It's 25th February and 21 countries have selected a representative for Kiev. More than half of the participants for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest have thus been chosen. 19 other countries still have the time till 20th March to make their choice. An overview…

These are the 26 countries to compete in the semifinal on 19th May:

• Austria: Global Kryner – Y así
• Andorra: Marian van de Wal – La mirada interior
• Belarus: Angelica Agurbash – Boys and girls
• Belgium: 20th March
• Bulgaria: Kaffe – Lorrain
• Croatia: 5th March
• Denmark: Jakob Sveistrup – Tænder på dig
• Estonia: Suntribe – Let's get loud
• Finland: Geir Rönning – Why
• FYR Macedonia: Martin Vucic – Ti si son
• Hungary: 13th March
• Iceland: Selma – …
• Ireland: 6th March
• Israel: 2nd March
• Latvia: 26th February
• Lebanon: Aline Lahoud – Quand tout s'enfuit
• Lithuania: 26th February
• Moldova: 26th February
• Monaco: Lise Darly – Tout de moi
• The Netherlands: Glennis Grace – My impossible dream
• Norway: 5th March
• Poland: Ivan & Delfin – Czarna dziewczyna
• Portugal: …
• Romania: 5th March
• Slovenia: Omar Naber – Stop
• Switzerland: Vanilla Ninja – …

These are the 14 countries to compete in the final on 21st May:

• Bosnia & Herzegovina: 6th March
• Albania: Ledina Celo – Nesër shkoj
• Cyprus: Constantinos featuring Elena Patroklou – Ela ela
• France: 15th March
• Germany: 12th March
• Malta: Chiara – Angel
• Greece: Helena Paparizou – …
• Russia: Natalia Podolskaya – Nobody hurt no one
• Serbia & Montenegro: 4th March
• Spain: 5th March
• Sweden: 12th March
• Turkey: Gülseren – Rimi rimi ley
• Ukraine: 27th February
• United Kingdom: 5th March