The events сoncerning to hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

News of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Place of hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Results of the Qualifying Round of Eurovision Song Contest 2004

My personal impressions from viewing

Results of the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2004

   January

2-nd, Friday

•    Deadline for registration of songs for participation in the National Final at Cyprus.

3-rd, Saturday

•    Qualifying competition of the Lithuanian National Final.

4-th, Sunday

•    Winners of the Belarus National semifinal who will take part in the Final on January, 31, 2004 become known.

10-th, Saturday

•    Qualifying competition of the Lithuanian National Final.

11-th, Sunday

•    Slovene competition “EMA”, semifinal.

15-th, Thursday

•    Bosnian telebroadcasting company RTV (BiH) will name the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

16-th, Friday

•    Finnish competition “Euroviisut 2004”, first semifinal.

17-th, Saturday

•    Finnish competition “Euroviisut 2004”, second semifinal.
•    Qualifying competition of the Lithuanian National Final.
•    Deadline for registration of songs for participation at the Croatian competition “Dora 2004”.

18-th, Sunday

•    Slovene competition “EMA”, semifinal.
•    Portuguese National Final (ОТ2).
•    Belgian competition “Eurosong”, first semifinal.

19-th, Monday

•    The gala final of the Portuguese competition “Operaçäo Triunfo”.

22-nd, Thursday

•    Dutch competition “Nationaal Songfestival”, first semifinal.

24-th, Saturday

•    Finnish competition “Euroviisut 2004”, National Final.
•    Qualifying competition of the Lithuanian National Final.
•    Polish National Final.
•    The representative of  Turkey  Athena  band will name a song with which it will act at Istanbul.
•    The beginning of registration of songs for participation at National Competition in Monaco.

25-th, Sunday

•    Slovene competition “EMA”, semifinal.
•    Belgian competition “Eurosong”, second semifinal.
•    The jury from Cyprus will name songs which will take part in the National Final, on February, 17.
•    Portuguese telebroadcasting company RTP will declare results of competition “Operaçäo Triunfo”.

28-th, Wednesday

•    Spanish telebroadcasting company RTVE will name a song with which the representative of  Spain will act at Istanbul.

29-th, Thursday

•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, part 1.
•    Dutch competition “Nationaal Songfestival”, second semifinal.
•    Israeli representative David D’Or will name a song with which he will act at Istanbul.

31-st, Saturday

•    Belarus National Final.

   February

1-st, Sunday

•    Slovene competition “EMA”, semifinal.
•    Belgian competition “Eurosong”, third semifinal.

2-nd, Monday

•    Deadline for submission of applications by “ wild card ” participants at Austria.

3-rd, Tuesday

•    British telebroadcasting company BBC will name songs which will take part on selection competition at the London Television center on February, 28.

5-th, Thursday

•    Dutch competition “Nationaal Songfestival”, third semifinal.

7-th, Saturday

•    Estonian festival “Eurolaul 2004”.
•    Qualifying competition of the Lithuanian National Final..
•    Danish competition “Melodi 2004”, Grand-prix.

8-th, Sunday

•    Belgian competition “Eurosong”, fourth semifinal.

12-nd, Thursday

•    Dutch competition “Nationaal Songfestival”, fourth semifinal.

14-th, Saturday

•    Preliminary listening of songs for the National Final at Latvia.
•    Lithuanian National Final 2004.
•    Festival “Skopje” at Macedonia. After it Tose Proeski promises to name a song with which he will act at Istanbul.
•    Maltese National Final.

15-th, Sunday

•    Slovene competition “EMA”, final.
•    Belgian competition “Eurosong”, semifinal.

19-th, Thursday

•    Dutch competition “Nationaal Songfestival-Second Chance”, semifinal.

20-th, Friday

•    Serbia and Montenegro, festival “Beovizija 2004” - First Night.

