The national final consisted of fifteen competing acts participating in a televised production where public voting selected the winner.

Performing during the show in position 2, "My Galileo" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

[5] Evrovidenie 2004 was the national final format developed by BTRC to select the Belarusian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Fifteen songs participated in the competition on 31 January 2004 and the winner was selected exclusively via a public vote.

The jury consisted of Vladimir Maksimkov (general producer of the First Channel), Yuriy Tsarev (head of the radio station "Radius FM"), Leonid Zakhlevny (composer, artistic director of the ensemble Byasyeda), Viktor Babarikin (chief conductor of the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus), Eduard Zaritsky (composer), Vladimir Ivanov (composer), Vasily Rainchik (composer), Raisa Baravikova (editor-in-chief of the magazine "Maladost"), Alexander Tikhanovich (singer, director of music programs of the TV channel STV) and Yuriy Igrusha (general producer of the TV channel ONT).

[10] On 4 January 2004, BTRC announced that "Kali chakra, a i luz" performed by Jur'ya had been disqualified from the national final due to the band not signing the contract for participation.

[11] The televised final took place on 31 January 2004 at the BTRC studios in Minsk, hosted by Larisa Gribaleva and Ales Kruglyakov.

According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 12 May 2004 in order to compete for the final on 15 May 2004; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final.