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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.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Awakening | |
 | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-final | 19 May 2005 |
| Final | 21 May 2005 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Palace of Sports Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Director | Sven Stojanovic |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Executive producer | Pavlo Grytsak |
| Host broadcaster | National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) |
| Website | eurovision |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 39 |
| Number of finalists | 24 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Returning countries |  Hungary |
| Non-returning countries | None |
| |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
| Winning song | |
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.
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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.
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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.
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania |
RTSH | Ledina Çelo | "Tomorrow I Go" | English |
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 Andorra |
RTVA | Marian van de Wal | "La mirada interior" | Catalan |
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 Austria |
ORF | Global.Kryner | "Y así" | English, Spanish |
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 Belarus |
BTRC | Angelica Agurbash | "Love Me Tonight" | English |
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 Belgium |
RTBF | Nuno Resende | "Le Grand Soir" | French |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BHRT | Feminnem | "Call Me" | English | Andrej Babić |
 Bulgaria |
BNT | Kaffe | "Lorraine" | English |
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 Croatia |
HRT | Boris Novković feat. Lado Members | "Vukovi umiru sami" | Croatian |
|
 Cyprus |
CyBC | Constantinos Christoforou | "Ela Ela" | English | Constantinos Christoforou |
 Denmark |
DR | Jakob Sveistrup | "Talking to You" | English |
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 Estonia |
ETV | Suntribe | "Let's Get Loud" | English | Sven Lõhmus |
 Finland |
YLE | Geir Rönning | "Why" | English |
|
 France |
France Télévisions | Ortal | "Chacun pense à soi" | French |
|
 Germany |
NDR[a] | Gracia | "Run & Hide" | English |
|
 Greece |
ERT | Helena Paparizou | "My Number One" | English |
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| Hungary |
MTV | Nox | "Forogj, világ" | Hungarian |
|
 Iceland |
RÚV | Selma | "If I Had Your Love" | English |
|
 Ireland |
RTÉ | Donna and Joe | "Love?" | English | Karl Broderick |
 Israel |
IBA | Shiri Maimon | "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) | Hebrew, English |
|
 Latvia |
LTV | Walters and Kazha | "The War Is Not Over" | English | Mārtiņš Freimanis |
 Lithuania |
LRT | Laura and the Lovers | "Little by Little" | English |
|
 Macedonia |
MRT | Martin Vučić | "Make My Day" | English |
|
 Malta |
PBS | Chiara | "Angel" | English | Chiara Siracusa |
 Monaco |
TMC | Lise Darly | "Tout de moi" | French |
|
 Moldova |
TRM | Zdob și Zdub | "Boonika bate doba" | English, Romanian |
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 Netherlands |
NOS | Glennis Grace | "My Impossible Dream" | English |
|
 Norway |
NRK | Wig Wam | "In My Dreams" | English | Trond "Teeny" Holter |
 Poland |
TVP | Ivan and Delfin | "Czarna dziewczyna" | Polish, Russian |
|
 Portugal |
RTP | 2B | "Amar" | Portuguese, English |
|
 Romania |
TVR | Luminița Anghel and Sistem | "Let Me Try" | English | Cristian Faur |
 Russia |
C1R | Natalia Podolskaya | "Nobody Hurt No One" | English |
|
 Serbia and Montenegro |
UJRT | No Name | "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) | Serbian |
|
 Slovenia |
RTVSLO | Omar Naber | "Stop" | Slovene |
|
 Spain |
TVE | Son de Sol | "Brujería" | Spanish | Alfredo Panebianco |
 Sweden |
SVT | Martin Stenmarck | "Las Vegas" | English |
|
 Switzerland |
SRG SSR | Vanilla Ninja | "Cool Vibes" | English |
|
 Turkey |
TRT | Gülseren | "Rimi Rimi Ley" | Turkish |
|
 Ukraine |
NTU | GreenJolly | "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) | Ukrainian, English | GreenJolly |
 United Kingdom |
BBC | Javine | "Touch My Fire" | English |
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandros Panayi | Greece |
1995 (for  Cyprus) |
| Anabel Conde | Andorra |
1995 (for Spain) |
| Elina Konstantopoulou | Cyprus |
1995 (for Greece) |
Other countries
Active EBU members
Czech broadcaster Czech Television initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, the broadcaster reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew their application.[11] 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.[12]
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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.[13]
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.[14] 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.
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Semi-final
The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). 25 countries performed but all 39 participants voted.
