AUSTRIA
Tie Break / Du bist (Peter Zimmermann)
Tie Break is composed of Thomas Elzenbaumer (23), Tommy Pegram (18) & Stefan di Bernardo (23). Di bist is their denut single. Thomas lives in Tirol, plays guitar and composes his own songs. Tommy Pegram lives in Vorarlberg, he’s the youngster in Tie Break. He plays the violin, piano and electric guitar. His big passion next to singing is songwriting. Stefan di Bernardo lives in Tirol and collected some stage experience as a dancer, performing for international acts. For him, singing and dancing belongs together. His spectrum ranges from archaic folk-dance to breakdance.
www.tie-break.at

NORWAY
Knut Anders Sorum / High (Dan Attlerud / Thomas Thörnholm, Lars Andersson)
Full name is Knut Anders Sørum (27) born and raised in a small place in Norway called "Skreien". It's about one and a half hour drive north from Oslo, the capital of Norway. Beside's the music, he's an eager hobby photographer. He played in a band called "EXPECT", they mostly toured in Norway, but also in the deep forest's of Finnland, the beaches of Spain and the smog of Los Angeles ! They've also played in France, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Poland and Russia.
Expect have been playing original songs written by Lewi Bergrud and Knut. They have released two albums and one EP. He has also been the singer in a cover band, called "Mothership Connection", where they co-operated with great artists like "Jorun Erdal" and "Ingvild Pedersen".
During his spare time, he has been an actor in both theater and movies. He will be in the movie "asfaltevangeliet", directed by David Åleskjær, outin September 2004 in Norway. His musical inspiration soureces are: A-ha, Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Erik Clapton, Pink Floyd, Prince and U2. After winning the place for the Eurovison, Knut went back to the studios in order to take up further versions of the Song "High". In addition Knut started working on his album. Completely soberly the singer speaks also about his chances with the international final in Istanbul. "I am there completely relaxed and make myself no special hopes. I take it, how it comes, and want mainly to have fun". Last year Norway held the 4th position with Jostein Hasselgård, so what will it be this year ?

SPAIN
Ramón / Para llenarme de ti (Kike Santander/ Kike Santander)
Ramon (18), born in Las Plams in the Gran Canary, has still not had the opportunity to be released like a professional singer. His dream will come true with him being selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. Ramon is described by his friends as calm and sociable, they all agree that he is totally dedicated to music. He has two older brothers, and none of them shares with him the passion of singing. Ramon likes sports and loves playing soccer. His favorite artists are Paul McCartney, Alexander Sanz and Luis Miguel.

FRANCE
Jonatan Cerrada / A chaque pas (Jonatan Cerrada, Benjamin Robbins, Steve Balsamo)
Jonathan Cerrada Moreno (Jonatan is his name of artist) was born on September 12th 1985, in the city of 'Liège' in Belgium. He lives in 'Ans' with his parents Victoria and Valentin and his four brothers and sisters: Julian, Rafael, Audrey and Raquel. At 8, he enters the Royal opera of Wallonia where he plays in all big plays. He begins composing his own songs when he was 10/11 years old. He left the opera at the age of 14 and was more interested in pop industry. Therefore, he stretched his luck in various castings and song competitions. He recorded several demos and advertisements for the radio. In 2003, he tried his luck in the casting of "Pop Idol" (in France) and ended up winning the trophy. His first single "Je voulais te dire que je t'attends" reached the Top Charts in France and Belgium and did well in Switzerland. He released his first album "Siempre 23" in September 2003. With "Rien ne me changera", the next single taken from this album, Jonatan keeps attacking the charts. Something that doesn't stay unnoticed as France 3 asked Jonatan to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest. All his knowledge: singing, dancing, piano, guitar, writing and compose songs, linguistic skills (jonatan speaks spanish, french, english and italian),... make Jonatan Cerrada a very promissing artist, aged only 17.
www.jonatan.be.tf

