Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Finland was represented by Jari Sillanpää in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Takes 2 To Tango". Finland placed 14th with 51 points in the semi-final and so did not qualify for the final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Euroviisut 2004 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 16 January 2004 17 January 2004 Final: 24 January 2004 | |||
| Selected entrant | Jari Sillanpää | |||
| Selected song | "Takes 2 To Tango" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 14th, 51 points | |||
| Final result | Did not qualify | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Euroviisut 2004
Euroviisut 2004 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition consisted of three shows that commenced with the first of two semi-finals on 16 January 2004 and concluded with a final on 24 January 2004. The semi-final shows were held at the YLE Studios in Helsinki and hosted by Maria Guzenina and Bettina Sågbom, while the final was held at the Tampere-talo in Tampere and hosted by Maria Guzenina, Bettina Sågbom and Antero Mertaranta.
Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs competed in each semi-final and the top six entries from each semi-final qualified to complete the twelve-song lineup in the final. The results for the semi-finals were determined exclusively by a public vote, while the results in the final were determined by public voting and regional jury voting. Public voting included the options of telephone and SMS voting.
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 9 September 2003 and 17 October 2003. Artists had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. A panel of experts appointed by Yle selected twenty entries for the competition from 325 received submissions.[1][2] The competing entries were presented on 2 December 2003.[3] Among the competing artists were future Eurovision Song Contest contestants Geir Rönning who would later represent Finland in 2005 and Saara Aalto from JUST who would later represented Finland in 2018.[4]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Stenlund | "A Little Crazy" | Janne Hyöty, Sofie Björkgren-Näse |
| Arja Koriseva | "'Til the End of Time" | Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson, Veijo Laine, Petri Pyykkönen |
| Danny & D'Voices | "Seven Times Seven" | Juka Karppinen, Ora Turunen, Pertti Jalonen |
| Geir Rönning | "I Don't Need to Say" | Jimmy Westerlund, Fredrik Furu, Geir Rönning |
| Heidi Kyrö & JUST | "Dance My Heart Away" | Toni Nygård |
| Iina & Gary | "You Don't Need to Go" | Christian Antblad, Tommy Denander, Mika Toivanen |
| Jan Mikael | "One Year of Love" | SpaceChild |
| Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango" | Mika Toivanen, Jari Sillanpää |
| Johanna Forsti | "Rain on Water" | Nalle Ahlstedt, M.O. Charles |
| Jonna K | "Like Believers Do" | Jade Ell, Mats Tärnfors, Janne Hyöty |
| Karoliina Kallio | "What If" | Henrik Sethsson, Magnus Funemyr |
| Kirsi Ranto | "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" | Thomas G:son |
| Komissio | "Mouse in the Misery" | Mika Koski, Tuulikki Kuittinen |
| Mira | "Reason" | J-P. Järvinen |
| Mirella | "My Everlasting" | Janne Hyöty, Mirella Pendolin |
| Patrick Linman | "Can't Stop Loving You" | Patrick Linman, Mats Persson |
| Riikka | "Toarie" | Ville Laaksonen, Riikka Timonen |
| Sheidi | "Higher Ground" | Nalle Ahlstedt |
| Sonja Biskop | "Should I Run, Should I Hide" | Peter Svanström, Tage Borgmästars |
| Susann Sonntag | "Eleventh Hour" | Tommy Lydell, Lotta Ahlin |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final show took place on 16 January 2004 and the top six from the ten competing entries qualified to the final based on the results from the public vote. "Dance My Heart Away" performed by Heidi Kyrö & JUST, "A Little Crazy" performed by Anna Stenlund, "You Don't Need to Go" performed by Iina & Gary, "I Don't Need to Say" performed by Geir Rönning, "Takes 2 to Tango" performed by Jari Sillanpää and "Toarie" performed by Riikka qualified to the final.[5]
| Semi-final 1 – 16 January 2004 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Heidi Kyrö & JUST | "Dance My Heart Away" | 5.8% | 6 |
| 2 | Kirsi Ranto | "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" | 1.7% | 10 |
| 3 | Karoliina Kallio | "What If" | 4.3% | 7 |
| 4 | Komissio | "Mouse in the Misery" | 2.0% | 8 |
| 5 | Anna Stenlund | "A Little Crazy" | 16.9% | 2 |
| 6 | Iina & Gary | "You Don't Need to Go" | 7.0% | 5 |
| 7 | Geir Rönning | "I Don't Need to Say" | 8.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Sheidi | "Higher Ground" | 1.8% | 9 |
| 9 | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango" | 39.0% | 1 |
| 10 | Riikka | "Toarie" | 13.5% | 3 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final show took place on 17 January 2004 and the top six from the ten competing entries qualified to the final based on the results from the public vote. "Can't Stop Loving You" performed by Patrick Linman, "'Til the End of Time" performed by Arja Koriseva, "Should I Run, Should I Hide" performed by Sonja Biskop, "Like Believers Do" performed by Jonna K, "Eleventh Hour" performed by Susann Sonntag and "Seven Times Seven" performed by Danny & D'Voices qualified to the final.[5]
