Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

*Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest*
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
Dates
Air date	22 October 2005
Host
Venue	Forum Copenhagen,; Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s)	Katrina Leskanich ; Renārs Kaupers ;
Musical director	Michael Bojesen
Director	Lars Hammer
Executive supervisor	Svante Stockselius (EBU); Kjell Ekkolm (EBU); Søren Therkelsen (DR); Anders Kierulf (DR);
Executive producer	Jan Frifelt
Host broadcaster	EBU, DR
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 1–8, 10, and 12 points to ten songs; the five songs with the most points progressed to a second round of voting, where each country awarded 6–8, 10, and 12 points.
Winning song	"Waterloo" by ABBA

Last updated December 22, 2024

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. Hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers, the event took place at Forum, in Copenhagen on 22 October 2005. The host was Danish broadcaster DR. Fourteen songs from the contest's first half-century, chosen through an internet poll and by a jury, contested the event.^[1]

Thirty-one EBU-member countries broadcast the concert (although notably France, Italy and the United Kingdom did not) and televoting and juries in these countries decided the winner.^[2] A total of 2.5 million votes were cast during the live broadcast.^[3] The event was won by Swedish group ABBA, who did not attend, with the song "Waterloo"; the band had originally won the Contest for Sweden in 1974.^[4]

To coincide with the event, the EBU released two double album CDs featuring Eurovision songs from the previous fifty years. Two DVDs with original Eurovision performances of these songs were also released.^[5]

Organisation

In November 2002, Jürgen Meier-Beer from the Reference Group of the EBU announced plans to organize a special jubilee programme in 2005 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. At the time no host broadcaster was announced, with German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and the Dutch broadcasting organization Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) reportedly as potential hosts.^[6]

Change of host broadcaster

In June 2004, the EBU announced that it was to hold a concert to celebrate fifty years of the contest. The event was to be held on 16 October 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. The BBC was to be the host broadcaster for the concert.^[7] The Royal Albert Hall was reportedly unavailable, so in August 2004 the EBU announced that DR would stage the event instead. Eurovision Song Contest supervisor Svante Stockselius said that Denmark's previous experience of hosting Eurovision events (the 2001 Contest and the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003) were influential in the Union's choice. The event was codenamed Extravaganza.^[8]

1998 Eurovision winner Dana International, who appeared at the event, later went to suggest that the reason behind the change of host country was also due to the fact that the BBC wanted to present the show "with humour" as though to poke fun at the Contest, an idea that proved to be less popular with the EBU. The BBC ended up not broadcasting the show from Copenhagen,^[9] and went on to broadcast their own 50th anniversary programme, Boom Bang-a-Bang: 50 Years of Eurovision, in May 2006. The programme featured archive footage and highlights of past contests, along with a performance of that year's UK entry by Daz Sampson and was hosted by Terry Wogan.^[10]

Selection of venue and hosts

On 25 October 2004 Copenhagen was confirmed as the host city for the event, which was now scheduled to take place on 22 October 2005.^[11] In May 2005 Congratulations was confirmed as the official name of the concert.^[12] A month later DR announced that Forum Copenhagen would host the programme.^[13] The chosen venue had previously hosted the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.^[14]

On 9 September 2005, DR announced that Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers would present the concert. Leskanich was the lead singer of Katrina and The Waves, who won the Contest for the United Kingdom in 1997. Kaupers is the lead singer of Latvian group Brainstorm, who represented Latvia on its debut in the Contest in 2000.^[15] Tickets for the event went on sale on 22 August 2005 from 10:00 (CET) and sold out in just over one hour.^[16] The event was attended by an audience of 6,000.^[17]

Participating songs

Fourteen songs competed in Congratulations.^[18] In May 2005, the EBU opened a poll on its website to decide ten songs that would contest the event.^[19] Voters chose their two favourite songs from each of five decades: 1956 to 1965, 1966 to 1975, 1976 to 1985, 1986 to 1995 and 1996 to 2005. The remaining four songs would be selected by the EBU's Reference Group.^[1]

On 16 June 2005 the fourteen chosen songs were announced, although no indication was given as to which had been chosen online and which by the Reference Group.^[20] Eleven of the fourteen songs were Eurovision winners; only "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", "Congratulations" and "Eres tú" (which all finished in the top three at the contest) were not. Two countries, the United Kingdom and Ireland, were represented twice on the list. Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice for Ireland as a singer, had both of his songs featured on the list.^[12]

First round

All 31 countries broadcasting the contest voted in the first round. The five songs that are marked in orange qualified to the second and final round.

