Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004;
Final	20 November 2004
Presenter(s)	Stian Barsnes Simonsen; Nadia Hasnaoui
Host broadcaster	NRK
Venue	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway
Winning song	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	France; 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.

[edit] Results

	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Translation	Place	Points
01	Greece	Greek	Secret Band	O Palios Mou Eaftos	Myself My Old Folk	09	48
02	Malta	English	Young Talent Team	Power Of A Song	-	12	14
03	Netherlands	Dutch	Klaartje and Nicky	Hij Is Een Kei	He Is A Crack	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	Si On Voulait Bien	If We Really Wanted To	06	78
07	FYR Macedonia	Macedonian	Martina Siljanovska	Zabava	Party	07	64
08	Poland	Polish	KWADro	Łap Życie	Catch life	17	3
09	Cyprus	Greek	Marios Tofis	Onira	Dreams	08	61
10	Belarus	Belarusian	Egor Volchek	Spjavajtse So Mnoj	Sing With Me	14	9
11	Croatia	Croatian	Nika Turković	Hej Mali	Hey Little Boy	03	126
12	Latvia	Latvian	Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors	Balts Vai Melns	Black Or White	17	3
13	United Kingdom	English	Cory Spedding	The Best Is Yet To Come	-	02	140
14	Denmark	Danish	COOL KIDS	Pigen er min	The Girl Is Mine	05	116
15	Spain	Spanish	María Isabel	Antes Muerta Que Sencilla	I'd Rather Be Dead Than Plain	01	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	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
	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.