Semi-final 1
editThe first semi-final was held on 17 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). France and Ukraine voted in this semi-final.
Qualifiers
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Feminnem | "Call Me" | English | 8 | 60 |
| 02 |  Monaco
|
Lise Darly | "Tout de moi" | French | 17 | 9 |
| 03 |  Estonia
|
Suntribe | "Let's Get Loud" | English | 15 | 20 |
| 04 |  Croatia
|
Boris Novković feat. Lado members | "Vukovi umiru sami" | Croatian | 5 | 100 |
| 05 |  Belarus
|
Angelica Agurbash | "Love Me Tonight" | English | 12 | 36 |
| 06 |  Israel
|
Shiri Maimon | "HaSheket SheNish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) | Hebrew, English | 3 | 121 |
| 07 |  Ireland
|
Donna and Joe | "Love?" | English | 14 | 32 |
| 08 |  Austria
|
Global.Kryner | "Y así" | English, Spanish | 16 | 11 |
| 09 |  Sweden
|
Martin Stenmarck | "Las Vegas" | English | 6 | 77 |
| 10 |  Turkey
|
Gülseren | "Rimi Rimi Ley" | Turkish | 7 | 63 |
| 11 |  Macedonia
|
Martin Vučić | "Make My Day" | English | 10 | 45 |
| 12 |  Norway
|
Wig Wam | "In My Dreams" | English | 4 | 103 |
| 13 |  Netherlands
|
Glennis Grace | "My Impossible Dream" | English | 13 | 34 |
| 14 |  Moldova
|
Zdob și Zdub | "Boonika bate toba" | English, Romanian | 1 | 152 |
| 15 |  Cyprus
|
Constantinos Christoforou | "Ela Ela" | English | 9 | 58 |
| 16 |  Lithuania
|
Laura and the Lovers | "Little by Little" | English | 11 | 38 |
| 17 |  Romania
|
Luminița Anghel and Sistem | "Let Me Try" | English | 2 | 143 |
Semi-final 2
editThe second semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.
Qualifiers
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Hungary
|
Nox | "Forogj, világ" | Hungarian | 7 | 82 |
| 02 |  Denmark
|
Jakob Sveistrup | "Talking to You" | English | 3 | 138 |
| 03 |  Portugal
|
2B | "Amar" | Portuguese, English | 15 | 21 |
| 04 |  Slovenia
|
Omar Naber | "Stop" | Slovene | 9 | 53 |
| 05 |  Finland
|
Geir Rönning | "Why" | English | 16 | 14 |
| 06 |  Malta
|
Chiara | "Angel" | English | 2 | 141 |
| 07 |  Russia
|
Natalia Podolskaya | "Nobody Hurt No One" | English | 10 | 53 |
| 08 |  Bulgaria
|
Kaffe | "Lorraine" | English | 13 | 32 |
| 09 |  Serbia and Montenegro
|
No Name | "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) | Montenegrin | 5 | 98 |
| 10 |  Greece
|
Helena Paparizou | "My Number One" | English | 1 | 153 |
| 11 |  Belgium
|
Nuno Resende | "Le Grand soir" | French | 14 | 23 |
| 12 |  Andorra
|
Marian van de Wal | "La mirada interior" | Catalan | 17 | 12 |
| 13 |  Poland
|
Ivan and Delfin | "Czarna dziewczyna" | Polish, Russian | 8 | 55 |
| 14 |  Switzerland
|
Vanilla Ninja | "Cool Vibes" | English | 6 | 96 |
| 15 |  Iceland
|
Selma | "If I Had Your Love" | English | 12 | 34 |
| 16 |  Latvia
|
Walters and Kazha | "The War Is Not Over" | English | 4 | 108 |
| 17 |  Albania
|
Ledina Çelo | "Tomorrow I Go" | English | 11 | 47 |