Draw	Year	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	1968	United Kingdom	Cliff Richard	"Congratulations"	English	8	105
02	1980	Ireland	Johnny Logan	"What's Another Year"	English	12	74
03	1998	Israel	Dana International	"Diva"	Hebrew	13	39
04	1973	Spain	Mocedades	"Eres tú"	Spanish	11	90
05	1982	Germany	Nicole	"Ein bißchen Frieden"	German	7	106
06	1958	Italy	Domenico Modugno	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"	Italian	2	200
07	1974	Sweden	ABBA	"Waterloo"	English	1	331
08	2000	Denmark	Olsen Brothers	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	English	6	111
09	1965	Luxembourg	France Gall	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"	French	14	37
10	2003	Turkey	Sertab Erener	"Everyway That I Can"	English	9	104
11	1988	Switzerland	Celine Dion	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	French	10	98
12	1987	Ireland	Johnny Logan	"Hold Me Now"	English	3	182
13	1976	United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	English	5	154
14	2005	Greece	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	4	167

Second round

All 31 countries broadcasting the contest voted in the second round.

Draw	Year	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
01	1958	Italy	Domenico Modugno	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"	Italian	2	267
02	1974	Sweden	ABBA	"Waterloo"	English	1	329
03	1987	Ireland	Johnny Logan	"Hold Me Now"	English	3	262
04	1976	United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	English	5	230
05	2005	Greece	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	English	4	245

Scoreboard

Both juries and televoting were used at Congratulations; both having an equal influence over the vote. In the first round of voting, the number of songs was reduced to five. Each country awarded points from one to eight, then ten and finally twelve for their ten most popular songs. Unlike in the Contest proper, viewers were allowed to vote for songs which had represented their country. The top five songs were then subjected to another round of voting, where only six points and above were awarded. The voting was conducted in private, and the results were not announced until after the show. The song with the most points in the second round was the winner.^[21]

The full scoreboard is as follows:^[22]^[23]^{[ better source needed ]}

First round

Voting results in the first round^[22]
		Total score	Andorra	Austria	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia	Cyprus	Denmark	Finland	Germany	Greece	Iceland	Ireland	Israel	Latvia	Lithuania	Macedonia	Malta	Monaco	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia	Serbia and Montenegro	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine
Songs	"Congratulations"	105	8	10		1	5	8	6	1	2	3	5	5		5			10		3	4	7	2	4		1	1	2	7			5
	"What's Another Year"	74	2		4			6	5	4	1	6		8			3	3	2	3	6	6		4	6						1	4
	"Diva"	39			3			1		3					12	2	2			1						6	2		3				4
	"Eres tú"	90	10		10	5			3	10	4				10			1			12			6				3	12			1	3
	"Ein bißchen Frieden"	106	1	3		2	3	3	4	5	3		8	6	2	7	7		1		4	5	5	7	3	1	3	8	4	4	4	3
	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"	200	6	7	6	7	10	5		8	7	8	7	2	4	6	8	7	6	8		2	6	8	7	10	8	10	8	5	8	10	6
	"Waterloo"	331	12	12	12	8	12	10	12	12	12	7	10	10	8	12	12	8	8	12	10	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	10	12	10	8	12
	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	111	3	5	1		6		10		6		12	7		10	10	2	7	2		8	3		1	3		4		8	3
	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"	37		8	8		1			2		1			3					7			1			2			1	1			2
	"Everyway That I Can"	104			2	10		2		6	8	4	4	3	7	1	1	4			8				5	5	5	2	5	3	7	12
	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	98	7	1		3	2		1			5	1	1	1	4		10	3	10	2	1	8	3		4	4			2	12	5	8
	"Hold Me Now"	182		4	5	6	8	7	7	7	10	10	2	12	5		4	12	12	5	7	10	2	5	10		10	7		6	6	2	1
	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	154	4	6		4	7	4	8			2	3		6	8	6	6	5	6	5	7	10	10	2	8	6	6	6		2	7	10
	"My Number One"	167	5	2	7	12	4	12	2		5	12	6	4		3	5	5	4	4	1	3	4	1	12	7	7	5	7	10	5	6	7

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded in the first round:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
18	"Waterloo"	Andorra , Austria , Belgium , Croatia , Denmark , Finland , Germany , Latvia , Lithuania , Monaco , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Russia , Serbia and Montenegro , Slovenia , Sweden , Ukraine
4	"My Number One"	Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cyprus , Greece , Romania
3	"Hold Me Now"	Ireland , Macedonia , Malta
2	"Eres tú"	Netherlands , Spain
1	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	Iceland
	"Everyway That I Can"	Turkey
	"Ne partez pas sans moi"	Switzerland
	"Diva"	Israel

Second round

Voting results in the second round^[22]
		Total score	Andorra	Austria	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia	Cyprus	Denmark	Finland	Germany	Greece	Iceland	Ireland	Israel	Latvia	Lithuania	Macedonia	Malta	Monaco	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia	Serbia and Montenegro	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine
Songs	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"	267	10	10	8	10	8	7	6	10	12	8	10	7	7	8	12	8	8	10	6	6	8	8	7	10	7	10	10	7	10	12	7
	"Waterloo"	329	12	12	12	8	10	10	12	12	7	7	12	10	10	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	7	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	8	12
	"Hold Me Now"	262	6	7	10	7	12	8	10	8	8	10	8	12	8	6	6	12	12	7	10	10	6	12	12	6	8	8	6	8	7	6	6
	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	230	7	8	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	7	6	12	10	8	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	6	8	6	7	8	6	6	7	10
	"My Number One"	245	8	6	7	12	7	12	7	6	10	12	6	8	6	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	10	7	12	6	7	10	8	10	8

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded in the second round:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
17	"Waterloo"	Andorra , Austria , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Latvia , Monaco , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Russia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine
6	"Hold Me Now"	Croatia , Ireland , Macedonia , Malta , Portugal , Romania
4	"My Number One"	Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cyprus , Greece , Serbia and Montenegro
3	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"	Germany , Lithuania , Turkey
1	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	Israel

Performances

The show started with the traditional Eurovision "Te Deum" theme followed by a message from Cliff Richard. After a quick montage of all 14 songs, the orchestra began playing "Ding-a-Dong" (Netherlands 1975), with dancers on stage. "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (Israel 1978), "Le dernier qui a parlé..." (France 1991), and "Dschinghis Khan" (Germany 1979) was also played and accompanied by choreography, which was then followed by "Love Shine a Light" (UK 1997) sung by the co-host, Katrina Leskanich, who came out with flag holders of all the countries that have participated in Eurovision up to that point.

Throughout the telecast, a number of highlights segments were presented which showed montages of various Eurovision performances which were either interesting, notable or unorthodox. There were 6 assortments, which were under the categories described by the hosts as 'past winners', 'political, daring, larger than life', 'cute men', 'unforgettable interpretation of dance', 'girlpower' and 'close/narrow second-place finishers'. A number of former Eurovision artists returned to help introduce and present the show, including Carola Häggkvist, Massiel, Dana International, Birthe Wilke, Anne-Marie David, Sandra Kim, Elisabeth Andreassen, Hanne Krogh, Olsen Brothers, Emilija Kokić, Marie Myriam, Sertab Erener, Helena Paparizou, Nicole and Hugo, Cheryl Baker and Lys Assia. Cliff Richard and Nicole gave pre-recorded messages as they were unable to attend.

During the show, there were many presentations by various guest artists during the voting and tallying period. These consisted of the Finnish shouting choir Mieskuoro Huutajat, Riverdance (the 1994 interval act), Ronan Keating (the 1997 co-host), and Johnny Logan, singing his new single "When a Woman Loves a Man", as well as an appearance by the Belgian duo of 1973, Nicole and Hugo.

There were three medleys, consisting of performances of past Eurovision songs. The first consisted of : Dana International, singing "Parlez-vous Francais" (originally performed by Baccara for Luxembourg in Eurovision Song Contest 1978); Carola Haggkvist, singing "Främling" (1983, 3rd place); Alsou, singing "Solo" (2000, 2nd); Fabrizio Faniello, singing "Another Summer Night" (2001, 9th); Marie Myriam, singing "L'amour est bleu" (originally performed by Vicky Leandros for Luxembourg in 1967); Richard Herrey, singing "Let Me Be the One" (originally performed by The Shadows for United Kingdom in 1975); and Thomas Thordarson, singing "Vi maler byen rød" (originally performed by Birthe Kjær for Denmark in 1989).

The second consisted of: Gali Atari, singing "Hallelujah" (1979, winner); Bobbysocks!, singing "La det swinge" (1985, winner); Anne-Marie David, singing "Après toi" (originally sung by Vicky Leandros for Luxembourg in 1972, winner); Lys Assia, singing "Refrain" (1956, winner), Sandra Kim singing "Non ho l'età" (originally sung by Gigliola Cinquetti for Italy in 1964, winner) and Bucks Fizz singing "Making Your Mind Up" (1981, winner).

The final medley was sung by Eimear Quinn, Charlie McGettigan, Jakob Sveistrup and Linda Martin, the Eurovision winners of 1996, 1994 and 1992, and (in Sveistrup's case), the 2005 Danish representative. All four acted as backup singers during the show. They were also joined by the Olsen Brothers for a brief, Eurovision-themed version of their song "Walk Right Back".

Medleys

Opening medley

Netherlands 1975: "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In
Israel 1978: "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
France 1991: "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." by Amina
Germany 1979: "Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
United Kingdom 1997: "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves

Winners of Eurovision

Switzerland 1956: "Refrain" by Lys Assia
Netherlands 1959: "Een beetje" by Teddy Scholten
Denmark 1963: "Dansevise" by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
Austria 1966: "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens
Spain 1969: "Vivo cantando" by Salomé
Ireland 1970: "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana
Luxembourg 1973: "Tu te reconnaîtras" by Anne-Marie David
France 1977: "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam
United Kingdom 1981: "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz
Sweden 1984: "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys
Ireland 1993: "In Your Eyes" by Niamh Kavanagh
Norway 1995: "Nocturne" by Secret Garden
Sweden 1999: "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson
Latvia 2002: "I Wanna" by Marie N

Unforgettable performances

Norway 1980: "Sámiid ædnan" by Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta
United Kingdom 1981: "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz
1985: Host Lill Lindfors suffering a wardrobe malfunction live in the show.
Germany 2000: "Wadde hadde dudde da?" by Stefan Raab
Belgium 1980: "Euro-Vision" by Telex
Israel 2000: "Sameach" by PingPong
Ukraine 2005: "Razom nas bahato" by GreenJolly
Latvia 2002: "I Wanna" by Marie N
Slovenia 2002: "Samo ljubezen" by Sestre
Iceland 1997: "Minn hinsti dans" by Paul Oscar
Norway 2005: "In My Dreams" by Wig Wam
Finland 1976: "Pump-Pump" by Fredi and the Friends
Belgium 1973: "Baby, Baby" by Nicole and Hugo
Austria 1981: "Wenn du da bist" by Marty Brem
Israel 1987: "Shir Habatlanim" by Datner and Kushnir
Yugoslavia 1991: "Brazil" by Bebi Dol
Sweden 2000: "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" by Roger Pontare
Switzerland 1979: "Trödler und Co" by Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri
France 1994: "Je suis un vrai garçon" by Nina Morato
Germany 1998: "Guildo hat euch lieb!" by Guildo Horn
Moldova 2005: "Boonika bate doba" by Zdob și Zdub
Austria 2003: "Weil der Mensch zählt" by Alf Poier
Denmark 1957: "Skibet skal sejle i nat" by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler

Men in Eurovision

France 1961: "Printemps, avril carillonne" by Jean-Paul Mauric
Spain 1962: "Llámame" by Víctor Balaguer
Belgium 1969: "Jennifer Jennings" by Louis Neefs
Norway 1968: "Stress" by Odd Børre
Spain 1970: "Gwendolyne" by Julio Iglesias
Finland 1967: "Varjoon – suojaan" by Fredi
Netherlands 1982: "Jij en ik" by Bill van Dijk
United Kingdom 1962: "Ring-A-Ding Girl" by Ronnie Carroll
Italy 1965: "Se piangi, se ridi" by Bobby Solo
Israel 1974: "Natati La Khayay" by Poogy
Belgium 1973: "Baby, Baby" by Nicole and Hugo
Belgium 1974: "Fleur de liberté" by Jacques Hustin
Luxembourg 1976: "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment" by Jürgen Marcus
Austria 1957: "Wohin, kleines Pony?" by Bob Martin
Italy 1980: "Non so che darei" by Alan Sorrenti
Ireland 1966: "Come Back to Stay" by Dickie Rock
Sweden 1980: "Just nu!" by Tomas Ledin
Austria 1959: "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien" by Ferry Graf
Russia 1995: "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" by Philipp Kirkorov
Denmark 1980: "Tænker altid på dig" by Bamses Venner
Austria 1991: "Venedig im Regen" by Thomas Forstner
Iceland 1986: "Gleðibankinn" by ICY
Malta 1975: "Singing This Song" by Renato

Dancing in Eurovision

Germany 1959: "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n" by Alice and Ellen Kessler
Belgium 1983: "Rendez-vous" by Pas de Deux
Denmark 1966: "Stop – mens legen er go'" by Ulla Pia
Turkey 1987: "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" by Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif
Germany 1977: "Telegram" by Silver Convention
United Kingdom 1982: "One Step Further" by Bardo
Austria 1977: "Boom Boom Boomerang" by Schmetterlinge
Luxembourg 1978: "Parlez-vous français ?" by Baccara
Germany 1979: "Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
Austria 1982: "Sonntag" by Mess
Spain 1977: "Enséñame a cantar" by Micky
Denmark 1981: "Krøller eller ej" by Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron
Belgium 1973: "Baby, Baby" by Nicole and Hugo
United Kingdom 1983: "I'm Never Giving Up" by Sweet Dreams
Denmark 1983: "Kloden drejer" by Gry Johansen
Sweden 1985: "Bra vibrationer" by Kikki Danielsson
Portugal 1982: "Bem bom" by Doce
Norway 1986: "Romeo" by Ketil Stokkan
Ireland 1969: "The Wages of Love" by Muriel Day
Greece 2002: "S.A.G.A.P.O." by Michalis Rakintzis
France 2004: "À chaque pas" by Jonatan Cerrada
Yugoslavia 1983: "Džuli" by Daniel
United Kingdom 1987: "Only the Light" by Rikki
Greece 2004: "Shake It" by Sakis Rouvas
Netherlands 1966: "Fernando en Filippo" by Milly Scott

Women in Eurovision

Sweden 1963: "En gång i Stockholm" by Monica Zetterlund
Spain 1961: "Estando contigo" by Conchita Bautista
Spain 1990: "Bandido" by Azúcar Moreno
Germany 1975: "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" by Joy Fleming
Netherlands 1993: "Vrede" by Ruth Jacott
Greece 1991: "I anixi" by Sophia Vossou
Spain 1983: "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" by Remedios Amaya
United Kingdom 1996: "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" by Gina G
Russia 1997: "Primadonna" by Alla Pugacheva
Norway 1966: "Intet er nytt under solen" by Åse Kleveland
Monaco 1967: "Boum-Badaboum" by Minouche Barelli
Portugal 1969: "Desfolhada portuguesa" by Simone de Oliveira
Spain 1965: "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" by Conchita Bautista
Croatia 2002: "Everything I Want" by Vesna Pisarović
Greece 2003: "Never Let You Go" by Mando
Belgium 1973: "Baby, Baby" by Nicole and Hugo
Norway 1976: "Mata Hari" by Anne-Karine Strøm
France 1967: "Il doit faire beau là-bas" by Noëlle Cordier
Italy 1992: "Rapsodia" by Mia Martini
Croatia 1999: "Marija Magdalena" by Doris Dragović
Portugal 1966: "Ele e ela" by Madalena Iglésias
Monaco 1971: "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" by Séverine
Netherlands 1965: "'t Is genoeg" by Conny Vandenbos
Portugal 1988: "Voltarei" by Dora

Eurovision favourites

Luxembourg 1978: "Parlez-vous français ?" (English version) by Baccara (performed by Dana International)
Sweden 1983: "Främling" by Carola
Russia 2000: "Solo" by Alsou
Malta 2001: "Another Summer Night" by Fabrizio Faniello
Luxembourg 1967: "L'amour est bleu" by Vicky Leandros (performed by Marie Myriam)
United Kingdom 1975: "Let Me Be the One" by The Shadows (performed by Richard Herrey)
Denmark 1989: "Vi maler byen rød" by Birthe Kjær (performed by Tomas Thordarson)

Eurovision winners medley

Israel 1979: "Hallelujah" (English version) by Gali Atari (of Milk and Honey)
Norway 1985: "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!
Luxembourg 1972: "Après toi" by Anne-Marie David
Switzerland 1956: "Refrain" by Lys Assia
Italy 1964: "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti (performed by Sandra Kim)
United Kingdom 1981: "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz (Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Shelley Preston)

Second places

France 1976: "Un, deux, trois" by Catherine Ferry
United Kingdom 1972: "Beg, Steal or Borrow" by The New Seekers
United Kingdom 1961: "Are You Sure?" by The Allisons
Spain 1979: "Su canción" by Betty Missiego
Germany 1987: "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" by Wind
France 1991: "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." by Amina
Germany 1981: "Johnny Blue" by Lena Valaitis
Israel 1982: "Hora" by Avi Toledano
Switzerland 1963: "T'en va pas" by Esther Ofarim
Spain 1995: "Vuelve conmigo" by Anabel Conde
Switzerland 1958: "Giorgio" by Lys Assia
Iceland 1999: "All Out of Luck" by Selma
France 1990: "White and Black Blues" by Joëlle Ursull
Sweden 1966: "Nygammal vals" by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson
Denmark 2001: "Never Ever Let You Go" by Rollo and King
Norway 1996: "I evighet" by Elisabeth Andreassen

Medley "backing vocals"

Ireland 1996: "The Voice" performed by Eimear Quinn
Ireland 1994: "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" performed by Charlie McGettigan and Jakob Sveistrup
Denmark 2005: "Talking to You" performed by Jakob Sveistrup
Ireland 1992: "Why Me?" performed by Linda Martin

Broadcasts

A total of thirty-five countries broadcast the event, but only thirty-one participated in the voting.

Broadcasters and commentators in voting countries^[2]
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Andorra	RTVA	ATV
Austria	ORF	ORF 2 ^[a]	Elisabeth Engstler and Christian Ludwig	^[24]^[25]
Belgium	VRT	Eén		^[26]^[27]
Belgium	RTBF	La Une , RTBF Sat	Jean-Pierre Hautier	^[26]^[28]^[29]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT	BHT 1
Croatia	HRT	HRT 1		^[30]
Cyprus	RIK
Denmark	DR	DR1	Nicolai Molbech	^[31]^[32]
Finland	YLE	YLE TV2	Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Seppälä [ fi ]	^[33]
		YLE Radio Suomi	Sanna Kojo
		YLE Radio Vega	Hans Johansson
Germany	ARD	Südwest Fernsehen , WDR Fernsehen		^[25]^[29]^[34]
Greece	ERT	NET	Elizabeth Filippouli	^[35]
Iceland	RÚV	Sjónvarpið , Rás 2		^[36]
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ Two	Marty Whelan	^[37]^[38]
Israel	IBA
Latvia	LTV	LTV1		^[39]
Lithuania	LRT
Macedonia	MRT
Malta	PBS	TVM	Tony Micallef	^[40]
Monaco	TMC Monte Carlo		Bernard Montiel [ fr ] and Yves Lecoq	^[29]
Netherlands	NPO	Nederland 2	Willem van Beusekom	^[26]^[41]
Norway	NRK	NRK1	Jostein Pedersen	^[31]
Poland	TVP	TVP1		^[42]
Portugal	RTP	RTP1		^[43]
Romania	TVR
Russia	Channel One			^[44]
Serbia and Montenegro	RTS	RTS 1		^[45]
Serbia and Montenegro	RTCG
Slovenia	RTVSLO	SLO 1 [ sl ]	Mojca Mavec [ sl ]	^[30]^[46]
Spain	TVE	La Primera	José María Íñigo and Beatriz Pécker [ es ]	^[47]
Sweden	SVT	SVT1	Pekka Heino	^[31]^[48]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF 1		^[25]^[29]^[49]
		TSR 1	Jean-Marc Richard
		TSI 1
Turkey	TRT	TRT 1		^[50]
Ukraine	NTU	Pershyi Natsionalnyi		^[51]

