The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
. It took place in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, following the country's victory at the with the song "
Wild Dances
"Wild Dances" is a single by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Ruslana. The song, representing , won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Istanbul with a score of 280 points. A Ukrainian-language version called "Dyki tantsi" () was released in Russ ...
" by
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holding ...
. Organised by the
European Broadcasting Union
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(EBU) and host broadcaster
National Television Company of Ukraine
The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспіль ...
(NTU), the contest was held at the
Palace of Sports
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, 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
Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosinina ( uk, Марія Олександрівна Єфросініна; born 25 May 1979), professionally known as Masha Efrosinina ( uk, Маша Єфросініна), is a Ukrainian television host and media person ...
and
Pavlo Shylko
Pavlo Yurievich Shylko (Ukrainian: Павло Юрійович Шилько) (also known as DJ Pasha, born 6 August 1977 in Mezhdurechensk) is a Ukrainian radio and television presenter. He co-hosted Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with Maria Efrosi ...
.
Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
and
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
made their first participation this year, while
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part in .
The winner was with the song "
My Number One
"My Number One" is a song recorded by Greek-Swedish singer Helena Paparizou, written by Manos Psaltakis, Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou and produced by Christos Dantis. It was the at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, held in Kyiv, awarding ...
", performed by
Helena Paparizou
Helena Paparizou (; , ; born 31 January 1962) is a Swedish-born Greek singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greeks, Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in ...
and written by Manos Psaltakis,
Christos Dantis
Christos Dantis ( el, Χρήστος Δάντης; born Christos Vlahakis, 26 September 1966), is a Greek multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, lyricist, and record producer best known for his hits such as "To Palio Mou Palto" and "Ena Tra ...
and Natalia Germanou. This was Greece's first victory in the contest after 31 years of participation.
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
,
Romania
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,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and
Latvia
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rounded out the top five. Malta equalled their best result from , while Romania achieved their best result in their Eurovision history. Unusually, all "
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" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four positions in the final.
Location
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
is the capital and largest city of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, located in the north central part of the country on the
Dnieper
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. The Palace of Sports, a multi-purpose indoor arena, was confirmed by officials as the host venue on 6 September 2004. However, in order to host the contest, the facilities had been brought up to the standard required by the
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...
(EBU).
At the end of December 2004, work began on the renovation
of the hall, for which approximately 4 million francs were allocated. Renovation works were to be finished by 20 April, however, they were completed at the beginning of May. 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
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...
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.
Organizers hoped that by hosting Eurovision, it would boost Ukraine's image abroad and increase
tourism
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, while the country's new
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
hoped that it would also give a modest boost to the long-term goal of acquiring
European Union
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membership.
Format
Visual design
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
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's 'Under The Same Sky', the
slogan
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for the 2005 show was 'Awakening', which symbolised the awakening of the country and city ready to present itself to
Europe
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. The postcards (short clips shown between performances) for the 2005 show illustrated
Ukraine's culture and heritage along with a more modern and
industrial
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side to the country.
This was the first edition to be broadcast in
widescreen
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16:9 format.
Presenters
The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv were
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and
DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous
winner
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Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holding ...
returned to the stage in Kyiv to perform in the
interval act and to
interview
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the contestants backstage in the '
green room
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'. The Ukrainian boxers
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and
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko; an equivalent English spelling is Vladimir Klichko . His full name in uk, label=Ukrainian is, Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, . ( uk, Володимир Вол ...
opened the
televoting
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Broadcast contest televoting
Televoting ...
, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's
president
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,
Viktor Yushchenko
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As an informal leader of th ...
.
Publicity
An official
CD and
DVD
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was released and a new introduction was an official
pin
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set, which contains heart-shaped pins with the flags of all thirty-nine participating countries. The
EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...
also commissioned a book "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" by British/American author
John Kennedy O'Connor
John Kennedy O'Connor (born 1964) is a television and radio broadcaster, author and entertainment commentator. He was born in North London, but is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He has written, reported and broadcast for numerous m ...
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.
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
Gracia Arabella Baur (born 18 November 1982) is a German singer and songwriter. She rose to fame as a finalist on the debut season of the television series ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation, placing fifth ...
defended her producer David Brandes, also behind Swiss entry "Cool Vibes" by
Vanilla Ninja
Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian all-female rock band which enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria.
The group formed in 2002 and released their self-titled debut album ''Vanilla Nin ...
, and said she would go to the finals in Kyiv despite complaints from other German singers. Bulgaria's debut was overshadowed by a scandal. The song "
Lorraine
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" by
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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 "Rimi Rimi Ley" by
Gülseren
Gülseren Yıldırım (born 1973) is a Turkish-French singer, whose output covers a wide range of genres, including pop, Latin, techno, and traditional Turkish music. Despite having lived in France for most of her life, she was selected to repre ...
, which the
2003
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winner
Sertab Erener
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said was not the best choice. There were similar controversies in
Macedonia which led to an eventual victory for
Martin Vučić
Martin Vučić ( mk, Мартин Вучиќ, sr-Cyrl, Мартин Вучић) is a Macedonian pop musician.
