Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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. The contest was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, following their win at the 2004 contest with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana.

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.

 Location 
Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. On 6 September, 2004, it was confirmed that the Palace of Sports was the venue.

 Participants 
+Eurovision Song Contest 2005 participantsCountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageRTSHLedina Çelo"Tomorrow I Go"EnglishRTVAMarian van de Wal""CatalanORFGlobal.Kryner""English, SpanishBTRCAngelica Agurbash"Love Me Tonight"EnglishRTBFNuno Resende""FrenchBHRTFeminnem"Call Me"EnglishBNTKaffe"Lorraine"EnglishHRTBoris Novković  Lado Members""CroatianCyBCConstantinos Christoforou"Ela Ela"EnglishDRJakob Sveistrup"Talking to You"EnglishETVSuntribe"Let's Get Loud"EnglishYLEGeir Rönning"Why"EnglishOrtal""FrenchNDRGracia"Run & Hide"EnglishERTHelena Paparizou"My Number One"EnglishMTVNox""HungarianRÚVSelma"If I Had Your Love"EnglishRTÉDonna and Joe"Love?"EnglishIBAShiri Maimon"" ()Hebrew, EnglishLTVWalters and Kazha"The War Is Not Over"EnglishLRTLaura and the Lovers"Little by Little"EnglishMRTMartin Vučić"Make My Day"EnglishPBSChiara"Angel"EnglishTRMZdob și Zdub""English, RomanianTMCLise Darly""FrenchNOSGlennis Grace"My Impossible Dream"EnglishNRKWig Wam"In My Dreams"EnglishTVP""Polish, RussianRTP""Portuguese, EnglishTVRLuminița Anghel and "Let Me Try"EnglishC1RNatalia Podolskaya"Nobody Hurt No One"EnglishUJRTNo Name"" ()MontenegrinRTVSLOOmar Naber"Stop"SloveneTVESon de Sol""SpanishSVTMartin Stenmarck"Las Vegas"EnglishSRG SSRVanilla Ninja"Cool Vibes"EnglishTRTGülseren"Rimi Rimi Ley"TurkishNTUGreenJolly"" ()Ukrainian, EnglishBBCJavine"Touch My Fire"English

 Other countries 
The Czech Republic had applied to debut in the contest, but it withdrew. 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.

 Overview 

 Semi-final 
The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET).
+Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005CountryArtistSongPointsPlace1Global.Kryner""30212Laura and the Lovers"Little by Little"172532B""51174Zdob și Zdub""20725Walters and Kazha"The War Is Not Over"85106""22247""15878"Love Me Tonight"67139"My Impossible Dream"531410Selma"If I Had Your Love"521611""292212Suntribe"Let's Get Loud"312013Wig Wam"In My Dreams"164614 and Sistem"Let Me Try"235115Nox""167516"Why"501817"Make My Day"97918""272319Vanilla Ninja"Cool Vibes"114820 feat. Lado members""169421Kaffe"Lorraine"491922Donna and Joe"Love?"531423"Stop"691224"Talking to You"185325Ivan and Delfin""8111

 Final 
The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET)
+Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005CountryArtistSongPointsPlace1Nox""97122Javine"Touch My Fire"18223Chiara"Angel"19224 and Sistem"Let Me Try"15835Wig Wam"In My Dreams"12596Gülseren"Rimi Rimi Ley"92137Zdob și Zdub""14868"Tomorrow I Go"53169"Ela Ela"461810Son de Sol""282111""154412No Name""137713"Talking to You"125914"Las Vegas"301915"Make My Day"521716GreenJolly""301917Gracia"Run & Hide"42418 feat. Lado members""1151119"My Number One"230120"Nobody Hurt No One"571521Feminnem"Call Me"791422Vanilla Ninja"Cool Vibes"128823Walters and Kazha"The War Is Not Over"153524Ortal""1123

 Official album 
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.

 References 

2005
Category:2005 in Europe
Category:2005 in music
Category:Kyiv