Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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In 2005 Romania was represented by Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem.

1 About Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem
- 1.1 Luminiţa Anghel
- 1.2 Sistem
2 Results of the 2005 Semifinal
3 Results of the 2005 final

[edit] About Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem

[edit] Luminiţa Anghel

Luminiţa Anghel (born 7 October 1968) is a Romanian singer. Anghel, along with the percussion band Sistem, represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the song Let Me Try, where they were ranked third in the final, Romania's best ever result at Eurovision. In the semi-final, held two days before the final, Romania was ranked first, with 235 points.

She was compared by Terry Wogan to Ruby Wax.

[edit] Sistem

Sistem are a Romanian percussion band.

[edit] Results of the 2005 Semifinal

The semifinal was held on 19 May 2005 and ten of the twenty-five countries gained places among the fourteen nations already qualified. This years newcomers were Bulgaria and Moldova, while Hungary returned after a hiatus since 1998. Lebanon was also expected to make a debut show appearance but was forced to withdraw after announcing they would show commercials over the Israeli entry. The favourites, Iceland, Belarus, and Netherlands failed to qualify from the semifinal in perhaps the biggest shock of this year's contest.

	Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
01	Austria	Global.Kryner	"Y Así"	30	21st
02	Lithuania	Laura and The Lovers	"Little By Little"	17	25th
03	Portugal	2B	"Amar"	51	17th
04	Moldova	Zdob şi Zdub	"Boonika Bate Doba"	207	2nd
05	Latvia	Valters & Kaža	"The War is Not Over"	85	10th
06	Monaco	Lise Darly	"Tout de moi"	22	24th
07	Israel	Shiri Maymon	"Hasheket Shenish'ar"	158	7th
08	Belarus	Angelica Agurbash	"Love Me Tonight"	67	13th
09	Netherlands	Glennis Grace	"My Impossible Dream"	53	15th
10	Iceland	Selma	"If I Had Your Love"	52	16th
11	Belgium	Nuno Resende	"Le grand soir"	51	17th
12	Estonia	Suntribe	"Let's Get Loud"	31	20th
13	Norway	Wig Wam	"In My Dreams"	164	6th
14	Romania	Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem	"Let Me Try"	235	1st
15	Hungary	NOX	"Forogj világ"	167	5th
16	Finland	Geir Rönning	"Why"	50	18th
17	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Martin Vucić	"Make My Day"	97	9th
18	Andorra	Marian van de Wal	"La mirada interior"	27	23rd
19	Switzerland	Vanilla Ninja	"Cool Vibes"	114	8th
20	Croatia	Boris Novković feat. Lado Members	"Vukovi Umiru Sami"	169	4th
21	Bulgaria	Kaffe	"Lorraine"	49	19th
22	Ireland	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"Love?"	53	14th
23	Slovenia	Omar Naber	"Stop"	69	12th
24	Denmark	Jakob Sveistrup	"Talking to You"	185	3rd
25	Poland	Ivan i Delfin	"Czarna dziewczyna"	81	11th
WD*	Lebanon	Aline Lahoud	"Quand Tout S'Enfuit"	N/A	N/A

*WD = Withdrawn.

[edit] Results of the 2005 final

The final was held on 21 May 2005 and this years winner, Greece, was chosen with Malta, Romania, Israel and Latvia rounding out the top 5. The host Ukraine along with the so-called 'big 4' (Spain, United Kingdom, France, and Germany) propped up the bottom of the table.

Country	Artist	Song	Points	Place
Albania	Ledina Çelo	Tomorrow I Go	53	16th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Feminnem	Call Me	79	14th
Croatia	Boris Novković feat. Lado Members	Vukovi Umiru Sami	115	11th
Cyprus	Constantinos Christoforou	Ela, Ela	46	18th
Denmark	Jakob Sveistrup	Talking to You	125	10th
France	Ortal	Chacun Pense à Soi	11	23rd
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Martin Vucić	Make My Day	52	17th
Germany	Gracia	Run and Hide	4	24th
Greece	Elena Paparizou	My Number One	230	1st
Hungary	NOX	Forogj világ	97	12th
Israel	Shiri Maimon	Hasheket Shenish'ar	154	4th
Latvia	Valters & Kaža	The War is Not Over	153	5th
Malta	Chiara	Angel	192	2nd
Moldova	Zdob şi Zdub	Bunica Bate Doba	148	6th
Norway	Wig Wam	In My Dreams	125	9th
Romania	Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem	Let Me Try	158	3rd
Russia	Natalia Podolskaya	Nobody Hurt No One	57	15th
Serbia and Montenegro	No Name	Zauvijek Moja	137	7th
Spain	Son de Sol	Brujería	28	21st
Sweden	Martin Stenmarck	Las Vegas	30	19th
Switzerland	Vanilla Ninja	Cool Vibes	128	8th
Turkey	Gülseren	Rimi Rimi Ley	92	13th
Ukraine	GreenJolly	Razom Nas Bahato	30	20th
United Kingdom	Javine	Touch My Fire	18	22nd