Qualifiers
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria |
Global.Kryner | "Y así" | 30 | 21 |
| 2 | Lithuania |
Laura and the Lovers | "Little by Little" | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Portugal |
2B | "Amar" | 51 | 17 |
| 4 | Moldova |
Zdob și Zdub | "Boonika bate doba" | 207 | 2 |
| 5 | Latvia |
Walters and Kazha | "The War Is Not Over" | 85 | 10 |
| 6 | Monaco |
Lise Darly | "Tout de moi" | 22 | 24 |
| 7 | Israel |
Shiri Maimon | "HaSheket SheNish'ar" | 158 | 7 |
| 8 | Belarus |
Angelica Agurbash | "Love Me Tonight" | 67 | 13 |
| 9 | Netherlands |
Glennis Grace | "My Impossible Dream" | 53 | 14 |
| 10 | Iceland |
Selma | "If I Had Your Love" | 52 | 16 |
| 11 | Belgium |
Nuno Resende | "Le Grand Soir" | 29 | 22 |
| 12 | Estonia |
Suntribe | "Let's Get Loud" | 31 | 20 |
| 13 | Norway |
Wig Wam | "In My Dreams" | 164 | 6 |
| 14 | Romania |
Luminița Anghel and Sistem | "Let Me Try" | 235 | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary |
Nox | "Forogj, világ" | 167 | 5 |
| 16 | Finland |
Geir Rönning | "Why" | 50 | 18 |
| 17 | Macedonia |
Martin Vučić | "Make My Day" | 97 | 9 |
| 18 | Andorra |
Marian van de Wal | "La mirada interior" | 27 | 23 |
| 19 | Switzerland |
Vanilla Ninja | "Cool Vibes" | 114 | 8 |
| 20 | Croatia |
Boris Novković feat. Lado members | "Vukovi umiru sami" | 169 | 4 |
| 21 | Bulgaria |
Kaffe | "Lorraine" | 49 | 19 |
| 22 | Ireland |
Donna and Joe | "Love?" | 53 | 14 |
| 23 | Slovenia |
Omar Naber | "Stop" | 69 | 12 |
| 24 | Denmark |
Jakob Sveistrup | "Talking to You" | 185 | 3 |
| 25 | Poland |
Ivan and Delfin | "Czarna dziewczyna" | 81 | 11 |
Final
The finalists were:
- the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
- the top 10 countries from the 2004 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
- the top 10 countries from the 2005 semi-final.
The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece.
Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
Nox | "Forogj, világ" | 97 | 12 |
| 2 | United Kingdom |
Javine | "Touch My Fire" | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | Malta |
Chiara | "Angel" | 192 | 2 |
| 4 | Romania |
Luminița Anghel and Sistem | "Let Me Try" | 158 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway |
Wig Wam | "In My Dreams" | 125 | 9 |
| 6 | Turkey |
Gülseren | "Rimi Rimi Ley" | 92 | 13 |
| 7 | Moldova |
Zdob și Zdub | "Boonika bate doba" | 148 | 6 |
| 8 | Albania |
Ledina Çelo | "Tomorrow I Go" | 53 | 16 |
| 9 | Cyprus |
Constantinos Christoforou | "Ela Ela" | 46 | 18 |
| 10 | Spain |
Son de Sol | "Brujería" | 28 | 21 |
| 11 | Israel |
Shiri Maimon | "HaSheket SheNish'ar" | 154 | 4 |
| 12 | Serbia and Montenegro |
No Name | "Zauvijek moja" | 137 | 7 |
| 13 | Denmark |
Jakob Sveistrup | "Talking to You" | 125 | 9 |
| 14 | Sweden |
Martin Stenmarck | "Las Vegas" | 30 | 19 |
| 15 | Macedonia |
Martin Vučić | "Make My Day" | 52 | 17 |
| 16 | Ukraine |
GreenJolly | "Razom nas bahato" | 30 | 19 |
| 17 | Germany |
Gracia | "Run & Hide" | 4 | 24 |
| 18 | Croatia |
Boris Novković feat. Lado members | "Vukovi umiru sami" | 115 | 11 |
| 19 | Greece |
Helena Paparizou | "My Number One" | 230 | 1 |
| 20 | Russia |
Natalia Podolskaya | "Nobody Hurt No One" | 57 | 15 |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Feminnem | "Call Me" | 79 | 14 |
| 22 | Switzerland |
Vanilla Ninja | "Cool Vibes" | 128 | 8 |
| 23 | Latvia |
Walters and Kazha | "The War Is Not Over" | 153 | 5 |
| 24 | France |
Ortal | "Chacun pense à soi" | 11 | 23 |
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.[17]
Austria – Dodo Roscic
Lithuania – Rolandas Vilkončius
Portugal – Isabel Angelino
Monaco – Anne Allegrini
Belarus – Elena Ponomareva
Netherlands – Nancy Coolen
Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Belgium – Armelle Gysen
Estonia – Maarja-Liis Ilus
Finland – Jari Sillanpää
Andorra – Ruth Gumbau
Bulgaria – Evgeniya Atanasova
Ireland – Dana
Slovenia – Katarina Čas
Poland – Maciej Orłoś
Hungary – Zsuzsa Demcsák
United Kingdom – Cheryl Baker
Malta – Valerie Vella
Romania – Berti Barbera
Norway – Ingvild Helljesen
Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Moldova – Elena Camerzan
Albania – Zhani Ciko
Cyprus – Melani Steliou
Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu
Israel – Dana Herman
Serbia and Montenegro – Nina Radulović
Denmark – Gry Johansen
Sweden – Annika Jankell
Macedonia – Karolina Gočeva
Ukraine – Maria Orlova
Germany – Thomas Hermanns
Croatia – Barbara Kolar
Greece – Alexis Kostalas
Russia – Yana Churikova
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ana Mirjana Račanović
Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
Latvia – Marija Naumova
France – Marie Myriam
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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.[18][19]
Semi-final
| 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 |
Austria | 30 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 51 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | 207 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Latvia | 85 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 158 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Belarus | 67 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 53 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 52 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 31 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 164 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 235 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Hungary | 167 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Finland | 50 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 97 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andorra | 27 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 114 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Croatia | 169 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 49 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 53 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 69 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 185 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 81 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Romania | Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Spain |
| 5 | Croatia | Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia |
| 4 | Denmark | Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden |
| Moldova | Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | |
| 3 | Israel | Andorra, Belarus, Monaco |
| Norway | Denmark, Finland, Iceland | |
| Portugal | France, Germany, Switzerland | |
| 2 | Latvia | Lithuania, Malta |
| Macedonia | Albania, Croatia | |
| 1 | Belarus | Bulgaria |
| Belgium | Portugal | |
| Estonia | Latvia | |
| Hungary | Poland | |
| Ireland | United Kingdom | |
| Netherlands | Belgium | |
| Switzerland | Estonia |
Final
| 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 |
Hungary | 97 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 192 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 158 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Norway | 125 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 92 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | 148 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Albania | 53 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 46 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 28 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 154 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 137 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 125 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 52 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 30 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 115 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 230 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| Russia | 57 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 128 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 153 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| France | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Greece | Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| 3 | Latvia | Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova |
| Norway | Denmark, Finland, Iceland | |
| Romania | Israel, Spain, Portugal | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Austria, Croatia, Switzerland | |
| 2 | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia |
| Cyprus | Greece, Malta | |
| Moldova | Romania, Ukraine | |
| Switzerland | Estonia, Latvia | |
| Turkey | France, Netherlands | |
| 1 | Albania | Macedonia |
| Denmark | Norway | |
| Israel | Monaco | |
| Malta | Russia | |
| Russia | Belarus | |
| Spain | Andorra | |
| Ukraine | Poland |
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| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania |
RTSH | All shows | |||
| Andorra |
RTVA | ATV | All shows | Meri Picart and Josep Lluís Trabal | [24][25] |
| Austria |
ORF | ORF 1 | All shows | Andi Knoll | [26][27][28] |
| Belarus |
BTRC | Belarus-1 | All shows | Ales Kruglyakov | [29][30] |
| Belgium |
RTBF | La Une, RTBF Sat | All shows | Jean-Pierre Hautier | [31][32][33][34] |
