Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place
at the Palace of Sports in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ruslana's win in the 2004 Contest with the song "Wild Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Dances". The contest consisted of two shows: the semi-final and final, which took place on 19 and 21 May Awakening
2005, respectively. The shows were hosted by Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty-nine countries
participated, including the dbuts of Bulgaria and Moldova and the return of Hungary, which was last
represented in 1998.

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.

The winner for 2005 was Greece with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou, written
by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou, both successful singer-songwriters in Greece. It scored 230
points, beating Malta into second place by a margin of 38 points. This was the first victory for Greece at the
Eurovision Song Contest. Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. The "Big Four" countries
(France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four
position of the scoreboard in the final.

Contents Dates

1 Overview Semi-final 19 May 2005

2 Publicity Final 21 May 2005
3 Incidents
Host
4 Participating countries
4.1 Returning artists Venue Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine
5 Results Presenter(s) Maria Efrosinina
5.1 Semi-final
Pavlo Shylko
5.2 Final
6 Scoreboard Director Sven Stojanovic
6.1 Semi-final Executive Svante Stockselius
6.1.1 12 points
6.2 Final supervisor
6.2.1 12 points Executive Pavlo Hrytsak
7 Other countries producer
8 Awards
8.1 Marcel Bezenon Awards Host National Television Company of Ukraine
8.2 Barbara Dex Award broadcaster (NTU)
9 International broadcasts and voting Opening act Semi-final: The Song and Dance
9.1 Voting and spokespersons Company of Ukraine Military Forces,
9.2 Commentators
10 Official album A-6 Ballet and Diezel DJ Power
11 See also (Freak show)
12 References Final: Ruslana performing a medley
13 External links of "Wild Dances" and "Heart on Fire"
Interval act Semi-final: Irina Mazur's Ballet
"Life"
Overview Final: Kiev Percussion Ensemble
ARS NOVA, Anatoliy Zalevskiy and
The official logo of the contest remained the same from the 2004 contest with the country's flag in the heart Ruslana performing "The Same Star"
being changed. Following Istanbul's 'Under The Same Sky', the slogan for the 2005 show was 'Awakening',
Participants
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 Ukraines culture and heritage Number of 39
along with a more modern and industrial side to the country. entries
Debuting Bulgaria
The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev were television presenter Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and
DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous winner Ruslana returned to the stage in Kiev to perform in the interval countries Moldova
act and to interview the contestants backstage in the 'green room'. The famous Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Returning Hungary
Wladimir Klitschko opened the televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's countries
president, Viktor Yushchenko.
Withdrawing None
countries
Publicity
Participation map
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.[1] 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.

During the semi final, there were a few volume falls in the sound, most notably during the Norwegian song,
shortly after the intro. These were not fixed for the DVD release.

Incidents
Participating countries
Did not qualify from the semi final
2005 was no exception for scandals regarding the representatives from the countries participating. Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Germany's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest rejected calls to quit after her producer admitted
Vote
manipulating the country's pop charts with mass purchases of her single. Gracia Baur defended her producer
David Brandes, also behind Swiss entry Vanilla Ninja, and said she would go to the finals in Kiev despite Voting Each country awarded 12, 10, 81 points to
complaints from other German singers. Bulgaria's debut was overshadowed by a scandal. The song system their 10 favourite songs.
"Lorraine" by Kaffe was accused of plagiarism. The song sounded too similar to another one released by
Nul points None
Ruslan Mainov in 2001. There were also problems in Malta with the electricity supply during the contest, so
TV viewers were unable to watch their national selection from the very beginning. There was a controversy Winning Greece
regarding the Turkish entry: TRT got a false jury which led to the victory of the song Glseren, which the song "My Number One"
2003 winner Sertab Erener said was not the best choice. There were similar controversies in Macedonia
which led to an eventual victory for Martin Vui. The Ukrainian song had to be changed because it would bring a political message to the people, and EBU stated
that no politics could be involved in the contest. The entry for Serbia and Montenegro was also overshadowed by a scandal and an accusation of plagiarism.
Portugal's entry, "Amar", had very poor sound quality, with the female singer's microphone failing many times on stage.

