Natalia Podolskaya represented Russia with the song "Nobody Hurt No One", which placed 15th and scored 57 points at the contest.

All regions participated in the voting via telephone and SMS, with the results being announced during the final broadcast for Western Russia.

[5][6] On 11 January 2005, C1R announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 1 February 2005.

[7][8] 57 entries were shortlisted from the received submissions and a jury panel selected the 30 semi-finalists for the national final on 1 February 2005.

The winner, "Nobody Hurt No One" performed by Natalia Podolskaya, was determined exclusively by public televoting.

On 22 March 2005, Russia was drawn to perform 20th in the final on 21 May 2005, following Greece and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[15] For the Russian performance, Podolskaya was joined on stage by bassist Toni Hintikka, guitarist Valeriy Drobysh, drummer Teijo Jamsa, and backing vocalists Yana Kozlova and Olga Belaya.