Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Awakening
Dates
Semi-final 19 May 2005 (2005-05-19)
Final 21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)
Host
Venue Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Directed by Sven Stojanovic
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producer Pavlo Hrytsak
Host broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU)
Opening act
  • Semi-final: The Song and Dance Company of Ukraine Military Forces, A-6 Ballet and Diezel DJ Power (Freak show)
  • Final: Ruslana performing a medley of "Wild Dances" and "Heart on Fire"
Interval act
  • Semi-final: Irina Mazur's Ballet "Life"
  • Final: Kiev Percussion Ensemble ARS NOVA, Anatoliy Zalevskiy and Ruslana performing "The Same Star"
Participants
Number of entries 39
Debuting countries
Returning countries  Hungary
Withdrawing countries None
Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points None
Winning song

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place at the Palace of Sports in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ruslana's win in the 2004 Contest with the song "Wild Dances". The contest consisted of two shows: the semi-final and final, which took place on 19 and 21 May 2005, respectively. The shows were hosted by Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko. Thirty-nine countries participated, including the débuts of Bulgaria and Moldova and the return of Hungary, which was last represented in 1998.

Organizers hoped that this event would boost Ukraine's image abroad and increase tourism, while the country's new government hoped that it would also give a modest boost to the long-term goal of acquiring European Union membership.

The winner for 2005 was Greece with the song "My Number One" performed by Helena Paparizou, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou, both successful singer-songwriters in Greece. It scored 230 points, beating Malta into second place by a margin of 38 points. This was the first victory for Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest. Romania, Israel and Latvia rounded out the top five. The "Big Four" countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) ended up as the "Last Four", all placing in the bottom four position of the scoreboard in the final.

Overview

The official logo of the contest remained the same from the 2004 contest with the country's flag in the heart being changed. Following Istanbul's 'Under The Same Sky', the slogan for the 2005 show was 'Awakening', which symbolised the awakening of the country and city ready to present itself to Europe. The postcards (short clips shown between performances) for the 2005 show illustrated Ukraine’s culture and heritage along with a more modern and industrial side to the country.

The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev were television presenter Maria "Masha" Efrosinina and DJ Pavlo "Pasha" Shylko. Previous winner Ruslana returned to the stage in Kiev to perform in the interval act and to interview the contestants backstage in the 'green room'. The famous Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko opened the televoting, while a special trophy was presented to the winner by Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko.

Publicity

An official CD and DVD was released and a new introduction was an official pin set, which contains heart-shaped pins with the flags of all thirty-nine participating countries. The EBU also commissioned a book "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" by British/American author John Kennedy O'Connor to celebrate the contest's fiftieth anniversary.[1] The book was presented on screen during the break between songs 12 and 13 (Serbia and Montenegro, Denmark). The book was published in English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Finnish.

During the semi final, there were a few volume falls in the sound, most notably during the Norwegian song, shortly after the intro. These were not fixed for the DVD release.

Incidents

2005 was no exception for scandals regarding the representatives from the countries participating. Germany's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest rejected calls to quit after her producer admitted manipulating the country's pop charts with mass purchases of her single. Gracia Baur defended her producer David Brandes, also behind Swiss entry Vanilla Ninja, and said she would go to the finals in Kiev despite complaints from other German singers. Bulgaria's debut was overshadowed by a scandal. The song "Lorraine" by Kaffe was accused of plagiarism. The song sounded too similar to another one released by Ruslan Mainov in 2001. There were also problems in Malta with the electricity supply during the contest, so TV viewers were unable to watch their national selection from the very beginning. There was a controversy regarding the Turkish entry: TRT got a false jury which led to the victory of the song Gülseren, which the 2003 winner Sertab Erener said was not the best choice. There were similar controversies in Macedonia which led to an eventual victory for Martin Vučić. The Ukrainian song had to be changed because it would bring a political message to the people, and EBU stated that no politics could be involved in the contest. The entry for Serbia and Montenegro was also overshadowed by a scandal and an accusation of plagiarism. Portugal's entry, "Amar", had very poor sound quality, with the female singer's microphone failing many times on stage.