It is also notable that the programme lasted just short of 3.5 hours. This was mainly due to the extremely long voting procedure, where 39 countries voted, reading
out every single score. Many people, including United Kingdom commentator Terry Wogan, noticed this and commented about the marathon-like voting procedure,
when Russia voted he stated "How many more [countries] have we got to go? What time is it?". Because the show overran so badly, the EBU changed the way the
votes were announced in 2006 into a much shorter method, where only the top 3 scores were read out (the rest appeared on the scoreboard automatically).

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. She opened
the contest, and did do a few brief interviews in the green room at a few different stages in the event.

Participating countries
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.

Returning artists

Constantinos Christoforou represented Cyprus for the third time, having previously represented the nation at the 1996 contest
as a solo artist and at the 2002 contest as part of the group One. Helena Paparizou previously represented Greece in 2001 as
part of the duo Antique. Selma previously represented Iceland in 1999. Chiara previously represented Malta in 1998. Anabel
Conde, who represented Spain in 1995, returned as a backing vocalist for Andorra.

Results
Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). 25 countries performed and all 39 participants voted.

Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final

Ruslana performing at the opening of
Draw Country Artist Song Language[2] Place Points
the final
01 Austria Global.Kryner "Y as" English, Spanish 21 30
02 Lithuania Laura & The Lovers "Little by Little" English 25 17

Portugal Portuguese,
03 2B "Amar" 17 51
English
English,
04 Moldova Zdob i Zdub "Boonika bate doba" 2 207
Romanian
05 Latvia Walters & Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English 10 85
06 Monaco Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French 24 22

Israel "Hasheket Shenish'ar" ( Hebrew,

07 Shiri Maimon 7 158
) English
08 Belarus Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English 13 67

09 Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English 14 53

Netherlands
10 Iceland Selma "If I Had Your Love" English 16 52
11 Belgium Nuno Resende "Le grand soir" French 22 29
12 Estonia Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English 20 31
13 Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English 6 164
14 Romania Luminia Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 1 235
15 Hungary NOX "Forogj, vilg!" Hungarian 5 167
16 Finland Geir Rnning "Why?" English 18 50

17 Martin Vui "Make My Day" English 9 97

Macedonia
18 Andorra Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan 23 27

19 Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 114

Switzerland
Boris Novkovi feat. Lado
20 Croatia "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian 4 169
Members
21 Bulgaria Kaffe "Lorraine" English 19 49
22 Ireland Donna and Joe "Love?" English 14 53
23 Slovenia Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene 12 69
24 Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English 3 185
25 Poland Ivan & Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian 11 81

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.

Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[2] Place Points

01 Hungary NOX "Forogj, vilg!" Hungarian 12 97
02 United Kingdom Javine "Touch My Fire" English 22 18
03 Malta Chiara "Angel" English 2 192
04 Romania Luminia Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 3 158
05 Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English 9 125
06 Turkey Glseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish 13 92
07 Moldova Zdob i Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian 6 148
08 Albania Ledina elo "Tomorrow I Go" English 16 53
09 Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English 18 46
10 Spain Son de Sol "Brujera" Spanish 21 28
11 Israel Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar" ( ) Hebrew, English 4 154
12 Serbia and Montenegro2 No Name "Zauvijek moja" ( ) Montenegrin 7 137
13 Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English 9 125
14 Sweden Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English 19 30
15 Macedonia Martin Vui "Make My Day" English 17 52
16 Ukraine GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato" ( ) Ukrainian, English1 19 30
17 Germany Gracia "Run and Hide" English 24 4
18 Croatia2 Boris Novkovi feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian 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" English 14 79
22 Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 128
23 Latvia Walters & Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English 5 153
24 France Ortal "Chacun pense soi" French 23 11

Notes

1.^ The song also contained phrases in Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.[3]
2.^ After Serbia and Montenegro withdrawal from the 2006 contest, their place in the final was awarded to 11th Croatia.

Scoreboard
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. In the semi-final this affected Monaco, Andorra and Albania, and Andorra, Monaco
and Moldova in the final.

