The finalists were:
- the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
- 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) and was won by Greece.
Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Hungary | Hungarian | NOX | “Forogj, világ!” | 12 | 97 |
02 | United Kingdom | English | Javine | “Touch My Fire” | 22 | 18 |
03 | Malta | English | Chiara | “Angel” | 2 | 192 |
04 | Romania | English | Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem | “Let Me Try” | 3 | 158 |
05 | Norway | English | Wig Wam | “In My Dreams” | 9 | 125 |
06 | Turkey | Turkish | Gülseren | “Rimi Rimi Ley” | 13 | 92 |
07 | Moldova | English, Romanian | Zdob şi Zdub | “Boonika bate toba” | 6 | 148 |
08 | Albania | English | Ledina Çelo | “Tomorrow I Go” | 16 | 53 |
09 | Cyprus | English | Constantinos Christoforou | “Ela Ela” | 18 | 46 |
10 | Spain | Spanish | Son de Sol | “Brujería” | 21 | 28 |
11 | Israel | English, Hebrew | Shiri Maimon | “Hasheket Shenish’ar” (השקט שנשאר) | 4 | 154 |
12 | Serbia and Montenegro | Montenegrin[3] | No Name | “Zauvijek moja” (Заувијек моја) | 7 | 137 |
13 | Denmark | English | Jakob Sveistrup | “Talking to You” | 9[4] | 125 |
14 | Sweden | English | Martin Stenmarck | “Las Vegas” | 19 | 30 |
15 | Macedonia | English | Martin Vučić | “Make My Day” | 17 | 52 |
16 | Ukraine | Ukrainian, English1 | GreenJolly | “Razom nas bahato” (Разом нас багато) | 19[4] | 30 |
17 | Germany | English | Gracia | “Run and Hide” | 24 | 4 |
18 | Croatia | Croatian | Boris Novković feat. Lado Members | “Vukovi umiru sami” | 11 | 115 |
19 | Greece | English | Helena Paparizou | “My Number One” | 1 | 230 |
20 | Russia | English | Natalia Podolskaya | “Nobody Hurt No One” | 15 | 57 |
21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | English | Feminnem | “Call Me” | 14 | 79 |
22 | Switzerland | English | Vanilla Ninja | “Cool Vibes” | 8 | 128 |
23 | Latvia | English | Walters and Kazha | “The War Is Not Over” | 5 | 153 |
24 | France | French | Ortal | “Chacun pense à soi” | 23 | 11 |