Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of a semi-final on 19 May and a final on 21 May 2005, held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv, Ukraine, and presented by Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), who staged the event after winning the for with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana.

Broadcasters from thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, three more than the previous record of thirty-six, that took part the year before. and made their first participation this year, while returned to the contest after a six-year absence, having last taken part .

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. , , , and 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.

Location

thumb|left|Palace of Sports, Kyiv – host venue pictured during the 2005 contest.

Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper. 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 (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 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, 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.

Participants

Thirty-nine countries participated in the 2005 contest. returned to the contest after a six-year absence, last competing . and competed in the contest for the first time. and were originally announced as participants, but the former withdrew before the deadline, and the latter withdrew in March 2005, two months before the contest.

Several of the performing artists had previously represented the same country in past editions: Constantinos Christoforou had represented as a solo artist and as part of One; Helena Paparizou had represented as part of Antique; Selma had represented ; and Chiara had represented . In addition, Alexandros Panayi providing backing vocals for Greece, had represented as a solo artist and as part of ; Anabel Conde providing backing vocals for Andorra, had represented ; and Elina Konstantopoulou providing backing vocals for Cyprus, had represented .

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Eurovision Song Contest 2005 participants

| Gracia

| "Run & Hide"

| English

! scope="row" |

| ERT

| Helena Paparizou

| "My Number One"

| English

! scope="row" |

| MTV

| Nox

| ""

| Hungarian

! scope="row" |

| RÚV

| Selma

| "If I Had Your Love"

| English

! scope="row" |

| RTÉ

| Donna and Joe

| "Love?"

| English

| Karl Broderick

! scope="row" |

| IBA

| Shiri Maimon

| "" ()

| Hebrew, English

! scope="row" |

| LTV

| Walters and Kazha

| "The War Is Not Over"

| English

| Mārtiņš Freimanis

! scope="row" |

| LRT

| Laura and the Lovers

| "Little by Little"

| English

! scope="row" |

| MRT

| Martin Vučić

| "Make My Day"

| English

! scope="row" |

| PBS

| Chiara

| "Angel"

| English

| Chiara Siracusa

! scope="row" |

| TRM

| Zdob și Zdub

| ""

| English, Romanian

! scope="row" |

| TMC

| Lise Darly

| ""

| French

! scope="row" |

| NOS

| Glennis Grace

| "My Impossible Dream"

| English

! scope="row" |

| NRK

| Wig Wam

| "In My Dreams"

| English

! scope="row" |

| TVP

| ""

| Polish, Russian

! scope="row" |

| RTP

| ""

| Portuguese, English

! scope="row" |

| TVR

| Luminița Anghel and

| "Let Me Try"

| English

| Cristian Faur

! scope="row" |

| C1R

| Natalia Podolskaya

| "Nobody Hurt No One"

| English

! scope="row" |

| UJRT

| No Name

| "" ()

| Serbian

! scope="row" |

| RTVSLO

| Omar Naber

| "Stop"

| Slovene

! scope="row" |

| TVE

| Son de Sol

| ""

| Spanish

| Alfredo Panebianco

! scope="row" |

| SVT

| Martin Stenmarck

| "Las Vegas"

| English

! scope="row" |

| SRG SSR

| Vanilla Ninja

| "Cool Vibes"

| English

! scope="row" |

| TRT

| Gülseren

| "Rimi Rimi Ley"

| Turkish

! scope="row" |

| NTU

| GreenJolly

| "" ()

| Ukrainian, English

| GreenJolly

! scope="row" |

| BBC

| Javine

| "Touch My Fire"

| English

Other countries

Active EBU members

broadcaster Czech Television initially applied to participate in the 2005 contest; however, it reconsidered débuting in the contest and later withdrew its application. broadcaster Télé Liban initially confirmed its début in the contest and selected the song "" performed by Aline Lahoud as its entry; however, the broadcaster announced its 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 its viewers to vote for them; this contravened a Lebanese law prohibiting any acknowledgement of Israel.

Format

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same from the 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.

Presenters

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.

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. 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.

Contest overview

Semi-final

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The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 22:00 EEST (21:00 CEST). 25 countries performed but all 39 participants voted.

