eurovision 2005
Luminița Anghel
Luminița Anghel represented Romania at Eurovision 2005 in Kyiv with “Let Me Try”, finishing 3rd of 24.
Romania
2005
- who
- Romanian singer
- born
- 7 October 1968, Bucharest, Romania
- contest
- 2005
- best result
- 3rd, 2005
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1976
- record labels
- Roton Music
- sang for
- Romania
Biography
Luminița Anghel is a Romanian singer, television personality and politician. With the percussion band Sistem, Anghel sang “Let Me Try” in Kyiv in 2005; it won the semi-final and finished third in the final, Romania’s best result up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Luminița Anghel”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2005 Kyiv
“Let Me Try”
3rd of 24 Finished 3rd of 24 in the final, with 158 points.
- Billed as
- Luminița Anghel and Sistem
- With
- Sistem
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Cristian Faur
- Running order
- 4th of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 25, 235 points
- Age on the night
- 36
- 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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