I Admit

I Admit was the Romanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Sanda.

The song is an up-tempo number, with Sanda confessing her feelings to her lover. She sings "I admit I fell for you so badly" and makes other similar admissions, while also telling him how good it feels to be in love.

For the performance, Sanda wore a revealing black outfit, which prompted Australian commentator Des Mangan to describe her choice of costume as "going with the 'less clothes, more hair' approach". Mention was also made of her background as a teacher, with Mangan suggesting that he would not mind being taught by her. The references, in fact, were false - as Sanda is a qualified teacher but gave up that career shortly after qualifying.

As Romania had ended the 2003 Contest in the top 10, the song was pre-qualified for the final. Here, it was performed twenty-third (following Turkey's Athena with For Real and preceding Sweden's Lena Philipsson with It Hurts). At the close of voting, it had received 18 points, placing 18th in a field of 24 and relegating Romania to the semi-final at its next Contest appearance.

It was succeeded as Romanian representative at the 2005 Contest by Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem with Let Me Try.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Countries
Final
  • Ukraine
  • Serbia and Montenegro
  • Greece
  • Turkey
  • Cyprus
  • Sweden
  • Albania
  • Germany
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Spain
  • Russia
  • Croatia
  • Malta
  • Macedonia
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
  • Austria
  • Ireland
  • Belgium
  • Norway
Semi-final only
  • Finland
  • Belarus
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Israel
  • Andorra
  • Portugal
  • Monaco
  • Lithuania
  • Slovenia
  • Estonia
  • Denmark
Artists
Final
  • Ramón
  • Tie Break
  • Knut Anders Sørum
  • Jonatan Cerrada
  • Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra
  • Julie and Ludwig
  • Re-Union
  • Max
  • Anjeza Shahini
  • Ruslana
  • Ivan Mikulić
  • Deen
  • Xandee
  • Julia Savicheva
  • Toše Proeski
  • Sakis Rouvas
  • Jónsi
  • Chris Doran
  • Blue Café
  • James Fox
  • Lisa Andreas
  • Athena
  • Sanda
  • Lena Philipsson
Semi-final only
  • Jari Sillanpää
  • Aleksandra and Konstantin
  • Piero and the MusicStars
  • Fomins and Kleins
  • David D'Or
  • Marta Roure
  • Sofia Vitória
  • Maryon
  • Linas and Simona
  • Platin
  • Neiokõsõ
  • Thomas Thordarson
Songs
Final
  • "Para llenarme de ti"
  • "Du bist"
  • "High"
  • "À chaque pas"
  • "Lane moje"
  • "On Again... Off Again"
  • "Without You"
  • "Can't Wait Until Tonight"
  • "The Image of You"
  • "Wild Dances"
  • "You Are The Only One"
  • "In the Disco"
  • "1 Life"
  • "Believe Me"
  • "Life"
  • "Shake It"
  • "Heaven"
  • "If My World Stopped Turning"
  • "Love Song"
  • "Hold On to Our Love"
  • "Stronger Every Minute"
  • "For Real"
  • "I Admit"
  • "It Hurts"
Semi-final only
  • "Takes 2 to Tango"
  • "My Galileo"
  • "Celebrate"
  • "Dziesma par laimi"
  • "Leha'amin"
  • "Jugarem a estimar-nos"
  • "Foi magia"
  • "Notre planète"
  • "What's Happened To Your Love?"
  • "Stay Forever"
  • "Tii"
  • "Shame on You"


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