Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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50th Eurovision Song Contest
ESC 2005 Logo.svg
motto Awakening
date May 19, 2005 (semi-finals)
May 21, 2005 (final)
Host country UkraineUkraine Ukraine
venue Дворец спорта (Киев) .JPG
Kiev Sports Palace , Kiev
Broadcasting television station NTU
Moderation Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Schilko
Pause filler Ruslana with The Same Star ;
The Kiev Percussion Ensemble ARS NOVA; Anatoly Salewski
participating countries 39
winner GreeceGreece Greece
First time participation BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria , Moldova
Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 
Returning participants HungaryHungary Hungary
Voting rule The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point to the ten best songs.
ESC 2004ESC 2006TurkeyTurkey GreeceGreece 

The 50th Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 19 and 21, 2005 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . The winner was Elena Paparizou , who competed for Greece with the song My Number One .

The venue was the Kiev Sports Palace (Palats Sportu) in the city center. The programs were presented by the presenters Maria Efrosinina and Pawlo Schilko , who is known in Ukraine by his stage name DJ Pasha and who read his country's rating the previous year. The Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko were personally present at the final. The televoting in the final was opened by the Ukrainian-born professional boxers Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko . Wladimir Klitschko and last year's winner Ruslana also conducted interviews in the green room and awarded the trophy. In addition, President Yushchenko personally presented the winner with a Eurovision mark made of 500 grams of gold.

particularities

Ruslana was supposed to act as a moderator, but canceled on May 4th by her management. The official justification for this was that, due to a benefit event two days earlier, she was unable to concentrate sufficiently on the rehearsals. From circles of the organizer European Broadcasting Union it is said, however, that the real reason is the criticism of Ruslana's inadequate English and French language skills, which could lead to irritations when awarding points.

Ukraine took the opportunity to present itself as a modern European country by organizing the competition. During the whole week before the final, the center of Kiev was the destination of visitors from all over the world, who were offered an extensive supporting program. Participants such as journalist and Grand Prix expert Jan Feddersen said that these diverse theme parties and club appearances by the artists were the real experience of the event. In the evening, the competition was broadcast live to the Maidan Nesaleschnosti on giant screens.

The participation of the singer Gracia for Germany was controversial, as her producer David Brandes had to admit that he had pushed the track Run & Hide into the charts through targeted CD purchases. He was then excluded from the German delegation. But he had also composed the contribution of the Estonian girl group Vanilla Ninja and traveled as a member of the Swiss delegation.

The big four , however, occupied the last four places in the final and would not have qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 without their special status .

This year the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the ninth time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winner was Martin Vucic from Macedonia.

Attendees

  • Countries in the final
  • Countries that did not reach the final
  • Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 2005
  • With 39 participating countries, the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was numerically the largest event in this competition at the time. Bulgaria and Moldova participated in the competition for the first time. Hungary returned.

    As in the previous year, there was a semi-final two days before the final, from which the top ten winners reach the final. Fourteen other countries have already qualified for the finals: the top places from last year and the Big Four of the European Broadcasting Union ( Germany , France , the United Kingdom and Spain ).

    The following performers returned to the competition:

    country Interpreter Previous year of participation
    GreeceGreece Greece Elena Paparizou 2001 (as a member of Antique )
    IcelandIceland Iceland Selma 1999
    MaltaMalta Malta Chiara 1998
    Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou 1996 , 2002 (as a member of One )

    Voting procedure

    Since 2004, the points have been determined using the televoting process in all countries . In almost all participating countries, television viewers have also been involved in the awarding of points in the past. The song with the most votes received twelve points, and the one with the second most ten points. The songs ranked below were rated with eight points down to one point.

    All 39 participating countries voted in both the semi-finals and the final. In the semifinals, only the ten countries that make it to the finals were named in an arbitrary order when naming the winners; In the final, the results of the individual votes were traditionally read out live in the respective countries. First the non-qualified countries gave their points in the order of the semi-finals, followed by the 24 qualified countries according to the starting order in the final.