GERMANY
Max (Maximilian Mutzke) / Can't wait until tonight (Stefan Raab)
In January 2004, the world for 23 year old Maximilian Mutzke was completely normal until he was selected for the Eurovision song contest. His influence in music are : Tower Of Power, James Brown, Incognito, Nils Landgren, Maze. He likes Motocrossing, Freeclimbing and Inlineskating. Before getting into the semlection for the Eurovsion, he was part of a group named "Project Five".
Max was casted by Stefan Raabs for the super Grand Prix Star, early 2004. He convinced both the public and the jury for the semi-finals. Then his single "Can't wait until tonight" written by Stefan Raab went to n°1 the same week it was released in the national German top. In the finals of the selection for the Eurovision, Max received 92% of the votes, will he do the same in May ?
www.maximilian-mutzke.de

BELGIUM
Xandee / 1 Life (Dirk Paelinck / Marc Paelinck)
Sandy Boets(25) made her first steps into her music career at 6 years old by participating in playback contests. In 1993 she imitated Whitney Houston in the Soundmixshow. At the age of 9 she got to know Sergio Quisquater (Belgium's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002). At first it wasn't the aim to start singing together. When they did, it was for fun, but that ended out that good that they decided to release their first single together. Sandy and Sergio started to sing together as Taste of Joy, but then a Canadian band with the same name turned out to exist. When they scored their first hit in Europe, Sandy and Sergio were asked to change their name: Taste of Joy became Touch of Joy. IIn January 2002, Sandy started a solo career, beside Touch Of Joy, and released the singles 'Alone' and 'One reason'. In the meanwhile, also Sergio tried it solo which resulted in representing Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga with Sister. Therefor Touch of Joy was paused for a while but the duo came back in the summer of 2003 with another hit single, called 'Be ready'.

Sandy became Xandee and jumped into the studios with songwriter/producer Marc Paelinck to record '1 Life'. This song was sent in for Eurosong 2004 in Flanders, Belgium. On 10th December 2003, Xandee got to know she made it to the final 28 candidates. On 18th January 2004, she won the first semi final of Eurosong 2004 with the maximum of the points and also in the final on 15th February, she ran away with the victory. Thus, Xandee will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest on 15th May in Istanbul.
www.xandee.be

RUSSIA
Julia Savicheva / Believe me (Brenda Loring/ Maxim Fadeev)
16 year old Julia was the winner of the Fame Academy in Russia. She has a special voice and style which attracted the Russian audiance. This young singer has taken part of the Wordbest of the winneres of the Fame Academies or Pop Idols in the world. Julia did not score well. He wish her all the luck for her career.

ICELAND
Jón Jósep Snjæbjörnsson / Heaven (Magnús Þór Sigmundsson/ Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson)
(no record found)

IRELAND
Chris Doran / If the World stops turning (Brian McFadden, Jonathan Shorten)
Chris Doran (23) was chosen as every year in the show "You're a Star", he conquered the hearts of the spectators and the jury. The Irish man performed in Pubs before a career jump. In Istanbulhe will sing the Ballade "If The World stop Turning" on the stage. The Song was by the way written to ex singers of the successful Boygroup Westlife by Bryan McFadden.

POLAND
Blue Cafe / Love Song (Tatiana Okupnik/ Pawel Rurak-Sokal)
(no record found)

UNITED KINGDOM
James Fox / Hold on to our love (Gary Miller and Tim Woodcock)
A former contestant from the BBC talent show Fame Academy will represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision song contest. James Fox (27), born in Cardiff, began his musical career at the age of eight by learning to play the piano and this, in turn, led to pub and club circuits in Wales, cruise ships and eventually to the bright lights of Blackpool. James is a talented singer/songwriter, guitarist and now drummer. He has an appreciation for all types of music but with influences of Sting and Billy Joel, likes to describe his music as classic pop.
Last year’s Eurovision ended in public humiliation for the UK entry Jemini, whose performance of ’Cry Baby’ finished last with no points.

