The Eurovision Song Contest (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Sven Stojanovic

Release Date:

15 May 2004 (Turkey)

Genre:

Music

Plot Keywords:

Song Contest | Live Broadcast | TV Special | Song | Competition

Cast

Korhan Abay	...	Host
Meltem Cumbul	...	Host
Ruslana Lyzhicko	...	Herself - Ukrainian entry (Winner)
Zeljko Joksimovic	...	Serbian entry (2nd place)
Gokhan Özoguz	...	Turkish entry / Lead singer (4th place) (as Athena)
Sakis Rouvas	...	Greek entry (3rd place)
Hakan Özoguz	...	Turkish entry / Guitarist and back vocal (4th place) (as Athena)
Lisa Andreas	...	Cypriot entry (5th place)
Lena Philipsson	...	Swedish entry (6th place)
Anjeza Shahini	...	Albanian entry (7th place)
Maximilian Nepomuk Mutzke	...	German entry (8th place) (as Max)
Fuad Backovic	...	Bosnian entry (9th place) (as Deen)
Ramón	...	Spanish entry (10th place)
Yuliya Savicheva	...	Russian entry (11th place) (as Julia Savicheva)
Ludwig Galea	...	Maltese entry (12th place)

Country:

Turkey

Language:

English | French | Turkish | German | Serbo-Croatian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Abdi Ipekci Stadium, Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Eurovision Song Contest (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Shake it

Fun!

It's the first time I've watched the whole show and it was fun as I expected! Fun because most of the songs were kitsch! Fun because of the costumes, choreographies, etc... Fun because the French commentary was hilarious: Laurent Ruquier reading the sms that Geluck, Fogiel and other of his famous friends were sending to him during the show, Elsa Fayer commenting the show with sincerity, freshness and humour (and rating 2/20 almost every candidate!). Fun because of the Turkish persenter's hair! Fun because my parents and I played to the voting game. Fun because some few things were not that crap: Turkey's ska band was certainly the best, Ukraine's winner was fun to watch, French candidate was not that bad compare to former French entries, Serbia-Montenegro had a great music (what a pity the singer didn't have the same quality), Germany sent us a non-Eurovision-like candidate, and Russian teenager was cute to see and hear (with Kamel Ouali's choreography that is certainly the only good one...) The worse? Well, I suppose the egocentric gay disco diva from Bosnia is part of them, among the Austrian boys band, the Maltese old-fashioned duet and the Romanian symbol of vulgarity!