Eurovision Song Contest 2006

51st Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Feel the Rhythm (Eng .: feel the rhythm)
date	May 18, 2006 (semi-finals) May 20, 2006 (final)
Host country	Greece
venue	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall , Marousi
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas
Pause filler	Semi-finals: Sakis Rouvas with I'm in Love with You ; Finale: Elena Paparizou with Mambo!
participating countries	With song contributions: 37 (excluding Serbia and Montenegro ) In the vote: 38
winner	Finland
First time participation	Armenia
Withdrawn participants	Austria , Serbia and Montenegro , Hungary
Voting rule	The audience decided by TED how the country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point to the ten best songs.
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The 51st Eurovision Song Contest took place on May 18th and 20th, 2006 in the suburb of Marousi of the Greek capital Athens . The winner was Finland with the group Lordi and their song Hard Rock Hallelujah . The venue was the Olympic Hall in the Olympic Sports Complex . The finals and semifinals were hosted by Sakis Rouvas , who took third place for Greece in 2004, and Maria Menounos , presenter of the US broadcaster NBC . The televoting in the semifinals was opened by the Greek Olympic champions 2004 Aimilia Tsoulfa and Dimosthenis Tampakos , the final by the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri , who started in the 1963 Song Contest for Luxembourg.

particularities

Singer "Mr. Lordi “by the band Lordi , interpreter of the winning title

The two shows were equipped by the German company PROCON , which was already responsible for the ESC anniversary show Congratulations (2005) and the 1999 finale in Jerusalem.

Since 2004 there has been a semi-final two (or three) days before the final, from which the top ten winners reach the final. Fourteen other countries have already qualified for the finals: the top-ranked last year and the Big Four of the European Broadcasting Union ( Germany , France , the United Kingdom and Spain ).

This year the Barbara Dex Award , initiated by a fan site, was presented for the tenth time. The “worst” outfit of the competition is to be awarded with this price, which should not be taken very seriously. This year's winners were non-stop from Portugal.

The show was watched by nearly 110 million viewers on television.

Attendees

Countries in the final

Countries that did not reach the final

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past, but not in 2006

Armenia participated in the competition for the first time. Austria and Hungary decided not to participate. Serbia-Montenegro wanted to take part, but withdrew because there were problems choosing the song between the two parts of the country. 37 countries took part in the competition, but Serbia-Montenegro was allowed to vote.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Greece	Anna Vissi	1980 , 1982 (for Cyprus )
Israel	Eddie Butler	1999 (member of Eden )
Lithuania	Victoras Diawara (member of LT United )	2001 (as a member of Skamp )
Malta	Fabrizio Faniello	2001
Poland	I troy	2003
Sweden	Carola	1983 , 1991 (winner)

Voting procedure

The awarding of points was shortened by the EBU , as was already tested in a similar way at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 . The respective national speaker only gives the three highest ratings, the first seven ratings appeared immediately on the scoreboard. There was resistance to this from the ESC fan community, as the influx of a corresponding collection of signatures on the Internet showed.

National qualification

final

The following fourteen countries were directly qualified for the final:

