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)
Directed by Sven Stojanovic
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producerPavlo Grytsak
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.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 [8] [9] [10]
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 [lower-alpha 1] 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) Serbian
  • 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

Returning artists

Lead artists
ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Constantinos Christoforou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1996, 2002 (as member of One)
Helena Paparizou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2001 (as member of Antique)
Selma Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1999
Chiara Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1998
Backing performers
ArtistCountryPrevious year(s)
Alexandros Panayi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1995 (for Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus )
Anabel Conde Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1995 (for Flag of Spain.svg  Spain )
Elina Konstantopoulou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1995 (for Flag of Greece.svg  Greece )

Other countries

Active EBU members

Czech broadcaster ČT initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, the broadcaster reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew their application. [12] Lebanese broadcaster Télé Liban initially confirmed Lebanon's début in the contest and selected the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" performed by Aline Lahoud as their entry; however, the broadcaster announced their 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 their viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel. [13]

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. [14]

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. [15] 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.

During the semi-final, there were a few sound faults, most notably during the Norwegian song, shortly after the intro and also during the Irish song. These were not fixed for the DVD release.

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 [16]
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 [17]
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

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. [18]

  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  [ hr ]
  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. [19] [20]

Semi-final

Detailed voting results of the semi-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
Austria307105116
Lithuania17548
Portugal51105121212
Moldova207810810845363766512112381106101246126105
Latvia85124721066123265271
Monaco2210210
Israel15826121210311247456686573434153838
Belarus67311217372648103
Netherlands5381254281562
Iceland5263810241072
Belgium29126317
Estonia31561211312
Norway1642615212261221037737282474128264756
Romania23510107385814458181281077121212125755171123546
Hungary1677747645174121210686388134108573154
Finland506183108104
Macedonia9743310841012101212108
Andorra2774610
Switzerland114182286121032553122532243633227
Croatia1691243514413281238646101261271012104
Bulgaria495741061871
Ireland5322121012554154
Slovenia69342172817731068
Denmark1856751012107788121071043128125624721
Poland815165354517288210513

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 [23] [24]
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 [25] [26]
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF 1 All shows Andi Knoll [27] [28] [29]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus BTRC Belarus-1 All showsAles Kruglyakov [30] [31]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF La Une , RTBF Sat All shows Jean-Pierre Hautier [32] [33] [34] [35]
Semi-final Jean-Louis Lahaye  [ fr ]
VRT Eén All shows André Vermeulen and Anja Daems [36] [37] [38]
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 [39] [40]
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 [41] [42] [43] [44]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ETV All shows Marko Reikop [45]
ER Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE YLE TV2 All shows Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Paasonen [46] [47] [48]
Final Asko Murtomäki  [ fi ]
YLE FST, YLE Radio Vega All shows Thomas Lundin  [ sv ] and Hans Johansson [46] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki [46] [54] [55] [56]
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions France 4 [lower-alpha 2] Semi-final [58]
France 3 Final Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier  [ fr ] [33]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD NDR Fernsehen Semi-final Peter Urban [28] [59]
Das Erste Final
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT NET All shows Alexandra Pascalidou [60] [61]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV m1 All shows Zsuzsa Demcsák  [ hr ], András Fáber and Dávid Szántó [62] [63] [64]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið , Rás 2 All shows Gísli Marteinn Baldursson [65] [66] [67]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-final Marty Whelan [68]
RTÉ One Final [69]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA All shows
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV All shows Kārlis Streips  [ lv ] [70]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT All shows Darius Užkuraitis [71]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MRT All shows
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM All shows [72] [73]
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 ] [32] [33]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NPO Nederland 2 All shows Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas [36] [37] [74]
Radio 2
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Jostein Pedersen [41] [42] [75]
NRK P1
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP1 All shows Artur Orzech [76] [77]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows Eládio Clímaco [78] [79] [80]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR 1 All shows [81] [82]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Channel One All shows Yuriy Aksyuta  [ ru ] and Yelena Batinova  [ ru ] [83] [84]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro RTS All shows
RTCG
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 2  [ sl ]Semi-final Mojca Mavec  [ sl ] [39] [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 [41] [42] [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 [27] [93]
SF 1 Final [28]
TSR 2 Semi-final Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet [32]
TSR 1 Final [33] [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 [33] [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 [lower-alpha 3] Semi-final Paddy O'Connell [105] [106]
Final Terry Wogan
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. [107] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award. [108]

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 Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, 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. [109]

Place [110] Country [110] Performer(s) [110] Votes [110]
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. [111]

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. [112]

It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels. [113]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [114] 2

Notes

  1. ↑ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [11]
  2. ↑ Delayed repeat broadcast on France 3 on 21 May at 01:20 CEST (20 May, 23:20 UTC) [57]
  3. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 20 May (semi-final) and 22 May (final) at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC) [105]

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Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Little by Little" written by Bobby Ljunggren and William "Billy" Butt. The song was performed by Laura and the Lovers. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final took place over eight weeks and involved 49 competing entries. The results of each show were determined entirely by a public vote. In the final, twenty entries remained and "Little by Little" performed by Laura and the Lovers was selected as the winner with 5,465 votes.