Semi-final
 Televoting r esults

Austria 30 7 10 5 1 1 6
Lithuania 17 5 4 8
Portugal 51 10 5 12 12 12
Moldova 207 8 10 8 10 8 4 5 3 6 3 7 6 6 5 12 1 12 3 8 1 10 6 10 12 4 6 12 6 10 5
Latvia 85 12 4 7 2 10 6 6 12 3 2 6 5 2 7 1
Monaco 22 10 2 10
Israel 158 2 6 12 12 10 3 1 12 4 7 4 5 6 6 8 6 5 7 3 4 3 4 1 5 3 8 3 8
Belarus 67 3 1 12 1 7 3 7 2 6 4 8 10 3
Netherlands 53 8 12 5 4 2 8 1 5 6 2
Iceland 52 6 3 8 10 2 4 10 7 2
Belgium 29 12 6 3 1 7
Estonia 31 5 6 1 2 1 1 3 12
Norway 164 2 6 1 5 2 12 2 6 12 2 10 3 7 7 3 7 2 8 2 4 7 4 12 8 2 6 4 7 5 6
Romania 235 10 10 7 3 8 5 8 1 4 4 5 8 1 8 12 8 10 7 7 12 12 12 12 5 7 5 5 1 7 1 12 3 5 4 6
Hungary 167 7 7 4 7 6 4 5 1 7 4 12 1 2 10 6 8 6 3 8 8 1 3 4 10 8 5 7 3 1 5 4
Finland 50 6 1 8 3 10 8 10 4
Macedonia 97 4 3 3 10 8 4 10 12 10 1 2 12 10 8
Andorra 27 7 4 6 10
Switzerland 114 1 8 2 2 8 6 12 10 3 2 5 5 3 1 2 2 5 3 2 2 4 3 6 3 3 2 2 7
Croatia 169 12 4 3 5 1 4 4 1 3 2 8 12 3 8 6 4 6 10 12 6 12 7 10 12 10 4
Bulgaria 49 5 7 4 10 6 1 8 7 1
Ireland 53 2 2 1 2 10 12 5 5 4 1 5 4
Slovenia 69 3 4 2 1 7 2 8 1 7 7 3 10 6 8
Denmark 185 6 7 5 10 12 10 7 7 8 8 12 10 7 10 4 3 12 8 12 5 6 2 4 7 2 1
Poland 81 5 1 6 5 3 5 4 5 1 7 2 8 8 2 10 5 1 3

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N. Contestant Voting nation

6 Romania Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Spain
5 Croatia Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
Denmark Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
4
Moldova Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Israel Andorra, Belarus, Monaco
3 Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Portugal France, Germany, Switzerland
Latvia Lithuania, Malta
2
Macedonia Albania, Croatia
Belarus Bulgaria
Belgium Portugal
Estonia Latvia
1 Hungary Poland
Ireland United Kingdom
Netherlands Belgium
Switzerland Estonia

Final
 Televoting results

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 Voting nation

10 Greece Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Latvia Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova
Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
3
Romania Israel, Spain, Portugal
Serbia and Montenegro Austria, Croatia, Switzerland
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia
Cyprus Greece, Malta
2 Moldova Romania, Ukraine
Switzerland Estonia, Latvia
Turkey France, Netherlands
Albania Macedonia
Denmark Norway
Israel Monaco
1 Malta Russia
Russia Belarus
Spain Andorra
Ukraine Poland

Other countries
Czech Republic Czech broadcaster esk televize (T) initially applied to participate in the 2005 Contest, however, the broadcaster reconsidered
dbuting in the contest and later withdrew their application on 3 December 2004.[4]
Lebanon Lebanese broadcaster Tl Liban confirmed Lebanon's dbut 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 on 18 March 2005 after the EBU informed them that the
rules of the competition require them to broadcast the Israeli entry during the live show and enable viewers to vote for the nation, which contravened a
Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel. As the withdrawal period for the contest had passed, Tl Liban forfeited the return of their
participation fee and potentially faced further fines from the EBU.[5]

Awards
Marcel Bezenon Awards

The Marcel Bezenon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final.
Founded by Christer Bjrkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey
(member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezenon.[6]
The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[7]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points

Artists Award Christos Dantis
Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou 1st 230
(Voted by previous winners ) Natalia Germanou
Slaven Knezovi
Composer Award Serbia and Montenegro "Zauvijek moja" No Name 7th 137
Milan Peri
Press Award Malta "Angel" Chiara Chiara Siracusa 2nd 192

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist
each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful)
dress.[8]

Place[9] Country[9] Performer(s)[9] Votes[9]

1 Macedonia Martin Vui 42
2 Iceland Selma 39
3 Portugal 2B 34
4 Norway Wig Wam 29
5 Belarus Angelica Agurbash 21

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and 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 in 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.[10]