TURKEY
Athena / For real (Gökhan & Hakan Özoguz)
Starting point of ATHENA might be traced back to 1987 when the Özoguz brothers, Hakan and Gökhan, became passionately fond of making music with a makeshift cumbus (metal bodied mandolin) they made out of a wooden crate. Both brothers are musicians and singers. Their debut album, One Last Breath , was released in 1993 and continued their trash sound. The summer of 1994 turned out to be a turning point for the group, during which many new doors opened to them, they played in several bars and concerts. In 1995, an interesting adventure centering around a bar called Captain Hook began for ATHENA , which is just a memory now but still considered a very special period for its patrons. Such new songs as “Holigan”, “Skalonga” and “Devam Boþver”, to be included in their next album, were performed for the first time before the Captain Hook patrons. They began to record their album, entitled Holigan , in 1997, but no local record company was interested in releasing it because it was an unusual style for the Turkish record buying public. Finally a new company named NR1, determined to take a chance on alternative projects, released Holigan as its first music production. This album was released in Spring 1998 and unveiled at the Captain Hook. Video clip for one of the singles released from it, “ Tarlaya Ektim Soðan ”, was shot in the Captain Hook too at a Saturday night during a live performance, and managed to capture its ambiance in full. Contrary to the theories made up by certain record companies, ATHENA 's ska sound and songs were welcomed by the local record-buying public so much so that the title song of the album was adapted and sung as a march by football supporters of all ages at stadiums. Shortly after releasing the Holigan album in 1999, ATHENA took a large-scale tour in Turkey. As of 2001, Athena toured around Europe and the US, the group also went through several changes. 2003 was a particularly busy year for ATHENA, they had a large tour for the Her Þey Yolunda (Everything's All Right) album and as a sideline they perform other people's songs at separate shows under their “cover project” concept. Then “Mor ve Ötesi” started an anti-war movement against the Iraqi war which disturbed most of the world in early 2003; ATHENA contributed to the movement with a song specially written for it, entitled “Savaþa Hiç Gerek Yok” (No Need To the WAR), and performed with many other musicians as part of the movement.
ATHENA has been chosen to represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest. After the election ATHENA performed two concerts in Holland. One was in Roterdam Night Town, the other one was in Amsterdam Club Paradiso. They also appealed to the Dutch press.
www.athenasite.com

ROMANIA
Sanda Ladosi / I admit (Irina Gligor/ George Popa)
(no record found)

SWEDEN
Lena Philipsson / It hurts (Det gör ont) (Thomas Orup Eriksson)
(no record found)

FINLAND
Jari Sillanpää / Takes 2 to tango (Jari Sillanpää/ Mika Toivanen)
Jari Sillanpää is one of the most successful performing artists in Finland. The beginning of his career can be set in the Seinäjoki Tango Festival in 1994, when he won the Tango Prince title. His success story, however began one year later in 1995 when he won the competition and was crowned as the Tango King.Through the years Jari achieved almost everything an artist can hope for. He has released eight albums, various singles, a documentary video and even two books have been written about him. All together he has recorded over 100 songs. Most of the songs are soft pop but there are also a few tangos and evergreens among the recordings. Jari has performed one of the leading roles in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love in Seinäjoki theatre. He has won The Press Choice Award in the international song contest called The Golden Stag, which was held in Rumania and achieved several Emma Awards. Last but not least, Jari won the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest which makes him represent Finland in Istanbul.
www.jarisillanpaa.com

BELARUS
Aleksandra & Konstantin / My Galileo ( Aleksey Solomaha/ Aleksandra & Konstantin)
Aliaksandra Kirsanava was born in 1980. She has been practising music since childhood. Aliaksandra is a student of the Belarusian State University of Culture. She likes animals and travelling. Her favourite musician is Shania Twain.
Kanstantsin Drapeza was born in 1972. Kanstantsin started to play the guitar when he was 12. His favourite musician is Al Di Meola. He likes music, travelling and Aliaksandra.
The "Alexandra & Konstantin" duo was formed in 1998 in Barysau (rus. Borisov), Belarus. Duo's first concert programme consisted of cover versions of famous blues, country and jazz compositions which were performed in English. In 2000 the "A&K" duo became a prizewinner in the national TV contest of young talented performers and was rewarded with a chance to record their debut album in the studio of the National State Teleradiocomany of the Republic of Belarus. That was the beginning of the duo's star career. Concerts in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland and Germany followed. "A&K" won a number of prizes participating in numerous international song contests and festivals. The duo recorded two CDs: "Za likhimi za marozami" (2001) and "Sojka" (2003), both albums feature remakes of belarusian folk songs made in the folk-modern style.
www.ak.fromby.net

