Home Composed Song Contest 2005

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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Sascha Mutavdzic from Bosnia and Herzegovina returned with two songs including the entry he had withdrawn the previous year, but Lobo from Spain opted to withdraw his 2005 entry shortly after the submission deadline had passed.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 Bih.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Es wird wieder Tag Sascha Sascha Mutavdzic Manfred Wally 4 61
02 Gre.png Greece Show Me Your Love Dimitris Kiklis Dimitris Kiklis Dimitris Kiklis 6 59
03 Uk.png United Kingdom Kill Me Tonight Vulnerable Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson 10 35
04 Ger.png Germany I Wish I Knew Felix K Felix Krückau Felix Krückau 7 58
05 Ger.png Germany II Wer mit den Adlern fliegt Michael Bauer Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer Michael Bauer, Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer 12 32
07 Swe.png Sweden I The Stranger Martin Kahnberg Martin Kahnberg Martin Kahnberg 21 0
08 Swe.png Sweden II Jag vill älska nån igen Mårten Eklund feat. Henrik Lindvall & Maria Sand Mårten Eklund, Henrik Lindvall Mårten Eklund 14 27
09 Ger.png Germany III Sternennacht Matthias Pohl Matthias Pohl Matthias Pohl 17 18
10 Ger.png Germany IV No Love Steffi José R.G. Bellon Alain Bouthillette 15 24
11 Aut.png Austria Damned To The Night MikeWail Karl Gartler Karl Gartler 2 74
12 Ger.png Germany V Wir sind niemals allein K. Lühmann K. Lühmann K. Lühmann 19 6
13 Ned.png Netherlands Jij Peter Reinders Peter Reinders Peter Reinders 5 60
14 Bih.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Wo schläfst du heute Nacht? Sascha Sascha Mutavdzic Manfred Wally 9 41
15 Swe.png Sweden II Nightmare Mårten Eklund & Henrik Lindvall Henrik Lindvall Mårten Eklund 19 6
16 Ger.png Germany VI Und jedes Jahr beginnt ein neuer Frühling Achim Wurm Achim Wurm Achim Wurm 18 16
17 Ger.png Germany III Eurovision Song Contest Matthias Pohl Matthias Pohl Matthias Pohl 8 57
18 Swe.png Sweden I Deciples Martin Kahnberg Martin Kahnberg Martin Kahnberg 21 0
19 Ger.png Germany V Little Cheering Prospect K. Lühmann K. Lühmann K. Lühmann 21 0
20 Gre.png Greece Apopse Emilia Kikli Dimitris Kiklis Dimitris Kiklis 1 80
21 Aut.png Austria Energy MikeWail Karl Gartler Omar Al-Himiary 3 70
22 Uk.png United Kingdom Beauty, Revised Vulnerable Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson 16 22
23 Ger.png Germany II Noch nie im Leben Michael Bauer Wolfgang Böhmer Michael Bauer, Wolfgang Böhmer 10 35
24 Swe.png 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 Esp.png Spain Ponte en mi lugar Lobo Ángel "Lobo" García Ángel "Lobo" García

Scoreboard

Juries
Bih.png Gre.png Uk.png Ger1.png Ger2.png Swe1.png Swe2.png Ger3.png Ger4.png Aut.png Ger5.png Ned.png Ger6.png Swe3.png 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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Martin Faulkner


The logo
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