Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
Dates
Semi-final 19 May 2005 (2005-05-19)
Final 21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)
Host
Venue Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Directed by Sven Stojanovic
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producer Pavlo Grytsak
Host broadcaster National 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: Kiev Percussion Ensemble ARS NOVA, Anatoliy Zalevskiy and Ruslana performing "The Same Star"
Participants
Number of entries 39
Debuting countries
Returning countries  Hungary
Withdrawing countries None
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points None
Winning song

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ruslana's win at the 2004 Contest in Istanbul, Turkey with the song "Wild Dances". The contest consisted of two shows: the semi-final and final, which took place on 19 and 21 May 2005, respectively, at the Palace of Sports. The shows were hosted by Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty-nine countries participated, including the débuts of Bulgaria and Moldova and the return of Hungary, which was last represented in 1998.

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 winner for 2005 was Greece with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou, both successful singer-songwriters in Greece. It scored 230 points, beating Malta into second place by a margin of 38 points. This was the first victory for Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest. Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. The "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four position of the scoreboard in the final.

Location

Palace of Sports, Kiev – host venue of the 2005 contest.

Kiev 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]

Overview

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 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.[8] 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 volume falls in the sound, most notably during the Norwegian song, shortly after the intro. 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 Kiev 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, the Bulgarian flag was shown 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

Constantinos Christoforou represented Cyprus for the third time, having previously represented the nation at the 1996 contest as a solo artist and at the 2002 contest as part of the group One. Helena Paparizou previously represented Greece in 2001 as part of the duo Antique. Selma previously represented Iceland in 1999. Chiara previously represented Malta in 1998, and would return again in 2009. Anabel Conde, who represented Spain in 1995, returned as a backing vocalist for Andorra.

Results

Semi-final

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

Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final

Draw Country Artist Song Language[9] Place 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

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.

Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[9] Place 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 Montenegro2 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, English1 19 30
17  Germany Gracia "Run and Hide" English 24 4
18  Croatia2 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

Notes

1.^ The song also contained phrases in Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.[10]
2.^ After Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the 2006 contest, their place in the final was awarded to 11th placed Croatia.

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

Semi-final

Televoting results
Austria307105116
Lithuania17548
Portugal51105121212
Moldova207810810845363766512112381106101246126105
Latvia85124721066123265271
Monaco2210210
Israel15826121210311247456686573434153838
Belarus67311217372648103
Netherlands5381254281562
Iceland5263810241072
Belgium29126317
Estonia31561211312
Norway1642615212261221037737282474128264756
Romania23510107385814458181281077121212125755171123546
Hungary1677747645174121210686388134108573154
Finland506183108104
Macedonia9743310841012101212108
Andorra2774610
Switzerland11418228612103 2553122532243633227
Croatia1691243514413281238646101261271012104
Bulgaria495741061871
Ireland5322121012554154
Slovenia69342172817731068
Denmark1856751012107788121071043128125624721
Poland815165354517288210513

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N.ContestantVoting nation
6RomaniaCyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Spain
5CroatiaAustria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
4
DenmarkIreland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
MoldovaRomania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
3
IsraelAndorra, Belarus, Monaco
NorwayDenmark, Finland, Iceland
PortugalFrance, Germany, Switzerland
2
LatviaLithuania, Malta
MacedoniaAlbania, Croatia
1
BelarusBulgaria
BelgiumPortugal
EstoniaLatvia
HungaryPoland
IrelandUnited Kingdom
NetherlandsBelgium
SwitzerlandEstonia

Final

Televoting results
Hungary9722623651086758612623133
United Kingdom188415
Malta1925255548481015102108467101061084812357
Romania1586124135778571076475812123322525
Norway1255411238122144855333121286436
Turkey9271210313884108612
Moldova148210107816633422127244551211710482
Albania53328122105101
Cyprus461031217112
Spain2881244
Israel154135128761586878753636517581210
Serbia and Montenegro13712634410261610410331266101216
Denmark12541108104523756834121031064
Sweden303615276
Macedonia521755107872
Ukraine30712812
Germany422
Croatia1158672121212275221088211287
Greece230413102123412221121261041241212871221271254678
Russia577127710410
Bosnia and Herzegovina791061847104473105
Switzerland1288481071210136631342155433712
Latvia1531266351041012741610812166317715
France11515

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N.ContestantVoting nation
10GreeceAlbania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
3 LatviaIreland, Lithuania, Moldova
NorwayDenmark, Finland, Iceland
RomaniaIsrael, Spain, Portugal
Serbia and MontenegroAustria, Croatia, Switzerland
2 CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia
CyprusGreece, Malta
MoldovaRomania, Ukraine
SwitzerlandEstonia, Latvia
TurkeyFrance, Netherlands
1 AlbaniaMacedonia
DenmarkNorway
IsraelMonaco
MaltaRussia
RussiaBelarus
SpainAndorra
UkrainePoland

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.[11]
  •  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.[12]

