Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Estonian Final was held on February 7th at the ETV

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

Studios in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

hosted by Marko Reikop and Karmel Eikner. The winner was chosen by televoting

Televoting

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and SMS

SMS

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voting.

A total of 153 songs were submitted to compete in Eurolaul

Eurolaul

Eurolaul was an annual televised competition to select a song to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest made by the Estonian Public Television Service ETV. For many years the competition differed from the national selections of most other countries in that the outcome was solely...

2004. This number was again a record for Estonia; in preceding year 2003, only a total of 100 songs had been submitted. This, also, had been the highest number by then.

In 2004, none of the submitted songs were disqualified.

The song chosen was Tii

Tii

"Tii" was the entry of Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed by Neiokõsõ. It was composed by Priit Pajusaar and Glen Pilvre, and the lyrics, written in the Võro language, spoken in South-Eastern Estonia, were written by Aapo Ilves."Tii" was the first Estonian entry that was chosen...

(The Road) by Neiokõsõ

Neiokõsõ

Neiokõsõ is an Estonian group who represented their country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Tii" and came 12th in the Semi-Final with 57 points. The song was sung in the Võro language, spoken in South-Eastern Estonia....

. In the semi-final it was placed 11th.

Final

style="font-size: bigger;" | **Eurolaul - 26 January 2002**
Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Slobodan River Slobodan River Slobodan River was a pop-rock band from Estonia, featuring Ithaka Maria, Tomi Rahula and Stig Rasta....	"Surrounded"	2080	3
2	Ewert Sundja	"Dance"	640	7
3	Zone & Cardinals	"Turn The Tide"	581	8
4	Charlene	"Whatever You Say"	785	6
5	Airi Ojamets	"I Wanna Stay"	393	9
6	Hatuna & Sofia Rubina	"Whenever Blue"	188	10
7	Maarja Maarja-Liis Ilus Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja is a pop musician. Maarja has achieved some chart success in a number of countries across Europe and Asia...	"Homme"	1320	4
8	Neiokõsõ Neiokõsõ Neiokõsõ is an Estonian group who represented their country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Tii" and came 12th in the Semi-Final with 57 points. The song was sung in the Võro language, spoken in South-Eastern Estonia....	"Tii Tii "Tii" was the entry of Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed by Neiokõsõ. It was composed by Priit Pajusaar and Glen Pilvre, and the lyrics, written in the Võro language, spoken in South-Eastern Estonia, were written by Aapo Ilves."Tii" was the first Estonian entry that was chosen... "	8696	1
9	Kerli Kõiv	"Beautiful Inside"	3638	2
10	Charizma	"I'll Give You A Mountain"	1157	5

Final

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