SWITZERLAND
Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars / Celebrate (Greg Manning/ Greg Manning)
Piero Esteriore born in 1977 and is working as a Hairdresser in Laufen BL. This young single man has been on stage since he was a little boy. The jolly Sicilian comes from a family of artists. Music is the thread of Piero's life: his parents Rosetta and Antonio are in a band since years. Obviously, he inherited his musicality from his parents. Aged six, he taught himself the drums. Meanwhile, he added the piano to his repertoire and composes pop-, rock- and house-songs.
Extroverted Piero is a true casting show professional. Already as a kid, he participated in Italian contests, amongst others the TV show Zecchino d'oro. He is a father of a little daughter (Alessia, 7 months). Piero finished fourth in the Swiss casting show MusicStar, qualifying himself for the Swiss final, where he won.
www.pieroesteriore.com

LATVIA
Fomins & Kleins / Dziesma par laimi (Tomass Kleins/ Guntars Racs)
The group Fomins & Kleins founded at the end of 2002, is composed of Ivo Fomins and Tomass Kleins whoa are already accomplished and recognized rock musicians. Both are from the western Latvian port city of Liepaja, which is famous for its rock music traditions and many famous Latvian rock musicians have come from there.
Both have worked together previously, in Soviet times forming the underground group “Saldas sejas” (Sweet Faces), which also featured well known Latvian musicians Zigfrids Muktupavels and Guntars Racs – with whom a creative relationship continues to this day, since Racs himself is the author of the lyrics to all of Fomins & Kleins’ songs. Singer Ivo Fomins, also educated as a chef, has taken part in many musical projects in Latvia, performing together with “Liepajas Brali” (Brothers of Liepaja) and as a solo artist, performing in Russia, Poland, Austria, Denmark and elsewhere in the world, including the “Big Apple” festival in the United States.
The group’s guitarist, as well as the author of all the group’s music, is the very experienced musician Tomass Kleins. In his time, he has formed many groups and has played in the famous group “Neptuns” (Neptune), led by “Zodiaks” (Zodiac) producer and composer Janis Lusens. By playing in the most famous Latvian rock band “Livi”, Tomass gained great experience and recognition. The musician grew up in a traditional gypsy family, where singing and musicianship is already in the blood. While studying the guitar, Tomass learned much from AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne and Pink Floyd. At the end of 2002, the group signed a contract with the largest local record company “Mikrofona Ieraksti” (Microphone Records), which is the representative of EMI in the Baltic States and whose artists include Prata Vetra/Brainstorm, Raimonds Pauls, and many others.
At the start of 2003, the first song that they recorded together, “Sniegs” (Snow), brought the group success at radio stations, as well as winning 3rd place at the LNT Music Video Competition. The next single ‘Solijums” (Promise) is often played on many Latvian radio stations, and the song’s video is frequently shown on television and was nominated for the Best Music Video Award at the Latvian Music Awards.
The group’s debut album “Muzikants” (Musician) was released in 2003, and the album’s title track becomes a huge hit after the duo successfully performs at the Latvian National Eurovision Competition and gains a convincing second place. That year that was the only song to be performed in Latvian and the public was on its feet during that song. In 2004, after the release of the group’s second album, “Dzimis Latvija” (Born in Latvia), Fomins and Kleins are once again among the ten finalists who are competing for the opportunity to participate in the European Eurovision finals. “Dziesma par laimi” (Song of Happiness) was the only song performed in Latvian.
www.micrec.lv

