Eurovision Song Contest 2005
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Awakening | |
 | |
| Dates | |
| Semi-final | 19 May 2005 |
| Final | 21 May 2005 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Palace of Sports Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Host broadcaster | National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) |
| Website | www |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 39 |
| Number of finalists | 24 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Returning countries |  Hungary |
| Vote | |
| Winning song | |
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.[1] The contest was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, following their win at the 2004 contest with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana.[1]
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.[1]
Location
[change | change source]Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. On 6 September, 2004, it was confirmed that the Palace of Sports was the venue.[2]
Participants
[change | change source]| 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 | "Czarna dziewczyna" | Polish, Russian |
 Portugal |
RTP | 2B | "Amar" | Portuguese, English |
 Romania |
TVR | Luminița Anghel and Sistem | "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
[change | change source]The Czech Republic had applied to debut in the contest, but it withdrew.[5] 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.[6]
Overview
[change | change source]Semi-final
[change | change source]The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET).
| 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
[change | change source]The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET)
| 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
[change | change source]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.[9]
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 "Eurovision Song Contest Kyiv 2005". Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ↑ "Eurovision NTU and EBU confirm: Palats Sportu - ESCToday.com". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ↑ "Kyiv 2005 – Participants". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Eurovision 2005". European Broadcasting Union. 23 May 2005. Archived from the original on 26 May 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ↑ "Eurovision CZECH REPUBLIC WITHDRAWS - ESCToday.com". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lebanon withdraws from Eurovision". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ↑ "Kyiv 2005 – Semi-Final – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "Kyiv 2005 – Grand Final – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "Eurovision BREAKING NEWS: LEBANON WITHDRAWS - ESCToday.com". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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