Home Composed Song Contest 2004

Contest overview

Following Morten Boldt's victory in the previous year's competition, the 2004 Home Composed Song Contest was held in Denmark and organised by Tony Søgaard Olsen and Tommy Skotte Larsen.

The contest featured a total of 23 songs from 14 composers, representing six different countries. An entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina was withdrawn shortly after the CDs were distributed to the participants; it is included in the audio recap of the songs, though it should also be noted that the composer eventually chose to submit it again the following year.

After a 13-year absence, Spain returned to the contest in the form of debutant Ángel García González (who would later compete again under the artist name Lobo), while Arno Lüning and Frank Tichy boosted the German contingent with their first appearances and Martin Kahnberg and his band X-Tinction did the same for Sweden.

Despite all the newcomers, the top of the scoreboard had a familiar look to it as Morten Boldt took his second consecutive victory (and his fourth overall) with "Venter på mig". He didn't have it all his own way, though - in fact, with just one jury left to vote, Annika Jansson's "I tusen år" was leading by some distance, followed by "Where Are You" from the stable of Frank and Marion Tichy. However, the final jury was Annika's, and in a finish reminiscent of the 1999 contest, her top mark to Morten was just enough to help him leapfrog into first place and claim victory.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Sweden	Kom hit	Mårten Eklund & Martin Persson	Mårten Eklund, Martin Persson	Mårten Eklund, Martin Persson	19	9
02	Sweden	Ta emot mig när jag faller	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund, Martin Persson	Mårten Eklund, Martin Persson	23	0
03	Germany I	Berlin	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	21	7
04	Germany I	Ein kleines Herz	Scotty	Achim Wurm, Scotty	Achim Wurm	4	66
05	Spain	Malos tiempos	Ángel García González	Ángel García González	Ángel García González	7	54
07	Germany II	Sommernacht	Matthias Pohl	Stefan Adamski	Matthias Pohl	10	39
08	Germany II	Istanbul	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	18	10
09	United Kingdom	Vocaloptrix	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	15	24
10	United Kingdom	No Exit (The Day We Stopped Talking)	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt, Andrew Donaldson, Martin Faulkner	9	41
11	Germany III	Geht endlich poppen	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	16	13
12	Germany IV	Nordwind Express	Arno Lüning	Arno Lüning	Arno Lüning	5	59
13	Denmark	Venter på mig	Morten Boldt	Kevin Nicholas	Kevin Nicholas	1	84
14	Germany V	Grip On Reality	Kind Of Leech	Matthias Heising	Matthias Heising	17	12
15	Germany V	Lovely	Karin & Matthias Heising	Matthias Heising	Matthias Heising	6	56
16	Germany VI	Where Are You	Marion Tichy	Frank Tichy	Frank Tichy	3	76
17	Germany VI	For The World	Marion Tichy	Frank Tichy	Frank Tichy	12	35
18	Germany VII	Und die Welt hält den Atem an	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	8	43
19	Germany VII	Pirat	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	11	37
20	Norway	Timerne går	Tony Søgaard Olsen	Tony Søgaard Olsen	Tommy Skotte Larsen	13	28
21	Norway	Dancing With My Turkish Dream	Tony Søgaard Olsen	Tony Søgaard Olsen	Tony Søgaard Olsen	14	25
22	Sweden II	Blademaster	X-Tinction	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	22	3
23	Sweden II	When Love Walks In	X-Tinction	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	20	8
24	Sweden III	I tusen år	Martin	Martin	Annika Jansson	2	83

Song withdrawn before voting took place:

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist
06	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Es wird wieder Tag	Sascha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Sascha Mutavdzic, Manfred Wally

Scoreboard

	Juries
															Total
Kom hit		1						2			5	1			9
Ta emot mig när jag faller															0
Berlin				7											7
Ein kleines Herz			12		2	7	1	8	5	8		8	5	10	66
Malos tiempos	7			3	4	4	4	4	7	3	6	5	7		54
Sommernacht	8	12				3			2		12	2			39
Istanbul		7										3			10
Vocaloptrix	4		4							1			8	7	24
No Exit (The Day We Stopped...)	12		8					5	4		1		6	5	41
Geht endlich poppen	1	4	6											2	13
Nordwind Express	5	5	3		10	5			1	5	10	7		8	59
Venter på mig	3	2	1	8	8	12			8	12	3	12	3	12	84
Grip On Reality			5		5					2					12
Lovely	6	3	10		12	1	8			6			10		56
Where Are You		10		6	1	10	7	12	10		8	10	2		76
For The World				1		8	6	6	12		2				35
Und die Welt hält den Atem an	2		7	4	6	6	10	1	6					1	43
Pirat		6		12	3		5		3			4	4		37
Timerne går				2		2		10		10				4	28
Dancing With My Turkish Dream				10			3	3		4	4		1		25
Blademaster														3	3
When Love Walks In							2							6	8
I tusen år	10	8	2	5	7		12	7		7	7	6	12		83

Media

HCSC 2004 winner: Morten Boldt - Venter på mig
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Recap of all HCSC 2004 songs in draw order
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