| Semi-final | Jean-Louis Lahaye | ||||
| VRT | Eén | All shows | André Vermeulen and Anja Daems | [35][36][37] | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BHRT | BHT 1 | All shows | ||
| Bulgaria |
BNT | All shows | |||
| Croatia |
HRT | HRT 2 | Semi-final | Duško Ćurlić | [38][39] |
| HRT 1 | Final | ||||
| Cyprus |
CyBC | All shows | |||
| Denmark |
DR | DR1 | All shows | Jørgen de Mylius | [40][41][42][43] |
| Estonia |
ETV | All shows | Marko Reikop | [44] | |
| ER | Raadio 2 | Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk | |||
| Finland |
YLE | YLE TV2 | All shows | Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Paasonen | [45][46][47] |
| Final | Asko Murtomäki | ||||
| YLE FST, YLE Radio Vega | All shows | Thomas Lundin and Hans Johansson | [45][48][49][50][51][52] | ||
| YLE Radio Suomi | Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki | [45][53][54][55] | |||
| France |
France Télévisions | France 4[b] | Semi-final | [57] | |
| France 3 | Final | Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier | [32] | ||
| Germany |
ARD | NDR Fernsehen | Semi-final | Peter Urban | [27][58] |
| Das Erste | Final | ||||
| Greece |
ERT | NET | All shows | Alexandra Pascalidou | [59][60] |
| Hungary |
MTV | m1 | All shows | Zsuzsa Demcsák, András Fáber and Dávid Szántó | [61][62][63] |
| Iceland |
RÚV | Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 | All shows | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | [64][65][66] |
| Ireland |
RTÉ | RTÉ Two | Semi-final | Marty Whelan | [67] |
| RTÉ One | Final | [68] | |||
| Israel |
IBA | All shows | |||
| Latvia |
LTV | All shows | Kārlis Streips | [69] | |
| Lithuania |
LRT | All shows | Darius Užkuraitis | [70] | |
| Macedonia |
MRT | All shows | |||
| Malta |
PBS | TVM | All shows | [71][72] | |
| Moldova |
TRM | Moldova 1 | All shows | ||
| Monaco |
TMC Monte Carlo | All shows | Bernard Montiel and Genie Godula | [31][32] | |
| Netherlands |
NPO | Nederland 2 | All shows | Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas | [35][36][73] |
| Radio 2 | |||||
| Norway |
NRK | NRK1 | All shows | Jostein Pedersen | [40][41][74] |
| NRK P1 | |||||
| Poland |
TVP | TVP1 | All shows | Artur Orzech | [75][76] |
| Portugal |
RTP | RTP1 | All shows | Eládio Clímaco | [77][78][79] |
| Romania |
TVR | TVR 1 | All shows | [80][81] | |
| Russia |
Channel One | All shows | Yuriy Aksyuta and Yelena Batinova | [82][83] | |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
RTS | RTS 1 | All shows | [84][85] | |
| RTCG | TVCG 1 | ||||
| Slovenia |
RTVSLO | SLO 2 | Semi-final | Mojca Mavec | [86][87][88][89] |
| SLO 1 | Final | ||||
| Radio Val 202 | All shows | Jernej Vene | |||
| Spain |
TVE | La 2 | Semi-final | Beatriz Pécker, Ainhoa Arbizu and Carlos Cerezo | [90] |
| La Primera | Final | Beatriz Pécker | [91] | ||
| Sweden |
SVT | SVT1 | All shows | Pekka Heino | [40][41][92][93] |
| SR | SR P4 | Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén | [93][94] | ||
| Switzerland |
SRG SSR | SF 2 | Semi-final | Sandra Studer | [26][95] |
| SF 1 | Final | [27] | |||
| TSR 2 | Semi-final | Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet | [31] | ||
| TSR 1 | Final | [32][96] | |||
| TSI 2 | Semi-final | Daniela Tami and Claudio Lazzarino | [97] | ||
| TSI 1 | Final | ||||
| Turkey |
TRT | TRT 1 | All shows | [98][99] | |
| Ukraine |
NTU | Pershyi Natsionalnyi | All shows | Yaroslav Chornenkyi | [100][101][102] |
| UR | Galyna Babiy | [103] | |||
| United Kingdom |
BBC | BBC Three | Semi-final | Paddy O'Connell | [104] |
| BBC One, BBC Prime | Final | Terry Wogan | [32][105] | ||
| BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | [106] | |||
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.[110] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award.[111]
| Category | Country | Song | Performer(s) | Composer(s) | Final result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic Award | Greece |
"My Number One" | Helena Paparizou |
|
1st | 230 |
| Composer Award | Serbia and Montenegro |
"Zauvijek moja" | No Name |
|
7th | 137 |
| Press Award | Malta |
"Angel" | Chiara | Chiara Siracusa | 2nd | 192 |
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.[112]
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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.[114]
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.[115]
It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[116]
Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[117] | 2 |
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