Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
Kyiv ESC 2005.svg
Dates
Semi-final19 May 2005 (2005-05-19)
Final21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)
Host
VenuePalace of Sports
Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Directed bySven Stojanovic
Executive supervisorSvante Stockselius
Executive producerPavlo Grytsak
Host broadcasterNational Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Opening act
  • Semi-final: The Song and Dance Company of Ukraine Military Forces, A-6 Ballet and Diezel DJ Power (Freak show)
  • Final: Ruslana performing a medley of "Wild Dances" and "Heart on Fire"
Interval act
  • Semi-final: Irina Mazur's Ballet "Life"
  • Final: Kyiv Percussion Ensemble ARS NOVA, Anatoliy Zalevskiy and Ruslana performing "The Same Star"
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Participants
Number of entries39
Debuting countries
Returning countries Hungary
Non-returning countriesNone
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
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Winning song
  •  Greece
  • "My Number One"
2004 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2006

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 2004 contest with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. It was the first time Ukraine had hosted the contest - only 2 years after the country made its debut. 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 the final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by 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. Bulgaria and Moldova made their first participation this year, while Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part in 1998.

The winner was Greece 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, in 31 years of participation. Malta, Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. Malta equalled their best result from 2002, 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.

Location[]

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 in September 2004.[1] 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,[2] for which approximately 4 million francs were allocated.[3] Renovation works were to be finished by 20 April,[4] however, they were completed at the beginning of May.[5][6] 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.[7]

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.

Format[]

Visual design[]

The official logo of the contest remained the same from the 2004 contest 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.[8]

Presenters[]

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'. The famous Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko opened the televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko.

Publicity[]

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.[9] 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 sound faults, most notably during the Norwegian song, shortly after the intro and also during the Irish song. These were not fixed for the DVD release.

Incidents[]

2005 was no exception for scandals regarding the representatives from the countries participating. Germany's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest rejected calls to quit after her producer admitted 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 Kyiv despite complaints from other German singers. Bulgaria's debut was overshadowed by a scandal. The song "Lorraine" by Kaffe was accused of plagiarism. The song sounded too similar to another one released by 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 regarding the Turkish entry: TRT got a false jury which led to the victory of the song Gülseren, which the 2003 winner Sertab Erener said was not the best choice. There were similar controversies in Macedonia which led to an eventual victory for Martin Vučić. 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.

In the semifinal, the first qualifier was Hungary as shown on the card, but instead of showing Hungary's flag, it showed the Bulgarian flag accidentally.

Participating countries[]

Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

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[]

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Constantinos Christoforou  Cyprus 1996, 2002 (as member of One)
Helena Paparizou  Greece 2001 (as member of Antique)
Selma  Iceland 1999
Chiara  Malta 1998

Backing performers[]

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Anabel Conde  Andorra 1995 (for  Spain)

Results[]

Semi-final[]

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

Draw Country Artist Song Language[10] Place[11] Points
01  Austria Global.Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish 21 30
02  Lithuania Laura & The Lovers "Little by Little" English 25 17
03  Portugal 2B "Amar" Portuguese, English 17 51
04  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian 2 207
05  Latvia Walters & Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English 10 85
06  Monaco Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French 24 22
07  Israel Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English 7 158
08  Belarus Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English 13 67
09  Netherlands Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English 14 53
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 Luminița Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 1 235
15  Hungary NOX "Forogj, világ!" Hungarian 5 167
16  Finland Geir Rönning "Why?" English 18 50
17  Macedonia Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English 9 97
18  Andorra Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan 23 27
19   Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 114
20  Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian 4 169
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[]

Points given to Greece.

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.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[10] Place[12] Points
01  Hungary NOX "Forogj, világ!" Hungarian 12 97
02  United Kingdom Javine "Touch My Fire" English 22 18
03  Malta Chiara "Angel" English 2 192
04  Romania Luminița Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 3 158
05  Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English 9 125
06  Turkey Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish 13 92
07  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian 6 148
08  Albania Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English 16 53
09  Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English 18 46
10  Spain Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish 21 28
11  Israel Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English 4 154
12  Serbia and Montenegro No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) 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 Vučić "Make My Day" English 17 52
16  Ukraine GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) Ukrainian, English[a] 19 30
17  Germany Gracia "Run and Hide" English 24 4
18  Croatia Boris Novković 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 à soi" French 23 11

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. This affected Monaco, Andorra and Albania in the semi-final, and Andorra, Monaco and Moldova in the final.

Semi-final[]

Semi-final voting results[14]
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote
Total score
Austria
Lithuania
Portugal
Monaco
Belarus
Netherlands
Iceland
Belgium
Estonia
Finland
Andorra
Bulgaria
Ireland
Slovenia
Poland
Hungary
United Kingdom
Malta
Romania
Norway
Turkey
Moldova
Albania
Cyprus
Spain
Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Denmark
Sweden
Macedonia
Ukraine
Germany
Croatia
Greece
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
Latvia
France
Contestants
 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 Nation(s) giving 12 points
6  Romania  Cyprus,  Greece,  Hungary,  Israel,  Moldova,  Spain
5  Croatia  Austria,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Macedonia,  Serbia and Montenegro,  Slovenia
4  Denmark  Ireland,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Sweden
 Moldova  Romania,  Russia,  Turkey,  Ukraine
3  Israel  Andorra,  Belarus,  Monaco
 Norway  Denmark,  Finland,  Iceland
 Portugal  France,  Germany,   Switzerland
2  Latvia  Lithuania,  Malta
 Macedonia  Albania,  Croatia
1  Belarus  Bulgaria
 Belgium  Portugal
 Estonia  Latvia
 Hungary  Poland
 Ireland  United Kingdom
 Netherlands  Belgium
  Switzerland  Estonia

Final[]

Final voting results[15]
Voting procedure used:
  100% Televoting
  100% Jury vote
Total score
Austria
Lithuania
Portugal
Monaco
Belarus
Netherlands
Iceland
Belgium
Estonia
Finland
Andorra
Bulgaria
Ireland
Slovenia
Poland
Hungary
United Kingdom
Malta
Romania
Norway
Turkey
Moldova
Albania
Cyprus
Spain
Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Denmark
Sweden
Macedonia
Ukraine
Germany
Croatia
Greece
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
Latvia
France
Contestants
 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 Nation(s) giving 12 points
10  Greece  Albania,  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  Germany,  Hungary,  Serbia and Montenegro,  Sweden,  Turkey,  United Kingdom
3  Latvia  Ireland,  Lithuania,  Moldova
 Norway  Denmark,  Finland,  Iceland
 Romania  Israel,  Spain,  Portugal
 Serbia and Montenegro  Austria,  Croatia,   Switzerland
2  Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Slovenia
 Cyprus  Greece,  Malta
 Moldova  Romania,  Ukraine
  Switzerland  Estonia,  Latvia
 Turkey  France,  Netherlands
1  Albania  Macedonia
 Denmark  Norway
 Israel  Monaco
 Malta  Russia
 Russia  Belarus
 Spain  Andorra
 Ukraine  Poland

Other countries[]

  •  Czech Republic – Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) initially applied to participate in the 2005 Contest, however, the broadcaster reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew their application on 3 December 2004.[16]
  •  Lebanon – Lebanese broadcaster Télé Liban confirmed Lebanon's début 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, Télé Liban forfeited the return of their participation fee and potentially faced further fines from the EBU.[17]

Other Awards[]

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 Awards[]

The Marcel Bezençon Awards honour the best competing songs in the final. Named after the founder of the contest, the awards were created and first handed at the 2002 contest by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 contest and the country's current Head of Delegation), and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys who won the 1984 contest for Sweden).[18] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award.[19]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artistic Award  Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou Manos Psaltakis
Christos Dantis
Natalia Germanou 		1st 230
Composer Award  Serbia and Montenegro "Zauvijek moja" No Name Slaven Knezović
Milan Perić 		7th 137
Press Award  Malta "Angel" Chiara Chiara Siracusa 2nd 192

Barbara Dex Award[]

Further information: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.[20]

Place[21] Country[21] Performer(s)[21] Votes[21]
1  Macedonia Martin Vučić 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.[22]

  1.  Austria – Dodo Roščić
  2.  Lithuania – Rolandas Vilkončius
  3.  Portugal – Isabel Angelino
  4.  Monaco – Anne Allegrini
  5.  Belarus – Elena Ponomareva
  6.  Netherlands – Nancy Coolen
  7.  Iceland – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  8.  Belgium – Armelle Gysen
  9.  Estonia – Maarja-Liis Ilus
    (participant for Estonia in 1996 and 1997)
  10.  Finland – Jari Sillanpää
    (participant for Finland in 2004)
  11.  Andorra – Ruth Gumbau
  12.  Bulgaria – Evgenia Atanasova
  13.  Ireland – Dana
    (winner for Ireland in 1970)
  14.  Slovenia – Katarina Čas
  15.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś
  16.  Hungary – Zsuzsa Demcsák
  17.  United Kingdom – Cheryl Baker
    (winner for United Kingdom in 1981 as part of Bucks Fizz, British representative in 1978 as part of Co-Co)
  18.  Malta – Valerie Vella
    (Co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016)
  19.  Romania – Berti Barbera
  20.  Norway – Ingvild Helljesen
  21.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  22.  Moldova – Elena Camerzan
  23.  Albania – Zhani Ciko
  24.  Cyprus – Melani Steliou
  25.  Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu
  26.  Israel – Dana Herman
  27.  Serbia and Montenegro – Nina Radulović
  28.  Denmark – Gry Johansen
    (participant for Denmark in 1983)
  29.  Sweden – Annika Jankell
  30.  Macedonia – Karolina Gočeva
    (participant for Macedonia in 2002 and in 2007)
  31.  Ukraine – Maria Orlova
  32.  Germany – Thomas Hermanns
  33.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
  34.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas
  35.  Russia – Yana Churikova
  36.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ana Mirjana Račanović
  37.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
  38.  Latvia – Marija Naumova
    (winner for Latvia in 2002 and co-presenter in 2003)
  39.  France – Marie Myriam
    (winner for France in 1977)

Commentators[]

Participating countries[]

Non-participating countries[]

Official album[]

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
ESC 2005 album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Eurovision Song Contest
Released2 May 2005
GenrePop
Length
  • 60:17 (CD 1)
  • 56:54 (CD 2)
LabelEMI / CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004
(2004) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
(2005) 		Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
(2006)
Original cover
The original album cover of the compilation, showing the participation of Lebanon. (bottom row, third from right)
The original album cover of the compilation, showing the participation of Lebanon. (bottom row, third from right)

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.[46]

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.[47]

It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[48]

Charts[]

Chart (2005) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[49] 2

Notes[]

  1. ^ The song also contains phrases in Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Eurovision NTU and EBU confirm: Palats Sportu - ESCToday.com". 6 September 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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