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	{{Infobox song contest national year		{{Infobox song contest national year
	\| Year = 2004		\| Year = 2004
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	\| Preselection date = 7 February 2004		\| Preselection date = 7 February 2004
	\| Entrant = ]		\| Entrant = ]
	\| Song = ]		\| Song = Tii
	\| Writer = {{unbulleted list\|Priit Pajusaar\|Glen Pilvre\|]}}		\| Writer = {{unbulleted list\|Priit Pajusaar\|Glen Pilvre\|]}}
	\| SF result = ''Failed to qualify'' (11th)		\| SF result = ''Failed to qualify'' (11th)
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	'''Estonia''' participated in the '''Eurovision Song Contest 2004''' with the song "]" written by Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre and ]. The song was performed by the group ]. The Estonian broadcaster ] (ETV) organised the national final ''] 2004'' in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2004 contest in ], ]. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.		'''Estonia''' participated in the '''Eurovision Song Contest 2004''' with the song "Tii" written by Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre and ]. The song was performed by the group ]. The Estonian broadcaster ] (ETV) organised the national final ''Eurolaul 2004'' in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2004 contest in ], ]. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

	Estonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 17, "Tii" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed eleventh out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.		Estonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 17, "Tii" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed eleventh out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.
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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	{{main\|Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}		{{main\|Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
	Prior to the 2004 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in {{ESCYr\|1994}},<ref>{{cite web\|title=Estonia Country Profile\|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=26\|access-date=5 November 2015\|publisher=]}}</ref> winning the contest on one occasion in ] with the song "]" performed by ], ] and ]. In 2003, the song "]" performed by ] placed twenty-first in the final.		Prior to the 2004 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in {{ESCYr\|1994}},<ref>{{cite web\|title=Estonia Country Profile\|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=26\|access-date=5 November 2015\|publisher=]}}</ref> winning the contest on one occasion in ] with the song "]" performed by ], ] and ]. In 2003, the song "Eighties Coming Back" performed by ] placed twenty-first in the final.

	The Estonian national broadcaster, ] (ETV), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The '']'' competition has been organised since 1996 in order to select Estonia's entry and on 1 October 2003, ETV announced the organisation of ''Eurolaul 2004'' in order to select the nation's 2004 entry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Siim\|first=Jarmo\|date=1 October 2003\|title=Estonian National Final on February 7, 2004\|url=http://esctoday.com/1835/estonian_national_final_on_february_7_2004/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref>		The Estonian national broadcaster, ] (ETV), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The ''Eurolaul'' competition has been organised since 1996 in order to select Estonia's entry and on 1 October 2003, ETV announced the organisation of ''Eurolaul 2004'' in order to select the nation's 2004 entry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Siim\|first=Jarmo\|date=1 October 2003\|title=Estonian National Final on February 7, 2004\|url=http://esctoday.com/1835/estonian_national_final_on_february_7_2004/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref>

	==Before Eurovision==		==Before Eurovision==

	=== Eurolaul 2004 ===		=== Eurolaul 2004 ===
	''Eurolaul 2004'' was the eleventh edition of the Estonian national selection '']'', which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition consisted of a ten-song final on 7 February 2004 at the ETV studios in ], hosted by ] and Karmel Eikner and broadcast on ETV.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bakker\|first=Sietse\|date=7 February 2004\|title=Tonight: Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania\|url=http://esctoday.com/2183/tonight_denmark_estonia_and_lithuania/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref> The national final was watched by 384,300 viewers in Estonia with a market share of 58.6%, making it the most watched Eurolaul competition since ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Siim\|first=Jarmo\|date=11 February 2004\|title=Estonia: the highest ratings ever\|url=http://esctoday.com/2207/estonia_the_highest_ratings_ever/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref>		''Eurolaul 2004'' was the eleventh edition of the Estonian national selection ''Eurolaul'', which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition consisted of a ten-song final on 7 February 2004 at the ETV studios in ], hosted by ] and Karmel Eikner and broadcast on ETV.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bakker\|first=Sietse\|date=7 February 2004\|title=Tonight: Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania\|url=http://esctoday.com/2183/tonight_denmark_estonia_and_lithuania/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref> The national final was watched by 384,300 viewers in Estonia with a market share of 58.6%, making it the most watched Eurolaul competition since ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Siim\|first=Jarmo\|date=11 February 2004\|title=Estonia: the highest ratings ever\|url=http://esctoday.com/2207/estonia_the_highest_ratings_ever/\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=Esctoday}}</ref>