    Semifinals

    The following 25 countries took part in the semi-finals on May 19th. The starting order was drawn on March 21st. The countries marked in green were able to qualify for the final.

    space Start number country Interpreter Song
    Music (M) and Text (T)
    language Translation
    (unofficial)
    Points
    01. 14th RomaniaRomania Romania Luminița Anghel & Sistem Let Me Try
    M / T: Cristian Faur
    English Let me try 235
    02. 04th Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Zdob și Zdub Bunica bate doba
    M: Mihai Gîncu; T: Roman Iagupov
    English, Romanian Grandmother beats the drum 207
    03. 24 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Jakob Sveistrup Talking to You
    M / T: Andreas Mørck, Jacob Launbjerg
    English Talk to you 185
    04th 20th CroatiaCroatia Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado members Vukovi umiru sami
    M: Franjo Valentić; T: Boris Novković
    Croatian Wolves die lonely 169
    05. 15th HungaryHungary Hungary NOX Forogj világ
    M: Szabolcs Harmath; T: Attila Valla
    Hungarian Turn around, earth 167
    06th 13 NorwayNorway Norway Wig wam In My Dreams
    M / T: Trond Holter
    English In my dreams 164
    07th 07th IsraelIsrael Israel Shiri Maimon
    שירי מימון
    Hasheket shenish'ar (The Silence That Remains)
    (השקט שנשאר(The Silence That Remains)
    M: Pini Aaronbayev; T: Eyal Shahar, Pini Aaronbayev, Ben Green
    Hebrew , English The quiet that remains 158
    08th. 19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Vanilla ninja Cool Vibes
    M: David Brandes , Jane Tempest; T: John O'Flynn
    English - 128
    09. 17th Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Martin Vučić
    Мартин Вучиќ
    Make My Day
    M: Dragan Vučić; T: Branka Kostić
    English Save my day 097
    10. 05 LatviaLatvia Latvia Valters & Kaža The War Is Not Over
    M / T: Mārtiņš Freimanis
    English The war is not over 085
    11. 25th PolandPoland Poland Ivan & Dolphin Czarna dziewczyna
    M: Łukasz Lazer; T: Michał Szymański, Ivan Komarenko
    Polish , Russian Black girl 081
    12. 23 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Omar Naber Stop
    M: Omar Naber , Urša Vlašič; T: Omar Naber
    Slovenian stop 069
    13. 08th Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Anschalika Ahurbasch
    Анжалікі Агурбаш
    Love Me Tonight
    M: Nikos Terzis; T: Nektarios Tirakis
    English Love me tonight 067
    14th 09 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Glennis Grace My Impossible Dream
    M: Robert D. Fisher; T: Bruce Smith
    English My impossible dream 053
    14th 22nd IrelandIreland Ireland Donna & Joe Love?
    M / T: Karl Broderick
    English Love? 053
    16. 10 IcelandIceland Iceland Selma If I Had Your Love
    M: Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Vignir 'Viggi' Snær Vigfússon; T: Selma Björnsdóttir, Linda Thompson
    English If you would love me 052
    17th 03 PortugalPortugal Portugal 2 B Amar
    M: Ernesto Leite, José Da Ponte; T: Ernesto Leite, Alexandre Honrado, José Da Ponte
    Portuguese , English Love 051
    18th 16 FinlandFinland Finland Geir Rönning Why
    M: Mika Toivanen; T: Steven Stewart
    English Why 050
    19th 21st BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Coffee
    Каффе
    Lorraine
    M: Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko; T: Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko, Orlin Pavlov
    English - 049
    20th 12 EstoniaEstonia Estonia Suntribe Let's Get Loud
    M / T: Sven Lõhmus
    English Let's get loud 031
    21st 01 AustriaAustria Austria Global.Kryner Y así
    M: Edi Köhldorfer ; T: Christof Spörk
    English, Spanish And so 030th
    22nd 11 BelgiumBelgium Belgium Nuno Resende Le grand soir
    M / T: Alec Mansion, Frédéric Zeitoun
    French The big evening 029
    23. 18th AndorraAndorra Andorra Marian van de Wal La mirada interior
    M: Rafael Artesero Herrero; T: Rafael Artesero Herrero, Rafael Fernández, Daniel Aragay
    Catalan The look inside 027
    24. 06th MonacoMonaco Monaco Lise Darly Tout de moi
    M / T: Philippe Bosco
    French All of me 022nd
    25th 02 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania Laura & the Lovers Little by Little
    M: Bobby Ljunggren; T: William 'Billy' Butt
    English Step by step 017th

    Scoreboard (semi-finals)

    The scoring was only published after the final.