The top ten of the previous year

• Denmark : On February 11th, at the Melodi Grand Prix in Aalborg , the Danish audience had the opportunity to choose the national representative for Athens from ten titles. The 17-year-old debutante Sidsel Ben Semmane surprisingly won with the song Twist of Love .
• Greece : The Greek broadcaster ERT announced on January 24th that Anna Vissi would run for the host country; On March 14th, the song she performed with was chosen from four titles. Vissi already represented Greece in 1980 with the title Autostop (13th place). In 1982 she started for Cyprus with Mono i agapi (5th place).
• Israel : Israel selected its representative from eleven applicants on March 15th in Jerusalem .
• Latvia : The Latvian qualification took place on March 11th in Ventspils . The winner was the a cappella band Cosmos with the song I Hear Your Heart .
• Malta : The Maltese contribution was selected on February 4th in Valletta . When Malta Song for Europe Festival won Fabrizio Faniello with the song I Do . He represented Malta in 2001 .
• Moldova : The representative of the country was to be selected from 13 applicants in a preliminary decision on February 25 in Chișinău . Since three performers achieved the same score in a rating made up of half calls from the audience and half from jury votes, but the jury refused to determine a winner according to the rules, the first final ended without a result. The reason given was the insufficient competitiveness of the contributions. The decision was finally made on March 15th in a second preliminary decision, in which one contribution from the first preliminary decision and four new contributions were available for selection. Winners were Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko entitled Loca .
• Norway : The Norwegian entry was selected on February 4th at the finals of the Melodi Grand Prix 2006 in Oslo . The winner was Christine Guldbrandsen with Alvedansen .
• Romania : On February 26th, after two semi-finals, a preliminary decision took place on Romanian television TVR, in which a jury and television viewers from twelve participants determined the winner. It won Mihai Trăistariu with the title Tornerò .
• Switzerland : In an internal selection process, Swiss television selected a song by the German composers Ralph Siegel and Bernd Augener . The song If We All Give a Little was presented on March 18th. Ralph Siegel put together the six-person group six4one through a casting .
• Serbia and Montenegro : On March 11th, Serbia and Montenegro was supposed to select its contribution with the help of the television show Evropesma 2006 . Before the final there were two semi-finals (Beovizija and Montevizija) in the two parts of the country. Twelve songs from Serbia and another twelve songs from Montenegro qualified for the final. There the group No Name won with the title Moja ljubavi, the winners of the televoting (the group Flamingosi feat. Luis) received no points from the judges from Montenegro. As a result of suspicions that there were irregularities in this vote, the result was annulled and a second preliminary decision was set for March 19, which, however, also failed. The Montenegrin television broadcaster RTCG refused a new televoting vote between the first five participants from both parts of the country and insisted that the group had won No Name. On March 20, RTS announced the final withdrawal from the competition to the EBU. The country will broadcast the competition live and also take part in the televoting. As a successor, Croatia will go straight to the final and therefore do not have to participate in the semi-finals.
  • Nachrücker Croatia : The Croatian TV viewers and the jury of HRT given their contribution through the preliminary round Dora . The winner was the singer Severina with the title Moja štikla , the arrangement of which by Goran Bregović and the lyrics by the interpreter herself. The song was composed by Boris Novković , who participated in the previous year .

The big four

Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain make the largest financial contribution to the EBU. Measured by the number of viewers, these countries also have the largest members of the EBU, who together serve almost a quarter of a billion people. In order to avoid that a large part of the European audience potential could break away in the event of a bad placement in the previous year, these countries are generally placed in the final.

• Germany : Due to the poor performance in the previous year , the 2006 candidate selection was changed. A jury made up of ARD entertainment directors selected three participants for the preliminary round from suggestions made by the German phono industry. The selection criteria included, above all, a high level of show acceptance and an excellent musical standard. On March 9th, the band Texas Lightning won the German qualifying against Thomas Anders and Vicky Leandros .
• France : On March 14th, the French public chose their representative for Athens in a preliminary decision with 21 artists. The candidates for the preliminary decision were determined through several selection processes, including web voting , the casting show Entrée des artistes and the documentation Dom Tom Folies . The winner was Virginie Pouchain . The contribution Nous, c'est vous, which she presented at the end of the preliminary round, was classified as unsuitable for the international final, so the singer appeared in Athens with the song Il était temps .
• Great Britain : Entries could be submitted to the BBC by December 31st. On March 4th, the winner of the television show Making Your Mind Up was determined. The winner of this preliminary round was Daz Sampson with the title Teenage Life .
• Spain : Songs could be submitted to the Spanish broadcaster TVE until January 31st. Contributions with foreign language lyrics were not permitted. Artist and title were selected internally. On February 27, TVE announced that the group Las Ketchup (known from the summer hit Aserejé ) would represent Spain with the song Bloody Mary .

Semifinals

The following countries took part in the semi-finals:

