| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country |  Greece | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Eurovision Party | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 22 January 2005 Song: 2 March 2005 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Helena Paparizou | |||
| Selected song | "My Number One" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 230 points | |||
| Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Greece won the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, its first Eurovision Song Contest victory. Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Helena Paparizou who sang "My Number One" in Kyiv, winning the competition with 230 points. The song is written by Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou and Manos Psaltakis. "My Number One" was selected through a national final on 2 March 2005, where the public and a professional jury chose it over three other candidate songs.
To promote the entry, Paparizou made appearances in Andorra, Germany, Malta, Serbia and Montenegro, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine, performing the song and meeting with local media. Greece was prequalified for the 2005 contest final, having placed third at the prior year's contest. At the 21 May final, Paparizou performed "My Number One" 19th out of the 24 participants and at the end of voting, the entry was awarded first place.