Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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The Portuguese entry, "Amar" (To Love) by 2B was selected internally by RTP (Portugal). The Portuguese National Final was broadcasted on March 31st during a televised show called Gala de Aniversário RTP.The song is written by Alexandre Honrado, Ernesto Leite & José da Ponte and composed by Ernesto Leite and José da Ponte. The semifinal performance on the night fell victim to a poor vocals, but still got three 12 points.

2B was created only for the purpose of representing Portugal at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The group consists of Luciana Abreu and Rui Drumond who both gained their fame through talent competitions. Luciana competed in the TV song contest 'ÍDOLOS' ('Pop Idol') in 2003, while in the same year Rui took part in the TV series ‘Operação Triunfo’, broadcast by RTP. Both take part in various stage plays and theatre productions.

Individual Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Albania - Andorra - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Latvia - Lithuania - Republic of Macedonia - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom Note: Countries in italics are semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.