Home Composed Song Contest 2005

Contest overview

The 2005 Home Composed Song Contest was organised by Martin Faulkner from the United Kingdom, who was living in Hamburg, Germany at the time.

Sascha Mutavdzic from Bosnia and Herzegovina returned with two songs including the entry he had withdrawn the previous year, but Lobo from Spain opted to withdraw his 2005 entry shortly after the submission deadline had passed. As a result, the contest scoreboard featured a total of 23 entries from 14 participating composers.

Peter Reinders from the Netherlands and Felix Krückau from Germany both returned to the fray after a year off, while there were debuts in the contest for Greece and Austria in the shape of Dimitris Kiklis and Karl Gartler's band MikeWail respectively. Due to other commitments, however, reigning champion Morten Boldt was unable to defend his title.

The plan to include a guest jury consisting of former participants (as set out in the rules) was abandoned when only one set of votes was submitted. Fortunately, those votes would not have changed the final outcome of the contest, so the points were ultimately given by the 14 participating juries alone. This didn't stop it from being one of the closest and most exciting voting procedures in Home Composed history to date: the commanding lead enjoyed by MikeWail's entries in the early stages gradually evaporated, and in a neck-and-neck race for the finishing line, Dimitris Kiklis and his song "Apopse" - sung by his sister Emilia - eventually triumphed by six points.

The winning score of 80 was relatively low, and "Apopse" received no 12-point awards at all - a consensual winner in a year of polarisation among the juries. This was also underlined by the fact that just four points separated 4th place from 8th, while three songs unfortunately received no points at all. Congratulations were due to returnee Peter Reinders for achieving his best result in some time, as well as Felix Krückau and Matthias Pohl for their best-ever performances. In the end, though, it proved to be the year of the debutant, with Austria and Greece dominating the top three.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Es wird wieder Tag	Sascha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Manfred Wally	4	61
02	Greece	Show Me Your Love	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	6	59
03	United Kingdom	Kill Me Tonight	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	10	35
04	Germany I	Wish I Knew	Felix K	Felix Krückau	Felix Krückau	7	58
05	Germany II	Wer mit den Adlern fliegt	Michael Bauer	Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer	Michael Bauer, Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer	12	32
07	Sweden I	The Stranger	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	21	0
08	Sweden II	Jag vill älska nån igen	Mårten Eklund feat. Henrik Lindvall & Maria Sand	Mårten Eklund, Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	14	27
09	Germany III	Sternennacht	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	17	18
10	Germany IV	No Love	Steffi	José R.G. Bellon	Alain Bouthillette	15	24
11	Austria	Damned To The Night	MikeWail	Karl Gartler	Karl Gartler	2	74
12	Germany V	Wir sind niemals allein	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	19	6
13	Netherlands	Jij	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	5	60
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Wo schläfst du heute Nacht?	Sascha	Sascha Mutavdzic	Manfred Wally	9	41
15	Sweden II	Nightmare	Mårten Eklund & Henrik Lindvall	Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	19	6
16	Germany VI	Und jedes Jahr beginnt ein neuer Frühling	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	18	16
17	Germany III	Eurovision Song Contest	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	8	57
18	Sweden I	Deciples	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	21	0
19	Germany V	Little Cheering Prospect	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	K. Lühmann	21	0
20	Greece	Apopse	Emilia Kikli	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	1	80
21	Austria	Energy	MikeWail	Karl Gartler	Omar Al-Himiary	3	70
22	United Kingdom	Beauty, Revised	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	16	22
23	Germany II	Noch nie im Leben	Michael Bauer	Wolfgang Böhmer	Michael Bauer, Wolfgang Böhmer	10	35
24	Sweden III	Tiden går	Annika Jansson & Martin	Martin	Annika Jansson	13	31

Song withdrawn before voting took place:

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist
06	Spain	Ponte en mi lugar	Lobo	Ángel "Lobo" García	Ángel "Lobo" García

Scoreboard

	Juries
															Total
Es wird wieder Tag		7			12	6	1	8			8	7		12	61
Show Me Your Love	7		2		7	7		10	6	1	5	4		10	59
Kill Me Tonight		4		7		5	8		4	5		2			35
Wish I Knew	4		12		4		6	2		8	2	12		8	58
Wer mit den Adlern fliegt				8							12		12		32
The Stranger															0
Jag vill älska nån igen	2		1	12						12					27
Sternennacht	5								5		1		7		18
No Love				10			5					6	3		24
Damned To The Night	10	6	10	4	8	8	4		12		10			2	74
Wir sind niemals allein		5											1		6
Jij	3		8		6	4		12	7	2	7		6	5	60
Wo schläfst du heute Nacht?		10	6		2	2	2	6		6		1		6	41
Nightmare	1			3				1	1						6
Und jedes Jahr beginnt...		1						5		10					16
Eurovision Song Contest	6	3			10		7		8	7	4	10	2		57
Deciples															0
Little Cheering Prospect															0
Apopse	8		5	6	5	10	10	7		3	6	5	8	7	80
Energy	12	12	7	5	3	3		3	10		3	8		4	70
Beauty, Revised					1	1	12					3	4	1	22
Noch nie im Leben		8	4	2			3	4	2	4			5	3	35
Tiden går		2	3	1		12			3				10		31

Media

HCSC 2005 winner: Emilia Kikli - Apopse

Recap of all HCSC 2005 songs in draw order
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