Due to the increasing number of countries wishing to participate in Eurovision , it had been decided that a semi-final qualifier would be introduced in the 2004 contest . As the Netherlands had not placed in the top 10 in 2003 , they were one of the countries obliged to participate in the semi-final , which took place on 12 May in host city Istanbul . Re-Union were drawn to perform last of the 22 countries and at the close of voting had placed sixth , qualifying them for the final on 15 May . In the final however , with a less fortuitous performance draw , " Without You " got lost and could only manage 20th place of the 24 entries . Until 2013 this was the last time that the Netherlands have qualified for a Eurovision final
2004 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Re-Union