Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	5 March 2005
Selected entrant	Vanilla Ninja
Selected song	"Cool Vibes"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	8th, 114 points
Final result	Qualified (8th, 128 points)
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Switzerland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Vanilla Ninja with the song "Cool Vibes".

Swiss broadcaster SF DRS only accepted candidates who had reached the charts in Switzerland and internally selected the Estonian girl-band Vanilla Ninja to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Cool Vibes". The song was officially made public on March 5, 2005 during a show hosted by Sandra Studer to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song is written by John O'Flynn and composed by David Brandes.

Vanilla Ninja is made up of Katrin Siska, Piret Järvis, Triinu Kivilaan, and Lenna Kuurmaa. Since their debut single "Club Kung Fu" was released in 2003, the girls have had many hits in Central Europe, including "Tough Enough", "When the Indians Cry", "Blue Tattoo" and "I Know". The group have four albums in various countries across Europe; Vanilla Ninja was released in 2003, Traces of Sadness in 2004, and Blue Tattoo and Best of in 2005.

At Eurovision

The spokesperson who revealed Switzerland's votes for other countries was Cécile Bähler.^[1]

Points Awarded by Switzerland^[2]

Semi final 12 points  Portugal 10 points  Croatia 8 points  Macedonia 7 points  Denmark 6 points  Austria 5 points  Norway 4 points  Romania 3 points  Israel 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Hungary

Final 12 points  Serbia and Montenegro 10 points  Albania 8 points  Croatia 7 points  Greece 6 points  Turkey 5 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 points  Spain 3 points  Malta 2 points  Macedonia 1 point  Israel

Points Awarded to Switzerland (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia	Finland	Belarus  Lithuania	Latvia	Germany  Iceland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus  Poland  Slovenia	Sweden	Bulgaria  Croatia  Greece  Hungary  Israel  Macedonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  Ireland  Monaco  Norway  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia and Montenegro	Austria  Malta

Points Awarded to Switzerland (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia  Latvia	Belarus  Finland	Lithuania  Monaco	Iceland  Russia	Poland  Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Sweden  Ukraine	Cyprus  Germany  Portugal	Croatia  Greece  Hungary  Ireland  Norway	Israel	Andorra  Denmark  Malta

References

1. Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
2. Eurovision Song Contest 2005