Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 explained

Contest:Junior
Year:2004
Country:Latvia
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:2 October 2004
Entrant:Mārtiņš Tālbergs and C-Stones Juniors
Song:Balts vai melns
Final Result:17th, 3 points

Latvia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 which took place on 20 November 2004, in Lillehammer, Norway. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised a national final in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2004 contest. On 2 October 2004, Mārtiņš Tālbergs won the national final and was selected to represent Latvia with the song "Balts vai melns".[1]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

Ten entries were selected for the national final, and the competing artists and songs were announced on 20 August 2004.[2]

The final took place on 2 October 2004 at the Jūras vārti Theatre in Ventspils, hosted by Rūta Reinika and Lauris Reiniks. Ten entries competed and the song with the highest number of votes from the public, "Balts vai melns" performed by Mārtiņš Tālbergs, was declared the winner.[3] [4]

Final – 2 October 2004
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Baiba Skudiķe"Manis dēļ"9879
2Mārtiņš Tālbergs"Balts vai melns"6,3171
3Sabīne Berezina"Ir laiks"77510
4Miks Dukurs"Mēs esam viens otram"3,2584
5Ilze Migliniece"Tad, kad lauka list"1,5576
6Kristīna Zaharova"Pārdomas"9958
7Ralfs Eilands"Dziesmiņa par mērkaķis"3,5573
8Edgars Šmiukšis"Meitenes dziesma"2,1585
9Nadežda Maņkevica"Es vēlos"1,2877
10Evita Gržibovska"Nāc dziedi, dejo līdzi"4,6672

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mārtiņš Tālbergs & C-Stones Juniors. jesc.tv.
  2. Web site: Medinika. Aija. 20 August 2004. Latvian Junior Final on 26th September. Esctoday.
  3. Web site: JESC 2004.
  4. Web site: 3 October 2003. Junior: Martins Talbergs to sing for Latvia. Esctoday.
  5. Web site: Results of the Final of Lillehammer 2004 . European Broadcasting Union . 28 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210528165228/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/lillehammer-2004/final/results/latvia . 28 May 2021 . live.