eurovision 2005
Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning represented Finland at Eurovision 2005 in Kyiv with “Why”, and went out in the semi-final.
- who
- Norwegian singer-songwriter
- born
- 5 November 1962, Ålesund Municipality, Norway
- contest
- 2005
- music
- pop
- plays
- guitar
- active
- since 1994
- sang for
- Finland
Biography
Geir Rönning is a Norwegian-Finnish singer-songwriter from Ålesund who moved to Oslo in the 1980s and later to Stockholm. “Why” was Finland’s song in Kyiv in 2005 and went out in the semi-final.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Geir Rönning”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2005 Kyiv
“Why”
Out in the semi-final Went out in the semi-final: 18th of 25, with 50 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Steven Stewart, Mika Toivanen
- Age on the night
- 42
- Won that year
- Greece: Helena Paparizou, “My Number One”
The story of Eurovision 2005: The fiftieth contest, and the Big Four at the bottom
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