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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Helena Paparizou was Europe's Number One when she brought Greece to the top of the scoreboard for the first time.


The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by the famous songwriters Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanos and performed by Greek-Swedish singer Helena Paparizou, who scored 230 points, while Malta's Angel, Chiara, was the runner up with 192 points, and the third place went to Romania's Let Me Try.

Moldova and Bulgaria made their debuts, while Hungary returned to the contest for the first time since 1998.

Lebanon and the Czech Republic initally confirmed participation but withdrew.

The contest took place on 19 May 2005 for the semi-final and 21 May 2005 for the final. Organizers hoped that this event 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.


In the same year, the Congratulations: 50 Years show was hosted, by Katrina Leskanich and Renars Kaupers of Brainstorm, in Forum Arena, in Copenhagen, Denmark, to celebrate the 50th show.

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The official logo with the heart was kept. The slogan of the contest was "Awakening", representing Ukraine's awakening as a part of Europe. Each postcard showed clips of Ukrainian culture and industry. The contest was broadcast in 16:9 for the first time.

The 1-semi-final was kept again for 2005. As the top 10 non-Big Four countries of 2004, Ukraine, Serbia-Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Sweden, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russia and Malta all automaticaly advanced to the final. 5 of these countries finished in the bottom 10, while 3 finished in the top 10.

NTU considered a return of the live orchestra, but this never materialised.

Lebanon and the Czech Republic initally confirmed participation but withdrew. Lebanon was disqualified for their late withdrawal, due to Lebanese law barring the broadcast of anything Israeli. Lebanon were to participate with "Quand tout s'enfuit" by Aline Lahoud.

The EBU introduced a minimum threshold number of televotes for validity, otherwise the televotes would be replaced with a jury. Andorra and Monaco did not televote in either round. The Albanian televotes were invalidated in the semi-final, and the Moldovan ones in the final.

Participants[]

Semi Final[]

All countries, including the Big Four, voted in the Semi Final that was held on 19 May 2005. Only the top ten qualified to the final out of 25 participants.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Austria Austria Global Kryner Y así English, Spanish Like that 21 30
02 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Laura and The Lovers Little by little English -- 25 17
03 Flag of Portugal Portugal 2B Amar English, Portuguese To love 17 51
04 Flag of Moldova Moldova Zdob şi Zdub Boonika Bate Doba English, Romanian Grandmother beats the drum 2 207
05 Flag of Latvia Latvia Walters and Kazha The War is Not Over English -- 10 85
06 Flag of Monaco Monaco Lise Darly Tout de moi French All of me 24 22
07 Flag of Israel Israel Shiri Maimon HaSheket SheNish'ar English, Hebrew The silence that remains 7 158
08 Flag of Belarus Belarus Angelica Agurbash Love Me Tonight English -- 13 67
09 Flag of The Netherlands The Netherlands Glennis Grace My Impossible Dream 14 53
10 Flag of Iceland Iceland Selma If I Had Your Love 16 52
11 Flag of Belgium Belgium Nuno Resende Le grand soir French The big night 22 29
12 Flag of Estonia Estonia Suntribe Let's Get Loud English -- 20 31
13 Flag of Norway Norway Wig Wam In my dreams 6 164
14 Flag of Romania Romania Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem Let Me Try English 1 235
15 Flag of Hungary Hungary NOX Forogj, világ! Hungarian Spin, world! 5 167
16 Flag of Finland Finland Geir Rönning Why? English -- 18 50
17 Flag of Macedonia North Macedonia Martin Vučić Make My Day 9 97
18 Flag of Andorra Andorra Marian van de Wal La mirada interior Catalan The inner glance 23 27
19 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Vanilla Ninja Cool Vibes English -- 8 114
20 Flag of Croatia Croatia Boris Novković ft. Lado Vukovi umiru sami Croatian Wolves die alone 4 169
21 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Kaffe Lorraine English -- 19 49
22 Flag of Ireland Ireland Donna and Joe Love? 14 53
23 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Omar Naber Stop Slovene 12 69
24 Flag of Denmark Denmark Jakob Sveistrup Talking to You English 3 185
25 Flag of Poland Poland Ivan & Delfin Czarna dziewczyna Polish, Russian Black haired girl 11 81

Grand Final[]

The Eurovision 2005 final was held on 21 May 2005. The qualifiers to the final were:

  • The Big Four (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom)
  • The top 10 non-big four countries of 2004
  • The top 10 of the semi final of 2005
Draw Country Artist Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Hungary Hungary NOX Forogj, világ! Hungarian Spin, world! 12 97
02 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Javine Touch My Fire English -- 22 18
03 Flag of Malta Malta Chiara Angel 2 192
04 Flag of Romania Romania Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem Let Me Try 3 158
05 Flag of Norway Norway Wig Wam In My Dreams 9 125
06 Flag of Turkey Türkiye Gülseren Rimi Rimi Ley Turkish 13 92
07 Flag of Moldova Moldova Zdob şi Zdub Boonika Bate Doba English, Romanian Grandmother beats the drum 6 148
08 Flag of Albania Albania Ledina Çelo Tomorrow I Go English -- 16 53
09 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou Ela Ela (Come Baby) 18 46
10 Flag of Spain Spain Son de Sol Brujería Spanish Witchcraft 21 28
11 Flag of Israel Israel Shiri Maimon HaSheket SheNish'ar English, Hebrew The silence that remains 4 154
12 IconSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro No Name Zauvijek moja Montenegrin Forever mine 7* 137
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark Jakob Sveistrup Talking to You English -- 9 125
14 Flag of Sweden Sweden Martin Stenmarck Las Vegas 19 30
15 Flag of Macedonia North Macedonia Martin Vučić Make My Day 17 52
16 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine GreenJolly Razom nas bahato Ukrainian, English Together we are many 19 30
17 Flag of Germany Germany Gracia Run & Hide English -- 24 4
18 Flag of Croatia Croatia Boris Novković and Lado Vukovi umiru sami Croatian Wolves die alone 11* 115
19 Flag of Greece Greece Helena Paparizou My Number One English -- 1 230
20 Flag of Russia Russia Natalia Podolskaya Nobody Hurt No One 15 57
21 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Feminnem Call Me 14 79
22 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Vanilla Ninja Cool Vibes 8 128
23 Flag of Latvia Latvia Walters and Kazha The War is Not Over 5 153
24 Flag of France France Ortal Chacun pense à soi French Everyone thinks of themselves 23 11
  • Serbia and Montenegro's automatic place in the 2006 final was taken by Croatia as they withdrew after a national final scandal (and ultimately dissolved 2 weeks after the final). The country however, voted anyway.
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Trivia[]

  • Due to the extended time it took with multiple countries voting, this was the last contest where all the points were read during the voting.
  • The bottom 7 in the final were all auto-qualified, in order they were: Cyprus, Sweden, Ukraine, Spain, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
    • Furthermore, every member of The Big Four placed in the bottom four in the final
  • My Number One is the only winner to be an auto-qualifer outside the Big Four.
  • Three contestants from the 1995 came back to sing as backing vocalists:
  • This was the first time Finland participated in an odd-numbered year since 1993.
  • Two mistakes regarding flags were made by the presenters
    • In the semi final. The card showing Hungary had moved on to the final showed Bulgaria's flag
    • In the final, the stripes for the flag of Serbia and Montenegro were in the wrong order for the first half of the show. The red stripe was on the top, the blue stripe in the middle, and the white stripe on the bottom

Videos[]

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-EurovisionAgain - Eurovision Song Contest 2005 - Grand Final - Full Show

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