Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
was represented by Xandee and the song "1 Life". VRT's organized the Belgian National Final 'Eurosong 2004', which took place on February 15, 2004.
Before Eurovision
Eurosong '04
Eurosong '04 was the Belgian national final for choosing the Belgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.Format
The selection process involved the staging of five shows; the final on 15 February 2002, plus four semi-finals held during January and early February 2004. All shows were hosted by Bart Peeters at VRT TV Studios in Schelle. The winning song from each semi-final qualified for the final along with the 3 highest scoring runners-up.In all shows, the results were based on the votes from an "expert" jury, Radio 2 jury, Radio Donna jury, an international jury from the participating countries in ESC 2004 and televoting. The televote counted for 1/3 of the overall vote, with the other 4 juries counting for 1/6.
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from until 24 November 2003. From a record number of 360 songs submitted to VRT, 28 songs were selected for the national final. The selected entries were announced on 10 December 2003.| Artist | Song | Composer |
| Amaryllis Temmerman | "God in alle eenvoud" | Amaryllis Temmerman, David Poltrock |
| Astrid | "Don't Stop the Music" | Dirk Paelinck, Marc Paelinck |
| Barbara Dex & Alides Hidding | "One Life" | Alides Hidding, Barbara Dex |
| Biba Binoche | "Je chante pour toi" | Marianne Velvekens, Marc Requile, Frank Jordens |
| Chris D. Morton | "Every Dead Soldier" | Chris D. Morton, Dick B. Morton, Alain Croisy |
| CLIC | "Vieze ouwe venten" | Alain Vande Putte, Tracy Atkins |
| De Egels | "Maria Maria Maria" | Thomas Selis |
| Elsie Moraïs | "Amorè loco" | Piet van den Heuvel, Roel de Ruijter |
| Eva | "Angels" | Dirk Paelinck, Marc Paelinck |
| Garry Hagger | "I Will Choose You" | John Terra, Daniel Gijbels, Guy Balbaert |
| Katia Berlingieri | "Don't Be Scared" | Katia Berlingieri, Wim Claes |
| Kurt | "My Heart" | Kurt Lotgiers |
| Marjolein | "Say Love" | Dirk Paelinck, Marc Paelinck |
| Natalia | "Higher Than the Sun" | Yurek Onzia, Vincent Pierens |
| Nicole & Hugo | "Love Is All Around" | Miguel Wiels, Alain Vande Putte, Peter Gillis |
| Peter Elkins | "Cry Love" | Peter Elkins, Sebastiaan Bouckaert |
| Quatro | "Never Say Goodbye" | Gregory Bilsen, Marc Paelinck |
| Raf van Brussel | "Chemistry" | Raf van Brussel |
| Raffaele | "Freakin' Destiny" | Raffaele Vertrugno, Fred Bekky |
| Roxane | "Television Game" | Danny van Wauwe, Edmond’s Jegers |
| Sodapop | "Time To Party" | Lex De Groot, Piet Van Den Heuvel, Roel De Ruijter |
| Sofie Van Moll | "Kerosene" | Piet Van Den Heuvel |
| Spring | "Jan zonder vrees" | Danny Verbiest, Hans Bourlon, Gert Verhulst |
| Storm | "Jij " | Niels Megens, M. Flamman |
| The Acrolls | "The Happy Song" | Marino Van Ysacker |
| X-Elementz | "Innocent" | Nima Farbod, Nary Farbod |
| Xandee | "1 Life" | Dirk Paelinck, Marc Paelinck |
| Yanah | "Yes Or No" | Eric Geurts, Nathalie Vangronsvelt |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final was held on 18 January 2004.Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was held on 25 January 2004.Semi-final 3
The third semi-final was held on 1 February 2004.Semi-final 4
The fourth semi-final was held on 8 February 2004.Final
The final was held on 15 February 2004.At Eurovision
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Since Belgium placed 2nd in the previous contest year, Belgium automatically qualified to compete in the final. Before ESC, Belgium was considered the favourite to win the whole competition and received a good amount of pre-contest promotion. Xandee even sang the song in a Turkish version for a visit to Istanbul. She performed 13th, following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding the Russia However, the performance was considered by many as poor and flat, which may have led to a complete fail during the voting procedure Xandee reproduced her Eurosong performance with a few minor changes, but it did not seem to help as she only managed 22nd place with 7 points. As Belgium failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 contest.Points awarded by Belgium[Eurovision [Song Contest 2004]]
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |