Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
Kyiv ESC 2005.svg
Dates
Semi-final19 May 2005 (2005-05-19)
Final21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)
Host
Venue Palace of Sports
Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Executive producerPavlo Grytsak
Director Sven Stojanovic
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Website eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries39
Number of finalists24
Debuting countries
Returning countriesFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Non-returning countriesNone
  • ESC 2005 Map 2.svg
         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song
2004  Eurovision Song Contest  2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2004 contest with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), the contest was held at the Palace of Sports, and consisted of a semi-final on 19 May, and a final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko.

Contents

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before. Bulgaria and Moldova made their first participation this year, while Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part in 1998.

The winner was Greece with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou and written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's first victory in the contest after 31 years of participation. Malta, Romania, Israel, and Latvia rounded out the top five. Malta equalled their best result from 2002, while Romania achieved their best result in their Eurovision history. Unusually, all "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four positions in the final.

Location

Palace of Sports, Kyiv - host venue pictured during the 2005 contest. Kyiv Palace of Sports.jpg
Palace of Sports, Kyiv – host venue pictured during the 2005 contest.

Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper. The Palace of Sports, a multi-purpose indoor arena, was confirmed by officials as the host venue on 6 September 2004. [1] However, in order to host the contest, the facilities had been brought up to the standard required by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

At the end of December 2004, work began on the renovation of the hall, [2] for which approximately 4 million francs were allocated. [3] Renovation works were to be finished by 20 April, [4] however, they were completed at the beginning of May. [5] [6] The arena could accommodate over 5,000 seated spectators. Additionally 2,000 press delegates were catered for.

Hotel rooms were scarce as the contest organisers asked the Ukrainian government to put a block on bookings they did not control themselves through official delegation allocations or tour packages: this led to many people's hotel bookings being cancelled. [7]

Organizers hoped that by hosting Eurovision, it would boost Ukraine's image abroad and increase tourism, while the country's new government hoped that it would also give a modest boost to the long-term goal of acquiring European Union membership.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Participation summaries by country

Thirty-nine countries participated in the 2005 contest. Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, last competing in 1998. Bulgaria and Moldova competed in the contest for the first time.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: Constantinos Christoforou had represented Cyprus in 1996 and in 2002 as part of One; Helena Paparizou had represented Greece in 2001 as part of Antique; Selma had represented Iceland in 1999; and Chiara had represented Malta in 1998. In addition, Alexandros Panayi providing backing vocals for Greece, had represented Cyprus in 1995; Anabel Conde providing backing vocals for Andorra, had represented Spain in 1995; and Elina Konstantopoulou providing backing vocals for Cyprus, had represented Greece in 1995.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005 participants [8] [9]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania RTSH Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go"English
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra RTVA Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan
  • Daniel Aragay
  • Rafael Artesero
  • Rafael Fernández
  • Rafah Tanit
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Global.Kryner "Y así"English, Spanish
  • Edi Köhldorfer
  • Christof Spörk
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus BTRC Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight"English
  • Nikos Terzis
  • Nektarios Tyrakis
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF Nuno Resende "Le Grand Soir" French
  • Alec Mansion
  • Frédéric Zeitoun
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Feminnem "Call Me"EnglishAndrej Babić
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria BNT Kaffe "Lorraine"English
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela"English Constantinos Christoforou
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You"English
  • Jacob Launbjerg
  • Andreas Mørck
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ETV Suntribe "Let's Get Loud"English Sven Lõhmus
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Geir Rönning "Why"English
  • Steven Stewart
  • Mika Toivanen
Flag of France.svg  France France Télévisions Ortal "Chacun pense à soi"French
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NDR [a] Gracia "Run & Hide"English
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Helena Paparizou "My Number One"English
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTV Nox "Forogj, világ" Hungarian
  • Szabolcs Harmath
  • Attila Valla
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland RÚV Selma "If I Had Your Love"English
  • Linda Thompson
  • Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
  • Vignir Snær Vigfússon
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Donna and Joe "Love?"English Karl Broderick
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English
  • Pini Aharonbayev
  • Ben Green
  • Eyal Shahar
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over"English Mārtiņš Freimanis
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania LRT Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little"English
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Martin Vučić "Make My Day"English
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS Chiara "Angel"English Chiara Siracusa
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco TMC Lise Darly "Tout de moi"French
  • Philippe Bosco
  • Didier Fabre
Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba"English, Romanian
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream"English
  • Robert D. Fisher
  • Bruce Smith
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Wig Wam "In My Dreams"English Trond "Teeny" Holter
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP Ivan and Delfin"Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP 2B "Amar" Portuguese, English
  • Alexandre Honrado
  • Ernesto Leite
  • José da Ponte
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Luminița Anghel and Sistem"Let Me Try"EnglishCristian Faur
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia C1R Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One"English
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro UJRT No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Montenegrin
  • Slaven Knezović
  • Milan Perić
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Son de Sol "Brujería"SpanishAlfredo Panebianco
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"English
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes"English
  • David Brandes
  • John O'Flynn
  • Jane Tempest
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish
  • Göksan Arman
  • Erdinç Tunç
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine NTU GreenJolly " Razom nas bahato " (Разом нас багато) Ukrainian, English GreenJolly
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Javine "Touch My Fire"English

Other countries

Active EBU members

Czech broadcaster Czech Television initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, it reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew its application. [10] Lebanese broadcaster Télé Liban initially confirmed its début in the contest and selected the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" performed by Aline Lahoud as its entry; however, the broadcaster announced its withdrawal from the competition in March 2005 after finding out the obligation to broadcast all participating entries, including the Israeli one, as well as enabling its viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel. [11]

Format

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same from the 2004 contest with the country's flag in the heart being changed. Following Istanbul's 'Under the Same Sky', the slogan for the 2005 show was 'Awakening', which symbolised the awakening of the country and city ready to present itself to Europe. The postcards (short clips shown between performances) for the 2005 show illustrated Ukraine's culture and heritage along with a more modern and industrial side to the country.

This was the first edition to be broadcast in widescreen 16:9 format. [12]

Presenters

The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv were television presenter Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous winner Ruslana returned to the stage in Kyiv to perform in the interval act and to interview the contestants backstage in the 'green room'. Ruslana was also intended to be a presenter for the show, but was pulled out before the contest for numerous reasons, including her poor English skills. The Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko opened the televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko.

Publicity

An official CD and DVD was released and a new introduction was an official pin set, which contains heart-shaped pins with the flags of all thirty-nine participating countries. The EBU also commissioned a book "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" by British/American author John Kennedy O'Connor to celebrate the contest's fiftieth anniversary. [13] The book was presented on screen during the break between songs 12 and 13 (Serbia and Montenegro, Denmark). The book was published in English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Finnish.

Contest overview

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). 25 countries performed but all 39 participants voted.

  Qualifiers
Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 [14]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Global.Kryner "Y así"3021
2Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little"1725
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2B "Amar"5117
4Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba"2072
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over"8510
6Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Lise Darly "Tout de moi"2224
7Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar"1587
8Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight"6713
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream"5314
10Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Selma "If I Had Your Love"5216
11Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Nuno Resende "Le Grand Soir"2922
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Suntribe "Let's Get Loud"3120
13Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams"1646
14Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Luminița Anghel and Sistem"Let Me Try"2351
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Nox "Forogj, világ"1675
16Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Geir Rönning "Why"5018
17Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Martin Vučić "Make My Day"979
18Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior"2723
19Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes"1148
20Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado members "Vukovi umiru sami"1694
21Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Kaffe "Lorraine"4919
22Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Donna and Joe "Love?"5314
23Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Omar Naber "Stop"6912
24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You"1853
25Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ivan and Delfin"Czarna dziewczyna"8111

Final

Ruslana performing at the opening of the final Ruslana Eurovision 2005 final.jpg
Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

The finalists were:

The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece.

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 [15]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Nox "Forogj, világ"9712
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Javine "Touch My Fire"1822
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Chiara "Angel"1922
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Luminița Anghel and Sistem"Let Me Try"1583
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams"1259
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley"9213
7Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba"1486
8Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go"5316
9Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela"4618
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Son de Sol "Brujería"2821
11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar"1544
12Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro No Name "Zauvijek moja"1377
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You"1259
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"3019
15Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Martin Vučić "Make My Day"5217
16Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine GreenJolly " Razom nas bahato "3019
17Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gracia "Run & Hide"424
18Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado members "Vukovi umiru sami"11511
19Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Helena Paparizou "My Number One"2301
20Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One"5715
21Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Feminnem "Call Me"7914
22Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes"1288
23Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over"1535
24Flag of France.svg  France Ortal "Chacun pense à soi"1123

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. The order in which each country announced their votes was compiled by placing the countries that failed to qualify from the semi-final first in the running order they performed during the semi-final, followed by the finalists which voted in the order they performed in during the final. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country. [16]

  1. Flag of Austria.svg Austria  Dodo Roscic  [ de ]
  2. Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania  Rolandas Vilkončius  [ lt ]
  3. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal  Isabel Angelino  [ pt ]
  4. Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Anne Allegrini
  5. Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus Elena Ponomareva
  6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  Nancy Coolen
  7. Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland  Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  8. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium  Armelle Gysen  [ fr ]
  9. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia  Maarja-Liis Ilus
  10. Flag of Finland.svg Finland  Jari Sillanpää
  11. Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Ruth Gumbau
  12. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria  Evgeniya Atanasova  [ bg ]
  13. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland  Dana
  14. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia  Katarina Čas
  15. Flag of Poland.svg Poland  Maciej Orłoś  [ pl ]
  16. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  Zsuzsa Demcsák  [ hu ]
  17. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom  Cheryl Baker
  18. Flag of Malta.svg Malta Valerie Vella
  19. Flag of Romania.svg Romania  Berti Barbera  [ ro ]
  20. Flag of Norway.svg Norway  Ingvild Helljesen
  21. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  22. Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg Moldova Elena Camerzan
  23. Flag of Albania.svg Albania  Zhani Ciko  [ sq ]
  24. Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus Melani Steliou
  25. Flag of Spain.svg Spain  Ainhoa Arbizu  [ es ]
  26. Flag of Israel.svg Israel  Dana Herman  [ he ]
  27. Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro  Nina Radulović
  28. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark  Gry Johansen
  29. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden  Annika Jankell
  30. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia  Karolina Gočeva
  31. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Maria Orlova
  32. Flag of Germany.svg Germany  Thomas Hermanns
  33. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia  Barbara Kolar
  34. Flag of Greece.svg Greece  Alexis Kostalas  [ el ]
  35. Flag of Russia.svg Russia  Yana Churikova
  36. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina  Ana Mirjana Račanović
  37. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  Cécile Bähler  [ de ]
  38. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia  Marija Naumova
  39. Flag of France.svg France  Marie Myriam

Detailed voting results

The EBU introduced an undisclosed threshold number of televotes that would have to be registered in each voting country in order to make that country's votes valid. If that number was not reached, the country's backup jury would vote instead. This affected Albania, Andorra and Monaco in the semi-final, and Andorra, Moldova and Monaco in the final. [17] [18]

Semi-final

Detailed voting results of the semi-final [19] [20]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Austria
Lithuania
Portugal
Moldova
Latvia
Monaco
Israel
Belarus
Netherlands
Iceland
Belgium
Estonia
Norway
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Macedonia
Andorra
Switzerland
Croatia
Bulgaria
Ireland
Slovenia
Denmark
Poland
United Kingdom
Malta
Turkey
Albania
Cyprus
Spain
Serbia and Montenegro
Sweden
Ukraine
Germany
Greece
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
France
Contestants
Austria307610511
Lithuania17854
Portugal51101251212
Moldova207810810101084511263104637651238161261265
Latvia85124672103766512221
Monaco2221010
Israel15826512121038511123474466673435388
Belarus67331261217374810
Netherlands5385121524628
Iceland5210486103272
Belgium29123617
Estonia31511216123
Norway1642618675212267122521031277322448647
Romania23510101271238581712454415817881071212551712356
Hungary1677758476461054118741121286383105734
Finland506181038104
Macedonia9743348121081012101210
Andorra2747610
Switzerland114182723861222310333252515246322
Croatia1691243645144134682121081231012671012
Bulgaria497854106171
Ireland5325102512125414
Slovenia69341212771087368
Denmark1856752101210771237887612101048125241
Poland815116535542172881053

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus , Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova Flag of Romania.svg  Romania , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra , Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus , Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Flag of Albania.svg  Albania , Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
1Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia

Final

Detailed voting results of the final [21] [22]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Austria
Lithuania
Portugal
Monaco
Belarus
Netherlands
Iceland
Belgium
Estonia
Finland
Andorra
Bulgaria
Ireland
Slovenia
Poland
Hungary
United Kingdom
Malta
Romania
Norway
Turkey
Moldova
Albania
Cyprus
Spain
Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Denmark
Sweden
Macedonia
Ukraine
Germany
Croatia
Greece
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
Latvia
France
Contestants
Hungary9722623651086758612623133
United Kingdom188415
Malta1925255548481015102108467101061084812357
Romania1586124135778571076475812123322525
Norway1255411238122144855333121286436
Turkey9271210313884108612
Moldova148210107816633422127244551211710482
Albania53328122105101
Cyprus461031217112
Spain2881244
Israel154135128761586878753636517581210
Serbia and Montenegro13712634410261610410331266101216
Denmark12541108104523756834121031064
Sweden303615276
Macedonia521755107872
Ukraine30712812
Germany422
Croatia1158672121212275221088211287
Greece230413102123412221121261041241212871221271254678
Russia577127710410
Bosnia and Herzegovina791061847104473105
Switzerland1288481071210136631342155433712
Latvia1531266351041012741610812166317715
France11515

12 points

Points given to Greece. Points to Greece ESC05.svg
Points given to Greece.

