Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine. The Russian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). Natalia Podolskaya represented Russia with the song "Nobody Hurt No One", which placed 15th and scored 57 points at the contest.

In early January 2005, C1R began airing television adverts that announced a submission period where interested artists and composers could submit their proposals for a televised national final with the outcome being entirely decided upon by the viewers. The national final included three semi-finals that took place on 4, 11 and 18 February, concluding with a final on 25 February 2005. All four shows took place at the Channel One Studios in Moscow and were hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Yana Churikova. A professional jury evaluated the received submissions and selected 30 entries to compete in the process, with 10 songs intended to compete in each semi-final and three songs from each semi-final qualifying to the final. The shows were all broadcast live three times on the day they were scheduled to air in order to cater to the different Russian time zones, requiring all artists to perform their songs three times. All regions participated in the televote during their broadcast with the final results being revealed in the final live broadcast for the Western part of Russia.

The professional jury that selected the competing entries consisted of Konstantin Ernst (general manager of C1R), Yuriy Aksyuta (music director of C1R), Igor Matvienko (composer/producer), Maxim Fadeev (composer/producer), Victor Drobysh (producer), Alexei Charykov, Ilya Bachurin (producer), Artur Gasparyan (journalist), Vladimir Polupanov (journalist), Maxim Kononenko (journalist), Larisa Havkina (journalist), Vladimir Matetsky (composer), Maxim Dunayevsky (composer), Larisa Dolina (singer), Alexander Malinin (singer) and Larisa Sinelshikova.

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