Everything about the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 totally explained
The
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the
Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the
Palace of Sports,
Kiev,
Ukraine. The winner was
Greece's
My Number One, performed by singer
Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points, while
Malta's
Angel performed by
Chiara was the runner up with 192 points. The contest took place on
19 May 2005 for the semifinal and
21 May 2005 for the final. 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 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.
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 act and to
interview the contestants backstage in the '
green room'. The famous Ukrainian boxers
Vitali &
Wladimir Klitschko opened the
televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's
president,
Viktor Yushchenko. 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. . The book was presented on screen during the break between songs 12 and 13 (Serbia-Montenegro and Denmark). The book was published in English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Finnish.
The newcomers to the Contest were
Bulgaria and
Moldova, while
Hungary returned after a hiatus since their last entry in the
1998 contest.
Lebanon was also expected to make a début show appearance but was forced to withdraw after announcing they'd show commercials over the
Israeli entry. Had they participated, their entry would have been
Quand Tout S'Enfuit, performed by
Aline Lahoud. Many of the favourites with
bookmakers; notably
Iceland,
Belarus, and the
Netherlands; failed to qualify from the semifinal in perhaps the biggest shock of the year's contest. It is also notable that
Ireland, the only seven-time Eurovision winner, failed to qualify for the final. In the final itself, the host Ukraine along with the so-called 'Big 4' (
Spain,
United Kingdom,
France, and
Germany - the biggest contributors to the
European Broadcasting Union, who automatically qualify) occupied the bottom five places of the scoreboard.
This year was no exception for scandals regarding the representatives from the countries participating. Germany's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest has 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'd go to the finals in Kiev despite complaints from other German singers. As a result of this scandal, the German song finished last in the contest. Bulgaria's debut was overshadowed by a scandal. The song
Lorraine by
Kaffe has been accused of plagiarism. The song would sound too similar to another one released by Ruslan Mainov in 2001. There were also a problem in Malta electricity supply during the contest, so the 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 a victory of
Gülseren song, which the
2003 winner
Sertab Erener said wasn't the best choice. There were similar controversies in FYR Macedonia which led to an eventual victory for Martin Vucic. The Ukrainian song had to be changed because it bring a political message to the people, and therefore EBU stated no politics to be involved in the contest. Serbia and Montenegro entry was also overshadowed by a scandal and with an accusation of plagiarisms.
It is also notable that the programme lasted little 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. Because the show over-ran 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.
Individual Entries
Participating countries
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).
Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final.
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on
21 May 2005 at 21:00 (
CET). 25 countries performed and all 39 participants voted.
Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final
Score sheet
See bottom of page for link to semifinal score-sheet. Qualifiers have the country's name highlighted in blue.
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 wasn't reached, the country's backup jury would vote instead. In the final this affected Monaco and Moldova but in the semi final, Andorra, Monaco and Albania all used the backup jury for this reason.
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Hungary |
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0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| United Kingdom |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Malta |
5 |
10 |
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2 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
| Romania |
10 |
0 |
7 |
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6 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
| Norway |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
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0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
| Turkey |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Moldova |
4 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
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0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Albania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cyprus |
0 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Spain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Israel |
8 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
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0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| Denmark |
6 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
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10 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
| Sweden |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FYR Macedonia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Germany |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Croatia |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
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0 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
| Greece |
12 |
12 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
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4 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Russia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
| Switzerland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
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12 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
| Latvia |
1 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
| France |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by pre-determined voting order. |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:
| N. |
To |
From |
| 10 |
Greece |
Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey |
| 3 |
Latvia |
Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova |
| 3 |
Norway |
Denmark, Finland, Iceland |
| 3 |
Romania |
Israel, Spain, Portugal |
| 3 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Austria, Croatia, Switzerland |
| 2 |
Croatia |
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia |
| 2 |
Cyprus |
Greece, Malta |
| 2 |
Moldova |
Romania, Ukraine |
| 2 |
Switzerland |
Estonia, Latvia |
| 2 |
Turkey |
France, Netherlands |
| 1 |
Albania |
FYR Macedonia |
| 1 |
Denmark |
Norway |
| 1 |
Israel |
Monaco |
| 1 |
Malta |
Russia |
| 1 |
Russia |
Belarus |
| 1 |
Spain |
Andorra |
| 1 |
Ukraine |
Poland |
Spokespersons
From
(External Link
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: Zhani Ciko (Director of the National Opera House), spoke French
: Ruth Gumbau (Journalist, ATV presenter)
: Dodo Roscic (ORF host, Austrian spokesperson since 1999)
: Elena Ponomareva - (TVR presenter)
: Armelle (Journalist and La Une host)
: Ana Mirjana Račanović (Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina 2001)
: Evgenia Atanasova (Co-worker BNT)
: Barbara Kolar (HRT host)
: Melani Steliou (CyBC host)
: Gry Johansen-Meilstrup (Danish representative in 1983)
: Maarja-Liis Ilus (Estonian representative in 1996 and 1997)
: Jari Sillanpää (Finnish representative in 2004)
: Marie Myriam (French representative in 1977)
: Karolina Gočeva (Representative of FYR Macedonia in 2002)
: Thomas Hermanns (Comedian)
: Alexis Kostalas (ERT Board member, spokesperson in 1998-2004)
: Zsuzsa Demcsák (Model and MTV host)
: Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (RUV host, Miss Iceland 2003)
: Dana (Irish representative, who also won the Eurovision in 1970)
: Dana Herman (Journalist)
: Marie N (Latvian representative in 2002 and ESC 2003 host)
: Rolandas Vilkončius (LRT host)
: Valerie Vella (TVM and Malta Song for Europe 2002 host)
: Elena Camerzan (TVM host)
: Anne Allegrini (TMC host)
: Nance (Nationaal Songfestival host)
: Ingvild Helljesen (NRK host)
: Maciej Orłoś (TVP host)
: Isabel Angelino (RTP host)
: Berti Barbera (Singer and TVR host)
: Yana Churikova (Channel One host)
: Nina Radulovic (RTCG journalist and presenter)
: Katarina Čas (TV SLO host)
: Ainhoa Arbizu (TVE and Spanish national final host)
: Annika Jankell (SVT and radio host)
: Cécile Bähler (VIVA VJ)
: Meltem Ersan Yazgan (TRT and Turkish national final host)
: Maria Orlova (NTU and Ukrainian national final host)
: Cheryl Baker (Singer of Bucks Fizz, UK representative in 1981)
Map
Green = Participating countries
Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but didn't this year
Red = Countries who didn't survive the semi-finalFurther Information
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