United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Country

United Kingdom

National selection

Selection process

Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up

Selection date(s)

28 February 2004

Selected entrant

James Fox

Selected song

"Hold On To Our Love"

Selected songwriter(s)

James Fox
Tim Woodcock

Finals performance

Final result

16th, 29 points

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

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2004

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The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. It was held on 28 February 2004 and presented by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin. The show was called "Making Your Mind Up", in homage to the UK's 1981 winner, and was won by James Fox.

Results

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Enrap-ture	Weekend (Gotta Work)	4	37
James Fox	Hold on to our Love	1	120
Haifa	Me Without You	6	9
Hyrise	Leading me on	2	82
Haydon	With you I Believe	5	17
Madison Taylor	It Just Gets Better	3	59
The table is ordered by appearance.

In the Eurovision Song Contest itself, the song received 29 points and finished in 16th place. Enrap-ture were a 3 girl hip-hop band from Norway, Denmark and England consisting of Stacey, Mercedes and Kelly. Haifa was in the first series of Pop Idol. Hyrise are Matt, Maxwell and Ben and 21-year-old Anthony Scott-Lee the brother to Lisa Scott-Lee from the pop group Steps.

Jemini cameo

During BBC One's coverage of the contest, last year's UK entry, Cry Baby was sung in perfect rendition by Jemini after criticism of their song. The Band said that the monitors were switched off and, as such, the backing track could not be heard in their earpieces. The band then proved these claims by performing it in the 2004 contest.

At Eurovision

The United Kingdom was the twentieth country to perform in the Grand Final just after Poland. Lorraine Kelly was the United Kingdom's spokesperson this year. The United Kingdom finished 16th with 29 points. A total of ten countries voted for the United Kingdom, six of them being from eastern Europe. The United Kingdom gave 12 points to Greece and 10 points to Cyprus in both the Semi-Final and Grand Final.

Points Awarded by United Kingdom

Semi final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Cyprus
8 points	Serbia and Montenegro
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Albania
5 points	Malta
4 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Israel
1 point	Estonia

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Cyprus
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Ukraine
4 points	Germany
3 points	Serbia and Montenegro
2 points	Malta
1 point	Albania

Points Awarded to United Kingdom

Points Awarded to United Kingdom (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Ireland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Estonia Malta	Latvia	Iceland Poland Romania Sweden	Belarus Russia

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

~~1956~~ 1957 ~~1958~~ 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	~~1956~~ Patricia Bredin ~~1958~~ Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson

1960s	Bryan Johnson The Allisons Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll Matt Monro Kathy Kirby Kenneth McKellar Sandie Shaw Cliff Richard Lulu

1970s	Mary Hopkin Clodagh Rodgers The New Seekers Cliff Richard Olivia Newton-John The Shadows Brotherhood of Man Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran Co-Co Black Lace

1980s	Prima Donna Bucks Fizz Bardo Sweet Dreams Belle and the Devotions Vikki Watson Ryder Rikki Scott Fitzgerald Live Report

1990s	Emma Samantha Janus Michael Ball Sonia Frances Ruffelle Love City Groove Gina G Katrina and the Waves Imaani Precious

2000s	Nicki French Lindsay Jessica Garlick Jemini James Fox Javine Hylton Daz Sampson Scooch Andy Abraham Jade Ewen

2010s	Josh Dubovie Blue Engelbert Humperdinck Bonnie Tyler Molly Electro Velvet Joe and Jake

Songs

1950s	~~1956~~ "All" ~~1958~~ "Sing, Little Birdie"

1960s	"Looking High, High, High" "Are You Sure?" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Say Wonderful Things" "I Love the Little Things" "I Belong" "A Man Without Love" "Puppet on a String" "Congratulations" "Boom Bang-a-Bang"

1970s	"Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Jack in the Box" "Beg, Steal or Borrow" "Power to All Our Friends" "Long Live Love" "Let Me Be the One" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Rock Bottom" "The Bad Old Days" "Mary Ann"

1980s	"Love Enough for Two" "Making Your Mind Up" "One Step Further" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Love Games" "Love Is" "Runner in the Night" "Only the Light" "Go" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?"

1990s	"Give a Little Love Back to the World" "A Message to Your Heart" "One Step Out of Time" "Better the Devil You Know" "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)" "Love City Groove" "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" "Love Shine a Light" "Where Are You?" "Say It Again"

2000s	"Don't Play That Song Again" "No Dream Impossible" "Come Back" "Cry Baby" "Hold On to Our Love" "Touch My Fire" "Teenage Life" "Flying the Flag (for You)" "Even If" "It's My Time"

2010s	"That Sounds Good To Me" "I Can" "Love Will Set You Free" "Believe in Me" "Children of the Universe" "Still in Love with You" "You're Not Alone"

(Note: Entries scored out are when United Kingdom did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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