 On 5 March 2005, the 3 finalists each sang a potential ESC song, with televoting eliminating one of them so that 2 finalists remained for the final on 6 March 2005, where the winner was chosen by another round of televoting.Because Ireland placed 22nd at the 2004 contest,Donna and Joseph were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final.At Eurovision, Donna and Joseph remained in the middle of the stage while dancers added to their performance in the background.