Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
Dates
Semi-final19 May 2005 (2005-05-19)
Final21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)
Host
VenuePalace of Sports
Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Host broadcasterNational Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Websitewww.eurovision.com/eurovision-song-contest/kyiv-2005/ Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries39
Number of finalists24
Debuting countries
Returning countries Hungary
Vote
Winning song
2004 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-final took place on the 19 May and the grand final on 21 May 2005. The contest was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, following their win at the 2004 contest with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana.

39 countries took part in the contest, with Bulgaria and Moldova taking part for the first time ever, while Hungary returned after a 6 year leave.

The winner was Greece with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou.

Location

Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. On 6 September, 2004, it was confirmed that the Palace of Sports was the venue.

Participants

Eurovision Song Contest 2005 participants
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language
 Albania RTSH Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English
 Andorra RTVA Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan
 Austria ORF Global.Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish
 Belarus BTRC Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English
 Belgium RTBF Nuno Resende "Le Grand Soir" French
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Feminnem "Call Me" English
 Bulgaria BNT Kaffe "Lorraine" English
 Croatia HRT Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian
 Cyprus CyBC Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English
 Denmark DR Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English
 Estonia ETV Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English
 Finland YLE Geir Rönning "Why" English
 France France Télévisions Ortal "Chacun pense à soi" French
 Germany NDR Gracia "Run & Hide" English
 Greece ERT Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English
 Hungary MTV Nox "Forogj, világ" Hungarian
 Iceland RÚV Selma "If I Had Your Love" English
 Ireland RTÉ Donna and Joe "Love?" English
 Israel IBA Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English
 Latvia LTV Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English
 Lithuania LRT Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English
 Macedonia MRT Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English
 Malta PBS Chiara "Angel" English
 Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian
 Monaco TMC Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French
 Netherlands NOS Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English
 Norway NRK Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English
 Poland TVP Ivan and Delfin [pl] "Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian
 Portugal RTP 2B [pt] "Amar" Portuguese, English
 Romania TVR Luminița Anghel and Sistem [ro] "Let Me Try" English
 Russia C1R Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English
 Serbia and Montenegro UJRT No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Montenegrin
 Slovenia RTVSLO Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene
 Spain TVE Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish
 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
 United Kingdom BBC Javine "Touch My Fire" English

Other countries

The Czech Republic had applied to debut in the contest, but it withdrew. Lebanon was set to debut in the contest with the song "Quand tout s'enfuit " by Aline Lahoud, but due to laws not allowing Israeli content, it withdrew.

Overview

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET).

Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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 final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET)

Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005 was the official compilation album of the 2005 contest.

The original album cover had Lebanon, but due to the country's withdrawal, it was changed.

References

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