Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
"Awakening"
Dates
Semi-final19 May 2005
Final21 May 2005
Host
VenuePalace of Sports
Kiev, Ukraine
Presenter(s)Maria Efrosinina
Pavlo Shylko
Directed bySven Stojanovic
Host broadcasterUkraine NTU
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries39:in final 24, another 15 DNQ from semifinal
Debuting countries Bulgaria
 Moldova
Returning countries Hungary
Non-returning countriesNone
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Greece
"My Number One"

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 Helena 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 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.

Overview

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Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko, the presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.

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.[1] 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.

Contestants

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Helena Paparizou, the winner of the Contest for Greece, performing "My Number One".

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 with the song "Quand tout s'enfuit", performed by Aline Lahoud, but was forced to withdraw after announcing they would show commercials over the Israeli entry.[2] 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.

Problems

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GreenJolly's "Razom nas bahato", the host country's entry, was used as an unofficial political anthem during the Ukrainian Orange Revolution.

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 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. 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 did do a few brief interviews in the green room at a few different stages in the event.

Individual Entries

Template:2005 Eurovision Song Contest entries

File:Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem - Romania 2005.jpg
Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem performing "Let Me Try" for Romania.

Participating countries

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 Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Austria English, Spanish Global.Kryner "Y así" Like That 21 30
02  Lithuania English Laura and The Lovers "Little by Little" - 25 17
03  Portugal English, Portuguese 2B "Amar" To Love 17 51
04  Moldova English, Romanian Zdob şi Zdub "Boonika bate doba" Grandmamma Beats The Drum 2 207
05  Latvia English Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" - 10 85
06  Monaco French Lise Darly "Tout de moi" All of Me 24 22
07  Israel English, Hebrew Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar"
(השקט שנשאר)		 The Silence That Remains 7 158
08  Belarus English Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" - 13 67
09  Netherlands English Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" - 14 53
10  Iceland English Selma "If I Had Your Love" - 16 52
11  Belgium French Nuno Resende "Le grand soir" The Big Night 22 29
12  Estonia English Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" - 20 31
13  Norway English Wig Wam "In My Dreams" - 6 164
14  Romania English Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem "Let Me Try" - 1 235
15  Hungary Hungarian NOX "Forogj, világ!" Spin, World 5 167
16  Finland English Geir Rönning "Why?" - 18 50
17  Macedonia English Martin Vučić "Make My Day" - 9 97
18  Andorra Catalan Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" The Inner Glance 23 27
19   Switzerland English Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" 8 114
20  Croatia Croatian Boris Novković
feat. Lado Members		 "Vukovi umiru sami" Wolves Die Alone 4 169
21  Bulgaria English Kaffe "Lorraine" - 19 49
22  Ireland English Donna and Joe "Love?" - 14 53
23  Slovenia Slovene Omar Naber "Stop" - 12 69
24  Denmark English Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" 3 185
25  Poland Polish, Russian Ivan and Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Black-Haired Girl 11 81
File:Chiara Siracusa.jpg
Malta's Chiara Siracusa performing "Angel".

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 Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Hungary Hungarian NOX "Forogj, világ!" Spin, World 12 97
02  United Kingdom English Javine "Touch My Fire" - 22 18
03  Malta English Chiara "Angel" - 2 192
04  Romania English Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem "Let Me Try" - 3 158
05  Norway English Wig Wam "In My Dreams" - 9 125
06  Turkey Turkish Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" - 13 92
07  Moldova English, Romanian Zdob şi Zdub "Boonika bate doba" Grandmamma Beats The Drum 6 148
08  Albania English Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" - 16 53
09  Cyprus English Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" - 18 46
10  Spain Spanish Son de Sol "Brujería" Witchcraft 21 28
11  Israel English, Hebrew Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar"
(השקט שנשאר)		 The Silence That Remains 4 154
12  Serbia and Montenegro Montenegrin [3] No Name "Zauvijek moja" Forever Mine 7 137
13  Denmark English Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" - 10 125
14  Sweden English Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" - 19 30
15  Macedonia English Martin Vučić "Make My Day" - 17 52
16  Ukraine English, Ukrainian GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato"
(Разом нас багато)		 Together We Are Many 19 30
17  Germany English Gracia Baur "Run and Hide" - 24 4
18  Croatia Croatian Boris Novković "Vukovi umiru sami" Wolves Die Alone 11 115
19  Greece English Helena Paparizou "My Number One" - 1 230
20  Russia English Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" - 15 57
21  Bosnia and Herzegovina English Feminnem "Call Me" - 14 79
22   Switzerland English Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" - 8 128
23  Latvia English Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" - 5 153
24  France French Ortal "Chacun pense à soi" Everyone Thinks of Themselves 23 11

Note that Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the 2006 contest and so their automatic spot in the final was given to Croatia.

Score sheet

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 final this affected Monaco, Andorra and Moldova but in the semi final, Andorra, Monaco and Albania all used the backup jury for this reason.

