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Congratulations  : 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union -LRB- EBU -RRB- to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest 's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest 's most popular entrant of its fifty years .. EBU. European Broadcasting Union. European Broadcasting Union. European Broadcasting Union. Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at Forum , Copenhagen on 22 October 2005 .. Forum. Forum Copenhagen. Copenhagen. Copenhagen. The host broadcaster was Danmarks Radio -LRB- DR -RRB- .. Danmarks Radio. Danmarks Radio. Danmarks Radio. Fourteen songs from the Contest 's first half-century , chosen through an internet poll and by a jury , contested the event .. Thirty-one EBU-member countries broadcast the concert -LRB- although notably the United Kingdom , Italy and France did not -RRB- and televoting and juries in these countries decided the winner .. EBU. European Broadcasting Union. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Italy. Italy. France. France. A total of 2.5 million votes were cast during the night .. The event was hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renars Kaupers .. Katrina Leskanich. Katrina Leskanich. Renars Kaupers. Renars Kaupers. The event was won by Swedish group ABBA , performing `` Waterloo '' ; the band had originally won the Contest for Sweden in 1974 .. Waterloo. Waterloo ( ABBA song ). ABBA. ABBA. Swedish. Sweden. To coincide with the event , the EBU released two CDs featuring Eurovision songs from the previous fifty years .. EBU. European Broadcasting Union. Two DVDs with original Eurovision performances of these songs were also released .