// The 2005 Essential Mix of the year //

Pete Tong’s Radio1 Essential Mix, which is listened to via live radio broadcast both online and offline in the wee hours of Saturday night / Sunday morning, and then streamed and downloaded by thousands online at later stages is, without a doubt, the most widely spread weekly dance music show in current times.
This makes for one hell of a massively influential 2-hour slot. The short list in the 2005 Essential Mix of the year is a varied one, and features the following finalists.
Essential Mix of the year finalists:
- King Unique
- Soulwax
- Krafty Kuts
- Tom Middleton (Star Wars Special)
- Sasha (Live on the Maven, Maida Vale Studio)
- Deep Dish
- Radio1's Decade in Ibiza at Space
- Pendulum
- Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso
- Matt Hardwick
The winning mix will be announced in December and played out on NYE. You can vote below,