	==== Competing entries ====		==== Competing entries ====
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	==== Final ====		==== Final ====
	The final took place on 7 February 2004. Ten songs competed during the show and "]" performed by ] was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote, revealed by Estonia's four regions alongside votes submitted via mobiles.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Eurolaul 2004\|url=https://www.eurovisioon.ee/eurolaul.php?id=2004\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=eurovisioon.ee\|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Maimets\|first=Andri\|date=30 January 2004\|title=Eesti Eurolaulu hääletus jagab riigi viieks\|url=https://www.postimees.ee/1396053/eesti-eurolaulu-haaletus-jagab-riigi-viieks\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=postimees.ee\|language=Estonian}}</ref> Despite the public televote having registered 60,387 votes, only 19,478 votes were ultimately counted due to the remaining votes being submitted after the voting period.<ref name=":1" />		The final took place on 7 February 2004. Ten songs competed during the show and "Tii" performed by ] was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote, revealed by Estonia's four regions alongside votes submitted via mobiles.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Eurolaul 2004\|url=https://www.eurovisioon.ee/eurolaul.php?id=2004\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=eurovisioon.ee\|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Maimets\|first=Andri\|date=30 January 2004\|title=Eesti Eurolaulu hääletus jagab riigi viieks\|url=https://www.postimees.ee/1396053/eesti-eurolaulu-haaletus-jagab-riigi-viieks\|url-status=live\|access-date=30 August 2021\|website=postimees.ee\|language=Estonian}}</ref> Despite the public televote having registered 60,387 votes, only 19,478 votes were ultimately counted due to the remaining votes being submitted after the voting period.<ref name=":1" />
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Revision as of 16:58, 11 February 2022

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Country

Estonia

National selection

Selection process

Eurolaul 2004

Selection date(s)

7 February 2004

Selected artist(s)

Neiokõsõ

Selected song

"Tii"

Selected songwriter(s)

Priit Pajusaar
Glen Pilvre
Aapo Ilves

Finals performance

Semi-final result

Failed to qualify (11th)

Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Tii" written by Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre and Aapo Ilves. The song was performed by the group Neiokõsõ. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV) organised the national final Eurolaul 2004 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

Estonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 17, "Tii" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed eleventh out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.

Background

Main article: Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2004 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 1994, winning the contest on one occasion in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. In 2003, the song "Eighties Coming Back" performed by Ruffus placed twenty-first in the final.

The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurolaul competition has been organised since 1996 in order to select Estonia's entry and on 1 October 2003, ETV announced the organisation of Eurolaul 2004 in order to select the nation's 2004 entry.

Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 2004

Eurolaul 2004 was the eleventh edition of the Estonian national selection Eurolaul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition consisted of a ten-song final on 7 February 2004 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Karmel Eikner and broadcast on ETV. The national final was watched by 384,300 viewers in Estonia with a market share of 58.6%, making it the most watched Eurolaul competition since 1996.

Competing entries

On 1 October 2003, ETV opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 8 December 2003. A record 153 submissions were received by the deadline—breaking the previous record of 100, set during the 2003 edition. A 10-member jury panel selected 10 finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced on 11 December 2003 and among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrants Maarja, who represented Estonia in 1996 and 1997, and Tanel Padar (performing with Slobodan River), who represented Estonia in 2001 together with Dave Benton and 2XL. The selection jury consisted of Jaak Joala (musician), Meelis Kapstas (journalist), Jaan Karp (musician), Priit Hõbemägi (culture critic), Tõnu Kõrvits (composer), Kaari Sillamaa (composer), Heidi Pruuli (producer), Andres Jõesaar (media director), Tiit Kikas (musician) and Jaan Elgula (musician).

Final

The final took place on 7 February 2004. Ten songs competed during the show and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote, revealed by Estonia's four regions alongside votes submitted via mobiles. Despite the public televote having registered 60,387 votes, only 19,478 votes were ultimately counted due to the remaining votes being submitted after the voting period.

Final – 7 February 2004
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Slobodan River	"Surrounded"	Maria Rahula, Tomi Rahula	2,080	3
2	Ewert Sundja	"Dance"	Vaiko Eplik	640	7
3	Zone and Cardinals	"Turn the Tide"	Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre, Maian Kärmas	581	8
4	Charlene	"Whatever You Say"	Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas, Jana Hallas	785	6
5	Airi Ojamets	"I Wanna Stay"	Raid Liiver	393	9
6	Hatuna and Sofia Rubina	"Whenever Blue"	Fred Krieger	188	10
7	Maarja	"Homme"	Maarja-Liis Ilus	1,320	4
8	Neiokõsõ	"Tii"	Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre, Aapo Ilves	8,696	1
9	Kerli Kõiv	"Beautiful Inside"	Kerli Kõiv, Timo Vendt, Lauri Laubre	3,638	2
10	Charizma	"I'll Give You a Mountain"	Henrik Sethsson, Stig Lindell	1157	5

Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw	Song	Western Estonia	Eastern Estonia	Southern Estonia	Northern Estonia	Mobiles	Total
1	"Surrounded"	261	191	282	722	624	2,080
2	"Dance"	75	26	73	300	166	640
3	"Turn the Tide"	60	34	121	227	139	581
4	"Whatever You Say"	122	62	127	305	169	785
5	"I Wanna Stay"	77	36	57	170	53	393
6	"Whenever Blue"	13	22	11	105	37	188
7	"Homme"	146	104	162	594	314	1,320
8	"Tii"	990	699	1,877	2,999	2,131	8,696
9	"Beautiful Inside"	342	266	606	1,444	980	3,638
10	"I'll Give You a Mountain"	121	117	180	495	244	1,157

At Eurovision

It was announced that the competition's format would be expanded to include a semi-final in 2004. According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 12 May 2004 in order to compete for the final on 15 May 2004; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 23 March 2004, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Estonia was set to perform in position 17, following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Croatia. At the end of the semi-final, Estonia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed 11th in the semi-final, receiving a total of 47 points.

The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Estonia on ETV with commentary by Marko Reikop. The Estonian spokesperson, who announced the Estonian votes during the final, was Maarja-Liis Ilus who had previously represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996 and 1997.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Estonia and awarded by Estonia in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the semi-final and the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Estonia

Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final)
Score	Country
12 points	Finland Latvia
10 points	Lithuania
8 points
7 points	Iceland
6 points
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Serbia and Montenegro
3 points	Ukraine
2 points
1 point	Albania Norway Sweden United Kingdom

Points awarded by Estonia

Points awarded by Estonia (Semi-final)
Score	Country
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Malta
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Finland
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Latvia
4 points	Greece
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Belarus
1 point	Albania

Points awarded by Estonia (Final)
Score	Country
12 points	Ukraine
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Russia
7 points	Cyprus
6 points	Malta
5 points	Greece
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Germany
1 point	Serbia and Montenegro

References

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v t e Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Eesti Laul
Participation	~~1993~~ 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	2XL 5miinust Alika Dave Benton Birgit Elina Born Camille Victor Crone Maarja-Liis Ilus Ines Getter Jaani Kreisiraadio Laura Ott Lepland Ivo Linna Malcolm Lincoln Elina Nechayeva Neiokõsõ Sandra Oxenryd Gerli Padar Tanel Padar Jüri Pootsmann Puuluup Stig Rästa Ruffus Sahlene Evelin Samuel ~~Janika Sillamaa~~ Stefan Suntribe Uku Suviste Tanja Koit Toome Urban Symphony Silvi Vrait
Songs	"Amazing" "Bridges" "Diamond of Night" "Eighties Coming Back" "Et uus saaks alguse" "Everybody" "La forza" "Goodbye to Yesterday" "Hope" "Kaelakee hääl" "Keelatud maa" "Kuula" "Let's Get Loud" "Leto svet" "The Lucky One" "Mere lapsed" ~~"Muretut meelt ja südametuld"~~ "Nagu merelaine" "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" "Once in a Lifetime" "Partners in Crime" "Play" "Rändajad" "Rockefeller Street" "Runaway" "Siren" "Storm" "Through My Window" "Tii" "Verona" ~~"What Love Is"~~
Note: Entries scored out signify where Estonia did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Countries

Final	Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-final	Andorra Belarus Denmark Estonia Finland Israel Lithuania Latvia Monaco Portugal Slovenia Switzerland

Artists

Final	Lisa Andreas Athena Blue Café Jonatan Cerrada Deen Chris Doran James Fox Željko Joksimović and Ad Hoc Orchestra Jónsi Julie and Ludwig Max Ivan Mikulić Lena Philipsson Toše Proeski Ramón Re-union Sakis Rouvas Ruslana Sanda Julia Savicheva Anjeza Shahini Knut Anders Sørum Tie Break Xandee
Semi-final	Aleksandra and Konstantin David D'Or Fomins and Kleins Linas and Simona Maryon Neiokõsõ Piero and the MusicStars Platin Marta Roure Jari Sillanpää Sofia Vitória Tomas Thordarson

Songs

Final	"1 Life" "À chaque pas" "Believe Me" "Can't Wait Until Tonight" "Du bist" "For Real" "Heaven" "High" "Hold On to Our Love" "I Admit" "If My World Stopped Turning" "The Image of You" "In the Disco" "It Hurts" "Lane moje" "Life" "Love Song" "On Again... Off Again" "Para llenarme de ti" "Shake It" "Stronger Every Minute" "Wild Dances" "Without You" "You Are The Only One"
Semi-final	"Celebrate" "Dziesma par laimi" "Foi magia" "Jugarem a estimar-nos" "Leha'amin" "My Galileo" "Notre planète" "Shame on You" "Stay Forever" "Takes 2 to Tango" "Tii" "What's Happened to Your Love"

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