Eurovision Song Contest 2004
UK Details and Results Page

For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are some details and results about the 2004 contest in the UK.

469,240 Votes were cast by the UK for the Eurovision Final.
Wales voted for 1st Cyprus, 2nd Sweden, Greece
Northern Ireland voted for 1st Cyprus, 2nd Greece, 3rd Sweden
Scotland voted for 1st Ireland, 2nd Sweden, 3rd Cyprus
England voted for 1st Cyprus, 2nd Greece, 3rd Sweden

Full Details about broadcast details on BBC, please see bottom of page.

Since the poor results of Jemini in 2003 scoring nil points, a new method of choosing the songs will decide the UK entry for 2004. As the rules states that the Big 4 country will gain automatic qualification to the final. The UK is one of the big 4 hence UK will go straight to the final even though they have nil points in 2003.

The new programme, "Making your mind up" is a replacement to "Song for Europe" and it will be broadcast live on a Saturday night for the first time. It was broadcast on Saturday 28 February 2004 on BBC1 then on BBC3 while the voting happens following the results show on BBC1 and the after results on BBC3. Voting was done by telephone, sms and interactively on digital television. The Theme Tune for Making your mind up was Sertab's 2003 Winner.

BBC1 18:35-19:35, 21:00-21:30

• Presented by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin
• Additional Performance on BBC1 were the 2003 Winner Sertab, with "Everyway That I Can" and Emma Bunton singing her latest single and "Puppet on a String".
• The panellist were Lorraine Kelly, Harry H and Carrie Grant.

BBC3 19:35-20:20, 21:30-22:00

• Presented by Paddy O'Connell and Lorraine Kelly
• Performance from Gina G with "Just a Little Bit"
• Other celebrities appearing on BBC3 including Peter Schmeichel, Jemini, Michelle Heaton from Liberty X, Sinead from Fame Academy and Sertab

Results of the Exit Poll/Predictions

• The Studio Exit Poll winner was Madison Taylor. Lorraine choose James Fox, Harry H choose Haifa and Carrie Grant choose James Fox

Regionals

• Here are the presenters who gave out the votes for the varies region in the UK

• Here are the 6 finalist for this years Making Your Mind Up Competition.
• Scores are given as 12, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points.
• Interactive points are given based on Percentages

Sertab gave the prize for the winner song. James Fox singing Hold On To Our Love who will be representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Turkey

Haifa appeared in the first series of ITV's Pop Idol, Hayden appeared in ITV's Reborn in the USA, James Fox appeared in BBC's Fame Academy. 3 of the singers came from Wales!

• The Semi Finals was broadcast on BBC3 at 20:00 for 2 hours on Wednesday 12 May 2004, commentator was Paddy O'Conell
• The Finals will be broadcast on BBC1 at 20:00 for 3 hours 10 minutes on Saturday 15 May 2004, commentator will be Terry Wogan

The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries. Please click here for details.

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