Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Foi magia", performed by Sofia Vitória.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Portugal
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 2004
Selection date(s)	25 January 2004
Selected entrant	Sofia Vitória
Selected song	"Foi magia"
Selected songwriter(s)	Paulo Neves
Finals performance
Semi-final result	15th, 38 points
Final result	Did not qualify
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 2004

The final was held on 18 January 2004 at the Endemol TV Studios in Mem-Martins, hosted by Catarina Furtado. Three acts competed and all songs were performed by the top three classified contestants of Operação Triunfo 2004 (Francisco Andrade, Sofia Vitória and Gonçalo Medeiros). The winner was chosen by televoting and the result was announced on 25 January 2004.[1]

Final – 25 January 2004
Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Francisco Andrade	"Caminhos singelos" (Simple paths)	Múcio Sá, Rosete Caixinha	31,003	3
2	Sofia Vitória	"Foi Magia" (It was magic)	Paulo Neves	39,072	1
3	Gonçalo Medeiros	"Novo e Clássico" (New and classic)	Américo Faria	31,899	2

Detailed Televoting Results
Draw	Song	Açores	Madeira	North	Central	Algarve	Greater Porto	Greater Lisbon	International	Mobiles	Total
1	"Caminhos singelos"	458	539	684	439	421	1,755	3,599	5,015	18,093	31,003
2	"Foi Magia"	1,766	786	732	1,706	1,003	1,677	6,145	4,770	20,487	39,072
3	"Novo e Clássico"	1,433	1,267	753	701	429	602	3,155	2,635	20,924	31,899

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 Portugal placed 22nd at the 2003 contest, they was forced to compete in the first Eurovision semi-final, held on 12 May 2004. Portugal received 38 points in the semi-final which was not enough to qualify for the final. Therefore, Portugal will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2005.

Points awarded to Portugal (Semi-final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Andorra		Romania	Switzerland	Spain
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Belgium			Monaco

Points awarded by Portugal

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

Final 12 points  Spain 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Germany 7 points  Serbia and Montenegro 6 points  Greece 5 points  Sweden 4 points  Romania 3 points  Cyprus 2 points  France 1 point  Malta

References

1. "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL FINAL 2004".

External links

• Official Festival da Canção site