BoNF 2005

Best of National Finals 2005

2005’s edition was the only one I did much later, in summer of 2007 actually, as explained here. 39 countries took part in the 2005 Eurovisiong Song Contest. 34 of them used some sort of national finals in which 408 songs were performed. I wrote down a list of 100 songs and then came up with these top 30:

Albania | “Hena dhe yjet dashurojne” Luiz Ejlli
Albania | “Peshperitje zemrash” Rosela Gjylbegu & Arber Arapi
Austria | “Back home” Mystic Alpin
Austria | “Dreaming” Global Kryner
Austria | “Good old europe is dying” Alf Poier
Austria | “In the universe” Marque
Bosnia & Herzegovina | “Carolija” Jasna Gospić
Croatia | “Ponesi me” Ivana Radovniković
Croatia | “Vukovi umiru sami” Boris Novković
Denmark | “I believe in love” Luna Park
Estonia | “Moonwalk” Laura Pudvere
Finland | “An actress” Elena Mady
Finland | “Yeah, yeah” I’Dees
Germany | “Dein lied” Allee Der Kosmonauten
Latvia | “Sing it swing it!” Agnese & Intars
Montenegro | “Sta ce mi dani” Andrea Demirović
Montenegro | “Zauvijek moja” No Name
Norway | “Feel the beat” Cheezy Keys
Romania | “All the time” Mihai Traistariu & Nicoleta Matei
Romania | “Let me try” Luminiţa Anghel & Sistern
Serbia | “Hajde cico” Ogi Radivojević
Serbia | “Jutro” Jelena Tomasević
Slovenia | “Kje si” Anika Horvat
Slovenia | “Stop” Omar Naber
Sweden | “A different kind of love” Caroline Wennergren
Sweden | “Gone” Bodies Without Organs
Sweden | “Håll om mig” Nanne Grönvall
Sweden | “Nothing at all” LaGaylia Frazier
Turkey | “Tek istegim” Nursel Efe
Ukraine | “Patriot” Yurcrash

Semifinal

My friends recieved the mp3 of these 30 songs and they have graded each of them with a 1 (awful) through 5 (great) system. For the first BoNF years, I did not save the full results (just like old Eurovision lol) but only the ranking. And so we have from 30th to 16th:

30 Latvia | “Sing it swing it!” Agnese & Intars
29 Finland | “Yeah, yeah” I’Dees
28 Albania | “Hena dhe yjet dashurojne” Luiz Ejlli
27 Austria | “Back home” Mystic Alpin
26 Romania | “All the time” Mihai Traistariu & Nicoleta Matei
25 Sweden | “Nothing at all” LaGaylia Frazier
24 Croatia | “Ponesi me” Ivana Radovniković
23 Slovenia | “Kje si” Anika Horvat
22 Germany | “Dein lied” Allee Der Kosmonauten
21 Turkey | “Tek istegim” Nursel Efe
20 Denmark | “I believe in love” Luna Park
19  Austria | “Good old europe is dying” Alf Poier
18 Romania | “Let me try” Luminiţa Anghel & Sistern
17 Sweden | “Gone” Bodies Without Organs
16 Ukraine | “Patriot” Yurcrash

Final

So now that I had all 15 finalists, I used a computer “random playlist” to get the running order for the final:

01
Finland
“An actress”
Elena Mady

02
Serbia
“Jutro”
Jelena Tomasević

03
Albania
“Peshperitje zemrash”
Rosela Gjylbegu & Arber Arapi

04
Bosnia & Herzegovina
“Carolija”
Jasna Gospić

05
Sweden
“Håll om mig”
Nanne Grönvall

06
Austria
“In the universe”
Marque

07
Serbia
“Hajde cico”
Ogi Radivojević

08
Norway
“Feel the beat”
Cheezy Keys

09
Montenegro
“Sta ce mi dani”
Andrea Demirović

10
Croatia
“Vukovi umiru sami”
Boris Novković

11
Estonia
“Moonwalk”
Laura Pudvere

12
Slovenia
“Stop”
Omar Naber

13
Montenegro
“Zauvijek moja”
No Name

14
Sweden
“A different kind of love”
Caroline Wennergren

15
Austria
“Dreaming”
Global Kryner

Results

If you don’t remember those songs, you can check BoNF’s youtube page or this recap video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQqW7l3eUe8