• Albania : Luiz Ejlli won the Festivali i Këngës on December 18, 2005 with the folkloric song Zjarr e ftohtë .
• Andorra : Newcomer Jennifer started for Andorra with the title Sense tu , which was chosen internally on March 8th .
• Armenia : Songs could be submitted to Armenian TV until January 20th. A jury was originally supposed to choose the best of these to compete against each other in a television show in mid-February. On January 20, Armenian television announced that a jury had selected the singer Andre . He competes with the title Without Your Love .
• Belgium : This year the Flemish broadcaster Eén is responsible for the national preliminary decision. 28 candidates first fought for seven tickets for the local final in four preliminary rounds and then in two semi-finals. It finally won Kate Ryan with the title Je t'adore .
• Bosnia-Herzegovina : The country featured its song for Athens on the BH Eurosong 2006 television show held on March 5th. The television audience was only allowed to choose from three options via televoting about the song title - they chose Lejla . Bosnian television has announced the singer Hari Varešanovic, better known as Hari Mata Hari , as the interpreter.
• Bulgaria : Mariana Popova with Let Me Cry was selected from twelve applicants on March 12th .
• Estonia : The Estonian entry was selected on February 4th in Tallinn . A jury selected Sandra Oxenryd's title Through My Window as the winner, just ahead of Ines.
• Finland : The Finnish qualifying took place in Turku on March 10th . It won the band Lordi with the title Hard Rock Hallelujah . The band performed in monster and zombie costumes and clearly won the TED vote.
• Ireland : The singer Brian Kennedy took part for Ireland . Especially for him there was a small pre-selection in February, in which the television viewers of the Late Late Show (RTÉ) selected the song Every Song Is a Cry for Love for him from three titles .
• Iceland : Silvía Nótt started for Iceland with the song Congratulations . TV viewers voted for it on February 18 in Reykjavík . The responsible broadcaster RUV counted almost 120,000 votes during the vote, of which Silvía Nótt got 70,190 - an impressive number considering Iceland's 300,000 inhabitants.
• Lithuania : Lithuania selected their entry, We Are the Winners by LT United, on March 4th in Kaunas .
• Macedonia : The Macedonian preliminary decision took place on March 4th on MKRTV. The audience elected Elena Risteska as the representative of their country by means of televoting with a lead of 133 votes. Her song Ninanajna prevailed against 19 competing entries.
• Monaco : The Monegasque contribution was selected internally in December 2005. After two auditions in Paris and Monaco, Séverine Ferrer won participation in Athens with the title La coco-dance .
• Netherlands : The Dutch preliminary round, the National Song Festival 2006 took place on March 12, 2006 and was moderated by Paul de Leeuw. The two groups Behave and Treble as well as the singer Maud each sang three songs. The winner Treble with the song Amambanda was determined from a mix of music experts and televoting .
• Poland : The Polish entry was selected on January 28th on the TV show Piosenka dla Europy . The preliminary decision was won by Ich Troje , who represented Poland in Athens with the song Follow My Heart . You sang in Riga in 2003 . At that time they reached 7th place.
• Portugal : At the RTP television program Festival da Canção in Lisbon , the girl band Nonstop with Coisas de nada was determined as the winner by televoting and a jury.
• Russia : Dima Bilan competed for Russia. The song was called Never Let You Go . It was determined internally by the Russian TV broadcaster Channel One without a national preliminary decision .
• Sweden : The participant was determined here in a complex process. There were four preliminary rounds, one round for a "second chance" and the final, which took place on March 18th. This Melodifestivalen enjoys general popularity. Carola , who was highly favored in the days before the final and had already won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991 , won the national preliminary with her title Evighet ( Invincible later in the contest) and finally represented Sweden in Athens.
• Slovenia : On January 29th, the EMA preliminary decision took place, in which the winner Anžej Dežan was determined from 14 participants in a mix of televoting and jury. For the victory of his song Plan B , the votes of the jury were decisive.
• Turkey : The Turkish broadcaster TRT 1 announced on January 5th that the singer Sibel Tüzün would represent Turkey in Athens. Her song, which was selected internally and presented to the public on March 4th, is called Süper star .
• Ukraine : On March 11, the Ukrainian contribution was determined by the casting show Ty - sirka . Tina Karol won it with I Am Your Queen . The song was then rearranged and given a new title for Athens - Show Me Your Love - and new lyrics.
• Belarus : On February 10, the Belarusian audience was able to choose three favorites from 15 songs. An internal jury selected the singer Palina Smolawa and mom as the winner.
• Cyprus : After two semi-finals in mid-February, the Cypriot preliminary decision took place on February 22nd. Annette Artani will travel to Athens for the country with the title Why Angels Cry .

Georgia , which had recently joined the EBU , did not take part in 2006 for financial reasons, as did the Czech Republic . Hungary and Austria withdrew from the competition for 2006. Luxembourg had not sent any participants since 1994, Italy since 1998. As a non-EBU member, Liechtenstein could not take part in the competition.

Semifinals

The following countries took part in the semi-finals (May 18th) (the positions were only announced after the finals were over). Places 1 to 10 have qualified for the final.

