Idool 2004 was the second season of the Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 version of the Idol series

Idol series

The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...

. It was won by Joeri Fransen

Joeri Fransen

Joeri Fransen is the winner of Idool 2004, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.- Idol performances :# Semi-Finals : "Lean On Me" # Top 10: "If I Had A Rocket Launcher"...

, who could not follow the footsteps of former winner Peter Evrard

Peter Evrard

Peter Evrard is the winner of the first season of Idool 2003, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing punk rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardless, he managed to win the series, and in 2003 he placed third overall in the World...

 and only release one album before he was dropped by his record company.
However, second runner-up Sandrine Van Handenhoven, who was a long time favorite throughout the season above the winner and the runner-up, enjoyed an ongoing success as a singer as well as the host of the Flemish Big Brother programme and therefore is now considered as the unofficial winner of Idool 2005 as she almost represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 2008, coming in close 2nd in the national final.
Laura Ramaekers has already been a semifinalist on Idool 2003

Idool 2003

Idool 2003 was the first season of the Belgian version of the Idol series. It was won by Peter Evrard, and followed by Idool 2004. The series was officially launched on September 28 2002 by Belgian television network VTM. The hosts of the show are Koen & Kris Wauters of the group Clouseau...

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Elimination Chart

Legend

Did Not Perform	Female	Male	Top 30	Top 10	Winner

Safe

Safe First

Safe Last

Eliminated

Stage:		Semi				Finals
Week:		09/19	09/26	10/03	10/10	10/17	10/24	10/31	11/07	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/05	12/12
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Joeri Fransen Joeri Fransen Joeri Fransen is the winner of Idool 2004, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.- Idol performances :# Semi-Finals : "Lean On Me" # Top 10: "If I Had A Rocket Launcher"...	3rd				Btm 3	Btm 3		Btm 3					Winner
2	Wouter De Clerck		3rd					Btm 3		Btm 2		Btm 2		Runner-Up
3	Sandrine Van Handenhoven			3rd									Elim
4	Laura Ramaekers			2nd			Btm 2				Btm 2	Elim
5	Born Meirlaen	1st							Btm 2		Elim
6	Maarten Cox			1st						Elim
7	Janina Van Caneghem		Elim		Saved			Btm 2	Elim
8	Laura D'Heedene		2nd					Elim
9	Sarah Cain	2nd				Btm 2	Elim
10	Annelies Cappaert		1st			Elim
Wild Card	Sarah Cappaert			Elim	Elim
	Maï Nuyts		Elim
	Siham Ben Taleb	Elim
Semi- Final 3	Benny Willaert			Elim
	Björn Rotthier
	Eline Faes
	Pieter Leunens
	Valerie Mouton
	Wine Lauwers
Semi- Final 2	Claude Quickels		Elim
	Davy Macquoi
	Isabelle Dumortier
	Melina Vissers
	Tim Driesen
Semi- Final 1	Antoon Torfs	Elim
	Ingrid De Smedt
	Jessie Gobeyn
	Leslie Elst
	Robby Van Lent
	Sabine Van Campenhout