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The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), the contest was held at the Palace of Sports, and consisted of a semi-final on 19 May, and a final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko.

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their first participation this year, while Template:Esccnty returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part Template:Esccnty.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou and written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's first victory in the contest after 31 years of participation. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five. Malta equalled their best result from Template:Escyr, while Romania achieved their best result in their Eurovision history. Unusually, all "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four positions in the final.

LocationEdit

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Palace of Sports, Kyiv – host venue pictured during the 2005 contest.

Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper. The Palace of Sports, a multi-purpose indoor arena, was confirmed by officials as the host venue on 6 September 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, in order to host the contest, the facilities had been brought up to the standard required by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

At the end of December 2004, work began on the renovation of the hall,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for which approximately 4 million francs were allocated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Renovation works were to be finished by 20 April,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> however, they were completed at the beginning of May.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The arena could accommodate over 5,000 seated spectators. Additionally 2,000 press delegates were catered for.

Hotel rooms were scarce as the contest organisers asked the Ukrainian government to put a block on bookings they did not control themselves through official delegation allocations or tour packages: this led to many people's hotel bookings being cancelled.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Organizers hoped that by hosting Eurovision, it 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.

ParticipantsEdit

Template:Further Template:Interlanguage link info Template:ESC 2005 participants Thirty-nine countries participated in the 2005 contest. Template:Esccnty returned to the contest after a six-year absence, last competing Template:Esccnty. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty competed in the contest for the first time.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: Constantinos Christoforou had represented Template:Esccnty as a solo artist and Template:Esccnty as part of One; Helena Paparizou had represented Template:Esccnty as part of Antique; Selma had represented Template:Esccnty; and Chiara had represented Template:Esccnty. In addition, Alexandros Panayi providing backing vocals for Greece, had represented Template:Esccnty; Anabel Conde providing backing vocals for Andorra, had represented Template:Esccnty; and Elina Konstantopoulou providing backing vocals for Cyprus, had represented Template:Esccnty.

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Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Template:Esc RTSH Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" Template:Efn English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVA Marian van de Wal lang}}" Catalan Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ORF Global.Kryner lang}}" English, Spanish Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BTRC Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTBF Nuno Resende lang}}" French Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BHRT Feminnem "Call Me" English Template:Ill
Template:Esc BNT Kaffe "Lorraine" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc HRT Boris Novković Template:Feat. Lado Members lang}}" Croatian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc CyBC Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English Constantinos Christoforou
Template:Esc DR Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ETV Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English Sven Lõhmus
Template:Esc YLE Geir Rönning "Why" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc lang}} Ortal lang}}" French Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NDRTemplate:Efn Gracia "Run & Hide" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ERT Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc MTV Nox lang}}" Hungarian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RÚV Selma "If I Had Your Love" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTÉ Donna and Joe "Love?" English Karl Broderick
Template:Esc IBA Shiri Maimon lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) Hebrew, English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc LTV Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English Mārtiņš Freimanis
Template:Esc LRT Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc MRT Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc PBS Chiara "Angel" English Chiara Siracusa
Template:Esc TRM Zdob și Zdub lang}}" English, Romanian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TMC Lise Darly lang}}" French Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NOS Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NRK Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English Template:Ill
Template:Esc TVP Template:Ill lang}}" Polish, Russian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTP 2B lang}}" Portuguese, English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TVR Luminița Anghel and Template:Ill "Let Me Try" English Cristian Faur
Template:Esc C1R Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc UJRT No Name lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) Montenegrin Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVSLO Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TVE Son de Sol lang}}" Spanish Alfredo Panebianco
Template:Esc SVT Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SRG SSR Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TRT Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NTU GreenJolly lang}}" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) Ukrainian, English GreenJolly
Template:Esc BBC Javine "Touch My Fire" English Template:Hlist

Other countriesEdit

Active EBU membersEdit

Template:Esccnty broadcaster Czech Television initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, it reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew its application.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Esccnty broadcaster Télé Liban initially confirmed its début in the contest and selected the song "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by Aline Lahoud as its entry; however, the broadcaster announced its withdrawal from the competition in March 2005 after finding out the obligation to broadcast all participating entries, including the Israeli one, as well as enabling its viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FormatEdit

Visual designEdit

The official logo of the contest remained the same from the Template:Escyr with the country's flag in the heart being changed. Following Istanbul's 'Under the Same Sky', the slogan for the 2005 show was 'Awakening', 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 Ukraine's culture and heritage along with a more modern and industrial side to the country.