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Albania.svg  Albania , Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria , Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary , Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania , Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain , Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova Flag of Romania.svg  Romania , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries [9]
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH All shows
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra RTVA ATV All shows Meri Picart  [ ca ] and Josep Lluís Trabal [23] [24]
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF 1 All shows Andi Knoll [25] [26] [27]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus BTRC Belarus-1 All showsAles Kruglyakov [28] [29]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF La Une , RTBF Sat All shows Jean-Pierre Hautier [30] [31] [32] [33]
Semi-final Jean-Louis Lahaye  [ fr ]
VRT Eén All shows André Vermeulen and Anja Daems [34] [35] [36]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 All shows
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria BNT All shows
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT HRT 2 Semi-final Duško Ćurlić [37] [38]
HRT 1 Final
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC All shows
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR1 All shows Jørgen de Mylius [39] [40]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ETV All shows Marko Reikop [41]
ER Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE YLE TV2 All shows Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Paasonen [42] [43] [44]
Final Asko Murtomäki  [ fi ]
YLE FST, YLE Radio Vega All shows Thomas Lundin  [ sv ] and Hans Johansson [42] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki [42] [50] [51] [52]
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions France 4 [b] Semi-final [53]
France 3 Final Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier  [ fr ] [31]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD NDR Fernsehen Semi-final Peter Urban [26] [54]
Das Erste Final
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT NET All shows Alexandra Pascalidou [55] [56]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV m1 All shows Zsuzsa Demcsák  [ hr ], András Fáber and Dávid Szántó [57] [58] [59]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið , Rás 2 All shows Gísli Marteinn Baldursson [60] [61] [62]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-final Marty Whelan [63]
RTÉ One Final [64]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA All shows
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV All shows Kārlis Streips  [ lv ] [65]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT All shows Darius Užkuraitis [66]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MRT All shows
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM All shows [67] [68]
Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg Moldova TRM Moldova 1 All shows
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco TMC Monte Carlo All shows Bernard Montiel  [ fr ] and Genie Godula  [ fr ] [30] [31]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands PO Nederland 2 All shows Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas [34] [35] [69]
Radio 2
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Jostein Pedersen [70] [71] [72]
NRK P1
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP1 All shows Artur Orzech [73] [74]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows Eládio Clímaco [75] [76] [77]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR 1 All shows [78] [79]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Channel One All shows Yuriy Aksyuta  [ ru ] and Yelena Batinova  [ ru ] [80] [81]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro RTS RTS 1 All shows [82] [83]
RTCG TVCG 1
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 2  [ sl ]Semi-final Mojca Mavec  [ sl ] [84] [85] [86] [87]
SLO 1  [ sl ]Final
Radio Val 202 All showsJernej Vene
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE La 2 Semi-final Beatriz Pécker  [ es ], Ainhoa Arbizu  [ es ] and Carlos Cerezo [88]
La Primera FinalBeatriz Pécker [89]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Pekka Heino [70] [71] [90] [91]
SR SR P4 Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén [91] [92]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SF 2 Semi-final Sandra Studer [25] [93]
SF 1 Final [26]
TSR 2 Semi-final Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet [30]
TSR 1 Final [31] [94]
TSI 2 Semi-finalDaniela Tami and Claudio Lazzarino [95]
TSI 1 Final
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TRT 1 All shows [96] [97]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All showsYaroslav Chornenkyi [98] [99] [100]
UR Galyna Babiy  [ uk ] [101]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-final Paddy O'Connell [102]
BBC One, BBC Prime Final Terry Wogan [31] [103]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [104]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries [9]
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia AMPTV
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS TV [c] Semi-final Paddy O'Connell [105] [106]
Final Terry Wogan
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands BFBS BFBS 1 [d] Final [107]
Flag of the United Nations.svg Kosovo RTK RTK

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. [108] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award. [109]

CategoryCountrySongPerformer(s)Composer(s)Final resultPoints
Artistic AwardFlag of Greece.svg  Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou 1st230
Composer AwardFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro "Zauvijek moja" No Name
  • Slaven Knezović
  • Milan Perić
7th137
Press AwardFlag of Malta.svg  Malta "Angel" Chiara Chiara Siracusa2nd192

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Barbara Dex who came last for Belgium in 1993, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017. [110]

Place [111] Country [111] Performer(s) [111] Votes [111]
1Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Martin Vučić 42
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Selma 39
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2B 34
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Wig Wam 29
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Angelica Agurbash 21

Official album

Cover art of the official album ESC 2005 album cover.jpg
Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005 was the official compilation album of the 2005 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 2 May 2005. The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2005 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. [112]

The original cover designed for the album was changed after Lebanon's withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 after announcing they would show advertisements over the Israeli entry. Had they entered, they would have been on track 4, disc 2 with the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" by Aline Lahoud. [113]

It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels. [114]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [115] 2

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD'"`UNIQ--ref-00000043-QINU`"'
  2. Delayed repeat broadcast on France 3 on 21 May at 01:20 (CEST)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000170-QINU`"'
  3. Deferred broadcast on 20 May (semi-final) and 22 May (final) at 19:30 (AEST)'"`UNIQ--ref-000001EA-QINU`"'
  4. Deferred broadcast at 21:00 (FKT)'"`UNIQ--ref-000001F0-QINU`"'

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