Ten semi-final winners of the jubilee 5th Eurovision Song Contest 2005 were defined in Kyiv on Monday - Tuesday night, according to Ukrinform.

The semi-finalists, who were defined by telephone voting in 39 European states after their live performances on the stage of the Kyiv Palace of Sports, together with other 14 finalists will compete for the title of Europe's best singer or band.

Thus, semi-finalists of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 are the bands Wig Wam (Norway), NOX (Hungary), Zdob Si Zdub (Moldova), Vanilla Ninja (Switzerland), Sistem (Romania), Valters & Kaza (Latvia) and singers Shiri Maymon (Israel), Jacob Sveistrup (Denmark), Martin Vucic (Macedonia) and Boris Novkovic (Croatia).