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50th contest

Eurovision 2005

The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, the 50th edition, was held in Kyiv, Ukraine at Palace of Sports and was won by Greece — Helena Paparizou with “My Number One”.

The facts

Host country
Ukraine
Host city
Kyiv
Venue
Palace of Sports
Winner
Greece
Artist
Helena Paparizou
Song
“My Number One”

This was Greece’s only Eurovision win. Their full record

Compiled from the public record of the contest. Years, hosts, winners, songs and performers are stated; participant counts and pre-2000 venues are left blank rather than estimated, and will be filled in as each is checked against a primary source. This is a different standard from the two-independent-sources bar that a 2027 confirmation has to clear, and it is held to a lower one — spotted an error? It is worth telling us about.

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