It is also notable that the programme lasted just short of 3.5 hours. This was mainly due to the extremely long voting procedure, where 39 countries voted, reading out every single score. Many people, including United Kingdom commentator Terry Wogan, noticed this and commented about the marathon-like voting procedure, when Russia voted he stated "How many more [countries] have we got to go? What time is it?". Because the show overran so badly, the EBU changed the way the votes were announced in 2006 into a much shorter method, where only the top 3 scores were read out (the rest appeared on the scoreboard automatically).

Ruslana was also intended to be a presenter for the show, but was pulled out before the contest for numerous reasons, including her poor English skills. She opened the contest, and did do a few brief interviews in the green room at a few different stages in the event.

Participating countries

Ruslana performing at the opening of the final

Thirty-nine countries participated in the 2005 Contest. Hungary returned to the contest after a six-year absence, last competing in 1998. Bulgaria and Moldova competed in the contest for the first time.

Returning artists

Constantinos Christoforou represented Cyprus for the third time, having previously represented the nation at the 1996 contest as a solo artist and at the 2002 contest as part of the group One. Helena Paparizou previously represented Greece in 2001 as part of the duo Antique. Selma previously represented Iceland in 1999. Chiara previously represented Malta in 1998. Anabel Conde, who represented Spain in 1995, returned as a backing vocalist for Andorra.

Results

Semi-final

The semi-final was held on 19 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET). 25 countries performed and all 39 participants voted.

Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final

Draw Country Artist Song Language[2] Place Points
01  Austria Global.Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish 21 30
02  Lithuania Laura & The Lovers "Little by Little" English 25 17
03  Portugal 2B "Amar" Portuguese, English 17 51
04  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian 2 207
05  Latvia Walters & Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English 10 85
06  Monaco Lise Darly "Tout de moi" French 24 22
07  Israel Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English 7 158
08  Belarus Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English 13 67
09  Netherlands Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English 14 53
10  Iceland Selma "If I Had Your Love" English 16 52
11  Belgium Nuno Resende "Le grand soir" French 22 29
12  Estonia Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English 20 31
13  Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English 6 164
14  Romania Luminița Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 1 235
15  Hungary NOX "Forogj, világ!" Hungarian 5 167
16  Finland Geir Rönning "Why?" English 18 50
17  Macedonia Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English 9 97
18  Andorra Marian van de Wal "La mirada interior" Catalan 23 27
19   Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 114
20  Croatia Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian 4 169
21  Bulgaria Kaffe "Lorraine" English 19 49
22  Ireland Donna and Joe "Love?" English 14 53
23  Slovenia Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene 12 69
24  Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English 3 185
25  Poland Ivan & Delfin "Czarna dziewczyna" Polish, Russian 11 81

Final

The finalists were:

The final was held on 21 May 2005 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Greece.

Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[2] Place Points
01  Hungary NOX "Forogj, világ!" Hungarian 12 97
02  United Kingdom Javine "Touch My Fire" English 22 18
03  Malta Chiara "Angel" English 2 192
04  Romania Luminița Anghel & Sistem "Let Me Try" English 3 158
05  Norway Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English 9 125
06  Turkey Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish 13 92
07  Moldova Zdob și Zdub "Boonika bate doba" English, Romanian 6 148
08  Albania Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English 16 53
09  Cyprus Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English 18 46
10  Spain Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish 21 28
11  Israel Shiri Maimon "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (השקט שנשאר) Hebrew, English 4 154
12  Serbia and Montenegro2 No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Montenegrin 7 137
13  Denmark Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English 9 125
14  Sweden Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English 19 30
15  Macedonia Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English 17 52
16  Ukraine GreenJolly "Razom nas bahato" (Разом нас багато) Ukrainian, English1 19 30
17  Germany Gracia "Run and Hide" English 24 4
18  Croatia2 Boris Novković feat. Lado Members "Vukovi umiru sami" Croatian 11 115
19  Greece Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English 1 230
20  Russia Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English 15 57
21  Bosnia and Herzegovina Feminnem "Call Me" English 14 79
22   Switzerland Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 128
23  Latvia Walters & Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English 5 153
24  France Ortal "Chacun pense à soi" French 23 11

Notes

1.^ The song also contained phrases in Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.[3]
2.^ After Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the 2006 contest, their place in the final was awarded to 11th placed Croatia.

