Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
"Awakening"
Dates
Semi-final	19 May 2005
Final	21 May 2005
Host
Venue	Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine
Presenter(s)	Maria Efrosinina, Pavlo Shylko
Directed by	Sven Stojanovic
Host broadcaster	NTU
Website	eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005
Participants
Number of entries	24 in final, another 15 DNQ from semifinal
Debuting countries	Bulgaria Moldova
Returning countries	Hungary
Non-returning countries	Lebanon
Participation map
Vote
Voting system	Each 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 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 and 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 and Montenegro, 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 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. 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 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 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 was not 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. The entry for Serbia and Montenegro was also overshadowed by a scandal and with an accusation of plagiarisms. 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 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.

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.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	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 & 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	No Name	"Zauvijek moja"	Forever Mine	7	137
13	Denmark	English	Jakob Sveistrup	Talking to You	-	9	125
14	Sweden	English	Martin Stenmarck	"Las Vegas"	-	19	30
15	{{country data {{{1}}}	flag link/core	variant =	size =	name =	altvar =	altlink = in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 }} || English || Martin Vučić || "Make My Day" || - || 17 || 52
16	Ukraine	English, Ukrainian	GreenJolly	"Razom nas bahato"	Together We Are Many	19	30
17	Germany	English	Gracia Baur	"Run and Hide"	-	24	4
18	Croatia	Croatian	Boris Novković feat. Lado Members	"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.

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

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	Translation	Place	Points
01	Austria	English, Spanish	Global.Kryner	"Y así"	Like That	21	30
02	Lithuania	English	Laura & 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 & 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	{{country data {{{1}}}	flag link/core	variant =	size =	name =	altvar =	altlink = in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 }} || 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 Joseph McCaul	"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 & Delfin	"Czarna dziewczyna"	Black-Haired Girl	11	81

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.

Final

		Televoting Results
	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	63	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
	FYR 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

Semi-final

		Televoting Results
	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
	FYR 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	3	2	8	0	6	0	12	2	2	3	10	3	0		3	3	2	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	5	0	2	4	0	6	3	2	2	0
	Croatia	196	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	10	0	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

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
	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	FYR Macedonia
	Denmark	Norway
	Israel	Monaco
	Malta	Russia
	Russia	Belarus
	Spain	Andorra
	Ukraine	Poland

Spokespersons

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• Albania: Zhani Ciko (Director of the National Opera House), spoke French
• Andorra: Ruth Gumbau (Journalist, ATV presenter)
• Austria: Dodo Roscic (ORF host, Austrian spokesperson since 1999)
• Belarus: Elena Ponomareva - (TVR presenter)
• Belgium: Armelle (Journalist and La Une host)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ana Mirjana Račanović (Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001)
• Bulgaria: Evgenia Atanasova (Co-worker BNT)
• Croatia: Barbara Kolar (HRT host)
• Cyprus: Melani Steliou (CyBC host)
• Denmark: Gry Johansen-Meilstrup (Danish representative in 1983)
• Estonia: Maarja-Liis Ilus (Estonian representative in 1996 and 1997)
• Finland: Jari Sillanpää (Finnish representative in 2004)
• France: Marie Myriam (French representative in 1977)
• FYR Macedonia: Karolina Gočeva (Representative of FYR Macedonia in 2002 and 2007)
• Germany: Thomas Hermanns (Comedian)
• Greece: Alexis Kostalas (ERT Board member, spokesperson in 1998-2004)
• Hungary: Zsuzsa Demcsák (Model and MTV host)
• Iceland: Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (RUV host, Miss Iceland 2003)
• Ireland: Dana (Irish representative, who also won the Eurovision in 1970)
• Israel: Dana Herman (Journalist)
• Latvia: Marie N (Latvian representative in 2002 and ESC 2003 host)
• Lithuania: Rolandas Vilkončius (LRT host)
• Malta: Valerie Vella (TVM and Malta Song for Europe 2002 host)
• Moldova: Elena Camerzan (TVM host)
• Monaco: Anne Allegrini (TMC host)
• The Netherlands: Nance (Nationaal Songfestival host)
• Norway: Ingvild Helljesen (NRK host)
• Poland: Maciej Orłoś (TVP host)
• Portugal: Isabel Angelino (RTP host)
• Romania: Berti Barbera (Singer and TVR host)
• Russia: Yana Churikova (Channel One host)
• Serbia and Montenegro: Nina Radulovic (RTCG journalist and presenter)
• Slovenia: Katarina Čas (TV SLO host)
• Spain: Ainhoa Arbizu (TVE and Spanish national final host)
• Sweden: Annika Jankell (SVT and radio host)
• Switzerland: Cécile Bähler (VIVA VJ)
• Turkey: Meltem Ersan Yazgan (TRT and Turkish national final host)
• Ukraine: Maria Orlova (NTU and Ukrainian national final host)
• United Kingdom: Cheryl Baker (Singer of Bucks Fizz, UK representative in 1981)

Map

  Participating countries

  Countries who did not qualify for the final

  Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Kiev - The album
• The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK ISBN 978-1844429943

External links

• Official Eurovision site
• Eurovision 2005 Song Contest
• Information About Eurovision 2005 Song Contest in Kiev