The Heart Of Europe Concert was a concert held on May 18 , 2005 in Kiev 's Maidan Nezalezhnosti as part of Eurovision Song Contest 2005 opening . It was translated live on at least two national TV channels 1 +1 and Inter - Ruslana sang the following songs : After her performance Ruslana finished the show by lighting a symbolic Heart of Europe . The same heart was lightened in all big cities of Ukraine - Odessa , Lviv , Donetsk , Dnipropetrovsk , Kharkiv by girls called Ruslana . After this ceremony Ruslana performed the anthem of Eurovision one more time . The fireworks were being shot during this performance . Other performers :
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Ruslana's Charity Concert