56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Editions appeared in are in parentheses.^[5]

On the night of New Year's Eve, TBS and Fuji TV in high audience ratings prepared a special program of martial arts that can be expected ("K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite !!", "PRIDE Man Festival 2005"), Nippon Television and TV Asahi also organized their own special programs to compete against "red and white". In addition, TV TOKYO, which is broadcasting the yearly forgetful song, broadcast the medley of Matsudaira Ken's "Matsuken Samba I to III" at around 19:20, which is the start time of "red and white" (which was defeated for Kohaku).

In a further intensification of the audience competition was expected, the moderator Minomon other is "viewing rate of 65%, 50% at least," but was showing a willingness, the result is one part of 35.4% (previous year 30.8%), 2 (The data is based on Kanto area, comprehensive TV only, BS2 · BS Hi-Vision not included, according to Video Research Inc, etc.) It was 42.9% (39.3% in the previous year), 42.9% (previous year 39.3% ). In the final red and white score result announcement, the highest audience rating of the moment was recorded 50.1%. Only in the situation of updating the minimum in a historical record of the past year, however, it was far less than the targeted 65%, and Mino announced the comment "I am mourning my inaction."

Also, the audience rating was 17.0% (20: 00-23: FUJI TV "PRIDE MAN FESTIVAL 2005"), TBS "K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite !!" (21: 00 To 23:40) was 14.8% (20.1% in the previous year) etc.

The rebroadcast that had been done on comprehensive television in February of the following year in the past two years was not done because the organization was organized at the center of the Turin Olympic Games.^[4]