Ukraine won the Eurovision-2004 contest. Even though the country was taking part in it only for the second time. \nThe frenzied Ukrainian singer, dancer, composer and producer Ruslana won the contest with her song Wild Dance CUDiki tantsiF,BBC reports. \nRuslana Lyzhychko's winning song was a mixture of folk Carpathian motifs with modern rhythms. Folk instruments sounded at super-fast tempo, and it was all accompanied by semi-acrobatic dances by dancers in leather costumes. \nAs ForUm reported, in the semifinal of the 49th International Eurovision contest, during rehearsal the stage simply could not withstand the expression of Ruslana's "Wild Dances" and cracked. The technical team had to find a more reliable material capable of withstanding Hutsul dances. \nThe contest took place in Turkish Istanbul. Second place went to the representative of Serbia and Montenegro. Third was Greece. Turkey, the host of the contest, became fourth. \nRussian performer, 17-year-old Yuliya Savicheva, took 11th place. At the same time, the Baltic countries, which have a rather cool attitude toward Russia, did not begrudge their votes for the Russian representative. \nAmong the surprises of the contest one can note the success of Zeljko Joksimovic and his group from Serbia and Montenegro. This country landed in second place immediately after its debut. \nThe Eurovision contest has been held for 49 years already. According to experts' estimates, more than 10 million people watched it live. \nNext year the contest will take place in Ukraine - by tradition it is held in the winning country. \n