The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui, broadcast in twenty countries and viewed by 100 million people. Eighteen countries participated, France and Switzerland participated for the first time.
The contest was won by 9-year-old María Isabel who represented Spain with her song "Antes muerta que sencilla" (Better Dead Than Plain) from her debut album ¡No me toques las palmas que me conozco! which was released before the contest. Dino Jelusić, who won the 2003 contest for Croatia, presented the award to María. Since then, Isabel has entered the charts in not only Spain but France, Italy, Scandinavia, Latin America and has gone on to release further albums in her home country.
Greece, who came ninth received more sets of twelve points than the United Kingdom, who came second. France, who came sixth, were voted by all the other countries that took part, which is more than the number of countries that voted for Romania, who came fourth and Croatia, who came third.
Incidentally, the same three countries occupied the top three places as last year, just in a different order. These three countries were Spain, the United Kingdom, and Croatia.
Representatives[]
Country in gold is the winning entry and the country in silver is the host country.
| Rank | Country | EBU member station | Artist | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | TVE | María Isabel | "Antes muerta que sencilla" | 171 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | ITV | Cory Spedding | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | 140 |
| 3 | Croatia | HRT | Nika Turković | "Hej mali" | 126 |
| 4 | Romania | TVR | Noni Răzvan Ene | "Îți mulțumesc" | 123 |
| 5 | Denmark | DR | Cool Kids | "Pigen er min" | 116 |
| 6 | France | France Télévisions | Thomas Pontier | "Si on voulait bien" | 78 |
| 7 | Macedonia | MRT | Martina Siljanovska | "Zabava" (Забава) | 64 |
| 8 | Cyprus | CyBC | Marios Tofi | "Onira" (Όνειρα) | 61 |
| 9 | Greece | ERT | Secret Band | "O palios mou eaftos" (Ο παλιός μου εαυτός) | 48 |
| 10 | Belgium | RTBF | Free Spirits | "Accroche-toi" | 37 |
| 11 | Netherlands | AVRO | Klaartje and Nicky | "Hij is een kei" | 27 |
| 12 | Malta | PBS | Young Talent Team | "Power of a Song" | 14 |
| 13 | Norway | NRK | @lek | "En stjerne skal jeg bli" | 12 |
| 14 | Belarus | BTRC | Egol Volchek | "Spiavajcie sa mnoju" (Спявайце са мною) | 9 |
| 15 | Sweden | SVT | Limelights | "Varför jag?" | 8 |
| 16 | Switzerland | RTSI | Demis Mirarchi | "Birichino" | 4 |
| 17 | Poland | TVP | KWADro | "Łap życie" | 3 |
| Latvia | LTV | Mārtiņš Tālbergs and C-Stones Juniors | "Balts vai melns" | 3 |
Broadcast[]
Participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Spokesperson |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Belarus-1 | Denis Kurian | Darya |
| Belgium (Dutch) | TV1 | Ilse Van Hoecke, Marcel Vanthilt | Alexander Schönfelder |
| Belgium (French) | La Deux | Jean-Louis Lahaye | |
| Croatia | HRT 1 | Unknown | Buga |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Unknown | Stella María Koukkidi |
| Denmark | DR1 | Nicolai Molbech | Anne Gadegaard |
| France | France 3 | Elsa Fayer, Bruno Berberes | Gabrielle |
| Greece | ET1 | Unknown | Kalli Georgelli |
| Latvia | LTV1 | Kārlis Streips | Sabīne Berezina |
| Macedonia | MTV 1 | Milanka Rašik | Filip |
| Malta | TVM | Valerie Vella | Thea Saliba |
| Netherlands | Nederland 1 | Angela Groothuizen | Danny Hoekstra |
| Norway | NRK1 | Marianne Furevold, Jonna Støme | Ida Ursin-Holm |
| Poland | TVP1 | Artur Orzech | Jadwiga Jaskulski |
| Romania | TVR1 | Ioana Isopescu, Alexandru Nagy | Emy |
| Spain | La Primera | Fernando Argenta | Lucho |
| Sweden | SVT1 | Pekka Heino | Queenie Marksdotter |
| Switzerland (German) | SF2 | Roman Kilchsperger | Alessia Milani |
| Switzerland (French) | TSR2 | Marie-Thérèse Porchet | |
| Switzerland (Italian) | TSI 1 | Claudio Lazzarino, Daniele Rauseo | |
| United Kingdom | ITV2, ITV1 | Matt Brown | Charlie Allan |
Non-participating countries[]
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | SBS TV | No commentary |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHT 1 | Unknown |
| Estonia | ETV | Unknown |
Broadcast notes[]
- Australia - The show was broadcast on SBS TV delayed.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - The show was broadcast on BHT 1 delayed on January 3, 2005 at 09:25 CET.
- Estonia - The show was broadcast on ETV delayed.
- United Kingdom - The show was broadcast live on ITV2, while a delayed broadcast, consisting of highlights, was shown on ITV1.