5 align = " left " Xandee align = " left " " 1 Life " 50 1 For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 , a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest . Since Belgium placed 2nd in the previous contest year , Belgium automatically qualified to compete in the final.Before ESC , Belgium was considered the favourite to win the whole competition and received a good amount of pre-contest promotion . Xandee even sang the song in a Turkish version for a visit to Istanbul.She performed 13th , following Bosnia and Herzegovina and preceding the Russia However , the performance was considered by many as poor and flat , which may have led to a complete fail during the voting procedure Xandee reproduced her Eurosong performance with a few minor changes , but it did n't seem to help as she only managed 22nd place with 7 points.As Belgium failed to reach the top 12 in the final , the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 contest
2005 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004