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Love?" written by Karl Broderick. The song was performed by Donna and Joe. The Irish entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through the third season of the music competition series You're a Star, organised by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The competition consisted of 17 shows and concluded with a final, resulting in the selection of "Love?" performed by Donna and Joe as the Irish Eurovision entry after facing a public televote.

Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Stop" written by Omar Naber and Urša Vlašič. The song was performed by Omar Naber. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija organised the national final EMA 2005 in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Fourteen entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected. In the second round, "Stop" performed by Omar Naber was selected as the winner.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Call Me" written by Andrej Babić. The song was performed by the group Feminnem. The Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) organised the national final BH Eurosong 2005 in order to select the Bosnian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Fourteen entries participated during the show on 6 March 2005 where a combination of jury and public televoting selected "Zovi" performed by Feminnem as the winner. The song was later translated from Croatian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Call Me".

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Why?" written by Mika Toivanen and Steven Stewart. The song was performed by Geir Rönning. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Euroviisut 2005 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 24 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of four semi-finals and a final, taking place in January and February 2005. Six entries competed in each semi-final and the top three from each semi-final, as selected solely by a public vote, advanced to the final. Twelve entries competed in the final on 19 February where votes from six regional juries first selected the top six to advance to a second round. In the second round, votes from the public selected "Why?" performed by Geir Rönning as the winner with 30,648 votes.

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Run & Hide" written by David Brandes, Jane Tempest and John O'Flynn. The song was performed by Gracia. The German entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through the national final Germany 12 Points!, organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The national final took place on 12 March 2005 and featured ten competing acts with the winner being selected through two rounds of public televoting. "Run & Hide" performed by Gracia was selected as the German entry for Kyiv after placing second in the top two during the first round of voting and ultimately gaining 52.8% of the votes in the second round.

Macedonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Make My Day" written by Dragan Vučić and Branka Kostić. The song was performed by Martin Vučić. The Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) organised the national final Nacionalen Evrosong 2005 in order to select the Macedonian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Five artists were presented to the public in November 2004 and an eight-member jury panel and a public televote selected two artists to qualify to the compete in the competition on 19 February 2005, where "Ti si son" performed by Martin Vučić was selected following two rounds of voting from a twelve-member jury panel, an audience vote and a public televote. The song was later translated from Macedonian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Make My Day".

Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "In My Dreams" written by Trond "Teeny" Holter. The song was performed by the band Wig Wam. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2005 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Eight entries competed in a show that took place on 5 March 2005 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the Gold Final. In the second round of public televoting, "In My Dreams" performed by Wig Wam was selected as the winner with 75,667 votes.

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Amar" written by José da Ponte, Alexandre Honrado and Ernesto Leite. The song was performed by the duo 2B, which was internally selected by the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) to represent the nation at the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 2B and "Amar" were announced as the Portuguese entry on 22 March 2005 and the song was presented to the public on 1 April 2005.

Ukraine participated the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Razom nas bahato" written by Roman Kalyn, Roman Kostyuk and Mikola Kulinich. The song was performed by the duo GreenJolly. In addition to participating in the contest, the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana. NTU organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv. Seventy-five entries competed in the national selection which consisted of sixteen shows: fifteen semi-finals and a final. Nineteen entries qualified to compete in the final, held on 27 February 2005, where "Razom nas bahato" performed by GreenJolly was selected as the winner after gaining the most public televotes with 2,247 votes. The Ukrainian entry caused controversy due to governmental involvement in directly qualifying GreenJolly to the final of the national selection as a wildcard based on their participation in the Orange Revolution, and alleged political overtones of the song "Razom nas bahato". The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) cleared the song for the competition after changing the lyrics.

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Czarna dziewczyna" written by Łukasz Lazer, Michał Szymański and Ivan Komarenko. The song was performed by Ivan and Delfin. In December 2004, the Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced that the Polish entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine would be selected through an internal selection. "Czarna dziewczyna" performed by Ivan and Delfin was announced as the Polish entry on 29 January 2005 during the TVP1 programme Stratosfera.

Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" written by Ruslana and Oleksandr Ksenofontov. The song was performed by Ruslana, who was internally selected by the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) to represent Ukraine at the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. "Dyki tantsi" performed by Ruslana was announced as the Ukrainian entry on 23 January 2004. The song was later retitled as "Wild Dances" and presented to the public on 25 March 2004.

Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, with the song "World" performed by Lindita Halimi. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2016. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and live performances in Israel, the Netherlands and Spain. Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing as number fourth, the nation was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify for the grand final, marking Albania's seventh non-qualification in the contest.

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