 It was decided that the country that won the contest would not  necessarily host the next contest, in order to reduce the pressure  on the contestants. As such, the next host was decided before the  contest was held. In this case, the United Kingdom was chosen;  however, the UK broadcaster ITV pulled out in May 2004 due to  finance and scheduling problems. The venue was therefore moved to  Croatia, the winning country of 2003, but the Croatian broadcaster  HRT reportedly forgot that the prospective venue for the event was  already booked for the period the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was  to take place. For this reason, Norways NRK organized the next  contest, which took place in the Lillehammer Håkons Hall, the Ice  Arena from the 1994 Winter Olympics.