    Competitor Voting results
    Points AT LT PT MD LV MC IL BY NL IS BE EE NO RO HU FI MK AD CH MR BG IE SI DK PL GB MT TR AL CY IT CS SE UA DE GR RU BA FR
    Austria 30th - 7th 6th 10 5 1 1
    Lithuania 17th - 8th 5 4th
    Portugal 51 - 10 12 5 12 12
    Moldova 207 8th 10 8th - 10 10 10 8th 4th 5 1 12 6th 3 10 4th 6th 3 7th 6th 5 12 3 8th 1 6th 12 6th 12 6th 5
    Latvia 85 12 4th - 6th 7th 2 10 3 7th 6th 6th 5 12 2 2 1
    Monaco 22nd 2 - 10 10
    Israel 158 2 6th 5 12 - 12 10 3 8th 5 1 1 12 3 4th 7th 4th 4th 6th 6th 6th 7th 3 4th 3 5 3 8th 8th
    Belarus 67 3 3 1 2 - 6th 12 1 7th 3 7th 4th 8th 10
    Netherlands 53 8th 5 - 12 1 5 2 4th 6th 2 8th
    Iceland 52 10 4th - 8th 6th 10 3 2 7th 2
    Belgium 29 12 3 6th - 1 7th
    Estonia 31 5 1 12 - 1 6th 1 2 3
    Norway 164 2 6th 1 8th 6th 7th 5 2 12 2 6th - 7th 12 2 5 2 10 3 12 7th 7th 3 2 2 4th 4th 8th 6th 4th 7th
    Romania 235 10 10 12 7th 12 3 8th 5 8th 1 7th - 12 4th 5 4th 4th 1 5 8th 1 7th 8th 8th 10 7th 12 12 5 5 1 7th 12 3 5 6th
    Hungary 167 7th 7th 5 8th 4th 7th 6th 4th 6th 10 - 5 4th 1 1 8th 7th 4th 1 12 1 2 8th 6th 3 8th 3 10 5 7th 3 4th
    Finland 50 6th 1 8th 10 - 3 8th 10 4th
    Macedonia 97 4th 3 3 4th - 8th 12 10 8th 10 12 10 1 2 10
    Andorra 27 4th 7th - 6th 10
    Switzerland 114 1 8th 2 7th 2 3 8th 6th 12 2 2 3 10 3 - 3 3 2 5 2 5 1 5 2 4th 6th 3 2 2
    Croatia 169 12 4th 3 6th 4th 5 1 4th 4th 1 3 4th 6th 8th 2 12 10 - 8th 12 3 10 12 6th 7th 10 12
    Bulgaria 49 7th 8th - 5 4th 10 6th 1 7th 1
    Ireland 53 2 5 10 2 5 1 - 2 12 5 4th 1 4th
    Slovenia 69 3 4th 1 2 1 2 7th 7th 10 - 8th 7th 3 6th 8th
    Denmark 185 6th 7th 5 2 10 12 10 7th 7th 12 3 7th 8th 8th 7th 6th 12 - 10 10 4th 8th 12 5 2 4th 1
    Poland 81 5 1 1 6th 5 3 5 5 4th 2 - 1 7th 2 8th 8th 10 5 3

    Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semifinals)

    number country received from
    6th RomaniaRomania Romania Greece, Israel, Moldova, Spain, Hungary, Cyprus
    5 CroatiaCroatia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Austria, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
    4th DenmarkDenmark Denmark Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
    3 IsraelIsrael Israel Andorra, Monaco, Belarus
    NorwayNorway Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
    PortugalPortugal Portugal Germany, France, Switzerland
    2 LatviaLatvia Latvia Lithuania, Malta
    Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Albania, Croatia
    1 BelgiumBelgium Belgium Netherlands
    EstoniaEstonia Estonia Latvia
    IrelandIreland Ireland United Kingdom
    NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Belgium
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Estonia
    HungaryHungary Hungary Poland
    Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Bulgaria

    final

    IsraelIsrael Israel and Latvia reached the finals for the first time since 2003. The Switzerland and Denmark participated in 2002 for the last time in part: 2003 you had to take a forced break. All four failed in the 2004 semi-finals. Hungary participated for the first time since 1998 and reached the final. For Moldova it was the first final participation in the debut. LatviaLatvia SwitzerlandSwitzerland DenmarkDenmark HungaryHungary Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 

    space Start number country Interpreter Song
    Music (M) and Text (T)
    language Translation
    (unofficial)
    Points
    01. 19th GreeceGreece Greece Elena Paparizou
    Έλενα Παπαρίζου
    My Number One
    M: Christos Dantis; T: Natalia Germanou, Christos Dantis
    English My number one 230
    02. 03 MaltaMalta Malta Chiara Angel
    M / T: Chiara Siracusa
    English Angel 192
    03. 04th RomaniaRomania Romania Luminița Anghel & Sistem Let Me Try
    M / T: Cristian Faur
    English Let me try 158
    04th 11 IsraelIsrael Israel Shiri Maimon
    שירי מימון
    Hasheket shenish'ar (The Silence That Remains)
    (השקט שנשאר(The Silence That Remains)
    M: Pini Aaronbayev; T: Eyal Shahar, Pini Aaronbayev, Ben Green
    Hebrew , English The silence that remains 154
    05. 23 LatviaLatvia Latvia Valters & Kaža The War Is Not Over
    M / T: Mārtiņš Freimanis
    English The war is not over 153
    06th 07th Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Zdob și Zdub Bunica bate doba
    M: Mihai Gîncu; T: Roman Iagupov
    English, Romanian Grandmother beats the drum 148
    07th 12 Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro No name Zauvijek moja
    M: Slaven Knezović; T: Milan Peric
    Montenegrin Forever My 137
    08th. 22nd SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Vanilla ninja Cool Vibes
    M: David Brandes , Jane Tempest; T: John O'Flynn
    English - 128
    09. 05 NorwayNorway Norway Wig wam In My Dreams
    M / T: Trond Holter
    English In my dreams 125
    09. 13 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Jakob Sveistrup Talking to You
    M / T: Andreas Mørck, Jacob Launbjerg
    English Talk to you 125
    11. 18th CroatiaCroatia Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado members Vukovi umiru sami
    M: Franjo Valentić; T: Boris Novković
    Croatian Wolves die lonely 115
    12. 01 HungaryHungary Hungary NOX Forogj világ
    M: Szabolcs Harmath; T: Attila Valla
    Hungarian Turn around, earth 097
    13. 06th TurkeyTurkey Turkey Gülseren Rimi rimi ley
    M: Erdinç Tunç; T: Göksan Arman
    Turkish - 092
    14th 21st Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Feminine Call Me
    M / T: Andrej Babić
    English call me 079
    15th 20th RussiaRussia Russia Natalja Podolskaja
    Наталья Подольская
    Nobody Hurt No One
    M: Viktor Drobytsch; T: Mary Applegate, JP Järvinen
    English Nobody hurts anyone 057
    16. 08th AlbaniaAlbania Albania Ledina Çelo Tomorrow I Go
    M: Adrian Hila; T: Pandi Laço, Sidorela Risto
    English tomorrow I go 053
    17th 15th Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Martin Vučić
    Мартин Вучиќ
    Make My Day
    M: Dragan Vučić; T: Branka Kostić
    English Save my day 052
    18th 09 Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou
    Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου
    Ela ela
    M / T: Constantinos Christoforou
    English Come come! 046
    19th 14th SwedenSweden Sweden Martin Stenmarck Las Vegas
    M / T: Niklas Edberger, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Johan Fransson
    English - 030th
    19th 16 UkraineUkraine Ukraine Greenjolly
    ринджоли
    Razom nas bahato (Разом нас багато)
    M: Roman Kalyn, Roman Kostyuk; T: Roman Kalyn, Roman Kostyuk, Mikola Kulinich
    Ukrainian , English Together we are more 030th
    21st 10 SpainSpain Spain Son de Sol Brujería
    M / T: Alfredo Panebianco
    Spanish witchcraft 028
    22nd 02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Javine Touch My Fire
    M: John Themis; T: Javine Hylton
    English Touch my fire 018th
    23. 24 FranceFrance France Ortal Chacun pense à soi
    M / T: Ortal, Saad Tabainet
    French Everyone thinks of themselves 011
    24. 17th GermanyGermany Germany Gracia Run & Hide
    M: David Brandes , Jane Tempest; T: John O'Flynn
    English Run & hide 004th

