For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song
Contest, here are some details and results about the 2005 contest
in the UK.
Links to other Pages. More Links at bottom of
page.
This is the second year of Making your mind up. It was broadcast live from
Television Centre in London on Saturday 5 March 2005 on BBC1 and on the web via
the BBC Website.
Regardless of what the UK scored in 2004, The UK will go straight to the
Eurovision Final on Saturday 21 May 2005.Voting was done by telephone or sms
texting. The Theme Tune for Making
your mind up for 2005 was Ruslana's 2004 Winner.
BBC1 17:45-18:45,
20:20-20:45
Presented by Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinsky
Additional Performance was the 2004 Winner Ruslana with "Wild
Dances".
The panellist were Bruno Tonioli, Natalie Cassidy, Jonathon Ross and
Paddy O'Connell
BBCi via Web
The programme was shown on the web at the same time as BBC1
BBCi via Interactive Red Button 18:45 to
19:25
Eurovision Extra with Commentary from Paddy O'Connell
Interviews with the performers and clips from past Eurovisions.
Regionals
Here are the presenters who gave out the votes for the
varies region in the UK
A
Northern Ireland
Zoe Salmon
B
North
Stuart Hall
C
Scotland
Justin Ryan and Colin Mcallister
D
Wales
James Fox
E
Web Vote
Ruslana
F
South West
Sharon Davies
G
Midlands
Denise Lewis
H
South East
Fern Cotton
I
Interactive (SMS)
Sandy Shaw
Here are the 5 finalist for this years Making Your Mind
Up Competition.
Scores are given as 12, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points.
Interactive points are given based on Percentages
Position
Song
Performer
Total
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Performance Order
1
Touch My Fire
Javine
116
12
12
8
12
6
12
12
12
30%
1
2
Not Just Anybody
Katie Price
101
8
8
12
8
12
8
8
8
29%
5
3
Guardian Angel
Andy Scott Lee
61
6
6
6
4
8
4
4
4
19%
4
4
Brand New Day
Tricolore
58
4
4
4
6
4
6
6
6
18%
2
5
Flashback
Gina G
20
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4%
3
Studio Vote : Katie Price was runner up and winner was Javine
Panel prediction : Bruno : Javine, Jonathon : Abba!, Natalie : Andy Scott
Lee, Paddy : Javine
Ruslana announced the Web votes and her English was good!
Sandy Shaw presented the award to the winner, JavinesingingTouch My Firewho will be representing the UK in
the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine.
Javine was a Popstars the Rivals 2003 Finalist, Members of Tricolore are Jem, Scott, Stuart,
Gina G was the UK Eurovision entry 1996, with a massive hit with "Ooh Ahh Just a Little
Bit" across Europe, Andy Scott Lee is a former member of 3SL and Pop Idol 2003 Finalist
and finally, Katie Price aka Jordan.
The Semi Finals will be broadcast on BBC3 at 20:00 for 2 hours on
Thursday 19 May 2005, commentator unknown at the moment but it could be
Paddy O'Connell from last year.
The Finals will be broadcast on BBC1 at 20:00 for 3 hours
20 minutes on Saturday 21 May 2005, commentator will be
Terry Wogan (of course. Eurovision is not Eurovision without Terry)
UK
Viewers (and anyone who can get Digital TV).
Here were some of the Eurovision Specials (More when known) This list may change.
Red Shows that it is only on Digital TV (Sky,
Cable and Freeview)
Timing subject to change
Monday 28 February
BBC1 17:00 - 17:25
Blue Peter
Monday 28 February
CBBC 18:00 - 18:25
Blue Peter (Repeat)
Saturday 5 March
BBC1 17:45 - 18:45
Eurovision Making Your Mind Up
Saturday 5 March
BBC1 20:20 - 20:40
Eurovision Making Your Mind Up Results
Saturday 5 March
via BBCi Website and Red Button
Eurovision Making Your Mind Up
Sunday 1 May
ITN News Channel 08:00 - 11:00
Live with Angela Rippon, Interview with 3 contestant
Wednesday 11 May
ITV1 10:30 - 12:30
This Morning, an Interview with Javine
Friday 13 May
CH4 17:00 - 18:00
Richard and Judy, an Interview with Javine
Thursday 19 May
BBC3 20:00 - 22:10
Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final
LIVE
Saturday 21 May
BBC1 20:00 - 23:20
Eurovision Song Contest LIVE
Saturday 21 May
via BBCi Red Button
Eurovision Song Contest LIVE
Interactive
Saturday 21 May
BBC3 23:20 - 00:20
Eurovision, a little bit more
The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here,
including the entries. Please click
here for details.
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