The winner of the 50th anniversary song contest "Eurovision-2005" was singer Helena Paparizou with the song "My number one". Europe's viewers gave her 230 points. Therefore, the 51st contest will be held in Greece.
The fiery Mediterranean motifs in the Greek singer's song received the highest rating from the viewers of Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Turkey, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, Great Britain and Sweden. Helena beat her rivals by a margin of 38 points.
The top five leaders looks as follows:
1. Greece – 230 points
2. Malta – 192 points
3. Romania – 158 points
4. Israel – 154 points
5. Latvia – 153 points
An unforgettable spectacle at the Kyiv Palace of Sports was provided by 24 participants who tried with all their might to win victory for their country. Automatically, according to the contest rules, in addition to Greece, Malta, Romania, Israel, Latvia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark make it to the final of the next contest "Eurovision-2006".
Ukraine, represented by the band "Greenjolly" with the song "Razom nas bahato", took 20th place, scoring only 20 points. Ukraine received 7 points from Portugal, 12 from Poland, 8 from Moldova, 1 from Spain and 2 points from Russia.
Ukrainians gave the highest rating - 12 points - to the performers from Moldova (the group Zdob shi Zdub), 10 points - to the performer from Malta Chiara, 8 - to the performer from Croatia Boris Novkovic, 7 - to the performer from Israel Shiri Maimon, 6 - to the group from Norway Wig Wam, 5 - to the group from Switzerland Vanilla Ninja, 4 - to the singer from Russia Natalia Podolskaya, 3 - to the group from Serbia and Montenegro No Name, 2 - to the group from Hungary NOXX, and 1 point - to the group from Latvia Walter and Kazha.