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Results of the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" |Country

! scope="col" |Artist

! scope="col" |Song

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Points

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |1

|Global.Kryner

|""

|30

|21

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2

|Laura and the Lovers

|"Little by Little"

|17

|25

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3

|2B

|""

|51

|17

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |4

|Zdob și Zdub

|""

|207

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |5

|Walters and Kazha

|"The War Is Not Over"

|85

|10

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |6

|""

|22

|24

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |7

|""

|158

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |8

|"Love Me Tonight"

|67

|13

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |9

|"My Impossible Dream"

|53

|14

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |10

|Selma

|"If I Had Your Love"

|52

|16

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |11

|""

|29

|22

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |12

|Suntribe

|"Let's Get Loud"

|31

|20

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |13

|Wig Wam

|"In My Dreams"

|164

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |14

| and Sistem

|"Let Me Try"

|235

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |15

|Nox

|""

|167

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |16

|"Why"

|50

|18

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |17

|"Make My Day"

|97

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |18

|""

|27

|23

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |19

|Vanilla Ninja

|"Cool Vibes"

|114

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |20

| feat. Lado members

|""

|169

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |21

|Kaffe

|"Lorraine"

|49

|19

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |22

|Donna and Joe

|"Love?"

|53

|14

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |23

|"Stop"

|69

|12

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |24

|"Talking to You"

|185

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |25

|Ivan and Delfin

|""

|81

|11

Final

thumb|upright|Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

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 22:00 EEST (21:00 CEST) and was won by . 24 countries performed and all 39 participants voted.

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" |Country

! scope="col" |Artist

! scope="col" |Song

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Points

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |1

|Nox

|""

|97

|12

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2

|Javine

|"Touch My Fire"

|18

|22

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3

|Chiara

|"Angel"

|192

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |4

| and Sistem

|"Let Me Try"

|158

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |5

|Wig Wam

|"In My Dreams"

|125

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |6

|Gülseren

|"Rimi Rimi Ley"

|92

|13

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |7

|Zdob și Zdub

|""

|148

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |8

|"Tomorrow I Go"

|53

|16

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |9

|"Ela Ela"

|46

|18

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |10

|Son de Sol

|""

|28

|21

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |11

|""

|154

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |12

|No Name

|""

|137

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |13

|"Talking to You"

|125

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |14

|"Las Vegas"

|30

|19

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |15

|"Make My Day"

|52

|17

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |16

|GreenJolly

|""

|30

|19

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |17

|Gracia

|"Run & Hide"

|24

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |18

| feat. Lado members

|""

|115

|11

|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |19

|"My Number One"

|230

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |20

|"Nobody Hurt No One"

|57

|15

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |21

|Feminnem

|"Call Me"

|79

|14

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |22

|Vanilla Ninja

|"Cool Vibes"

|128

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |23

|Walters and Kazha

|"The War Is Not Over"

|153

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |24

|Ortal

|""

|11

|23

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. 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 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.

Anne Allegrini
Elena Ponomareva
Nancy Coolen
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Maarja-Liis Ilus
Jari Sillanpää
Ruth Gumbau
Dana
Katarina Čas
Cheryl Baker
Valerie Vella
Ingvild Helljesen
Meltem Ersan Yazgan
Elena Camerzan
Melani Steliou
Nina Radulović
Gry Johansen
Annika Jankell
Karolina Gočeva
Maria Orlova
Thomas Hermanns
Barbara Kolar
Yana Churikova
Ana Mirjana Račanović
Marija Naumova
Marie Myriam

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

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"

|+ Detailed voting results of the semi-final

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2" | Voting procedure used:

! scope="col"

! style="height:2px; border-top:1px solid transparent;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

! rowspan="25"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Austria

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 30 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 7 || 6 || || || || 10 || || || || || || 5 || || || || || || 1 || 1 || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Lithuania

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 17 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 8 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || || || 4 || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Portugal

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 51 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || 10 || || || || || || || || 12 || || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || || || 12 || || || || 12

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Moldova

| style="text-align:right;" | 207 || 8 || 10 || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 10 || || 10 || 10 || || 8 || 4 || 5 || 1 || 12 || 6 || 3 || 10 || || || 4 || 6 || 3 || 7 || || 6 || 5 || || 12 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 6 || || 12 || || 6 || 12 || 6 || 5

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Latvia

| style="text-align:right;" | 85 || || 12 || 4 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 6 || 7 || || 2 || || 10 || 3 || || || || || || || 7 || || 6 || 6 || 5 || || || 12 || || || 2 || || || || 2 || || || 1 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Monaco

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 22 || || || || 2 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || || || || 10 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 10

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Israel

| style="text-align:right;" | 158 || || 2 || 6 || 5 || || 12 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 12 || 10 || || 3 || || || 8 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 12 || 3 || || 4 || 7 || || 4 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 6 || 7 || 3 || 4 || 3 || || 5 || 3 || || 8 || || 8

