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1. Bienvenue! The 50th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Kyiv, Ukraine after 2004 when Ruslana won with 'Wild Dances'. We were guided through the two nights of the contest this year by two Ukrainian hosts, informally known and presented as whom?
2. In the 50th edition, three countries which had never competed or were returning to the contest after a break competed. Bulgaria and Moldova were competing for the first time in a bid to win on their debut, but which country returned after a seven year absence?
3. Portugal had never won the contest before 2005 and was very unlucky after competing in 37 editions of the contest with their highest position only being 6th. Unfortunately, their luck was not to change. They had to compete in the semi-final and only achieved 17th place, needing a top 10 position to make it to the final. There was some speculation about Portugal's entry as they were the last entry to be picked, and almost missed the deadline. However, they came up with a great song called 'Amar', 'to love' in English, which was performed by the pair Rui Drumond and Luciana. They performed however under which pseudonym?
4. 25 countries which did not do so well in the 49th edition of the contest had to compete in the semi-final to reach the final, of which 10 of them would proceed. Selma Björnsdóttir, who competed for Iceland in 1999 and achieved their highest position of 2nd place, returned to compete for Iceland again. She was a hot favourite with her song . She was almost certain to go through to the final with all the attention it was getting. Unfortunately, the great song and performer only reached 16th position; many thought it was a conspiracy or a mistake. She managed to get 52 points from nine countries. What was her entry called?
5. Romania performed in the semi-final with the song 'Let Me Try' by Luminita & Sistem. They had a great performance using oil barrels as drums and received great feed-back. She made it through to the final with this exceptional performance and eventually finished third. After the contest, the full results of the semi-final were announced and it was shown that Romania had actually won the semi-final with 235 points. In the final, they received just 158 points. Their stage performance may have been affected as the group were disallowed what in the final?
6. Complete the list of finalists which made it through by competing in the semi-final. Hungary, Romania, Norway, Moldova, Israel, Denmark, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, ...?
7. Martin Stenmarck competed for Sweden in the final of the contest with the song 'Las Vegas'. Sweden, before this precise contest, was the only country since 1990 not to have been relegated from the contest due to bad performances the previous years. This was to end as Stenmarck finished 19th thus relegating Sweden to the semi-final in 2006. The Swedes take pride in Eurovision and attribute their success to the national final which takes place to find a representative each year to compete in Eurovision. This national final is proclaimed as one of the best in the whole of Europe. What is it called, though?
8. Moldova competed for the first time in 2005, with the song 'Boonika Bate Toba'. This is literally translated as 'Grandma-ma beats the drum-ma'. This stage performance of happy-rock genre was joined by a Grandmother beating a drum. Who saw that coming! This performance got Granny into the final in which they finished 6th. What was so interesting about the singer's appearance though?
9. Another returner to the Eurovision stage was Chiara for Malta. Chiara had previously entered in 1998 and finished a very credible third, Malta's previous highest ever position. This edition she returned with a powerful ballad, which she wrote herself called 'Angel'. How did she perform in the 50th edition though?
10. Greece was the eventual winner of the 50th contest in Kyiv. Helena Paparizou performed the song 'My Number One', which reflected in the result. She won it for Greece for the first time. Greece had previously been favourites to win, twice, in 2001 and 2004. Incidentally, on both of those occasions, Greece finished third. Coincidently though, in 2001, Helena Paparizou performed for Greece as half of a duet. They performed 'Die For You', which became a European success. Under which name did the duet perform?
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