Scoreboard

The EBU introduced an undisclosed threshold number of televotes that would have to be registered in each voting country in order to make that country's votes valid. If that number was not reached, the country's backup jury would vote instead. In the semi-final this affected Monaco, Andorra and Albania, and Andorra, Monaco and Moldova in the final.

Semi-final

Televoting results
Austria 30 7 10 5 1 1 6
Lithuania 17 5 4 8
Portugal 51 10 5 12 12 12
Moldova 207 8 10 8 10 8 4 5 3 6 3 7 6 6 5 12 1 12 3 8 1 10 6 10 12 4 6 12 6 10 5
Latvia 85 12 4 7 2 10 6 6 12 3 2 6 5 2 7 1
Monaco 22 10 2 10
Israel 158 2 6 12 12 10 3 1 12 4 7 4 5 6 6 8 6 5 7 3 4 3 4 1 5 3 8 3 8
Belarus 67 3 1 12 1 7 3 7 2 6 4 8 10 3
Netherlands 53 8 12 5 4 2 8 1 5 6 2
Iceland 52 6 3 8 10 2 4 10 7 2
Belgium 29 12 6 3 1 7
Estonia 31 5 6 1 2 1 1 3 12
Norway 164 2 6 1 5 2 12 2 6 12 2 10 3 7 7 3 7 2 8 2 4 7 4 12 8 2 6 4 7 5 6
Romania 235 10 10 7 3 8 5 8 1 4 4 5 8 1 8 12 8 10 7 7 12 12 12 12 5 7 5 5 1 7 1 12 3 5 4 6
Hungary 167 7 7 4 7 6 4 5 1 7 4 12 1 2 10 6 8 6 3 8 8 1 3 4 10 8 5 7 3 1 5 4
Finland 50 6 1 8 3 10 8 10 4
Macedonia 97 4 3 3 10 8 4 10 12 10 1 2 12 10 8
Andorra 27 7 4 6 10
Switzerland 114 1 8 2 2 8 6 12 10 3 2 5 5 3 1 2 2 5 3 2 2 4 3 6 3 3 2 2 7
Croatia 169 12 4 3 5 1 4 4 1 3 2 8 12 3 8 6 4 6 10 12 6 12 7 10 12 10 4
Bulgaria 49 5 7 4 10 6 1 8 7 1
Ireland 53 2 2 1 2 10 12 5 5 4 1 5 4
Slovenia 69 3 4 2 1 7 2 8 1 7 7 3 10 6 8
Denmark 185 6 7 5 10 12 10 7 7 8 8 12 10 7 10 4 3 12 8 12 5 6 2 4 7 2 1
Poland 81 5 1 6 5 3 5 4 5 1 7 2 8 8 2 10 5 1 3

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N. Contestant Voting nation
6 Romania Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Spain
5 Croatia Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
4
Denmark Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Moldova Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
3
Israel Andorra, Belarus, Monaco
Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Portugal France, Germany, Switzerland
2
Latvia Lithuania, Malta
Macedonia Albania, Croatia
1
Belarus Bulgaria
Belgium Portugal
Estonia Latvia
Hungary Poland
Ireland United Kingdom
Netherlands Belgium
Switzerland Estonia