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[13] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[14]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artists Award
(Voted by previous winners)
 Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou 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

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful) dress.[15]

Place[16] Country[16] Performer(s)[16] Votes[16]
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.[17]

  1.  Austria – Dodo Roscic
  2.  Lithuania – Rolandas Vilkončius
  3.  Portugal – Isabel Angelino
  4.  Monaco – Anne Allegrini
  5.  Belarus – Elena Ponomareva
  6.  NetherlandsNancy Coolen
  7.  IcelandRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  8.  Belgium – Armelle Gysen
  9.  EstoniaMaarja-Liis Ilus
    (participant for Estonia in 1996 and 1997)
  10.  FinlandJari Sillanpää
    (participant for Finland in 2004)
  11.  Andorra – Ruth Gumbau
  12.  Bulgaria – Evgenia Atanasova
  13.  IrelandDana Rosemary Scallon
    (winner for Ireland in 1970)
  14.  SloveniaKatarina Čas
  15.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś
  16.  Hungary – Zsuzsa Demcsák
  17.  United KingdomCheryl Baker
    (winner for United Kingdom in 1981 as part of Bucks Fizz)
  18.  Malta – Valerie Vella
    (Co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016)
  19.  Romania – Berti Barbera
  20.  NorwayIngvild 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 MontenegroNina Radulović
  28.  DenmarkGry Johansen
    (participant for Denmark in 1983)
  29.  SwedenAnnika Jankell
  30.  MacedoniaKarolina Gočeva
    (participant for Macedonia in 2002 and in 2007)
  31.  Ukraine – Maria Orlova
  32.  GermanyThomas Hermanns
  33.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
  34.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas
  35.  RussiaYana Churikova
  36.  Bosnia and HerzegovinaAna Mirjana Račanović
  37.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
  38.  LatviaMarija Naumova
    (winner for Latvia in 2002 and co-presenter in 2003)
  39.  FranceMarie Myriam
    (winner for France in 1977)

Commentators

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released 2 May 2005
Genre Pop
Length
  • 60:17 (CD 1)
  • 56:54 (CD 2)
Label EMI / 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 first of two official albums of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 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.[40] 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.[41] It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[42]

CD 1
No.TitleArtistLength
1."La mirada interior" (Andorra)Marian van de Wal2:57
2."Tomorrow I Go" (Albania)Ledina Çelo3:01
3."Y así" (Austria)Global Kryner3:02
4."Call Me" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Feminnem3:04
5."Le grand soir" (Belgium)Nuno Resende3:03
6."Lorraine" (Bulgaria)Kaffe3:04
7."Love Me Tonight" (Belarus)Angelica Agurbash3:03
8."Cool Vibes" (Switzerland)Vanilla Ninja3:02
9."Zauvijek moja" (Serbia and Montenegro)No Name3:03
10."Ela Ela (Come Baby)" (Cyprus)Constantinos Christoforou2:55
11."Run & Hide" (Germany)Gracia2:58
12."Talking to You" (Denmark)Jakob Sveistrup3:01
13."Let's Get Loud" (Estonia)Suntribe3:01
14."Brujería" (Spain)Son de Sol2:54
15."Why?" (Finland)Geir Rönning3:02
16."Chacun pense à soi" (France)Ortal3:11
17."Touch My Fire" (United Kingdom)Javine3:02
18."My Number One" (Greece)Helena Paparizou2:56
19."Vukovi umiru sami" (Croatia)Boris Novković ft. Lado members3:00
20."Forogj, világ!" (Hungary)NOX2:58
Total length:60:17
CD 2
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Love?" (Ireland)Donna and Joseph McCaul3:01
2."HaSheket SheNish'ar" (Israel)Shiri Maimon3:01
3."If I Had Your Love" (Iceland)Selma Björnsdóttir3:07
4."Little by Little" (Lithuania)Laura & The Lovers3:02
5."The War Is Not Over" (Latvia)Walters and Kazha2:56
6."Tout de moi" (Monaco)Lise Darly3:02
7."Boonika bate doba" (Moldova)Zdob şi Zdub3:03
8."Make My Day" (Macedonia)Martin Vučić3:04
9."Angel" (Malta)Chiara3:03
10."My Impossible Dream" (Netherlands)Glennis Grace2:45
11."In My Dreams" (Norway)Wig Wam3:02
12."Czarna dziewczyna" (Poland)Ivan and Delfin3:00
13."Amar" (Portugal)2B3:01
14."Let Me Try" (Romania)Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem3:01
15."Nobody Hurt No One" (Russia)Natalia Podolskaya3:02
16."Las Vegas" (Sweden)Martin Stenmarck3:04
17."Stop" (Slovenia)Omar Naber2:56
18."Rimi Rimi Ley" (Turkey)Gülseren2:58
19."Razom nas bahato" (Ukraine)GreenJolly2:46
Total length:56:54

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[43] 2

See also

  • The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3

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