As Greece had finished the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in third place , its 2005 song was pre-qualified for the final in 2005 . Greece was drawn to perform nineteenth on the night , following Croatia 's Boris Novković and Lado with " Vukovi umiru sami " and preceding Russia 's Natalia Podolskaya with " Nobody Hurt No One " . Paparizou appeared confident on stage and her dancers prepared an extravagant show with carefully choreographed stage moves . She wore a short orange-yellow dress while the dancers wore tan colored clothing . The performance included Paparizou playing the lyra , a Greek musical instrument and the backing dancers forming the number 1 on stage . The final was hosted and commentated on Greek television by Alexandra Pascalidou , who also hosted the national final , while the spokesperson who revealed Greece 's votes for other countries was Alexis Kostalas , an ERT Board member who had been the spokesperson since 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005