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belarus

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 67 || || 3 || || || 3 || 1 || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || 6 || || || || 12 || || || || 1 || || 7 || 3 || || 7 || || || || 4 || || 8 || 10 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Netherlands

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 53 || || || || || || 8 || 5 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 12 || || || 1 || || || || 5 || 2 || || || 4 || || 6 || || 2 || 8 || || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Iceland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 52 || || || || 10 || || || 4 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 8 || || || || || 6 || || || || || || 10 || || 3 || || || || || 2 || || 7 || || || || || || 2

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belgium

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 29 || || || 12 || 3 || || || || || 6 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || || || || || || || || || 7

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Estonia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 31 || || 5 || || 1 || 12 || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 1 || 6 || || || || || || 1 || 2 || 3 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Norway

| style="text-align:right;" | 164 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 8 || 6 || || 7 || 5 || 2 || 12 || 2 || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 7 || || 12 || 2 || || 5 || || 2 || 10 || 3 || 12 || 7 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 4 || || 4 || 8 || 6 || || 4 || || 7 ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Romania

| style="text-align:right;" | 235 || 10 || || 10 || 12 || || 7 || 12 || 3 || 8 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 12 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 8 || 10 || 7 || || 12 || 12 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 7 || 12 || 3 || 5 || 6

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Hungary

| style="text-align:right;" | 167 || 7 || || 7 || || 5 || || 8 || 4 || || 7 || 6 || 4 || 6 || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 5 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 7 || || 4 || 1 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 8 || || 6 || 3 || 8 || 3 || 10 || || 5 || 7 || 3 || 4

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Finland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 50 || || || || || || 6 || || || 1 || || || 8 || 10 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 3 || || || || || || 8 || || || || || || || || || 10 || || 4 || || || ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Macedonia

| style="text-align:right;" | 97 || 4 || || || || || 3 || || || 3 || || || || || 4 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 8 || 12 || 10 || || 8 || || || || || 10 || 12 || || || 10 || 1 || || 2 || || || 10 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Andorra

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 27 || || || || 4 || || || || || 7 || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || || || 6 || || 10 || || || || || || || ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Switzerland

| style="text-align:right;" | 114 || 1 || 8 || 2 || || 7 || 2 || 3 || 8 || || 6 || || 12 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 10 || 3 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 3 || 3

|| 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || || 1 || || || 5 || || 2 || 4 || || 6 || 3 || 2 || 2 ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Croatia

| style="text-align:right;" | 169 || 12 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 5 || || 1 || 4 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 12 || || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 8 || || 12 || || 3 || || || || 10 || || || 12 || 6 || 7 || 10 || || || 12 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Bulgaria

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 49 || || || || 7 || || || || || || || || || || || || || 8 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || 5 || 4 || 10 || 6 || 1 || || || || 7 || || 1 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ireland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 53 || || || || || || || || || || || || 2 || || 5 || 10 || || || 2 || || 5 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 2 || 12 || 5 || 4 || || 1 || || || || || || || || 4 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Slovenia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 69 || 3 || || || || || 4 || 1 || 2 || || 1 || || || || || 2 || 7 || 7 || || || 10 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || 8 || || || 7 || || 3 || || || 6 || 8 ||

|- style="background:#ffdead;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Denmark

| style="text-align:right;" | 185 || 6 || 7 || 5 || || 2 || 10 || || || 12 || 10 || 7 || 7 || 12 || 3 || 7 || 8 || || 8 || 7 || 6 || || 12 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 10 || 10 || 4 || || || || 8 || || 12 || || 5 || 2 || 4 || || 1

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Poland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 81 || 5 || 1 || || || 1 || || || 6 || 5 || 3 || 5 || || 5 || || 4 || || || || || 2 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 1 || || || 7 || || 2 || 8 || 8 || 10 || 5 || || 3

12 points

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

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | N.

