Lied van Liedjes 46

This was the forty-sixth Lied van Liedjes to be held. It was held in Prague, Czech Republic after winning the previous contest with the song "Blinded Lights" by Albert Kubíček (ft. Dania Mi). The Semi-Finals were held on Tuesday, 21 September 2004 and Thursday, 23 September 2004. The Grand Final took place on Saturday, 25 September 2004. 39 countries participated in the contest.

Organisation
Adelardo Garibaldi remained as executive producer alongside director James Harbour. There were further negotiations on trying to loosen the restrictions of the rules of the contest but the Lied van Liedjes upper management was refusing to compromise for the time being.

It was decided that the show would continue with two semi-final shows and a grand final show. Prague was chosen as the host city after Brno backed out it's bid at the last minute due to scheduling conflicts. Czech television expert Nikolas Ošetřil was brought in as coordinator.

Participations
39 countries participated in the contest. Both Georgia and Slovakia returned after meeting the requirements for funding and settling contracts with the Lied van Liedjes company. Austria again was rumoured to be attempting a return but they did not appear on the final list of participants. Armenia restated that they were aiming to return soon. Azerbaijan announced their participation, which would've made 40, but later dropped out for unknown reasons.

Wales withdrew citing bad results and hoped to return later with new strategies. Australia, Canada, and New Zealand all withdrew citing high travel times and to protest the English Rule Scandal. This was where four countries, Russia, Montenegro, Latvia and Turkey refused to vote for English-speaking countries due to their high prevalence in the contest. The countries involved were told off for somewhat exposing what they voted for but no serious consequences occurred.

The top five of the previous contest would automatically qualify for the grand final.

Pot Draw
Italics indicate a returning country.

Semi Final 1
and would vote in this Semi Final. It took place on Tuesday 17 August 2004.

Semi Final 2
,, and would vote in this Semi-Final. It took place on Thursday 19 August 2004.

Grand Final
It took place on Saturday 8 April 2004.