| Semi-final 2 – 17 January 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Patrick Linman | "Can't Stop Loving You" | 10.8% | 4 |
| 2 | Arja Koriseva | "'Til the End of Time" | 9.1% | 6 |
| 3 | Sonja Biskop | "Should I Run, Should I Hide" | 14.5% | 3 |
| 4 | Johanna Försti | "Rain on Water" | 4.4% | 9 |
| 5 | Jonna K | "Like Believers Do" | 17.9% | 2 |
| 6 | Jan Mikael | "One Year of Love" | 5.2% | 8 |
| 7 | Susann Sonntag | "Eleventh Hour" | 19.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Mira | "Reason" | 2.4% | 10 |
| 9 | Danny & D'Voices | "Seven Times Seven" | 9.9% | 5 |
| 10 | Mirella | "My Everlasting" | 6.5% | 7 |
Final
The final took place on 24 January 2004 where the twelve entries that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top six entries were selected to proceed to the second round based on the votes of six regional juries: "A Little Crazy" performed by Anna Stenlund, "You Don't Need to Go" performed by Iina & Gary, "Like Believers Do" performed by Jonna K, "I Don't Need to Say" performed by Geir Rönning, "Toarie" performed by Riikka and "Takes 2 to Tango" performed by Jari Sillanpää. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 points. In the second round, "Takes 2 to Tango" performed by Jari Sillanpää was selected as the winner based on the results from the public vote.[6]
| First Round – 24 January 2004 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Arja Koriseva | "'Til the End of Time" | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Anna Stenlund | "A Little Crazy" | 38 | 1 |
| 3 | Patrick Linman | "Can't Stop Loving You" | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Iina & Gary | "You Don't Need to Go" | 24 | 4 |
| 5 | Jonna K | "Like Believers Do" | 27 | 3 |
| 6 | Geir Rönning | "I Don't Need to Say" | 23 | 5 |
| 7 | Susann Sonntag | "Eleventh Hour" | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Riikka | "Toarie" | 36 | 2 |
| 9 | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 To Tango" | 18 | 6 |
| 10 | Heidi Kyrö & JUST | "Dance My Heart Away" | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Sonja Biskop | "Should I Run, Should I Hide" | 14 | 7 |
| 12 | Danny & D'Voices | "Seven Times Seven" | 0 | 12 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Oulu | Vaasa | Kuopio | Lappeenranta | Turku | Helsinki | Total | ||
| 1 | "'Til the End of Time" | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | "A Little Crazy" | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 38 | ||
| 3 | "Can't Stop Loving You" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | "You Don't Need to Go" | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | |||
| 5 | "Like Believers Do" | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | ||
| 6 | "I Don't Need to Say" | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |||
| 7 | "Eleventh Hour" | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | "Toarie" | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 36 | ||||
| 9 | "Takes 2 To Tango" | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| 10 | "Dance My Heart Away" | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | "Should I Run, Should I Hide" | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| 12 | "Seven Times Seven" | 0 | ||||||||
| Second Round – 24 January 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Anna Stenlund | "A Little Crazy" | 66,548 | 2 |
| 2 | Iina & Gary | "You Don't Need to Go" | 15,210 | 6 |
| 3 | Jonna K | "Like Believers Do" | 32,693 | 4 |
| 4 | Geir Rönning | "I Don't Need to Say" | 28,935 | 5 |
| 5 | Riikka | "Toarie" | 38,169 | 3 |
| 6 | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 To Tango" | 98,987 | 1 |
At Eurovision
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Due to missing the 2003 contest, Finland had to compete in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Jari Sillanpää sang in the 1st position. At the close of the voting, the song had received 51 points, placing 14th in a field of 22. Finland did not qualify to the final.
Points awarded to Finland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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Points awarded by Finland
Semi-finalPoints awarded in semi-final:
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FinalPoints awarded in the final:
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References
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- Bakker, Sietse (9 September 2003). "Finland: hosts for Euroviisut 2004 known". Esctoday.
- van Gorp, Edwin (2 December 2003). "Euroviisut 2004: Titles and artists known". Esctoday.
- "Watch: X Factor star Saara Aalto's five attempts at Eurovision". December 9, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- "FINNISH SEMI-FINALS 2004".
- "FINNISH NATIONAL FINAL 2004".