! scope="col" | Contestant

! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points

! scope="row" | 6

| || , , , , ,

! scope="row" | 5

| || , , , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 4

| || , , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 3

| || , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2

| || ,

! scope="row" rowspan="7" | 1

| ||

Final

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"

|+ Detailed voting results of the final

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#F2F2F2" | Voting procedure used:

! scope="col"

! style="height:2px; border-top:1px solid transparent;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

| style="background:#A4D1EF;" |

| style="background:#EFA4A9;" |

! rowspan="24"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Hungary

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 97 || || || 2 || || 2 || || 6 || 2 || 3 || || 6 || 5 || || || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 8 || || 6 || || || 7 || 5 || 8 || 6 || || || 1 || 2 || || 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || || 3 || 3

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 18 || || || || || || || || || || || || || 8 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 4 || || || 1 || || || 5 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Malta

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 192 || 5 || 2 || || 5 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 8 || 4 || 8 || || || 10 || 1 || || 5 || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 2 || 10 || 8 || || 4 || 6 || 7 || 10 || || 10 || 6 || || 10 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 12 || || 3 || 5 || 7

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Romania

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 158 || 6 || || 12 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 7 || || || 7 || 8 || 5 || || 7 || 10 || || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 6 || 4 || 7 || 5 || 8 || 12 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 2 || || || || 5 || || 2 || || || 5

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Norway

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 125 || || 5 || || || 4 || 1 || 12 || 3 || 8 || 12 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 8 || || 5 || 5 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 3 || || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 12 || 8 || || 6 || || || 4 || || 3 || || 6 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Turkey

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 92 || 7 || || || || || 12 || || 10 || || || || 3 || || || || || 1 || || 3 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 8 || || || || || 8 || || 4 || || 10 || || || || 8 || 6 || || 12

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Moldova

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 148 || 2 || 10 || 10 || || 7 || || 8 || 1 || 6 || || || 6 || || 3 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 12 || || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 2 || 4 || 4 || 5 || || || 5 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 10 || 4 || || 8 || 2

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Albania

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 53 || 3 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 2 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || 8 || || || 12 || || || 2 || 10 || || 5 || 10 || || 1

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Cyprus

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 46 || || || || || || || || || || || || 10 || || || || || 3 || 12 || 1 || || || || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 1 || || || || || || || 12 || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Spain

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 28 || || || 8 || || || || || || || || 12 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || || || || || || || 4 || || 4

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Israel

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 154 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 12 || 8 || 7 || || 6 || 1 || 5 || 8 || || 6 || || || 8 || 7 || 8 || 7 || 5 || 3 || 6 || 3 || || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 5 || 1 || || 7 || 5 || || || 8 || || 1 || 2 || 10

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Serbia and Montenegro

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 137 || 12 || || || 6 || 3 || 4 || || || || || || 4 || || 10 || || 2 || || || 6 || || || 1 || 6 || 10 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 4 || 10 || 3 || 3 || 12 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 12 || 1 || 6

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Denmark

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 125 || || 4 || 1 || 10 || || 8 || 10 || 4 || 5 || 2 || 3 || || 7 || || 5 || 6 || 8 || 3 || 4 || 12 || || || || || 10 || 3 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 10 || || || 6 || || || || || || 4 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Sweden

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 30 || || || || 3 || || || || || || 6 || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || 5 || || || 2 || || || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 6 || || || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Macedonia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 52 || || || || 1 || || || || || || || || 7 || || 5 || || || || || || || 5 || || 10 || || || || 7 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 8 || || || 7 || 2 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ukraine

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 30 || || || 7 || || || || || || || || || || || || 12 || || || || || || || 8 || || || 1 || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || 2 || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Germany

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 4 || || || || 2 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 2 || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || || || || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Croatia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 115 || 8 || 6 || || 7 || || 2 || 1 || || 2 || 1 || || 2 || || 12 || 2 || 7 || || || 5 || 2 || || || 2 || || || || 10 || || || 8 || 8 || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || 1 || 12 || 8 || 7 ||

|- style="background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | Greece

| style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 230 || 4 || 1 || 3 || || || 10 || 2 || 12 || || 3 || 4 || 12 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 12 || 12 || 6 || 10 || 4 || 12 || 4 || 12 || 12 || 8 || 7 || 12 || 2 || 12 || 7 || || 12 || 5 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 4 || 6 || 7 || || 8

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Russia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 57 || || 7 || || || 12 || || || || 7 || 7 || || || || || || || || || || || || 10 || || || || || || || || || 4 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || || || 10 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Bosnia and Herzegovina

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 79 || 10 || || || || || 6 || || || || || || || 1 || 8 || || || 4 || || || 7 || 10 || || || || || || 4 || 4 || 7 || 3 || || || 10 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 5 || ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Switzerland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 128 || || 8 || 4 || 8 || 10 || || 7 || || 12 || 10 || 1 || || 3 || 6 || 6 || 3 || || 1 || || 3 || || || || 4 || || 2 || || 1 || 5 || || 5 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 7 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | || 12 ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Latvia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 153 || || 12 || 6 || || 6 || || 3 || 5 || 10 || 4 || 10 || || 12 || 7 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 10 || || 8 || || 12 || || 1 || || 6 || || 6 || 3 || || 1 || 7 || 7 || 1 || 5 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" | ||

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | France

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 11 || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || || 5 || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;" |

12 points

thumb|Points given to Greece.