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	16	Finland	Lordi	Hard Rock Hallelujah M / T: Mr. Lordi	English	-	292
02.	22nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Mata Hari	Lejla M: Željko Joksimović ; T: Fahrudin Pecikoza, Dejan Ivanović	Bosnian	-	267
03.	13	Russia	Dima Bilan Дима Билан	Never Let You Go M: Alexander Lunjew; T: Karen Kavalerjan	English	I will never let you go	217
04th	20th	Sweden	Carola	Invincible M: Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G: son, Henrik Wikström; T: Thomas G: son,	English	Invincible	214
05.	18th	Lithuania	LT United	We Are the Winners M: Andrius Mamontovas, Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius; T: Andrius Mamontovas, Viktoras Diawara	English, French	We are the winners	163
06th	01	Armenia	André Անդրե	Without Your Love M: Armen Martirosyan; T: Catherine Bekian	English	Without your love	150
07th	15th	Ukraine	Tina Karol Тіна Кароль	Show Me Your Love M: Tina Karol , Mikhail Nekrasov; T: Pavel Shilko	English	Show me your love	146
08th.	14th	Turkey	Sibel Tüzün	Super star M / T: Sibel Tüzün	Turkish , English	Superstar	091
09.	08th	Ireland	Brian Kennedy	Every Song Is a Cry for Love M / T: Brian Kennedy	English	Every song is a cry for love	079
10.	11	Macedonia	Elena Ristevska Елена Ристеска	Ninanajna (Нинанајна) M: Darko Dimitrov; T: Rade Vrčakovski	English, Macedonian	-	076
11.	12	Poland	I troy	Follow My Heart M: André Franke; T: Real McCoy, Wiliam Lennox, Michał Wiśniewski	English, Polish , German , Russian	Follow my heart	070
12.	07th	Belgium	Kate Ryan	Je t'adore M / T: Nicklas Kings, Lisa Greene, Niklas Bergwall, Kate Ryan	English with French title	I adore you	069
13.	23	Iceland	Silvia Night	Congratulations M: Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson; T: Silvia Night	English	Congratulations	062
14th	06th	Albania	Luiz Ejlli	Zjarr e ftohtė M: Klodian Qafoku; T: Dr. Flori	Albanian	The cold fire	058
15th	09	Cyprus	Annet Artani Αννέτ Αρτάνι	Why Angels Cry M / T: Peter Yiannaki	English	Why angels cry	057
16.	03	Slovenia	Anžej Dežan	Mr. Nobody (Plan B) M: Matjaž Vlašič; T: Urša Vlašič	English	Mr. Nobody	049
17th	02	Bulgaria	Mariana Popova Мариана Попова	Let Me Cry M: Dani Milew; T: Elina Gavrilova	English	Make me cry	036
18th	21st	Estonia	Sandra	Through My Window M: Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Pearu Paulus; T: Jana Hallas	English	Through my window	028
19th	19th	Portugal	Nonstop	Coisas de nada M / T: José Manuel Afonso, Elvis Veiguinha	Portuguese , English	Things of nothing	026th
20th	17th	Netherlands	Treble	Amanbanda M / T: Treble	Constructed language , English	-	022nd
21st	10	Monaco	Severine Ferrer	La coco-dance M: J. Woodfeel T: J. Woodfeel, Irén Bo	French, Tahitian	The coco dance	014th
22nd	05	Belarus	Palina Smolava Полина Смолова	Mum M: Sergey Suchomlin; T: Andrei Kostiugov	English	mummy	010
23.	04th	Andorra	Jennifer	Sense tu M: Rafael Artesero T: Rafael Artesero, Joan Antoni Rechi	Catalan	Without you	008th

