Belgium was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "", written and performed by Free Spirits. The Belgian participating broadcaster, (RTBF), selected its entry for the contest through Eurokids 2004.
Before Junior Eurovision Eurokids 2004 (RTBF) opened the submission window for Eurokids 2004 from 7 February until 2 April 2004. More than 260 entries were received by the deadline. 33 of the entries were selected for the auditions, from them ten semi-finalists were chosen.
The ten semi-finalists were revealed on 23 June 2004. Their songs were first presented to the public on 29 August 2004 between 13:00 and 14:00 CEST on VivaCité. The running order draw was done on the introduction show on 3 September 2004 at 20:25 CEST and broadcast on La Une and RTBF Sat. The common song was "Notre terre".
Format Eurokids 2004 consisted of two semi-finals and one final. The results were decided by 1/4 kids jury, 1/4 jury of listeners of VivaCité and 2/4 televoting. In the final, a press jury also decided a part of the result. Each semi-final consisted of 5 participants.
Originally the winners of the semi-finals and the three best scoring entries in the semi-finals were supposed to qualify for the final. After the disqualification of Bess, it was decided that the three best scoring entries in each semi-final would qualify.
Semi-Finals The semi-finals were held on 10 and 17 September 2004 and broadcast on La Une and RTBF Sat. Guest performers included T-Rio in Semi-Final 1 and Jenifer in Semi-Final 2.
On the day of the second Semi-Final, it was announced that Bess with "Laissez-les vivre" had been disqualified due to plagiarism with a song with the same title from 1991. Alex with "Écoute-moi" qualified to the final due to scoring more points than the third place in Semi-Final 1.
+Semi Final 1 – 10 September 2004ArtistSong PointsPlace 1B-Cocktail"L'âge d'aimer"3352Kevin"J'ai envie"3743Hotvibes"Ma vraie identité"4134Bess ◇"Laissez-les vivre" ◇ 45 15Free Spirits"Accroche-toi"442
+Semi Final 2 – 17 September 2004ArtistSong PointsPlace1Alex"Écoute-moi"3842Julie"Ma chance"3253Manon"Mais la vie"403 4Mary-Lo"Laissez-moi rêver"4715Methiola"S'amuser"432
Final The Final was held on 26 September 2004 at 20:10 CEST and broadcast on La Une and RTBF Sat. The show was opened by Lorie with "Ensorcelée".
+Final – 26 September 2004ArtistSong PointsPlace 1Free Spirits"Accroche-toi"5612Hotvibes"Ma vraie identité"4743Kevin"J'ai envie"3074Mary-Lo"Laissez-moi rêver"5035Methiola"S'amuser"5226Manon"Mais la vie"4557Alex"Écoute-moi"356
At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, Belgium were drawn to perform seventeenth on 20 November 2004, following Sweden and preceding Romania.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belgium Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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