The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, 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 decided to withdraw.
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.
Gallery
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 |  Austria
|
Global Kryner | Y así | English, Spanish | Like that | 21 | 30 |
| 02 |  Lithuania
|
Laura and The Lovers | Little by little | English | -- | 25 | 17 |
| 03 |  Portugal
|
2B | Amar | English, Portuguese | To love | 17 | 51 |
| 04 |  Moldova
|
Zdob şi Zdub | Boonika Bate Doba | English, Romanian | Grandmother beats the drum | 2 | 207 |
| 05 |  Latvia
|
Walters and Kazha | The War is Not Over | English | -- | 10 | 85 |
| 06 |  Monaco
|
Lise Darly | Tout de moi | French | All of me | 24 | 22 |
| 07 |  Israel
|
Shiri Maimon | HaSheket SheNish'ar | English, Hebrew | The silence that remains | 7 | 158 |
| 08 |  Belarus
|
Angelica Agurbash | Love Me Tonight | English | -- | 13 | 67 |
| 09 |  The Netherlands
|
Glennis Grace | My Impossible Dream | -- | 14 | 53 | |
| 10 |  Iceland
|
Selma | If I Had Your Love | -- | 16 | 52 | |
| 11 |  Belgium
|
Nuno Resende | Le grand soir | French | The big night | 22 | 29 |
| 12 |  Estonia
|
Suntribe | Let's Get Loud | English | -- | 20 | 31 |
| 13 |  Norway
|
Wig Wam | In my dreams | -- | 6 | 164 | |
| 14 |  Romania
|
Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem | Let Me Try | English | -- | 1 | 235 |
| 15 |  Hungary
|
NOX | Forogj, világ! | Hungarian | Spin, world! | 5 | 167 |
| 16 |  Finland
|
Geir Rönning | Why? | English | -- | 18 | 50 |
| 17 |  North Macedonia
|
Martin Vučić | Make My Day | -- | 9 | 97 | |
| 18 |  Andorra
|
Marian van de Wal | La mirada interior | Catalan | The inner glance | 23 | 27 |
| 19 |  Switzerland
|
Vanilla Ninja | Cool Vibes | English | -- | 8 | 114 |
| 20 |  Croatia
|
Boris Novković ft. Lado | Vukovi umiru sami | Croatian | Wolves die alone | 4 | 169 |
| 21 |  Bulgaria
|
Kaffe | Lorraine | English | -- | 19 | 49 |
| 22 |  Ireland
|
Donna and Joe | Love? | -- | 14 | 53 | |
| 23 |  Slovenia
|
Omar Naber | Stop | Slovene | -- | 12 | 69 |
| 24 |  Denmark
|
Jakob Sveistrup | Talking to You | English | -- | 3 | 185 |
| 25 |  Poland
|
Ivan and 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 | Hungary
|
NOX | Forogj, világ! | Hungarian | Spin, world! | 12 | 97 |
| 02 |  United Kingdom
|
Javine | Touch My Fire | English | -- | 22 | 18 |
| 03 |  Malta
|
Chiara | Angel | English | -- | 2 | 192 |
| 04 | Romania
|
Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem | Let Me Try | English | -- | 3 | 158 |
| 05 | Norway
|
Wig Wam | In My Dreams | -- | 9 | 125 | |
| 06 |  Türkiye
|
Gülseren | Rimi Rimi Ley | Turkish | -- | 13 | 92 |
| 07 | Moldova
|
Zdob şi Zdub | Boonika Bate Doba | English, Romanian | Grandmother beats the drum | 6 | 148 |
| 08 |  Albania
|
Ledina Çelo | Tomorrow I Go | English | -- | 16 | 53 |
| 09 |  Cyprus
|
Constantinos Christoforou | Ela Ela (Come Baby) | -- | 18 | 46 | |
| 10 |  Spain
|
Son de Sol | Brujería | Spanish | Witchcraft | 21 | 28 |
| 11 | Israel
|
Shiri Maimon | HaSheket SheNish'ar | English, Hebrew | The silence that remains | 4 | 154 |
| 12 |  Serbia and Montenegro
|
No Name | Zauvijek moja | Montenegrin | Forever mine | 7* | 137 |
| 13 | Denmark
|
Jakob Sveistrup | Talking to You | English | -- | 9 | 125 |
| 14 |  Sweden
|
Martin Stenmarck | Las Vegas | -- | 19 | 30 | |
| 15 | North Macedonia
|
Martin Vučić | Make My Day | -- | 17 | 52 | |
| 16 |  Ukraine
|
GreenJolly | Razom nas bahato | Ukrainian, English | Together we are many | 19 | 30 |
| 17 |  Germany
|
Gracia Baur | Run & Hide | English | -- | 24 | 4 |
| 18 | Croatia
|
Boris Novković and Lado | Vukovi umiru sami | Croatian | Wolves die alone | 11 | 115 |
| 19 |  Greece
|
Helena Paparizou | My Number One | English | -- | 1 | 230 |
| 20 |  Russia
|
Natalia Podolskaya | Nobody Hurt No One | English | -- | 15 | 57 |
| 21 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Feminnem | Call Me | -- | 14 | 79 | |
| 22 | Switzerland
|
Vanilla Ninja | Cool Vibes | -- | 8 | 128 | |
| 23 | Latvia
|
Walters and Kazha | The War is Not Over | -- | 5 | 153 | |
| 24 |  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 to become independent. The country however, voted anyway.