Scoring (semi-finals)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AT THE	BG	SI	AD	BY	AL	BE	IE	CY	MC	MK	PL	RU	TR	UA	FI	NL	LT	PT	SE	EE	BA	IS	RO	DK	LV	MR	CS	NO	MT	CH	GB	FR	DE	IT	MD	IL	GR
Armenia	150	-	8th			7th	3	12		12			3	12	10	7th		12			3				2							3	3	12	7th	12	2	10	10
Bulgaria	36		-				8th			8th		6th			1					1														4th		5			3
Slovenia	49	2		-		2	7th				3	3				2	1						7th					6th	7th		5							4th
Andorra	8th				-																															8th
Belarus	10					-								6th		1																					3
Albania	58	1		1			-					12		2	3						2		5					7th		3		10	2		3				7th
Belgium	69			5	7th			-	5	1	6th		4th				3	7th	2	2	5	3		4th		3					7th			3		2
Ireland	79			3			1	3	-		7th		2	1			4th	3	4th	4th	1	6th		2		5	4th		1	6th	6th	2	8th				1	5
Cyprus	57	7th	2			1	4th			-	10					3									4th						4th	1	7th		2				12
Monaco	14th				3						-		1									2												8th
Macedonia	76	8th	5	8th			12					-			8th								10		1			8th	10			6th
Poland	70	3				4th		1	7th				-	5		10		2	8th					3			3			2	1		1	2	6th	4th	4th	2	2
Russia	217	12	12	4th	4th	12		2	4th	10		5	8th	-	4th	12	6th	1	12	7th	7th	10	4th	6th	7th	1	12	3	6th	4th	8th				5		12	12	5
Turkey	91		1				6th	8th				8th			-			10					12		10	6th				1		8th		10	8th			3
Ukraine	146	10	3	2	6th	10			3	6th	2	2	6th	10	7th	-	2		6th	10		4th	3	5	8th		6th	2	5		3					3	10	8th	4th
Finland	292		7th	10	10	8th		10	10	7th		7th	12	8th	6th	6th	-	6th	10	8th	12	12	8th	12	5	10	8th	10	8th	8th	10	5	12	5	12	10	5	7th	8th
Netherlands	22nd	4th			2		2	4th		3					5			-	1					1
Lithuania	163		6th	6th	5	6th		7th	12	4th	4th	4th	10	4th	2	5	8th	5	-	5	4th	8th	2	8th	3	4th	10	5	3	5			10		1		6th		1
Portugal	26th				12															-												7th		7th
Sweden	214	6th	4th	7th	8th	5	5	5	8th	2	8th	1	7th	3		4th	10	4th	5	12	-	7th	6th	10	6th	12	5	4th	4th	10	12	4th	6th		4th	7th	7th	6th
Estonia	28								1		5						5				8th	-				2	7th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	267	5	10	12	1	3	10	6th	6th	5	12	10	5	7th	12	8th	12	8th	3	6th	10	1	-	7th	12	8th	2	12	12	12	2	12	4th	6th	10	1	8th	1	6th
Iceland	62								2		1						7th		7th	3	6th	5	1	-		7th	1	1	2	7th			5	1		6th

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semifinals)

number	country	received from
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland, Croatia, Monaco, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey
8th	Russia	Armenia, Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus
6th	Armenia	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Cyprus
	Finland	Germany, Estonia, Iceland, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
3	Sweden	Denmark, Malta, Portugal
1	Albania	Macedonia
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Macedonia	Albania
	Portugal	Andorra
	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Cyprus	Greece

final

 Finland took part in the final for the last time in 2002. In 2003 they were banned, in 2004 and 2005 they failed in the semi-finals. Lithuania reached the final again after 2002, after being suspended in 2003 due to relegation and eliminated in the semifinals in 2004 and 2005. Ireland reached the finals for the first time since 2004. In 2005 they failed in the semifinals. Armenia reached the final straight away when it took part for the first time.    

