Eurovision Song Contest 2004
| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | |
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| Under The Same Sky | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final | 12 May 2004 |
| Final | 15 May 2004 |
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| Venue | Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Director | Sven Stojanovic |
| Executive supervisor | |
| Executive producer | Bullent Osma |
| Host broadcaster | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) |
| Opening act | Sertab Erener |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 36 |
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| Returning countries | |
| Withdrawing countries | None |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
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| Winning song | |
| Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004 | ||||
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| Released | 26 April 2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
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| Label | EMI / CMC | |||
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th Eurovision Song Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can". The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT).
Ukrainian singer Ruslana won the contest with "Wild Dances". It is notable that this was only Ukraine's second participation in the contest. This was also the third year in a row in which the contest was won by a woman, performing a song composed at least partially by herself (being the previous two Marie N and Sertab Erener, which co-wrote their winning songs for the 2002 and 2003 contests).
To accommodate the increasing number of countries who wished to participate, a semi-final was introduced. The countries which didn't qualify for the final are normally calculate like participating countries, as well semi finals are a part of the competition. For the second consecutive year, no returning acts were present - only the sixth time (including 1956) in the history of the contest that this happened and it was the first time this had happened in two consecutive years.
The contest was held in Istanbul following Turkey's victory in the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia with Sertab Erener's "Everyway That I Can". Originally the Mydonose Showland was chosen by TRT to host the event, but was changed to the Abdi İpekçi Arena as the contest approached due to its bigger capacity.Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul were presenters of the show.
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