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| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||
The 49th Eurovision Song Contest - Eurovision 2004 - went through 2 stages because of great number (36!) of countries which wished to participate in that event.On Wednesday 12th of May 2004 the qualification round was held. Countries participating in this pre-final ended up lower than the 10th place last year or didn't participate last year at all due to a low score two years ago. The top 10 countries from the qualifying round took part in the big final of Eurovision on Saturday. The 10 qualified for the final were: Serbia & Montenegro, Malta, The Netherlands, Albania, The Ukraine, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus. And ranking of the last 12 countries is: Estonia & Israel (11th joint), Denmark (13th), Finland (14th), Portugal (15th), Lithuania (16th), Latvia (17th), Andorra (18th), Belarus & Monaco (19th joint), Slovenia (21st), Switzerland (22nd). Sad for these countries, they didn't participate in Saturday's final. On Saturday 15th of May 2004 the Big Final of ESC was held. There were 24 participants in the final of Eurovision: top 10 from the qualification round and 14 "direct" participants which were assured of a place in the final. These countries were the Big Four (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain) and top 10 from last year's contest (and Russia in this list). The venue for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was be Abdi Ipekci Basketball Sport Complex - the tented sport center, which is located in the city of Istanbul (Turkey). The stadium has a capacity of 15000, but the capacity for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest events was around 10000. The sport center completely met the Eurovision requirements having extensive back stage and technical area. The distance from centre of the city is 15 km and from Airport - 12 km. Before Mydonose Showland was mentioned to be the eurovision 2004 venue, but its capacity is only 5000, so Abdi Ipekci Sport Center was chosen as a bigger one The hosts for Eurovision 2004 were Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay. Meltem Cumbul was born in 1970 in Izmir. After she graduated university, she went to the UK to do theatre workshops at the Shakespeare Company in London. In 1998 she made a Turkish cover of the Eurovision hit of Imaani "Where are you" and became popular as a singer. Today she is playing in the popular series Kurbet Kadini. Korhan Abay has already a link with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1990 he hosted the Turkish national final for broadcaster TRT, a final in which Sertab Erener participated. Besides presenting, Abay (born in 1954) is also a theatre actor and pilot. On March 22/23 2004 heads of delegations were meeting in Istanbul and the draw for running order was held. Official Eurovision website: www.eurovision.tv To download mp3s of eurovision 04 songs - visit these sites: www.xgneurovision.tk & www.euro-tnt.com To download video's of eurovision 04 songs - visit this site: devoted.to/eurovision EUROVISION 2004 RESULTS! First place: The Ukraine - Ruslana "Wild Dance" (280 pts)! Congratulations! Download MP3 "Wild Dance" (english/ukrainian version) here (2,8 Mb). Download MP3 "Wild Dance" (instrumental version) here (2,8 Mb). Interview with Ruslana in "News" Section. Second place: Serbia & Montenegro - Zeljko Joksimovic "Lane Moje" (263 pts) Download MP3s "Lane Moje (english, serbian) from official page: here. Third place: Greece - Sakis Rouvas "Shake It" (252 pts) The full scoreboard with all points is : here. | ||
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01 | Spain | Ramon | Para Llenarme De Ti | [here]>> | |
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02 | Austria | Group «Tie Break» | Du bist | [here]>> | |
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03 | Norway | Knut Anders | High | [here]>> | |
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04 | France | Jonatan Cerrada | A chaque pas (With every step) | [here]>> | |
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05 | Serbia & Montenegro | Zeljko Joksimovic | Lane Moje (My sweetheart) | [here]>> | |
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06 | Malta | Julie & Ludwig | On Again... Off Again | [here]>> | |
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07 | The Netherlands | Re-Union | Without you | [here]>> | |
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08 | Germany | Max | Can't wait until tonight | [here]>> | |
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09 | Albania | Anjeza Shahini | The image of you | [here]>> | |
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10 | Ukraine | Ruslana Lyzhicko | Wild Dance | [here]>> | |
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11 | Croatia | Ivan Mikulic | You are the only one | [here]>> | |
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12 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Deen | In the Disco | [here]>> | |
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13 | Belgium | Xandee | 1 Life | [here]>> | |
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14 | Russia | Julia Savicheva | Believe me | [here]>> | |
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15 | FYR Macedonia | Tose Proeske | Life | [here]>> | |
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16 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | Shake it | [here]>> | |
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17 | Iceland | Jonsi | Heaven | [here]>> | |
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18 | Ireland | Chris Doran | If the world stopped turning | [here]>> | |
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19 | Poland | Group «Blue Cafe» | Love Song | [here]>> | |
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20 | United Kingdom | James Fox | Hold on to our love | [here]>> | |
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21 | Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | Stronger every minute | [here]>> | |
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22 | Turkey | Group «Athena» | For Real | [here]>> | |
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23 | Romania | Sanda Ladosi | I admit | [here]>> | |
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24 | Sweden | Lena Philipsson | It hurts | [here]>> | |
qualifying round participants | ||||||
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01 | Finland | Jari Sillanpaa | Takes 2 to tango | [here]>> | |
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02 | Belarus | Aleksandra & Konstantin | Moy Galiley (My Galileo) | [here]>> | |
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03 | Switzerland | Piero Esteriore & the Musicstars | Celebrate | [here]>> | |
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04 | Latvia | Fomins & Kleins | Dziesma Par Laimi | [here]>> | |
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05 | Israel | David d'Or | Leha'amin (To believe) | [here]>> | |
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06 | Andorra | Marta Roure | Jugarem a estimar-nos | [here]>> | |
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07 | Portugal | Sofia Vitória | Foi magia (It was magic) | [here]>> | |
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08 | Malta | Julie & Ludwig | On Again... Off Again | [here]>> | |
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09 | Monaco | Maryon | Notre planete (Our planet) | [here]>> | |
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10 | Greece | Sakis Rouvas | Shake it | [here]>> | |
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11 | Ukraine | Ruslana Lyzhicko | Wild Dance | [here]>> | |
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12 | Lithuania | Linas & Simona | What's happened to your love | [here]>> | |
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13 | Albania | Anjeza Shahini | The image of you | [here]>> | |
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14 | Cyprus | Lisa Andreas | Stronger every minute | [here]>> | |
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15 | FYR Macedonia | Tose Proeske | Life | [here]>> | |
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16 | Slovenia | Duo "Platin" | Stay forever | [here]>> | |
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17 | Estonia | Neiokoso | Tii (The road) | [here]>> | |
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18 | Croatia | Ivan Mikulic | You are the only one | [here]>> | |
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19 | Denmark | Thomas Thordarsson | Shame on you | [here]>> | |
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20 | Serbia & Montenegro | Zeljko Joksimovic | Lane Moje (My sweetheart) | [here]>> | |
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21 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Deen | In the Disco | [here]>> | |
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22 | The Netherlands | Re-Union | Without you | [here]>> | |
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