    The winner and the countries marked in green were directly qualified for the final in the following year. Due to the cancellation of Serbia-Montenegro in the following year, the eleventh-placed Croatia automatically moved up and qualified for the 2006 final.

    Scoreboard (final)

    Competitor Voting results
    Points AT LT PT MC BY NL IS BE EE FI AD BG IE SI PL HU GB MT RO NO TR MD AL CY IT IL CS DK SE MK UA DE MR GR RU BA CH LV FR
    Hungary 97 2 2 6th 2 3 6th 5 10 - 8th 6th 7th 5 8th 6th 1 2 6th 2 3 1 3 3
    United Kingdom 18th 8th - 4th 1 5
    Malta 192 5 2 5 5 5 4th 8th 4th 8th 10 1 5 10 - 2 10 8th 4th 6th 7th 10 10 6th 10 8th 4th 8th 12 3 5 7th
    Romania 158 6th 12 4th 1 3 5 7th 7th 8th 5 7th 10 7th - 6th 4th 7th 5 8th 12 12 3 3 2 2 5 2 5
    Norway 125 5 4th 1 12 3 8th 12 2 1 4th 4th 8th 5 5 - 3 3 3 1 2 12 8th 6th 4th 3 6th
    Turkey 92 7th 12 10 3 1 3 - 8th 8th 4th 10 8th 6th 12
    Moldova 148 2 10 10 7th 8th 1 6th 6th 3 3 4th 2 2 12 7th - 2 4th 4th 5 5 12 1 1 7th 10 4th 8th 2
    Albania 53 3 2 - 8th 12 2 10 5 10 1
    Cyprus 46 10 3 12 1 7th - 1 12
    Spain 28 8th 12 - 4th 4th
    Israel 154 1 3 5 12 8th 7th 6th 1 5 8th 6th 8th 7th 8th 7th 5 3 6th 3 6th - 5 1 7th 5 8th 1 2 10
    Serbia and Montenegro 137 12 6th 3 4th 4th 10 2 6th 1 6th 10 - 4th 10 3 3 12 6th 6th 10 12 1 6th
    Denmark 125 4th 1 10 8th 10 4th 5 2 3 7th 5 6th 8th 3 4th 12 10 3 - 10 6th 4th
    Sweden 30th 3 6th 1 5 2 7th - 6th
    Macedonia 52 1 7th 5 5 10 7th - 8th 7th 2
    Ukraine 30th 7th 12 8th 1 - 2
    Germany 4th 2 2 -
    Croatia 115 8th 6th 7th 2 1 2 1 2 12 2 7th 5 2 2 10 8th 8th 2 - 1 12 8th 7th
    Greece 230 4th 1 3 10 2 12 3 4th 12 2 2 1 12 12 6th 10 4th 12 4th 12 12 8th 7th 12 2 12 7th 12 5 - 4th 6th 7th 8th
    Russia 57 7th 12 7th 7th 10 4th - 10
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 79 10 6th 1 8th 4th 7th 10 4th 4th 7th 3 10 - 5
    Switzerland 128 8th 4th 8th 10 7th 12 10 1 3 6th 6th 3 1 3 4th 2 1 5 5 4th 3 3 7th - 12
    Latvia 153 12 6th 6th 3 5 10 4th 10 12 7th 4th 1 6th 10 8th 12 1 6th 6th 3 1 7th 7th 1 5 -
    France 11 5 1 5 -
    The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

    Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

    number country received from
    10 GreeceGreece Greece Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Sweden, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Hungary, United Kingdom, Cyprus
    3 LatviaLatvia Latvia Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova
    NorwayNorway Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
    RomaniaRomania Romania Israel, Portugal, Spain
    Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Croatia, Austria, Switzerland
    2 CroatiaCroatia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia
    Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Romania, Ukraine
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Estonia, Latvia
    TurkeyTurkey Turkey France, Netherlands
    Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus Greece, Malta
    1 AlbaniaAlbania Albania Macedonia
    DenmarkDenmark Denmark Norway
    IsraelIsrael Israel Monaco
    MaltaMalta Malta Russia
    RussiaRussia Russia Belarus
    SpainSpain Spain Andorra
    UkraineUkraine Ukraine Poland

    Marcel Bezençon Prize

    This time the following winners were selected for the Marcel Bezençon Prize :

    • Press award for the best song - Malta - Angel - ChiaraMaltaMalta 
    • Artist Prize for the best performer - Greece - Elena Paparizou - My Number OneGreeceGreece 
    • Composers Prize for the best composition / text - Serbia and Montenegro - Slaven Knezović (m) and Milan Perić (t) - Zauvijek moja - No NameSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro 

    "We, the people of Eurovision ..."

    For the first time in the history of the ESC, the organizers tried to include other art forms in addition to music with an exhibition on the occasion of the anniversary. “We, the people of Eurovision…” showed photographs and sculptures in the Sportpalast from May 18th to 21st. Each participating country could choose one artist for both categories. For Germany, the Lüdenscheid photographer Dirk Jung exhibited a photograph of the singer Gracia Baur . Germany did not submit a sculpture.

    Controversy about the Austrian candidate and Lebanon's participation

    Alf Poier represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 . With his title Because man counts he reached the 6th place, the best result for Austria since 1989. His song and his stage show were a parody of the pop business.

    In February 2005 he wanted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time, but in the Austrian decision-making show ( song.null.fünf ) he came second with the song Good Old Europe Is Dying , 4 points behind. However, he was a victim of a rating system that weighted the votes unequally: The organizer ORF let the viewers vote by phone and separately by SMS . Each federal state had the same number of points to award - whether Burgenland or Vienna, which is six times as large . The total voting via SMS only counted as much as a single “tenth” federal state. This unequal weighting brought Poier to second place with around 106,000 votes cast, behind the band Global Kryner , which received only around 60,000 votes, but in contrast to Poier was mainly supported by landline callers from Vorarlberg and Burgenland with a higher voting weight.

    The originally planned direct evaluation was only replaced by the indirect mode described a few days before the vote; some interested people understood this as a targeted maneuver to “prevent” the artistically bulky and decidedly non-folkloric poier.

    Alf Poier's statement:

    "Anyone who demands justice in this world is an idiot!"
    "Anyone who demands understanding in this world is insane!"
    "I thank you all in the name of the truth!"
    "Alf Poier 2nd place with 106,000 votes"
    "Global Kryner 1st place with 60,000 votes"
    "Your deranged idiot Alf Poier"

    Originally, Lebanon was also supposed to take part. Télé Liban had already chosen singer Aline Lahoud and the song Quand tout s'enfuit as the country's contribution. However, the broadcaster canceled participation on March 18, 2005 . Télé Liban justified his step with the fact that the legal situation of the Lebanese state would make a transfer of the Israeli contribution impossible. However, the ESC regulations require that the entire program be broadcast.

    Remarks

    • The “Big Four” Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain ended up in the last four places.
    • 9 of the 10 successful semi-finalists were among the first 12 participants. Macedonia in 17th place also received more than 50 points in the final.
    • Moldova and Bulgaria participated for the first time. Bulgaria failed in the semifinals.
    • The Czech Republic postponed a possible participation because they wanted to concentrate on other projects for 2005 .
    • Since the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, citizens of the EU and Switzerland have no visas for 90 days.

    See also

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    Web links

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