Biography
He finished elementary school in Skopje and expressed his interests in music at an early age. He started playing drums at ...
. 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
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* Amar (British singer) (born 1982), British Indian singer born Amar Dhanjal
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* Amar Gup ...
", 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
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
commentator
Terry Wogan
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, noticed this and commented about the marathon-like voting procedure, when
Russia
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voted he stated "How many more
ountrieshave we got to go? What time is it?". Because the show overran so badly, the
EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...
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
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holding ...
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, it showed the Bulgarian flag accidentally.
Participating countries
![Ruslana Eurovision 2005 final](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Ruslana_Eurovision_2005_final.jpg)
Thirty-nine countries participated in the 2005 contest.
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
returned to the contest after a six-year absence, last competing in
1998
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.
Bulgaria
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and
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
competed in the contest for the first time.
Returning artists
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (
CET
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* Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England
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). 25 countries performed but all 39 participants voted.
Final
![Points to Greece ESC05](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Points_to_Greece_ESC05.svg)
The finalists were:
*the four automatic qualifiers , , and the ;
*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
CET or cet may refer to:
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* Comcast Ente ...
) and was won by .
Detailed voting results
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.
Semi-final
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:
Final
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
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.
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# Anne Allegrini
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Nancy Coolen
Nancy Anna Francina Coolen, known as Nance (born 10 September 1973 in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands) is a Dutch TV host who was previously the lead-singer of a Eurodance group called Twenty 4 Seven.
At the age of 15, Nance was discovered i ...
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Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
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Maarja-Liis Ilus
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Jari Sillanpää
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Life and career
Born into a Sweden-Finnish ...
# Ruth Gumbau
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Dana
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Katarina Čas
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Early life
Čas was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. Cas is the daughter of Miran Čas (July 22, 1952, Slovenj Gradec - February 23, 2015, Ljubljana), a ...
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Cheryl Baker
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# Valerie Vella
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Ingvild Helljesen
# Meltem Ersan Yazgan
# Elena Camerzan
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# Melani Steliou
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Nina Radulović
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Gry Johansen
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Annika Jankell
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Personal life
Jankel ...
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Karolina Gočeva
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# Maria Orlova
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Thomas Hermanns
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Barbara Kolar
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Yana Churikova
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Ana Mirjana Račanović
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Marija Naumova
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Marie Myriam
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Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with '' L'oise ...
Other countries
* – Czech broadcaster
Česká televize
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(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.
* – Lebanese broadcaster
Télé Liban
Télé Liban (also known as TL, ar, تلفزيون لبنان) is the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the Lebanese government. It was a result of a merger of the privately run Compagnie Libanaise de Télévision (CLT) (channe ...
confirmed Lebanon's début in the contest and selected the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" performed by
Aline Lahoud
Aline Lahoud ( ar, ألين لحود; born 2 March 1981) is a Lebanese singer.
Life
Lahoud's parents are Salwa Al Katrib and producer Nahi Lahoud. She studied singing and dramatic art from 1997 until 1999. In 2002, she received a BA degree i ...
as their entry. However, the broadcaster announced their withdrawal from the competition on 18 March 2005 after the
EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ...
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
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. 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.
Broadcasts
Other awards
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the
Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finl ...
and the
Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award was a fan-voted accolade awarded annually to the worst-dressed contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest. The award was created by the fansite The House of Eurovision in 1997, which hosted it until the site's closure in 2 ...
were contested during the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.
Marcel Bezençon Awards
The
Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finl ...
, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative
Christer Björkman
Christer Samuel Björkman (; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag". From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of Me ...
, and 1984 winner
Richard Herrey
Per ''Richard'' Herrey, born 1964 in Strömstad, is a Swedish artist, politician in the Moderate Party, media personality and restaurant manager.
Biography
Richard Herrey won Melodifestivalen in 1984 together with his brothers Per och Louis as ...
, honours songs in the contest's final.
The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award which was voted by
previous winners of the contest, Composer Award and Press Award.
Barbara Dex Award
The
Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award was a fan-voted accolade awarded annually to the worst-dressed contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest. The award was created by the fansite The House of Eurovision in 1997, which hosted it until the site's closure in 2 ...
is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after
Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.
Official album
''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
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company of the same name in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succ ...
and
CMC International
CMC International was an American independent record label founded by Bill Cain and Tom Lipsky in 1991, focused mainly on classic rock, and classic heavy metal. The label was the haven of many hard rock, arena rock, thrash metal, glam metal, and ...
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.
The original cover designed for the album was changed after '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
Lebanon has never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country's broadcasting organisation, , was set to make the country's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "" performed by Aline Lahoud, but withdrew due to L ...
" by
Aline Lahoud
Aline Lahoud ( ar, ألين لحود; born 2 March 1981) is a Lebanese singer.
Life
Lahoud's parents are Salwa Al Katrib and producer Nahi Lahoud. She studied singing and dramatic art from 1997 until 1999. In 2002, she received a BA degree i ...
.
It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.
Charts
Notes
References
External links
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