Евровидение-2005: Победительница и участники конкурса

International song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), the contest was held at the Palace of Sports, and consisted of a semi final on 19 May, and a final on 21 May 2005. The two live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty six, that took part the year before. Bulgaria and Moldova made their first participation this year, while Hungary returned to the contest after a six year absence, having last taken part in
The winner was with the song "My Number One", performed by Helena Paparizou and written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's first victory in the contest after 31 years of participation. Malta, Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. Malta equalled their best result from , while Romania achieved their best result in their Eurovision history. Unusually, all "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four positions in 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. + Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) RTSH Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English Adrian Hila, Pandi Laço RTVA Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan Daniel Aragay, Rafael Artesero, Rafael Fernández, Rafah Tanit ORF Global. Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish Edi Köhldorfer, Christof Spörk BTRC Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English Nikos Terzis, Nektarios Tyrakis RTBF Nuno Resende "Le Grand Soir" French Alec Mansion, Frédéric Zeitoun BHRT Feminnem "Call Me" English Andrej Babić BNT Kaffe "Lorraine" English Orlin Pavlov, Vesselin Vesselinov Eko HRT Boris Novković Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian Boris Novković, Franjo Valentić CyBC Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English Constantinos Christoforou DR Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English Jacob Launbjerg, Andreas Mørck ETV Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English Sven Lõhmus YLE Geir Rönning "Why" English Steven Stewart, Mika Toivanen France Télévisions Ortal "Chacun pense à soi" French Marie Ortal Malka, Ortal, Saad Tabainet NDR Gracia "Run & Hide" English David Brandes, Bernd Meinunger, John O'Flynn, Jane Tempest ERT Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou, Manos Psaltakis MTV Nox "Forogj, világ" Hungarian Szabolcs Harmath, Attila Valla RÚV Selma "If I Had Your Love" English Linda Thompson, Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Vignir Snær Vigfússon RTÉ Donna and Joe "Love?" English Karl Broderick IBA Shiri Maimon "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English Pini Aharonbayev, Ben Green, Eyal Shahar LTV Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English Mārtiņš Freimanis LRT Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English William "Billy" Butt, Bobby Ljunggren MRT Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English Branka Kostić, Dragan Vučić PBS Chiara "Angel" English Chiara Siracusa TMC Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French Philippe Bosco, Didier Fabre TRM Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov NOS Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English Robert D. Fisher, Bruce Smith NRK Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English Trond "Teeny" Holter TVP Ivan and Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian Ivan Komarenko, Łukasz Lazer, Michał Szymański RTP 2B "Amar" Portuguese, English Alexandre Honrado, Ernesto Leite, José da Ponte TVR Luminița Anghel and Sistem "Let Me Try" English Cristian Faur C1R Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English Mary Susan Applegate, Viktor Drobysh, Jussi Pekka Järvinen UJRT No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Serbian Slaven Knezović, Milan Perić RTVSLO Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene Omar Naber, Urša Vlašič TVE Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish Alfredo Panebianco SVT Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren SRG SSR Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English David Brandes, John O'Flynn, Jane Tempest TRT Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish Göksan Arman, Erdinç Tunç NTU GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) Ukrainian, English GreenJolly BBC Javine "Touch My Fire" English Javine Hylton, John Themis

broadcaster ČT initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, the broadcaster reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew their application. broadcaster Télé Liban initially 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 in March 2005 after finding out the obligation to broadcast all participating entries, including the Israeli one, as well as enabling their viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel.

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. This was the first edition to be broadcast in widescreen 16:9 format.

The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv were television presenter Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous winner Ruslana returned to the stage in Kyiv to perform in the interval act and to interview the contestants backstage in the 'green room'. 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. The 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. During the semi final, there were a few sound faults, most notably during the Norwegian song, shortly after the intro and also during the Irish song. These were not fixed for the DVD release.

The semi final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). 25 countries performed but all 39 participants voted. + Results of the semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 R/O (Running order) Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Global. Kryner "Y así" 30 21 2 Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" 17 25 3 2B "Amar" 51 17 4 Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" 207 2 5 Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" 85 10 6 "Tout de moi" 22 24 7 "HaSheket SheNish'ar" 158 7 8 "Love Me Tonight" 67 13 9 "My Impossible Dream" 53 14 10 Selma "If I Had Your Love" 52 16 11 "Le Grand Soir" 29 22 12 Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" 31 20 13 Wig Wam "In My Dreams" 164 6 14 and Sistem "Let Me Try" 235 1 15 Nox "Forogj, világ" 167 5 16 "Why" 50 18 17 "Make My Day" 97 9 18 "La mirada interior" 27 23 19 Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" 114 8 20 feat. Lado members "Vukovi umiru sami" 169 4 21 Kaffe "Lorraine" 49 19 22 Donna and Joe "Love?" 53 14 23 "Stop" 69 12 24 "Talking to You" 185 3 25 Ivan and Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" 81 11

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. This affected Albania, Andorra and Monaco in the semi final, and Andorra, Moldova and Monaco in the final.

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.