Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
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)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005
Participants
Number of entries39
Number of finalists24
Debuting countries
Returning countries Hungary
Non-returning countriesNone
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the countries of Europe
         Finalist countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song

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. 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. 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 after 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 on 6 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.

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.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005[8][9][10]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English
 Andorra RTVA Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan
  • Daniel Aragay
  • Rafael Artesero
  • Rafael Fernández
  • Rafah Tanit
 Austria ORF Global.Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish
  • Edi Köhldorfer
  • Christof Spörk
 Belarus BTRC Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English
  • Nikos Terzis
  • Nektarios Tyrakis
 Belgium RTBF Nuno Resende "Le Grand Soir" French
  • Alec Mansion
  • Frédéric Zeitoun
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Feminnem "Call Me" English Andrej Babić
 Bulgaria BNT Kaffe "Lorraine" English
 Croatia HRT Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian
 Cyprus CyBC Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English Constantinos Christoforou
 Denmark DR Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English
  • Jacob Launbjerg
  • Andreas Mørck
 Estonia ETV Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English Sven Lõhmus
 Finland YLE Geir Rönning "Why" English
  • Steven Stewart
  • Mika Toivanen
 France France Télévisions Ortal "Chacun pense à soi" French
 Germany NDR[lower-alpha 1] Gracia "Run & Hide" English
 Greece ERT Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English
 Hungary MTV Nox "Forogj, világ" Hungarian
  • Szabolcs Harmath
  • Attila Valla
 Iceland RÚV Selma "If I Had Your Love" English
  • Linda Thompson
  • Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
  • Vignir Snær Vigfússon
 Ireland RTÉ Donna and Joe "Love?" English Karl Broderick
 Israel IBA Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English
  • Pini Aharonbayev
  • Ben Green
  • Eyal Shahar
 Latvia LTV Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English[lower-alpha 2] Mārtiņš Freimanis
 Lithuania LRT Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English
 Macedonia MRT Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English
 Malta PBS Chiara "Angel" English Chiara Siracusa
 Monaco TMC Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French
  • Philippe Bosco
  • Didier Fabre
 Moldova TRM Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian
 Netherlands NOS Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English
  • Robert D. Fisher
  • Bruce Smith
 Norway NRK Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English Trond "Teeny" Holter
 Poland TVP Ivan and Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian
 Portugal RTP 2B "Amar" Portuguese, English
  • Alexandre Honrado
  • Ernesto Leite
  • José da Ponte
 Romania TVR Luminița Anghel and Sistem "Let Me Try" English Cristian Faur
 Russia C1R Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English
 Serbia and Montenegro UJRT No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Montenegrin
  • Slaven Knezović
  • Milan Perić
 Slovenia RTVSLO Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene
 Spain TVE Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish Alfredo Panebianco
 Sweden SVT Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English
  • Niklas Edberger
  • Johan Fransson
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgren
  Switzerland SRG SSR Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English
  • David Brandes
  • John O'Flynn
  • Jane Tempest
 Turkey TRT Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish
  • Göksan Arman
  • Erdinç Tunç
 Ukraine NTU GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) Ukrainian, English[lower-alpha 3] GreenJolly
 United Kingdom BBC Javine "Touch My Fire" English

Returning artists

Lead 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)
Alexandros Panayi  Greece 1995 (for  Cyprus)
Anabel Conde  Andorra 1995 (for  Spain)
Elina Konstantopoulou  Cyprus 1995 (for  Greece)

Other countries

Active EBU members

Czech broadcaster ČT initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, the broadcaster reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew their application.[12] Lebanese broadcaster Télé Liban initially 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 in March 2005 after finding out the obligation to broadcast all participating entries, including the Israeli one, as well as enabling their viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel.[13]

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.[14]

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'. 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.

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.[15] 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.

Contest overview

Semi-final

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

  Qualifiers
Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005[16]
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

Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

The finalists were:

The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece.

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005[17]
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

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 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.[18]

  1.  Austria – Dodo Roscic
  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
  10.  Finland – Jari Sillanpää
  11.  Andorra – Ruth Gumbau
  12.  Bulgaria – Evgeniya Atanasova
  13.  Ireland – Dana
  14.  Slovenia – Katarina Čas
  15.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś
  16.  Hungary – Zsuzsa Demcsák
  17.  United Kingdom – Cheryl Baker
  18.  Malta – Valerie Vella
  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
  29.  Sweden – Annika Jankell
  30.  Macedonia – Karolina Gočeva
  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
  39.  France – Marie Myriam

Detailed voting results

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.[19][20]

Semi-final

Detailed voting results of the semi-final[21][22]
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 307105116
Lithuania 17548
Portugal 51105121212
Moldova 207810810845363766512112381106101246126105
Latvia 85124721066123265271
Monaco 2210210
Israel 15826121210311247456686573434153838
Belarus 67311217372648103
Netherlands 5381254281562
Iceland 5263810241072
Belgium 29126317
Estonia 31561211312
Norway 1642615212261221037737282474128264756
Romania 23510107385814458181281077121212125755171123546
Hungary 1677747645174121210686388134108573154
Finland 506183108104
Macedonia 9743310841012101212108
Andorra 2774610
Switzerland 11418228612103 2553122532243633227
Croatia 1691243514413281238646101261271012104
Bulgaria 495741061871
Ireland 5322121012554154
Slovenia 69342172817731068
Denmark 1856751012107788121071043128125624721
Poland 815165354517288210513

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

Detailed voting results of the final[23][24]
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 9722623651086758612623133
United Kingdom 188415
Malta 1925255548481015102108467101061084812357
Romania 1586124135778571076475812123322525
Norway 1255411238122144855333121286436
Turkey 9271210313884108612
Moldova 148210107816633422127244551211710482
Albania 53328122105101
Cyprus 461031217112
Spain 2881244
Israel 154135128761586878753636517581210
Serbia and Montenegro 13712634410261610410331266101216
Denmark 12541108104523756834121031064
Sweden 303615276
Macedonia 521755107872
Ukraine 30712812
Germany 422
Croatia 1158672121212275221088211287
Greece 230413102123412221121261041241212871221271254678
Russia 577127710410
Bosnia and Herzegovina 791061847104473105
Switzerland 1288481071210136631342155433712
Latvia 1531266351041012741610812166317715
France 11515

12 points

Points given to Greece.

