United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The United Kingdom was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by "Touch My Fire" performed by Javine.
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 March 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Javine | |||
| Selected song | "Touch My Fire" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 18 points | |||
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Javine Hylton was born on 27 December 1981 and as a youngster enjoyed listening to her mother's collection of soul and reggae albums. At the age of 10, she was offered an arts scholarship. Modelling and appearances in pop videos followed before winning the coveted role of Nala in the West End production of Disney's The Lion King at the age of 19. The role was incidentally later played by the British 2009 entrant Jade Ewen.
In 2002 Hylton took part in the ITV show Popstars: The Rivals, but missed out on a place in the winning band, Girls Aloud. She later established herself as a solo UK R&B singer before taking part in Making Your Mind Up.
Before Eurovision
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up
The five acts taking part were Andy Scott-Lee, Australian-born Gina G (who famously represented the United Kingdom in 1996, coming 8th with "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"), Javine, Katie Price (otherwise known as Jordan), and Tricolore.
Making Your Mind Up 2005 was held on 5 March 2005, presented by Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinsky. The winner was decided by regional televoting. Each region awarded 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 points to the five most popular songs, with votes from the internet being counted as an additional region for this purpose. Representatives for each region of the United Kingdom presented their votes - James Fox for Wales, Fearne Cotton for South East England, Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister for Scotland, Zöe Salmon for Northern Ireland, Denise Lewis for the Midlands and Sharron Davies for South West England. After the regional votes, each song's score was 'topped up' with one point for each percentage of the text votes received. The final was won by Javine, who represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 final in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Touch My Fire". The song was written by Javine, who also composed it with John Themis.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Javine Hylton | "Touch My Fire" | Javine Hilton, John Themis | 116 | 1 |
| 2 | Tricolore | "Brand New Day" | Jon Cohen, Jem Sharples, Stuart Pendred, Scott Ciscon | 58 | 4 |
| 3 | Gina G | "Flashback" | Gina G, Zuriani, Richard Adlam | 20 | 5 |
| 4 | Andy Scott-Lee | "Guardian Angel" | Lee Ryan, Rob Persaud | 61 | 3 |
| 5 | Katie Price | "Not Just Anybody" | Misfits (Pete Glenister, Deni Lew, Nicky Graham) | 101 | 2 |
| Detailed Televoting Results | |||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Northern Ireland |
Northern England |
Scotland | Wales | South West England |
Midlands | South East England |
Internet | Televote | Total |
| 1 | "Touch My Fire" | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 116 |
| 2 | "Brand New Day" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | "Flashback" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | "Guardian Angel" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 61 |
| 5 | "Not Just Anybody" | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 101 |
At Eurovision
At the final of the Contest, the song received 18 points and finished in 22nd place. The spokesperson who revealed the United Kingdom's votes for other countries was Cheryl Baker, part of Bucks Fizz which won the 1981 Contest for the United Kingdom.[1]
Points awarded by the United Kingdom
Semi final
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Final
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References
- Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 April 2009.