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

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | N.

! scope="col" | Contestant

! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points

! scope="row" | 10

| || , , , , , , , , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 3

| || , ,

! scope="row" rowspan="5" | 2

| || ,

! scope="row" rowspan="7" | 1

| ||

Broadcasts

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

! scope="row" |

| ORF

| ORF 1

| All shows

| Andi Knoll

! scope="row" |

| BTRC

| Belarus-1

| All shows

| Ales Kruglyakov

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="2" | RTBF

| rowspan="2" | , RTBF Sat

| All shows

| Jean-Pierre Hautier

| rowspan="2" |

| Semi-final

| VRT

| All shows

| André Vermeulen and Anja Daems

! scope="row" |

| BHRT

| BHT 1

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| BNT

| All shows

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | HRT

| HRT 2

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" | Duško Ćurlić

| rowspan="2" |

| HRT 1

| Final

! scope="row" |

| CyBC

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| DR

| DR1

| All shows

| Jørgen de Mylius

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| colspan="2" | ETV

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| Marko Reikop

| rowspan="2" |

| ER

| Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" |

| rowspan="4" | YLE

| rowspan="2" | YLE TV2

| All shows

| Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Paasonen

| rowspan="2" |

| Final

| YLE FST, YLE Radio Vega

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| and Hans Johansson

| YLE Radio Suomi

| Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |

| France 4

| Semi-final

| France 3

| Final

| Julien Lepers and

| Final

! scope="row" |

| ERT

| NET

| All shows

| Alexandra Pascalidou

! scope="row" |

| MTV

| m1

| All shows

| , András Fáber and Dávid Szántó

! scope="row" |

| RÚV

| ,

| All shows

| Gísli Marteinn Baldursson

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | RTÉ

| RTÉ Two

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" | Marty Whelan

| RTÉ One

| Final

! scope="row" |

| IBA

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| LTV

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| LRT

| All shows

| Darius Užkuraitis

! scope="row" |

| MRT

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| PBS

| TVM

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| TRM

| Moldova 1

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| colspan="2" | TMC Monte Carlo

| All shows

| and

| colspan="2" | Radio 2

| Hijlco Span and

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | NRK

| NRK1

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| Jostein Pedersen

| rowspan="2" |

| NRK P1

! scope="row" |

| TVP

| TVP1

| All shows

| Artur Orzech

! scope="row" |

| RTP

| RTP1

| All shows

| Eládio Clímaco

! scope="row" |

| TVR

| TVR 1

| All shows

! scope="row" |

| colspan="2" | Channel One

| All shows

| and

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| RTS

| RTS 1

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| rowspan="2" |

| RTCG

| TVCG 1

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" | RTVSLO

| SLO 2

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="3" |

| SLO 1

| Final

| Radio Val 202

| All shows

| Jernej Vene

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | TVE

| Semi-final

| , and Carlos Cerezo

| Final

| Beatriz Pécker

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| SVT

| SVT1

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| Pekka Heino

| SR

| SR P4

| Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="6" |

| rowspan="6" | SRG SSR

| SF 2

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" | Sandra Studer

| SF 1

| Final

| TSR 2

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" | Jean-Marc Richard and Marie-Thérèse Porchet

| TSR 1

| Final

| TSI 2

| Semi-final

| rowspan="2" | Daniela Tami and Claudio Lazzarino

| rowspan="2" |

| TSI 1

| Final

! scope="row" |

| TRT

| TRT 1

| All shows

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| NTU

| rowspan="2" | All shows

| Yaroslav Chornenkyi

| UR

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="3" | BBC

| BBC Three

| Semi-final

| Paddy O'Connell

| BBC One, BBC Prime

| rowspan="2" | Final

| Terry Wogan

| BBC Radio 2

| Ken Bruce

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Channel(s)

! scope="col" |

! scope="col" | Commentator(s)

! scope="col" |

! scope="row" |

| AMPTV

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | SBS

| rowspan="2" | SBS TV

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Location

Participants

Other countries

Active EBU members

Format

Visual design

Presenters

Publicity

Contest overview

Semi-final

Final

Spokespersons

Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span>

Semi-final

12 points

Final

12 points

Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Commentators"></span>