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

Broadcasts

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries[9]
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH Unknown All shows Unknown
 Andorra RTVA ATV All shows Meri Picart and Josep Lluís Trabal [25][26]
 Austria ORF ORF 1 All shows Andi Knoll [27][28][29]
 Belarus BTRC Belarus-1 All shows Ales Kruglyakov [30][31]
 Belgium RTBF La Une, RTBF Sat All shows Jean-Pierre Hautier [32][33][34][35]
Semi-final Jean-Louis Lahaye
VRT Eén All shows André Vermeulen and Anja Daems [36][37][38]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 All shows Unknown
 Bulgaria BNT Unknown All shows Unknown
 Croatia HRT HRT 2 Semi-final Duško Ćurlić [39][40]
HRT 1 Final
 Cyprus CyBC Unknown All shows Evi Papamichail [41]
 Denmark DR DR1 All shows Jørgen de Mylius [42][43][44][45]
 Estonia ETV All shows Marko Reikop [46]
ER Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
 Finland YLE YLE TV2 All shows Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Paasonen [47][48][49]
Final Asko Murtomäki
YLE FST, YLE Radio Vega All shows Thomas Lundin and Hans Johansson [47][50][51][52][53][54]
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki [47][55][56][57]
 France France Télévisions France 4[lower-alpha 4] Semi-final Unknown [59]
France 3 Final Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier [33]
 Germany ARD NDR Fernsehen Semi-final Peter Urban [28][60]
Das Erste Final
 Greece ERT NET All shows Alexandra Pascalidou [61][62]
 Hungary MTV m1 All shows Zsuzsa Demcsák, András Fáber and Dávid Szántó [63][64][65]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 All shows Gísli Marteinn Baldursson [66][67][68]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-final Marty Whelan [69]
RTÉ One Final [70]
 Israel IBA Unknown All shows Unknown
 Latvia LTV Unknown All shows Kārlis Streips [71]
 Lithuania LRT Unknown All shows Darius Užkuraitis [72]
 Macedonia MRT Unknown All shows Unknown
 Malta PBS TVM All shows Unknown [73][74]
 Moldova TRM Moldova 1 All shows Unknown
 Monaco TMC Monte Carlo All shows Bernard Montiel and Genie Godula [32][33]
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 2 All shows Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas [36][37][75]
Radio 2 Unknown
 Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Jostein Pedersen [42][43][76]
NRK P1 Unknown
 Poland TVP TVP1 All shows Artur Orzech [77][78]
 Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows Eládio Clímaco [79][80][81]
 Romania TVR TVR 1 All shows Unknown [82][83]
 Russia Channel One All shows Yuriy Aksyuta and Yelena Batinova [84][85]
 Serbia and Montenegro RTS Unknown All shows Unknown
RTCG Unknown Unknown
 Slovenia RTVSLO SLO 2 Semi-final Mojca Mavec [39][86]
SLO 1 Final
 Spain TVE La 2 Semi-final Beatriz Pécker, Ainhoa Arbizu and Carlos Cerezo [87]
La Primera Final Beatriz Pécker [88]
 Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Pekka Heino [42][43][89][90]
SR SR P4 Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén [90][91]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SF 2 Semi-final Sandra Studer [27][92]
SF 1 Final [28]
TSR 2 Semi-final Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet [32]
TSR 1 Final [33][93]
TSI 2 Semi-final Daniela Tami and Claudio Lazzarino [94]
TSI 1 Final
 Turkey TRT TRT 1 All shows Unknown [95][96]
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows Yaroslav Chornenkyi [97][98][99]
UR Unknown Galyna Babiy [100]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-final Paddy O'Connell [101]
BBC One, BBC Prime Final Terry Wogan [33][102]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [103]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries[9]
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Armenia AMPTV Unknown Unknown Unknown
 Australia SBS SBS TV[lower-alpha 5] Semi-final Paddy O'Connell [104][105]
Final Terry Wogan
 Kosovo RTK RTK Unknown Unknown

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, 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.[106] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award.[107]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artistic Award  Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou 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

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.[108]

Place[109] Country[109] Performer(s)[109] Votes[109]
1  Macedonia Martin Vučić 42
2  Iceland Selma 39
3  Portugal 2B 34
4  Norway Wig Wam 29
5  Belarus Angelica Agurbash 21

Official album

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.[110]

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.[111]

It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[112]

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[113] 2

Notes

  1. ↑ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[11]
  2. ↑ Latvian Sign Language was also used during the live televised performance.
  3. ↑ The song also contains phrases in Polish, German, Spanish, Czech, French and Russian.
  4. ↑ Delayed repeat broadcast on France 3 on 21 May at 01:20 CEST (20 May, 23:20 UTC)[58]
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 20 May (semi-final) and 22 May (final) at 19:30 AEST (09:30 UTC)[104]

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Further reading

  • Zirin, Oleksandr (2005). Бачення Євро. Хроніки українського Євробачення. Vinnitsa: Nova Kniga. ISBN 966-8609-46-8.
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