Every year it's looking forward to the spokespersons who will be announcing the votes from their country. Several countries are offering the opportunity to see one of their former representatives back on the television screen. This year we will be seeing Gry Johansen-Meilstrup, Maarja-Liis Ilus, Jari Sillanpää, Marie Myriam, Karolina Goceva, Dana, Marie N and Cheryl Baker back on the European screen!

These are the 39 spokespersons who will be announcing the votes from their country in the final of the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 21st May:

� Albania
Zhani Ciko – Director of the National Opera House

� Andorra
Ruth Gumbau – ATV presenter

� Austria
Dodo Roscic – ORF host, Austrian spokesperson since 1999

� Belarus
Elena Ponomareva – TVR presenter

� Belgium
Armelle – Journalist and La Une host

� Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ana Mirjana Racanovic – Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina 2001

� Bulgaria
Viara Ankova – Co-worker BNT

� Croatia
Barbara Kolar – HRT host

� Cyprus
Melani Steliou – CyBC host

� Denmark
Gry Johansen-Meilstrup – Danish representative in 1983

� Estonia
Maarja-Liis Ilus – Estonian representative in 1996 and 1997

� Finland
Jari Sillanpää – Finnish representative in 2004

� France
Marie Myriam – French representative in 1977

� FYR Macedonia
Karolina Goceva – Macedonian representative in 2002

� Germany
Thomas Hermanns – Comedian

� Greece
Alexis Kostalas – ERT Board member, spokesperson in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004

� Hungary
Zsuzsa Demcsák – Model and MTV host

� Iceland
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir – RUV host, Miss Iceland 2003

� Ireland
Dana – Irish representative in 1970

� Israel
Dana Herman – Journalist

� Latvia
Marie N – Latvian representative in 2002

� Lithuania
Rolandas Vilkončius – LRT host

� Malta
Valerie Vella – TVM and Malta Song for Europe 2002 host

� Moldova
Elena Camerzan – TVM host

� Monaco
Anne Allegrini – TMC host

� The Netherlands
Nance – Nationaal Songfestival host

� Norway
Ingvild Helljesen – NRK host

� Poland
Maciej Orłoś – TVP host

� Portugal
Isabel Angelino – RTP host

� Romania
Berti Barbera – Singer and TVR host

� Russia
Yana Churikova – Channel One host

� Serbia & Montenegro
Nina Radulovic – RTCG journalist and presenter

� Slovenia
Katarina Cas – TV SLO host

� Spain
Ainhoa Arbizu – TVE and Spanish national final host

� Sweden
Annika Jankell – SVT and radio host

� Switzerland
Cécile Bähler – VIVA VJ

� Turkey
Meltem Ersan Yazgan – TRT and Turkish national final host

� Ukraine
Maria Orlova – NTU and Ukrainian national final host

� United Kingdom
Cheryl Baker – Singer of Bucks Fizz, UK representative in 1981