ISRAEL
David D'or / Le'ha'amin (David D'or)
Born in Israel, David graduated at the Jerusalem Music Academy. In 1986, he served in the Israeli army, enlisted in a military artistic group, works closely with the best of Israel's musicians and directors. In 1991, he was accepted to the Jerusalem Academy of Music, classical music dept. Zubin Mehta, Israel's Symphony Orchestra director invited David to be his Solo singer at "Carmina Burna" by Carl Orff, performing in a series of concerts all over the country. At the time of his release from the army, David was invited by the Israeli National Theater "Habima" to be a part of the cast in different performances, among them "Blood Marriage" by Lorka, directed by Channan Shir, "Cabaret", directed by Jéröme Savary, "Tartuffe", directed by Robert Stroah, music by Giya Kancheli, "Cry My Beloved County" music by Kurt Weill, where David got outstanding reviews. David stayed with the national theater for 4 years. Side by side with his classical education, David was always drawn by ethnic music, an interest which led him in 1995 to produce his first album with the group Natural Choice, comprised of ethnic musicians. This album has been ever since a top choice in all music programs on the radio and TV. Same year, 1995, David recieved an invitation from the Vatican to perform for the Pope. His concert integrated original ethnic music, with European classics. the concert was a huge success and recived numerous reviews in many European newspapers and TV interviews. Following that concert, David has been invited to many performances thoughout Italy, appearing on many TV shows such as Maurizio Constanzo, Italy's First TV channel, and Paulo Limiti, of the Italian 2nd TV Channel. David continues to tour also in Germany, Turkey and Sweden, where he recorded music for a show under the direction of the Swedish National Theater in 1997, Ra'anana Symphony Orchestra commisioned an original work, specialy written for David, called The Children of God. The music comprises of sentences appearing in the 3 religions, Jewish, Moslem and Christian, emphasising the message of 'love your neighbor'. The work has been composed by the famouse Georgian composer Josef Bardanashvilly, and consequently opened a series of concerts of the orchestra in Israel and thoughout the USA, and was a great success. David D'or's concerts are much in demand all over the world and he continues touring and performing in Israel, Europe and USA.
www.daviddor.com

ANDORRA
Marta Roure / Jugarem a estimar-nos (Jofre Bardagí)
(no record found)

PORTUGAL
Sofia / Foi Magia (Paulo Neves)
(no record found)

MALTA
Julie & Ludwig / On again...off again (Gerard James Borg / Philip Vella)
Julie Zahra (22) & Ludwig Galea (26) are on of the most loved duo is the matlesian island. Julie is the youngest in the family. In the year 2003 Julie obtained a B.A. (Hons.) Degree in Sociology from the University of Malta. Coming from a family of musicians, Julie naturally started taking interest in Music at a very tender age. Her potential and talent in Music could easily be detected and so at the age of four she joined the local church choir and even started piano lessons. As she grew older, she took up lyric singing more seriously and managed to obtain foreign distinction certificates. All this was the beginning of a prosperous career.
At present Julie is mostly occupied with the participation in various festivals. Her passion however remains musical theater, which marked the start of her career and prompts her to teach voice training at the Masquerade Theater School. Obtaining experience from the best directors (Anthony Bezzina, Alison McKenna, Ray Mangion, Hector Bruno, Johanna Casabene, etc.) in Malta helped her to become one of the best musical female singers on the island. Ludwig has a younger sister Abigail of whom he is very fond. In the year 2000 he obtained a B.Ed. (Hons.) Degree in Education from the University in Malta and is currently teaching P.S.D. at Paola Primary School and San Gwann Primary B. However, music has always been the center of Ludwig's life. Being brought up in a musical environment, it is of no wonder that he started showing interest in music at a very early stage. In actual fact, he started taking piano lessons under the tuition of his adorable uncle Mro. Alberto Borg OSA at the age of six. Finding potential in his nephew, his uncle being at the time Maestro di Cappella, encouraged him to join the St. John's Cathedral Boy's Choir. Ludwig's singing career actually started from there. Eventually, Mro. Joe Brown gave him the first opportunity to be a soloist musical performer in 'Diana - Queen of hearts'. This wonderful experience led Ludwig to take up lyric singing more seriously and since then he has never looked back. Obtaining experience from the best directors (Anthony Bezzina, Alison McKenna, Ray Mangion, Hector Bruno, Johanna Casabene, etc.) in Malta helped him to become one of the best musical male singers on the island.
More details on: www.ludwigandjulie.com

MONACO
Maryon / Notre planète (Philippe Bosco)
Marion representing Monaco is almost 17 year-old, she will sing "Prenez soin de notre planète". Marion comes from La Seyne Sur Mer in southern France. Monaco is making their great come back in the Eurovision song contest. te last participation was in 1979 with the song " Notre vie c'est la musique" by Laurent Vaguener.
Monaco won the first prize in 1959 and in 1971. Welcome back to Monacao and all the best for young Maryon.

