 The final was held on 26 February 2005 at the National Palace in Chişinău, hosted by Aurelia Vasilica and Valeriu Myrza.The combination of televoting (50%) and the votes of an expert jury (50%) resulted in Zdob şi Zdub winning the competition with the song "Boonika bate doba".Moldova made debut so country was forced had competed in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest on 19 May 2005 and performed 4th, following Portugal and preceding Latvia.