Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Latvia was represented by Fomins and Kleins with the song "Dziesma par laimi" at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Latvia
National selection
Selection processEirodziesma 2004
Selection date(s)28 February 2004
Selected entrantFomins & Kleins
Selected song"Dziesma par laimi"
Finals performance
Final resultSemi-final, 17th, 23 points
Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eirodziesma 2004

Eirodziesma 2004 was the fifth edition of Eirodziesma, the music competition that selects Latvia's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 15 November 2003. 69 songs were submitted at the conclusion of the submission period, and a ten-member international and local jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and selected 10 entries to compete in the national final.[2] The selection jury consisted of SKAMP (2001 Lithuanian Eurovision entrants), Urban Trad (2003 Belgian Eurovision entrants), Alf Poier (2003 Austrian Eurovision entrant), One (2002 Cypriot Eurovision entrants), Marius Bratten (Director of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and 2002), Tim Gruhl (journalist), Ivar Must (composer, co-wrote the 2001 Estonian Eurovision winning song "Everybody"), Rolands Ūdris (singer), Alec Matko (International Coordinator of OGAE) and representatives of the LTV Eurovision team. The ten competing artists and songs were announced on 3 December 2003.[3]

Final

The final took place on 28 February 2004 at the Olympic Centre in Ventspils, hosted by Dāvids Ernštreits and Ija Circene. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round: "Dziesma par laimi" performed by Fomins & Kleins, "Like a Star" performed by Tatjana Timčuka and "We Share the Sun" performed by Johny Salamander & Meldra. In the second round, "Dziesma par laimi" performed by Fomins & Kleins was declared the winner.[1][4]

First Round – 28 February 2004
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Fomins & Kleins "Dziesma par laimi" Tomass Kleins, Guntars Račs 18,830 2
2 Kristīne Broka & Santa Zapacka "Angel's Song" Kristīne Broka, Daigas Rūtenberga 4,835 8
3 4.elements "Ready" Lauris Reiniks 5,374 7
4 Tatjana Timčuka "Like a Star" Olegs Borosnevs, Deniss Timčuks 13,393 3
5 Rain "Let Me" Natalia Ryumina 3,389 9
6 C-Stones "All You Know" C-Stones 9,318 4
7 Johny Salamander & Meldra "We Share the Sun" Valters Sprūdžs, Janis Guza 19,646 1
8 Chilli "Not That Everyday Girl" Mārtiņš Freimanis 5,888 6
9 Z-Scars "Runaway" Andris Kivičs 8,951 5
10 Amber "Fly Away With You" Jānis Stībelis 1,347 10
Second Round – 28 February 2004
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Fomins & Kleins "Dziesma par laimi" 41,297 (42%) 1
2 Tatjana Timčuka "Like a Star" 18,879 (19%) 3
3 Johny Salamander & Meldra "We Share the Sun" 37,844 (39%) 2

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. Because Latvia placed 24th at the 2003 contest, country was forced to compete in the first Eurovision semi-final, held on 12 May 2004. They performing 4th, following Switzerland and preceding the Israel Fomins and Kleins failed to qualify came 17th with 23 points. Therefore, country will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2005.

Points awarded by Latvia
Points awarded to Latvia (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "LATVIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2004". Webuda. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. Bakker, Sietse (17 November 2003). "69 songs for Latvian national final 2004". Esctoday.
  3. Medinika, Aija (3 December 2003). "Latvian finalists are known". Esctoday.
  4. "Latvia 2004". ESC-History. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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