Final

Televoting results
Hungary 97 2 2 6 2 3 6 5 10 8 6 7 5 8 6 1 2 6 2 3 1 3 3
United Kingdom 18 8 4 1 5
Malta 192 5 2 5 5 5 4 8 4 8 10 1 5 10 2 10 8 4 6 7 10 10 6 10 8 4 8 12 3 5 7
Romania 158 6 12 4 1 3 5 7 7 8 5 7 10 7 6 4 7 5 8 12 12 3 3 2 2 5 2 5
Norway 125 5 4 1 12 3 8 12 2 1 4 4 8 5 5 3 3 3 1 2 12 8 6 4 3 6
Turkey 92 7 12 10 3 1 3 8 8 4 10 8 6 12
Moldova 148 2 10 10 7 8 1 6 6 3 3 4 2 2 12 7 2 4 4 5 5 12 1 1 7 10 4 8 2
Albania 53 3 2 8 12 2 10 5 10 1
Cyprus 46 10 3 12 1 7 1 12
Spain 28 8 12 4 4
Israel 154 1 3 5 12 8 7 6 1 5 8 6 8 7 8 7 5 3 6 3 6 5 1 7 5 8 1 2 10
Serbia and Montenegro 137 12 6 3 4 4 10 2 6 1 6 10 4 10 3 3 12 6 6 10 12 1 6
Denmark 125 4 1 10 8 10 4 5 2 3 7 5 6 8 3 4 12 10 3 10 6 4
Sweden 30 3 6 1 5 2 7 6
Macedonia 52 1 7 5 5 10 7 8 7 2
Ukraine 30 7 12 8 1 2
Germany 4 2 2
Croatia 115 8 6 7 2 1 2 1 2 12 2 7 5 2 2 10 8 8 2 1 12 8 7
Greece 230 4 1 3 10 2 12 3 4 12 2 2 1 12 12 6 10 4 12 4 12 12 8 7 12 2 12 7 12 5 4 6 7 8
Russia 57 7 12 7 7 10 4 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 79 10 6 1 8 4 7 10 4 4 7 3 10 5
Switzerland 128 8 4 8 10 7 12 10 1 3 6 6 3 1 3 4 2 1 5 5 4 3 3 7 12
Latvia 153 12 6 6 3 5 10 4 10 12 7 4 1 6 10 8 12 1 6 6 3 1 7 7 1 5
France 11 5 1 5

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Contestant Voting nation
10 Greece Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
3 Latvia Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova
Norway Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Romania Israel, Spain, Portugal
Serbia and Montenegro Austria, Croatia, Switzerland
2 Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia
Cyprus Greece, Malta
Moldova Romania, Ukraine
Switzerland Estonia, Latvia
Turkey France, Netherlands
1 Albania Macedonia
Denmark Norway
Israel Monaco
Malta Russia
Russia Belarus
Spain Andorra
Ukraine Poland

Other countries

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[6] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[7]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artists Award
(Voted by previous winners)
 Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou Christos Dantis
Natalia Germanou
1st 230
Composer Award  Serbia and Montenegro "Zauvijek moja" No Name Slaven Knezović
Milan Perić
7th 137
Press Award  Malta "Angel" Chiara Chiara Siracusa 2nd 192

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful) dress.[8]

Place[9] Country[9] Performer(s)[9] Votes[9]
1  Macedonia Martin Vučić 42
2  Iceland Selma 39
3  Portugal 2B 34
4  Norway Wig Wam 29
5  Belarus Angelica Agurbash 21

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was compiled by placing the countries that failed to qualify from the semi-final first in the running order they performed in during the semi-final, followed by the finalists which voted in the order they performed in during the final. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[10]

  1.  Austria – Dodo Roscic
  2.  Lithuania – Rolandas Vilkončius
  3.  Portugal – Isabel Angelino
  4.  Monaco – Anne Allegrini
  5.  Belarus – Elena Ponomareva
  6.  NetherlandsNancy Coolen
  7.  IcelandRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  8.  Belgium – Armelle Gysen
  9.  EstoniaMaarja-Liis Ilus
    (participant for Estonia in 1996 and 1997)
  10.  FinlandJari Sillanpää
    (participant for Finland in 2004)
  11.  Andorra – Ruth Gumbau
  12.  Bulgaria – Evgenia Atanasova
  13.  IrelandDana Rosemary Scallon
    (winner for Ireland in 1970)
  14.  SloveniaKatarina Čas
  15.  Poland – Maciej Orłoś
  16.  Hungary – Zsuzsa Demcsák
  17.  United KingdomCheryl Baker
    (winner for United Kingdom in 1981 as part of Bucks Fizz)
  18.  Malta – Valerie Vella
  19.  Romania – Berti Barbera
  20.  Norway – Ingvild Helljesen
  21.  Turkey – Meltem Ersan Yazgan
  22.  Moldova – Elena Camerzan
  23.  Albania – Zhani Ciko
  24.  Cyprus – Melani Steliou
  25.  Spain – Ainhoa Arbizu
  26.  Israel – Dana Herman
  27.  Serbia and MontenegroNina Radulović
  28.  DenmarkGry Johansen
    (participant for Denmark in 1983)
  29.  SwedenAnnika Jankell
  30.  MacedoniaKarolina Gočeva
    (participant for Macedonia in 2002 and in 2007)
  31.  Ukraine – Maria Orlova
  32.  GermanyThomas Hermanns
  33.  Croatia – Barbara Kolar
  34.  Greece – Alexis Kostalas
  35.  RussiaYana Churikova
  36.  Bosnia and HerzegovinaAna Mirjana Račanović
  37.   Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
  38.  LatviaMarija Naumova
    (winner for Latvia in 2002 and co-presenter in 2003)
  39.  FranceMarie Myriam
    (winner for France in 1977)

