United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2004 | |||
Selection date(s) | 28 February 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | James Fox | |||
Selected song | "Hold Onto Our Love" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 16th, 29 points | |||
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Hold Onto Our Love" written by Gary Miller and Tim Woodcock. The song was performed by James Fox. The British entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey was selected via the national final Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2004, organised by the British broadcaster BBC. Six acts competed in the national final and the winner was selected entirely through a public vote.
As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2004 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-six times.
The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 on 8 November 2003.[2] BBC has traditionally organised a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs to choose the British entry for Eurovision. For their 2004 entry, the broadcaster announced that a new primetime national final involving a public vote would be held to select United Kingdom's entry, replacing the traditional A Song for Europe show more recently aired in a Sunday afternoon timeslot on BBC One.[2]
Before Eurovision
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2004 was the national final developed by the BBC in order to select the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Six acts competed in a televised show on 28 February 2004 held at the
Competing entries
The BBC collaborated with record label
Final
Six acts competed in the televised final on 28 February 2004. In addition to their performances, guest performers included previous Eurovision Song Contest winner Sertab Erener, who won the contest for Turkey in 2003 with the song "Everyway That I Can", and Emma Bunton, performing her song "Maybe" and the winning song for the United Kingdom in 1967 "Puppet on a String".
A panel of experts provided feedback regarding the songs during the show. The panel consisted of Lorraine Kelly (journalist and television presenter), Harry Hill (comedian, writer, and television presenter) and Carrie Grant (member of the 1983 British representatives Sweet Dreams, vocal coach and television presenter). A public televote selected the winner, "Hold Onto Our Love" performed by James Fox.[9] Votes submitted via landline phones were divided into seven regions in the United Kingdom and each region awarded points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 points. Votes submitted via mobile phones and SMS were also converted to points and awarded based on the percentage of votes each song achieved. For example, if a song gained 10% of the mobile and SMS votes, then that entry would be awarded 10 points. The public vote in the show registered 300,000 votes, with "Hold Onto Our Love" receiving 45% of the votes.[5][10]
Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Enrap-ture | "Weekend (Gotta Work)" | 37 | 4 |
2 | James Fox | "Hold Onto Our Love" | 120 | 1 |
3 | Haifa | "Me Without You" | 9 | 6 |
4 | Hyrise | "Leading Me On" | 82 | 2 |
5 | Haydon | "With You I Believe" | 17 | 5 |
6 | Madison Taylor | "It Just Gets Better" | 59 | 3 |
Draw | Song | Televoting Regions | Mobiles and SMS |
Total | ||||||
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Northern Ireland |
Northern England |
Scotland | Wales | South West England |
Midlands | South East England | ||||
1 | "Weekend (Gotta Work)" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
2 | "Hold Onto Our Love" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 120 |
3 | "Me Without You" | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||||
4 | "Leading Me On" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 82 |
5 | "With You I Believe" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | ||
6 | "It Just Gets Better" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 59 |
Spokespersons | ||||||||||
12 points
N. | Song | Regions giving 12 points |
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6 | "Hold Onto Our Love" | Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England, South East England, Wales |
1 | "Leading Me On" | Midlands |
At Eurovision
It was announced that the competition's format would be expanded to include a semi-final in 2004. According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "
In the United Kingdom, the semi-final was broadcast on BBC Three with commentary by Paddy O'Connell, while the final was televised on BBC One with commentary by Terry Wogan and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with commentary by Ken Bruce. The British spokesperson, who announced the British votes during the final, was Lorraine Kelly.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by the United Kingdom in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Greece in the semi-final and the final of the contest.
Points awarded to the United Kingdom
Score | Country |
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12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | Ireland |
7 points | |
6 points | |
5 points | |
4 points | |
3 points | Latvia |
2 points |
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1 point |
Points awarded by the United Kingdom
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References
- ^ "United Kingdom | Country profile | Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Bakker, Sietse (8 November 2003). "British 2004 entry to be selected in 'sexy' show". Esctoday. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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- ^ "Press Office - Eurovision accreditation 2004 - BBC". bbc.co.uk. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Press Office - Eurovision Making Your Mind Up winner - BBC". bbc.co.uk. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Shahin, Kemal (31 December 2004). "BASCA sends 5 songs from 530 to BBC". Esctoday. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (3 February 2004). "Six names for British selection revealed". Esctoday.
- ^ "The Television & Radio Database - Top of the Pops". tvrdb.com. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "UK NATIONAL FINAL 2004". natfinals.50webs.com.
- ^ "Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2005". bbc.co.uk. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Britain's Eurovision Song Contest entries: where are they now?". The Telegraph. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.