GREECE
Sakis Rouvas / Shake it (Nektarios Tirakis / Nikos Terzis)
Sakis Rouvas was born in the island of Corfu. One of his first public performances took place at his graduation ball, where he sung hits by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Another aspiration of Sakis at this early age was athletics. His pole-vault performance brought him to the Greek national team. His first appearances as a professional singer took place in the club scene of Athens in 1991. Soon afterwards, he signed his first record deal. His real ‘break’ into the Greek music scene was his participation in the Song Contest of the International Festival of Thessaloniki. During an eye-catching appearance, he performed the song ‘Par’ta’ (‘Take It’) which won the Best Composition prize for its creator, Nikos Terzis. Nikos Terzis composed the artist’s first two albums, which provided Sakis with many hits and established him as a successful pop artist. His career went from strength to strength and he was soon collaborating with some of the most prominent Greek composers and lyrists. High record sales and impressive live performances confirmed his popularity and ability as an artist. His collaboration with leading female singer Anna Vissi at Athenian club ‘Chaos’ achieved unprecedented success. By then, Sakis was a frequent winner at music awards ceremonies. In 1997, Sakis accepted an offer by Walt Disney Pictures to do the voice-over of Quasimodo in the Greek version of Hunchback of Notre Dame.
In December 1998, already having two gold and one platinum album under his belt, Rouvas signed with his current record company, MINOS EMI. During the presentation of his first album with this new label, his gathered fans caused traffic congestion in one of Athens’ main roads. Later that year, the artist created controversy with his stylistic choices; he appeared on stage wearing a ‘skirt’, especially designed for him by popular fashion designer Valentino. His career was at its strongest and several live appearances, albums and awards followed. In the new Millenium, Sakis became the first Greek artist to shoot a commercial as the face of Pepsi. In 2002, the Greek recording industry held their first ever music awards ceremony, the Arion Awards, and Sakis won the category of best male pop singer. After an effort to break the European market with his release of the Morris Albert and Luis Gaste’s classic song ‘Feelings’, Rouvas’ latest offering in Greece was the album ‘To chrono stamato’ (‘I stop the time’), which spent eight weeks in the official Greek albums’ chart.
The announcement of his participation has raised hopes of a good placing in Greece. Sakis motto about himself is: You have seen nothing yet… It therefore remains to be seen whether what he means will become clear this May!
www.sakisrouvas.com

UKRAINE
Ruslana / Wild dances
Ruslana is a cult figure among the most popular Ukrainian singers, composers and producers. Ruslana has done two graduate degrees in music. Her potential is remarkable; Ruslana possesses powerful vocal abilities, exclusive manner of performance, originality of style, colourful ethnic appeal, powerful energy, diligence, drive and expression capable of thrilling and carrying away a stadium crowd. Ruslana is sparkling, surprising and “wild” in the best understanding; she readily experiments with her style and does not follow the cliches. Ruslana is an established and original image, a well-known and striking brand. Ruslana is the “wild” energy. 
She is not a “product” of her producers. Not only she composes music and makes arrangements, but also she is the producer of her own ideas and the director of her videos. 
Major achievements: “Wild Dances” (“Dyki Tantsi”) album sold more than 170,000 copies. It has received the “platinum” title, “I Know” is the first mega video made for modern wide-screen cinemas, The “Sunrise” (“Svitanok”) video – “The best Ukrainian video 1998”; The Golden Firebird award and Ukrainian representative in the BBC’s “Today 2000” global project, “Wild Dances” 2003 nationwide tour – 25 concerts in 25 biggest Ukrainian cities.  
www.ruslana.com.ua

LITHUANIA
Linas ir Simona / What's happened to your love (Camden MS / Michalis Antonio, Linas Adomaitis)
(no record found)

ALBANIA
Anjeza Shahini / The image of you (Imazhi yt) (Agim Doçit / Edmon Zhulali)
(no record found)

