Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged eight to fifteen. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen and Nadia Hasnaoui, broadcast in twenty countries and viewed by 100 million people. Eighteen countries participated, France and Switzerland participated for the first time.
Håkons Hall in Lillehammer was the eventual venue for the contest.
Cover art of the official album
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003.
Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark hosted the inaugural edition of the contest in 2003.
Ksenia Sitnik claimed Belarus' first win in 2005 with "My vmeste". Her country's next victory was two years later with Alexey Zhigalkovich
Vladimir Arzumanyan representing Armenia, who won the 2010 contest with the song "Mama"
Sietse Bakker (center), executive supervisor from 2011 to 2012