Semi-final

Televoting Results
Total Score Austria Lithuania Portugal Moldova Latvia Monaco Israel Belarus Netherlands Iceland Belgium Estonia Norway Romania Hungary Finland Macedonia Andorra Switzerland Croatia Bulgaria Ireland Slovenia Denmark Poland United Kingdom Malta Turkey Albania Cyprus Spain Serbia and Montenegro Sweden Ukraine Germany Greece Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina France
Contestants Austria 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lithuania 17 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12
Moldova 207 8 10 8 10 0 10 10 0 8 4 5 1 12 6 3 10 0 0 4 6 3 7 0 6 5 0 12 3 8 1 6 0 12 0 6 12 6 5
Latvia 85 0 12 4 0 0 6 7 0 2 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 6 5 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Monaco 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Israel 158 0 2 6 5 0 12 12 10 0 3 0 0 8 5 1 1 12 3 0 4 7 0 4 4 6 6 6 7 3 4 3 0 5 3 0 8 0 8
Belarus 67 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 8 10 0 0
Netherlands 53 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 6 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 52 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2
Belgium 29 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Estonia 31 0 5 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 164 2 6 1 8 6 0 7 5 2 12 2 6 7 0 12 2 0 5 0 2 10 3 12 7 7 3 2 2 4 0 4 8 6 0 4 0 7 0
Romania 235 10 0 10 12 0 7 12 3 8 5 8 1 7 12 4 5 4 4 1 5 8 1 7 8 8 10 7 0 12 12 5 5 1 7 12 3 5 6
Hungary 167 7 0 7 0 5 0 8 4 0 7 6 4 6 10 5 4 1 1 8 7 0 4 1 12 1 2 8 0 6 3 8 3 10 0 5 7 3 4
Finland 50 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0
Macedonia 97 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 12 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 10 12 0 0 10 1 0 2 0 0 10 0
Andorra 27 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 114 1 8 2 0 7 2 3 8 0 6 0 12 2 2 3 10 3 0 3 3 2 5 2 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 4 0 6 3 2 2 0
Croatia 169 12 4 3 6 4 5 0 1 4 4 1 3 4 6 8 2 12 0 10 8 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 12 6 7 10 0 0 12 0
Bulgaria 49 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 10 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
Ireland 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 12 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Slovenia 69 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 6 8 0
Denmark 185 6 7 5 0 2 10 0 0 12 10 7 7 12 3 7 8 0 8 7 6 0 12 0 10 10 4 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 5 2 4 0 1
Poland 81 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 3 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 2 8 8 10 5 0 3

Final

Televoting Results
Total Score 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 Austria Lithuania Portugal Monaco Belarus Netherlands Iceland Belgium Estonia Finland Andorra Bulgaria Ireland Slovenia Poland
Contestants Hungary 97 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 18 0 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 192 5 10 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 158 10 0 7 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 125 0 5 5 0 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 92 0 1 0 3 0 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 148 4 2 2 12 0 7 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 53 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 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 46 0 3 12 1 0 0 0 7 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 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 154 8 7 8 7 5 3 6 3 0 6 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 137 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 6 10 0 0 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 125 6 8 3 4 12 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 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 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 7 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
Macedonia 52 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 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 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Germany 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia 115 7 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 8 8 2 0 1 12 8 7 0 8 6 0 7 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 12 2
Greece 230 12 12 6 10 4 12 4 12 12 8 7 12 2 12 7 0 12 5 4 6 7 0 8 4 1 3 0 0 10 2 12 0 3 4 12 2 2 1
Russia 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 0 12 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 79 0 4 0 0 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 3 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
Switzerland 128 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 5 0 5 4 3 3 7 0 12 0 0 8 4 8 10 0 7 0 12 10 1 0 3 6 6
Latvia 153 1 6 10 0 8 0 12 0 1 0 6 0 6 3 0 1 7 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 6 0 3 5 10 4 10 0 12 7 4
France 11 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 0 0 0 0

12 points

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

N. Recipient nation Voting nation
10 Greece Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia & Montenegro, Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey
3 Latvia Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova
Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Romania Israel, Spain, Portugal
Serbia & 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

Returning artists

File:ESC 2005 Returning Artists.jpg
The four returning artists for 2005: Constantinos Christoforou, Chiara, Selma and Elena Paparizou.

Four artists who had previously taken part in the contest returned in 2005, giving both success and failure: Greece's Elena Paparizou and Malta's Chiara both returned after coming third in previous contests (in 2001 and 1998 respectively), and made up the top two places in the final. The Cypriot entry Constantinos Christoforou returned after coming ninth in 1996 and sixth in 2002 (as a member of the group One), however he wasn't able to replicate his past success, placing 18th in the final. Selma returned for Iceland after being runner-up in 1999, however she too failed to replicate her past success, failing to qualify from the semi-final.

Artist Country Previous Year(s)
Constantinos Christoforou  Cyprus 1996, 2002 (part of One)
Elena Paparizou  Greece 2001 (part of Antique)
Selma  Iceland 1999
Chiara  Malta 1998

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK ISBN 978-1844429943
  2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2005-03-18). "BREAKING NEWS: LEBANON WITHDRAWS". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-08-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Zauvijek moja - info" (in Montenegrin). Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 2009-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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