Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Dates
Final20 November 2004
Host
VenueHåkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway
Presenter(s)Stian Barsnes Simonsen
Nadia Hasnaoui
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Host broadcasterNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/lillehammer-2004
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries France
  Switzerland
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Spain
"Antes muerta que sencilla"

Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Greece Greek Secret Band "O palios mou eaftos"
(Ο παλιός μου εαυτός)
My old self 9 48
02  Malta English Young Talent Team "Power of a Song" 12 14
03  Netherlands Dutch Klaartje and Nicky "Hij is een kei" He's the best 11 27
04   Switzerland Italian Demis Mirarchi "Birichino" Cheeky 16 4
05  Norway Norwegian @lek "En stjerne skal jeg bli" I'm gonna be a star 13 12
06  France French Thomas Pontier "Si on voulait bien" If we really wanted to 6 78
07  Macedonia Macedonian Martina Siljanovska "Zabava" (Забава) Party 7 64
08  Poland Polish KWADro "Łap życie" Grab life 17 3
09  Cyprus Greek Marios Tofi "Onira" (Όνειρα) Dreams 8 61
10  Belarus Belarusian Egor Volchek "Spiavajce sa mnoju"
(Спявайцэ са мною)
Sing with me 14 9
11  Croatia Croatian Nika Turković "Hej mali" Hey little boy 3 126
12  Latvia Latvian Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors "Balts vai melns" White or black 17 3
13  United Kingdom English Cory Spedding "The Best Is Yet to Come" 2 140
14  Denmark Danish Cool Kids "Pigen er min" The girl is mine 5 116
15  Spain Spanish María Isabel "Antes Muerta que Sencilla" Better dead than plain 1 171
16  Sweden Swedish Limelights "Varför jag?" Why me? 15 8
17  Belgium French Free Spirits "Accroche-toi" Hold on 10 37
18  Romania Romanian Noni Răzvan Ene "Îţi mulţumesc" Thank you 4 123

Score sheet

Results
Total Score Greece Malta Netherlands Switzerland Norway France Republic of Macedonia Poland Cyprus Belarus Croatia Latvia United Kingdom Denmark Spain Sweden Belgium Romania
Contestants Greece 481212131235126
Malta 1423441
Netherlands 273311315217
Switzerland 44
Norway 1275
France 7861562244647268483
Macedonia 64665545383353332
Poland 321
Cyprus 6112831645281515
Belarus 91314
Croatia 1264881081276881286867
Latvia 321
United Kingdom 14051012766510510710101071010
Denmark 11675731258875641071048
Spain 17110710128121012107126712121212
Sweden 8413
Belgium 37344742222142
Romania 1238210710768121012621265

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another:

N.Recipient nationVoting nation
8 SpainBelgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland
3 RomaniaBelarus, Latvia, Spain
2  CroatiaMacedonia, United Kingdom
 GreeceCyprus, Malta
1  CyprusGreece
 DenmarkNorway
 United KingdomNetherlands

Commentators

  •  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

  1. "Eurovision Song Contest". UKGameshows. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

Other websites

Artists' websites

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