Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Belgium
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	Semifinals 18 January 2004 25 January 2004 1 February 2004 8 February 2004 Final 15 February 2004
Selected entrant	Xandee
Selected song	"1 Life"
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 7 points
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belgium was represented by Xandee and the song "1 Life". VRT's (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, the Flemish broadcaster) organized the Belgian National Final 'Eurosong 2004', which took place on February 15, 2004. Four preselection programmes were produced and broadcast on 18th and 25 January and 1st and 8 February 2004. All five programmes were broadcast from Studio 100 in Schelle and were hosted by Bart Peeters. The automatic favourite "1 Life" triumphed throughout the competition, which included a performance from Barbara Dex who came in last for Belgium at Eurovision 1993.

Before Eurovision, Belgium was considered the favourite to win the whole competition and received a good amount of pre-contest promotion. Xandee even sang the song in a Turkish version for a visit to Istanbul. However, the performance was considered by many as poor and flat, which may have led to a complete fail during the voting procedure. Xandee reproduced her Eurosong performance with a few minor changes, but it didn't seem to help as she only managed 22nd place with 7 points.

No.	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	Television Game	Roxane	20	5th
2	One Life	Barbara Dex & Alides Hidding	30	3rd
3	Amorè loco	Elsie Moraïs	26	4th
4	Don't Stop the Music	Astrid	8	7th
5	1 Life	Xandee	50	1st
6	Chemistry	Raf van Brussel	14	6th
7	Higher Than the Sun	Natalia	38	2nd

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Belgium^[1]

Semi final 12 points  Netherlands 10 points  Greece 8 points  Ukraine 7 points  Serbia and Montenegro 6 points  Cyprus 5 points  Albania 4 points  Portugal 3 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 points  Israel 1 point  Finland Final 12 points  Turkey 10 points  France 8 points  Greece 7 points  Spain 6 points  Netherlands 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Cyprus 3 points  Serbia and Montenegro 2 points  Sweden 1 point  Albania Points Awarded to Belgium (Final) 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point  Netherlands  Andorra  Cyprus References Eurovision Song Contest 2004 External links Belgian National Final page