Commentators

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released 2 May 2005
Genre Pop
Length
  • 60:17 (CD 1)
  • 56:54 (CD 2)
Label EMI / CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004
(2004)Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 20042004
Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
(2005)
Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
(2006)Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 20062006
Original cover

The first of two official albums of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, showing the participation of Lebanon. (bottom row, third from right)

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005 was the official compilation album of the 2005 Contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 2 May 2005. The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2005 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[33] The original cover designed for the album was changed after Lebanon's withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 after announcing they would show advertisements over the Israeli entry. Had they entered, they would have been on track 4, disc 2 with the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" by Aline Lahoud.[34] It was reported that sales of the 2005 Eurovision merchandise reached record-breaking levels.[35]

CD 1
No.TitleArtistLength
1."La mirada interior" (Andorra)Marian van de Wal2:57
2."Tomorrow I Go" (Albania)Ledina Çelo3:01
3."Y así" (Austria)Global Kryner3:02
4."Call Me" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Feminnem3:04
5."Le grand soir" (Belgium)Nuno Resende3:03
6."Lorraine" (Bulgaria)Kaffe3:04
7."Love Me Tonight" (Belarus)Angelica Agurbash3:03
8."Cool Vibes" (Switzerland)Vanilla Ninja3:02
9."Zauvijek moja" (Serbia and Montenegro)No Name3:03
10."Ela Ela (Come Baby)" (Cyprus)Constantinos Christoforou2:55
11."Run & Hide" (Germany)Gracia2:58
12."Talking to You" (Denmark)Jakob Sveistrup3:01
13."Let's Get Loud" (Estonia)Suntribe3:01
14."Brujería" (Spain)Son de Sol2:54
15."Why?" (Finland)Geir Rönning3:02
16."Chacun pense à soi" (France)Ortal3:11
17."Touch My Fire" (United Kingdom)Javine3:02
18."My Number One" (Greece)Helena Paparizou2:56
19."Vukovi umiru sami" (Croatia)Boris Novković ft. Lado members3:00
20."Forogj, világ!" (Hungary)NOX2:58
Total length:60:17
CD 2
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Love?" (Ireland)Donna and Joseph McCaul3:01
2."HaSheket SheNish'ar" (Israel)Shiri Maimon3:01
3."If I Had Your Love" (Iceland)Selma Björnsdóttir3:07
4."Little by Little" (Lithuania)Laura & The Lovers3:02
5."The War Is Not Over" (Latvia)Walters and Kazha2:56
6."Tout de moi" (Monaco)Lise Darly3:02
7."Boonika bate doba" (Moldova)Zdob şi Zdub3:03
8."Make My Day" (Macedonia)Martin Vučić3:04
9."Angel" (Malta)Chiara3:03
10."My Impossible Dream" (Netherlands)Glennis Grace2:45
11."In My Dreams" (Norway)Wig Wam3:02
12."Czarna dziewczyna" (Poland)Ivan and Delfin3:00
13."Amar" (Portugal)2B3:01
14."Let Me Try" (Romania)Luminiţa Anghel and Sistem3:01
15."Nobody Hurt No One" (Russia)Natalia Podolskaya3:02
16."Las Vegas" (Sweden)Martin Stenmarck3:04
17."Stop" (Slovenia)Omar Naber2:56
18."Rimi Rimi Ley" (Turkey)Gülseren2:58
19."Razom nas bahato" (Ukraine)GreenJolly2:46
Total length:56:54

See also

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