1. Austria Dodo Roscic 21. Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan

2. Lithuania Rolandas Vilkonius 22. Moldova Elena Camerzan
3. Portugal Isabel Angelino 23. Albania Zhani Ciko
4. Monaco Anne Allegrini 24. Cyprus Melani Steliou
5. Belarus Elena Ponomareva 25. Spain Ainhoa Arbizu
6. Netherlands Nancy Coolen 26. Israel Dana Herman
7. Iceland Ragnhildur Steinunn Jnsdttir 27. Serbia and Montenegro Nina Radulovi
8. Belgium Armelle Gysen 28. Denmark Gry Johansen
9. Estonia Maarja-Liis Ilus (participant for Denmark in 1983)
(participant for Estonia in 1996 and 1997) 29. Sweden Annika Jankell
10. Finland Jari Sillanp 30. Macedonia Karolina Goeva
(participant for Finland in 2004) (participant for Macedonia in 2002 and in 2007)
11. Andorra Ruth Gumbau 31. Ukraine Maria Orlova
12. Bulgaria Evgenia Atanasova 32. Germany Thomas Hermanns
13. Ireland Dana Rosemary Scallon 33. Croatia Barbara Kolar
(winner for Ireland in 1970) 34. Greece Alexis Kostalas
14. Slovenia Katarina as 35. Russia Yana Churikova
15. Poland Maciej Oro 36. Bosnia and Herzegovina Ana Mirjana Raanovi
16. Hungary Zsuzsa Demcsk 37. Switzerland Ccile Bhler
17. United Kingdom Cheryl Baker 38. Latvia Marija Naumova
(winner for United Kingdom in 1981 as part of Bucks Fizz ) (winner for Latvia in 2002 and co-presenter in 2003)
18. Malta Valerie Vella 39. France Marie Myriam
19. Romania Berti Barbera (winner for France in 1977)
20. Norway Ingvild Helljesen
21. Turkey Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Commentators

Albania Leon Menkshi (TVSH)
Andorra Meri Picart and Josep Llus Trabal (RTVA)
Austria Andi Knoll (ORF2) and Martin Blumenau (Hitradio 3)
Belarus Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
Belgium French: Jean-Pierre Hautier (La Une),[11] Patrick Duhamel
and Carlo de Pascale (La Premire), Dutch: Andr Vermeulen and Anja
Daems (Dutch, n),[12] Julien Put and Michel Follet (Dutch, Radio 2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dejan Kukric (BHT1)
Bulgaria Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
Croatia Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov[13]
Cyprus Evi Papamichail (RIK 1)[14]
Denmark Jrgen de Mylius (DR1)[15]
Estonia Marko Reikop[16]
Finland Finnish: Jaana Pelkonen, Heikki Paasonen and Asko
Murtomki (YLE TV2),[17] Swedish: Thomas Lundin (YLE FST), Sanna
Kojo and Jorma Hietamki (YLE Radio Suomi)[18]
France Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier (France 3, Final), Peggy Olmi
(France 4, Semi-Final),[11] Jean-Luc Delarue (France Bleu, final)
Germany Peter Urban (All, Das Erste),[19] Thomas Mohr
(Deutschlandfunk/NDR 2)[20]
Greece Alexandra Pascalidou (NET)
Hungary Zsuzsa Demcsk, Andrs Fber and Dvid Sznt[21]
Iceland Gsli Marteinn Baldursson (Sjnvarpi)[22]
Ireland Marty Whelan (All, RT One),[23] Ronan Collins (All, RT
Radio 1)
Israel No commentator
Latvia Krlis Streips
 Lithuania Darius Ukuraitis Slovenia Mojca Mavec
Macedonia Milanka Rasic Spain Beatriz Pcker (TVE1)[29]
Malta Eileen Montesin[24] Sweden Pekka Heino (SVT1),[30] Carolina Norn (SR P3)[31]
Moldova Vitalie Rotaru Switzerland German: Sandra Studer (SF 1), French: Jean-Marc
Monaco Bernard Montiel and Gnie Godula (TMC Monte Carlo)[11] Richard and Marie-Thrse Porchet (TSR 2),[11] Italian: Daniela Tami and
Netherlands Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas (Nederland Claudio Lazzarino (TSI 1)
2),[25] Hijlco Span and Ron Stoeltie (Radio 3FM) Turkey Blend zveren (TRT 1), mit Tuna and Canan
Norway Jostein Pedersen (NRK1)[26] Kumbasar (Final, TRT Radyo 3)
Poland Artur Orzech (TVP1)[27] Ukraine Yaroslav Chornenkyi (First National TV Channel),[32]
Portugal Eldio Clmaco (RTP1)[28] Galyna Babiy (National Radio)
Romania Andreea Demirgian (TVR1) United Kingdom Terry Wogan (Final, BBC One), Paddy O'Connell
Russia Yuri Aksyuta and Yelena Batinova (Channel One) (Semi final, BBC Three), Ken Bruce (Final, BBC Radio 2)
Serbia and Montenegro Duka Vuini-Lui (Serbian, RTS1),
Draen Baukovi, Tamara Ivankovi (semi-final & final) & Danijel
Popovi (final) (Montenegrin, TVCG 2)

