Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Greece
National preselection
Preselection process	National Final 60% Tele-Voting/SMS 40% Judging panel
Preselection date(s)	March 2, 2005
Selected entrant	Helena Paparizou
Selected song	"My Number One"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 230 points

Greece's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was Helena Paparizou. ERT selected her internally and she sang "My Number One" in Kiev, winning the competition. Her song was selected through 60% Televoting/SMS and 40% from a professional jury in the national final on March 2, 2005. The song is written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou, and composed by Christos Dantis.

Helena Paparizou was born to Greek parents in Sweden where she grew up. Helena's artistic talents and eagerness to excel became apparent from an early age, and she began her training in singing, dancing and acting while she was still at school. Helena was part of the group Antique with her childhood friend Nikos. After their successfl first single "Opa Opa", the band was chosen to represent Greece at the 2001 contest with the song "Die For You". Antique scored 3rd place at Eurovision, which was the highest Eurovision placing for Greece in its Eurovision history. In 2003, the group came to an end and Helena pursued a solo career.

[edit] At Eurovision

Helena Paparizou represented Greece at Eurovision.

As Greece had finished the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in third place, the song was pre-qualified for the final in 2005. Thus, it was performed nineteenth on the night (following Croatia's Boris Novković and Lado with "Vukovi Umiru Sami" and preceding Russia's Natalia Podolskaya with "Nobody Hurt No One").

At Eurovision, Helena and her dancers prepared an extravagant show with carefully choreographed stage moves. Helena wore a short orange-yellow dress while the dancers wore tan colored clothing. The performance included Helena playing a violin and the backing dancers forming the number 1 on stage.

[edit] Result of National Final