21-st, Saturday

•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, the first selection competitions.
•    Serbia and Montenegro, festival “Beovizija 2004” - Second Night.
•    Monaco will name its representative on the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

22-nd, Sunday

•    Dutch National Finla 2004 at Amsterdam.
•    Serbia and Montenegro, festival “Beovizija 2004”, final.

25-th, Wednesday

•    Cyprus, the National Final 2004.

28-th, Saturday

•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, the second selection competitions.
•    Latvian National Final 2004.
•    The first Romanian National semifinal.
•    British selection competition at the London Television Center.

   March

6-th, Saturday

•    Swiss National Final 2004.
•    Norwegian competition MGP 2004.
•    The final of the Irish program “You’re A Star”, part 1.
•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, the third selection competitions.
•    Bosnian telebroadcasting company RTV (BiH) will name the song with which the representative of  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Deen - will act at Istanbul.
•    The second Romanian National semifinal.

7-th, Sunday

•    The final of the Irish program “You’re A Star”, part 2, announcement of the results.

13-rd, Saturday

•    Romanian National Final.
•    Greek telebroadcasting company ERT  will name the representative of Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

14-th, Sunday

•    Croatian competition “Dora 2004”, final.
•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, the fourth selection competitions.
•    Andorrian National Final 2004.

19-th, Friday

•    German National Final at Berlin.

20-th, Saturday

•    Swedish competition “Melodifestival”, final.

22-23, Monday - Tuesday

•    Head of  Delegations meeting at Istanbul (includes draw for running order on March 22).

   April

•    No any events at this moment.

   May

6-th, Thursday

•    Till this time all delegates should arrive to Istanbul.

12-th, Wednesday

•    Semifinal of the 49-th Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

15-th, Saturday

•    Final of the 49-th Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

   September

6-th, Saturday

•    Listening of applicants for participation on competition “You’re A Star”, at Letterkenny, Ireland.

11-th, Thursday

•    Listening of applicants for participation on competition “You’re A Star”, at Ennis, Ireland.

20-th, Saturday

•    Listening of applicants for participation on competition “You’re A Star”, at Longford, Ireland.

29-th, Monday

•    The competition “Operacion Triunfo 2004” will start at Spain.

30-th, Tuesday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Swedish competition “Melodifestival 2004”.

   October

1-st, Wednesday

•    Sale of tickets on the Swedish competition “Melodifestival 2004” begins.
•    Deadline for the countries to confirm the participation on Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

5-th, Sunday

•    Listening of applicants for participation on competition “You’re A Star”, at Waterford, Ireland.

17-th, Friday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Finnish competition “Euroviisut 2004”.

18-th, Saturday

•    Listening of applicants for participation on competition “You’re A Star”, at Dublin, Ireland.

31-st, Friday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Norwegian competition “MGP 2004”.

   November

1-st, Saturday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Danish National Final.

5-th, Wednesday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Polish National Final.

16-th, Sunday

•    The first show of “You’re A Star II” by RTE at Ireland.

21-st, Friday

•    Finnish YLE will present the list of songs which will take part on “Euroviisut 2004” competition.

   December

1-st, Monday

•    Deadline for submission of application forms for participation of songs at the Lithuanian National Final.
•    Deadline for refusal of participation on the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 without participation payment.

8-th, Monday

•    Deadline for registration of songs for participation at the Estonian “Eurolaul 2004” competition.

10-th, Wednesday

•    Belgian telebroadcasting company VRT should declare names of participants of  “Eurosong 2004” competition.

14-th, Sunday

•    Deadline for registration of songs for participation at the Belarus final.

18-th, Thursday

•    The Albanian National Final (if more exact, a semifinal, part 1).

19-th, Friday

•    The Albanian National Final (if more exact, a semifinal, part 2).

20-th, Saturday

•    The Albanian National Final.

21-st, Sunday

•    The Gala Final of  “Operacion Triunfo 3” competition at Spain.