Broadcasters and commentators in non-voting countries
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Albania	RTSH			^[52]
Armenia	AMPTV			^[52]
Australia	SBS	SBS TV ^[b]	Marty Whelan	^[52]^[53]
Hungary	MR	Petőfi Rádió [ hu ]^[c]	Erzsébet Jeney [ hu ]	^[54]
Kosovo	RTK	RTK		^[52]

Viewing figures

Estimated viewership by country (in millions)^[55]
Country	Viewership
Austria	0.80
Belgium	1 (VRT)
Cyprus	0.07
Denmark	1.42
Finland	0.44
Germany	0.63 (SWR, WDR)
Netherlands	1.2
Norway	0.97
Poland	3.2
Portugal	0.85
Spain	2.83
Sweden	2

Non-participating countries

Countries that have previously competed but were not involved with the broadcast or voting of the contest;

Belarus
Bulgaria
Estonia
France^[56]
Italy^[56]
Luxembourg
Moldova
Morocco
Slovakia
United Kingdom^[56]

The BBC (UK), RAI (Italy) and France Télévisions chose not to broadcast the event. Søren Therkelsen, the commissioning editor of the event, said he was "disappointed" at the broadcasters' decision not to transmit the show.^[56] The BBC chose not to carry the event as it was "too remote" for British audiences.^[17]

Official album

To coincide with the broadcast of the programme, an official compilation album for the 50th anniversary titled The Very Best of the Eurovision Song Contest (also known as Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest),^[57] was put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 21 October 2005.^[58] The compilation featured over 100 songs, including all Eurovision Song Contest winners from 1956 until 2005 and a selection of all-time favourites, that was divided into 2 separate double CDs: 1956–1980 and 1981–2005. The 22-page booklet includes information about the entries, contestants and venues.^[59]

Notes

↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:10 CET (21:00 UTC)^[24]
↑ Deferred broadcast on 23 October at 20:30 AEST (10:30 UTC)^[53]
↑ Delayed broadcast on 15 November at 23:15 CET (22:15 UTC)^[54]

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[25] Deferred broadcast at 22:10 CET (21:00 UTC)^[24]

[55] Deferred broadcast on 23 October at 20:30 AEST (10:30 UTC)^[53]

[57] Delayed broadcast on 15 November at 23:15 CET (22:15 UTC)^[54]

[theage-1] 1 2 Michael Dwyer (20 October 2005). Dearth of the cool. The Age . Retrieved on 26 December 2007.

[participants-2] 1 2 "Participating broadcasters in the 50th anniversary show". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[billboard-3] Jeffrey de Hart (25 October 2005). ABBA's "Waterloo" named best Eurovision song. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2007.

[50th-4] "Abba win 'Eurovision 50th' vote". BBC News . 23 October 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2006.

[5] Roel Phillips (9 April 2005). 100 Eurovision songs on CD and DVD Archived 29 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 26 December 27.

[6] Sietse Bakker (28 November 2002). "Special programme for 50th Eurovision Song Contest". www.esctoday.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[7] Sietse Bakker (18 June 2004). 50th anniversary show to be held in London. ESCtoday.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2007.

[8] Sietse Bakker (26 August 2004). 50th anniversary show in Denmark. ESCtoday.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2007.

[9] Roxburgh, Gordon (21 April 2005). "BBC not to show 50th Anniversary show". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[10] "BBC One - Boom Bang a Bang: 50 Years of Eurovision". BBC.

[11] Roel Phillips (25 October 2004). Extravaganza on 22 October in Copenhagen. ESCtoday.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2007.

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[13] Bakker, Sietse (27 June 2005). "'Congratulations': DR 'cannot confirm' start ticket sale". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

[14] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". European Broadcasting Union.

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Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Contents

Organisation

Change of host broadcaster

Selection of venue and hosts

Participating songs

First round

Second round

Scoreboard

First round

12 points

Second round

12 points

Performances

Medleys

Broadcasts

Viewing figures

Non-participating countries

Official album

Notes

Related Research Articles

References

External links