This was the first edition to be broadcast in widescreen 16:9 format.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PresentersEdit

The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv were television presenter Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous winner Ruslana returned to the stage in Kyiv to perform in the interval act and to interview the contestants backstage in the 'green room'. 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. The Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko opened the televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko.

PublicityEdit

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.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK Template:ISBN</ref> 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.

Contest overviewEdit

Semi-finalEdit

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

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2 Template:Esc Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" 17 25
3 Template:Esc 2B lang}}" 51 17
4 Template:Esc Zdob și Zdub lang}}" 207 2
5 Template:Esc Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" 85 10
6 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 22 24
7 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 158 7
8 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Love Me Tonight" 67 13
9 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "My Impossible Dream" 53 14
10 Template:Esc Selma "If I Had Your Love" 52 16
11 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 29 22
12 Template:Esc Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" 31 20
13 Template:Esc Wig Wam "In My Dreams" 164 6
14 Template:Esc Template:Sortname and Sistem "Let Me Try" 235 1
15 Template:Esc Nox lang}}" 167 5
16 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Why" 50 18
17 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Make My Day" 97 9
18 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 27 23
19 Template:Esc Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" 114 8
20 Template:Esc Template:Sortname feat. Lado members lang}}" 169 4
21 Template:Esc Kaffe "Lorraine" 49 19
22 Template:Esc Donna and Joe "Love?" 53 14
23 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Stop" 69 12
24 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Talking to You" 185 3
25 Template:Esc Ivan and Delfin lang}}" 81 11

FinalEdit

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Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

The finalists were:

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1 Template:Esc Nox lang}}" 97 12
2 Template:Esc Javine "Touch My Fire" 18 22
3 Template:Esc Chiara "Angel" 192 2
4 Template:Esc Template:Sortname and Sistem "Let Me Try" 158 3
5 Template:Esc Wig Wam "In My Dreams" 125 9
6 Template:Esc Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" 92 13
7 Template:Esc Zdob și Zdub lang}}" 148 6
8 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Tomorrow I Go" Template:Efn 53 16
9 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Ela Ela" 46 18
10 Template:Esc Son de Sol lang}}" 28 21
11 Template:Esc Template:Sortname lang}}" 154 4
12 Template:Esc No Name lang}}" 137 7
13 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Talking to You" 125 9
14 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Las Vegas" 30 19
15 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Make My Day" 52 17
16 Template:Esc GreenJolly lang}}" 30 19
17 Template:Esc Gracia "Run & Hide" 4 24
18 Template:Esc Template:Sortname feat. Lado members lang}}" 115 11
19 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "My Number One" 230 1
20 Template:Esc Template:Sortname "Nobody Hurt No One" 57 15
21 Template:Esc Feminnem "Call Me" 79 14
22 Template:Esc Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" 128 8
23 Template:Esc Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" 153 5
24 Template:Esc Ortal lang}}" 11 23

SpokespersonsEdit

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. 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 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

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  5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndElena Ponomareva
  6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNancy Coolen
  7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
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  9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMaarja-Liis Ilus
  10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJari Sillanpää
  11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRuth Gumbau
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  13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDana
  14. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKatarina Čas
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  16. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  17. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndCheryl Baker
  18. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndValerie Vella
  19. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  20. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIngvild Helljesen
  21. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMeltem Ersan Yazgan
  22. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndElena Camerzan
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  24. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMelani Steliou
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  27. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNina Radulović
  28. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndGry Johansen
  29. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnnika Jankell
  30. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKarolina Gočeva
  31. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMaria Orlova
  32. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndThomas Hermanns
  33. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndBarbara Kolar
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  35. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndYana Churikova
  36. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAna Mirjana Račanović
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  38. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarija Naumova
  39. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarie Myriam

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Detailed voting resultsEdit

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. This affected Albania, Andorra and Monaco in the semi-final, and Andorra, Moldova and Monaco in the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Semi-finalEdit

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

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FinalEdit

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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 pointsEdit

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Other awardsEdit

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.

Marcel Bezençon AwardsEdit

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.<ref name="Bezençon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Press Award Template:Esc "Angel" Chiara Chiara Siracusa

Barbara Dex AwardEdit

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Official albumEdit

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Cover art of the 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 featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2005 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The original cover designed for the album was changed after Template:Esccnty'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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ChartsEdit

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Chart (2005) Peak
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NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

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