nicky Hij Is Een Kei He Is A Crack 11 27
04 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Italian Demis Mirarchi Birichino Cheeky 16 4
05 Flag of Norway Norway Norwegian @lek En stjerne skal jeg bli I'm Gonna Be A Star 13 12
06 Flag of France France French Thomas Si On Voulait Bien If We Really Wanted To 06 78
07 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia Macedonian Martina Siljanovska Zabava Party 07 64
08 Flag of Poland Poland Polish KWADro Łap Życie Catch life 17 3
09 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Greek Marios Tofis Onira Dreams 08 61
10 Flag of Belarus Belarus Belarusian Egor Volchek Spjavajtse So Mnoj Sing With Me 14 9
11 Flag of Croatia Croatia Croatian Nika Turković Hej Mali Hey Little Boy 03 126
12 Flag of Latvia Latvia Latvian Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors Balts Vai Melns Black Or White 17 3
13 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom English Cory Spedding The Best Is Yet To Come - 02 140
14 Flag of Denmark Denmark Danish COOL KIDS Pigen er min The Girl Is Mine 05 116
15 Flag of Spain Spain Spanish María Isabel Antes Muerta Que Sencilla I'd Rather Be Dead Than Plain 01 171
16 Flag of Sweden Sweden Swedish Limelights Varför jag? Why Me? 15 8
17 Flag of Belgium Belgium French Free Spirits Accroche-Toi Hold On 10 37
18 Flag of Romania Romania Romanian Noni Răzvan Ene Îţi Mulţumesc Thank You 04 123

[edit] Interval Acts

During the interval, boy band Westlife performed Ain't That A Kick In The Head live on stage.

[edit] Voting structure

All countries used televoting to decide on their top ten. In normal Eurovision fashion, each country's favourite song was given 12 points, their second favourite 10, and their third to tenth favourites were given 8-1 points.

[edit] Score sheet

  Voters
GR MT NL SW NO FR MK PL CY BY HR LV GB DK ES SE BE RO
Contestants Greece X 12 1 2 1 3 - - 12 - 3 - 5 - 1 - 2 6
Malta - X 2 - - - 3 - - - - - 4 4 - - - 1
Netherlands - 3 X - 3 1 1 - - 3 1 5 - - 2 1 7 -
Switzerland - 4 - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Norway - - - - X - - - - - - - - 7 - 5 - -
France 6 1 5 6 2 X 2 4 4 6 4 7 2 6 8 4 8 3
FYR of Macedonia - 6 6 5 5 4 X 5 3 - 8 3 3 5 3 3 3 2
Poland - - - - - 2 - X - 1 - - - - - - - -
Cyprus 12 8 3 1 - - 6 - X 4 5 2 8 1 5 - 1 5
Belarus 1 - - - - - - 3 - X - 1 - - - - - 4
Croatia 4 - 8 8 10 8 12 7 6 8 X 8 12 8 6 8 6 7
Latvia 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - X - - - - - -
United Kingdom 5 10 12 7 6 6 5 10 5 10 7 10 X 10 10 7 10 10
Denmark 7 5 7 3 12 5 8 8 7 5 6 4 10 X 7 10 4 8
Spain 10 7 10 12 8 12 10 12 10 7 12 6 7 12 X 12 12 12
Sweden - - - - 4 - - - 1 - - - - 3 - X - -
Belgium 3 - 4 4 - 7 4 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 4 2 X -
Romania 8 2 - 10 7 10 7 6 8 12 10 12 6 2 12 6 5 X
The table is ordered by appearance.

[edit] Map

     Participating countries
     Participating countries

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Artists' websites