Official album
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 Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2005 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the
grand final.[33] 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.[34] It was
reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[35]

CD 1
No. Title Artist Length
1. "La mirada interior" (Andorra) Marian van de Wal 2:57
2. "Tomorrow I Go" (Albania) Ledina elo 3:01
3. "Y as" (Austria) Global Kryner 3:02
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
4. "Call Me" (Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Feminnem 3:04
5. "Le grand soir" (Belgium ) Nuno Resende 3:03 Released 2 May 2005
6. "Lorraine" (Bulgaria ) Kaffe 3:04 Genre Pop
7. "Love Me Tonight" (Belarus) Angelica Agurbash 3:03 Length 60:17 (CD 1)
8. "Cool Vibes" (Switzerland ) Vanilla Ninja 3:02
56:54 (CD 2)
9. "Zauvijek moja" (Serbia and Montenegro ) No Name 3:03
10. "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" (Cyprus) Constantinos Christoforou 2:55 Label EMI / CMC
11. "Run & Hide" (Germany ) Gracia 2:58 Eurovision Song Contest chronology
12. "Talking to You" (Denmark ) Jakob Sveistrup 3:01 Eurovision Song Eurovision Eurovision Song
13. "Let's Get Loud" (Estonia) Suntribe 3:01 Contest: Istanbul Song Contest: Contest: Athens
14. "Brujera" (Spain) Son de Sol 2:54 2004 Kyiv 2005 2006
15. "Why?" (Finland) Geir Rnning 3:02 (2004) (2005) (2006)
16. "Chacun pense soi" (France) Ortal 3:11
17. "Touch My Fire" (United Kingdom ) Javine 3:02 Original cover
18. "My Number One" (Greece) Helena Paparizou 2:56
19. "Vukovi umiru sami" (Croatia) Boris Novkovi ft. Lado members 3:00
20. "Forogj, vilg!" (Hungary ) NOX 2:58
Total length: 60:17
CD 2
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Love?" (Ireland) Donna and Joseph McCaul 3:01
2. "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (Israel) Shiri Maimon 3:01
3. "If I Had Your Love" (Iceland) Selma Bjrnsdttir 3:07 The first of two official albums of the Eurovision
4. "Little by Little" (Lithuania ) Laura & The Lovers 3:02 Song Contest 2005, showing the participation of
5. "The War Is Not Over" (Latvia) Walters and Kazha 2:56 Lebanon. (bottom row, third from right)
6. "Tout de moi" (Monaco) Lise Darly 3:02
7. "Boonika bate doba" (Moldova ) Zdob i Zdub 3:03
8. "Make My Day" (Macedonia ) Martin Vui 3:04
9. "Angel" (Malta) Chiara 3:03
10. "My Impossible Dream" (Netherlands ) Glennis Grace 2:45
11. "In My Dreams" (Norway) Wig Wam 3:02
12. "Czarna dziewczyna" (Poland) Ivan and Delfin 3:00
13. "Amar" (Portugal) 2B 3:01
14. "Let Me Try" (Romania ) Luminia Anghel and Sistem 3:01
15. "Nobody Hurt No One" (Russia) Natalia Podolskaya 3:02
16. "Las Vegas" (Sweden) Martin Stenmarck 3:04
17. "Stop" (Slovenia ) Omar Naber 2:56
18. "Rimi Rimi Ley" (Turkey) Glseren 2:58
19. "Razom nas bahato" (Ukraine) GreenJolly 2:46
Total length: 56:54

See also
The Eurovision Song Contest The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
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