CYPRUS
Lisa Andreas / Stronger every minute (Mike Konnaris)
Lisa is born on the 22nd December 1987. Lives in Enlang, her mom is originally from Cyprus, this explains the reason why she is representing this country. She is still at school and studying for her GCSE’s. She loves singing, and her other hobbies includes dancing, drama and netball. Her singing career began at the age of eleven on karaoke night at a local pub. Since then, she has performed at venues along side artists such as Atomic Kitten, Damage and many others. Her favourite artist are : Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, J-Lo, Usher,Craig David, Destiny’s Child, Damage and Mis-Teeq. She is uinfluenced by Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and Aaliyah.
She loves all Greek food, chocolate, especially Galaxy Ripple, Dairy Milk and Maltesers.

FYR MACEDONIA
Tose Proeski / Life is
(no record found)

SLOVENIA
Platin / Stay forever (Diana Lecnik / Simon Gomilsek)
Diana and Simon met directly on stage, where they were members of a band playing mostly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. After two Years working with them the two decided to devote all their time to their own career and not much later PLATIN was born. The two call themselves “absolutely crazy“ because on their concerts they manage to perform around 600 pop songs, the most known ballades, country songs, the best hits from the last three decades, rock and Latino songs, jazz standards and the latest hits still playing on the European radio stations and not to forget about 40 of their own songs. Some of their own were presented on some of the most important Slovenian music festivals, where they present themselves not only as performers but also as authors of the melody, the text and the arrangement. These songs and a great many of other songs for different performers are produced at their own music studio. But still they love to perform live on stage as a duet, when they are guests on some music events, or performing on banquets, openings and other special occasions, or performing with their band, when they play concerts. In spring 2001 PLATIN released their first album „Crazy night“ for the special needs of a firm (hymn, 9 other songs from PLATIN). In December 2002 their first official album „Pet minut“ (Five minutes) was released, published at ZKP RTV Slovenia, the most recognized publishing house in Slovenia. In February 2004 they won at the finals at the slovenian pre-contest for the Eurosong. With ten points from the international jury and 10 points from the voters, they are carriying the honnor of representing their country at the Eurovision song contest 2004 in Istanbul.
www.platin-life.com

ESTONIA
Neiokõsõ / Tii (Aapo Ilves / Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre)
(no record found)

CROATIA
Ivan Mikulic / Daješ mi krila (Duško Gruborovic / Ivan Mikulic, Vedran Ostojic)
(no record found)

DENMARK
Tomas Thordarson / Shame on you (Sig det' løgn) (Ivar Lind Greiner)
(no record found)

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Željko Joksimoviæ / Lane moje (Leontina Vukmanoviæ / Željko Joksimoviæ)
(no record found)

BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA
Deen / In the Disco (Vesna Pisarovic)
Deen (real name Fuad Backovic) was born in Sarajevo on April 14, 1982. After completing High School in Sarajevo, he remained in the city and studies at the Economic University. Deen has always had a strong passion for music, so while going to High School he also attended classes in Musical High School where he was able to focus on opera and solo singing.Deen took his first steps into the music field when he was only twelve years old. At that age he recorded his first song in the “Studio number 1,” owned by Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Broadcasting System. This first project resulted in his talent being noticed by not only many music critics, but also important people in the Bosnian music production industry. In 1997, Deen received a proposition from Gordan Radic- Gogi, the frontman of the group “Seven Up,” to become the lead singer of this boy band. He accepted the offer, and, in the following five years, “Seven Up” released two albums named “Otvori Oci” (“Open your eyes”) and “Seven” respectively. Their success was not limited to the music market in Bosnia and Herzegovina , but instead spread to neighboring countries as their popularity grew. The success and popularity of the group was soon followed by many prestigious awards.
In 1998, Deen received an offer from the National Theater of Bosnia and Herzegovina to accept the role of lead singer for the opera choir during their production of “Carmina Burana.” Deen's first solo album, “Ja sam vjetar zaljubljeni” (“I am the wind of love”), was released in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the production house “Naraton”. “Naraton” recorded exceptional sales of over 100,000 albums and the album was also released in the neigberhood countires. In 2002, he received seven Oscars, including Album of the Year, Single of the Year, and Artist of the Year. The recognition continued at the