Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	National Final 50% Jury 50% Televoting
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 22 January 2004 29 January 2004 5 February 2004 12 February 2004 19 February 2004 Final 22 February 2004
Selected entrant	Re-Union
Selected song	"Without You"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 146 points)
Final result	20th, 11 points

The Netherlands was represented by Re-Union and the song "Without You". The Dutch Songfestival has had five selection rounds where a total of 24 artists participated. The selection rounds and the National Final were held in the Pepsi Stage Theatre in Amsterdam, hosted by Nance & Humberto Tan. Each selection round contained six songs of which the two highest-scoring songs proceeded to the final, while the third placed song moved on to a wildcard stage where they would compete for another chance to reach the final. A total of 10 songs were chosen to compete in the final, which was held on February 22, 2004. The jury accounted for 50% of the score while televoting took care of the rest. On the jury was Ruth Jacott who represented The Netherlands in 1993 at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Vrede".

At Eurovision, the performance began with an "A cappella" opening sung by the backing singers. After the music started the focus shifted to the duo who delivered their presentation on stools. The simple performance and the advantage of performing last pushed the song into the final from the semi. In the final, the song was drawn into a bad spot surrounded by stronger songs that made the Dutch performance forgettable. The song finished 20th with 11 points, which is a huge difference from the 146 points they earned in the semi-final.

National final

Position	Song	Singer	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	"Show me the love"	Cherwin	8	5	13	10th
2	"Love me"	Judith Jobse	41	38	79	3rd
3	"She'll take your breath away"	Charly	25	34	59	4th
4	" Alright"	Babette Labeij	14	4	18	9th
5	"For you and me"	Yellow Pearl	23	8	31	7th
6	"Celeste"	Bas & Joel ft. Voice Male	11	46	57	5th
7	"On a wing and a prayer"	Adriana Romeijn	19	7	26	8th
8	"Without you"	Re-Union	60	48	108	1st
9	"Mississippi Miss"	Suzy & the Hi-Rollers	25	12	37	6th
10	"Heart of stone"	Anja Wessels	29	53	82	2nd