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	17th	Finland	Lordi	Hard Rock Hallelujah M / T: Mr. Lordi	English	-	292
02.	10	Russia	Dima Bilan Дима Билан	Never Let You Go M: Alexander Lunjew; T: Karen Kavalerjan	English	I will never let you go	248
03.	13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Mata Hari	Lejla M: Željko Joksimović ; T: Fahrudin Pecikoza, Dejan Ivanović	Bosnian	-	229
04th	12	Romania	Mihai Trăistariu	Tornerò M: Eduard Cîrcotă; T: Cristian Hriscu, Mihaela Deac	English, Italian	I will turn back	172
05.	22nd	Sweden	Carola	Invincible M: Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G: son, Henrik Wikström; T: Thomas G: son	English	Invincible	170
06th	14th	Lithuania	LT United	We Are the Winners M: Andrius Mamontovas, Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius; T: Andrius Mamontovas, Viktoras Diawara	English, French	We are the winners	162
07th	18th	Ukraine	Tina Karol Тіна Кароль	Show Me Your Love M: Tina Karol , Mikhail Nekrasov; T: Pavel Shilko	English	Show me your love	145
08th.	24	Armenia	André Անդրե	Without Your Love M: Armen Martirosyan; T: Catherine Bekian	English	Without your love	129
09.	16	Greece	Anna Vissi Άννα Βίσση	Everything M: Nikos Karvelas ; T: Anna Vissi	English	Everything	128
10.	21st	Ireland	Brian Kennedy	Every Song Is a Cry for Love M / T: Brian Kennedy	English	Every song is a cry for love	093
11.	23	Turkey	Sibel Tüzün	Super star M / T: Sibel Tüzün	Turkish , English	Superstar	091
12.	11	Macedonia	Elena Ristevska Елена Ристеска	Ninanajna (Нинанајна) M: Darko Dimitrov; T: Rade Vrčakovski	English, Macedonian	-	056
12.	20th	Croatia	Severina	Moja štikla M: Boris Novković, Franjo Valentić; T: Severina Vučković	Croatian	My stiletto	056
14th	05	Norway	Christine Guldbrandsen	Alvedansen M: Atle Halstensen, Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen T: Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen	Norwegian	The elf dance	036
14th	08th	Germany	Texas Lightning	No No Never M / T: Jane Comerford	English	No no never	036
16.	04th	Latvia	Cosmos	I Hear Your Heart M: Andris Sējāns, Reinis Sējāns; T: Guntars Račs, Molly-Ann Leikin	English	I hear your heart	030th
16.	01	Switzerland	six4one	If We All Give a Little M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	English	If we all give a little	030th
18th	09	Denmark	Sidsel Ben Semmane	Twist of Love M / T: Niels Drevsholt	English	Twist of love	026th
19th	15th	United Kingdom	Daz Sampson	Teenage Life M / T: John Matthews, Daz Sampson	English	The life of the youth	025th
20th	02	Moldova	Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienco & Connect-R	Loca M / T: Arsenium	English	Insane	022nd
21st	06th	Spain	Read ketchup	Bloody Mary M / T: Manuel Ruiz Gómez "Queco"	Spanish	A Bloody Mary	018th
22nd	19th	France	Virginie Pouchain	Il était temps M / T: Corneille	French	It was time	005
23.	03	Israel	Eddie Butler אדי בטלר	Ze Hazman (Together We Are One) (זה הזמן(Together We Are One) M: Eddie Butler ; T: Orly Burg, Osnat Zabag	Hebrew , English	Together we are one (this is the time)	004th
24.	07th	Malta	Fabrizio Faniello	I Thu M / T: Aldo Spiteri, Fabrizio Faniello	English	I want	001

The winner and the countries marked in green were directly qualified for the final in the following year.

Awarding of points (final)

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	SI	AD	RO	DK	LV	PT	SE	FI	BE	MR	CS	NO	EE	IE	MT	LT	CY	NL	CH	UA	RU	PL	GB	AT THE	FR	BY	DE	IT	MD	BA	IS	MC	IL	AL	GR	BG	MK	TR
Switzerland	30th						1									12		3		-											4th		6th	4th
Moldova	22nd			12			3															3							2	-						1			1
Israel	4th																									4th								-
Latvia	30th					-								3	4th		8th				4th	1		2									8th
Norway	36				1	6th		2	5				-								3	7th			1		1			3		4th	1			2
Spain	18th		12																										-						6th
Malta	1															-																			1
Germany	36				3	3				1			1		3				3	7th				5				-	5						5
Denmark	26th				-			8th	3				6th	1																		8th
Russia	248	4th	6th	8th	2	12	7th	7th	12	3	7th	5	3	10	5	5	12	8th	2		12	-	10	1	12	2	12	6th	7th	10	6th	5		12	4th	8th	10	8th	5
Macedonia	56	6th									8th	8th								4th					7th						8th				3		6th	-	6th
Romania	172	5	3	-	6th	2	10	6th	6th	2	5	4th	4th	4th	6th	10	1	10		1	1	4th	3	6th	4th	7th	3	5	12	12	2	2		10	2	7th	2	2	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	229	12		7th	8th		2	10	10	6th	12	12	8th		2		4th	2	8th	12	10	6th	4th		5	6th	4th	7th	1	5	-	3	12	2	12	6th	7th	12	12
Lithuania	162	3	7th		7th	10	4th	3	8th	4th	6th	3	5	8th	12	1	-	4th	6th		5	5	8th	10			6th	1	4th	4th		10	7th	3		4th	1	3
United Kingdom	25th		2		4th	1					1		2	2	8th	3		1					1	-
Greece	128		1	10				4th	1	10		6th				8th	3	12	5	5				7th	8th	5	2	8th		1	1				8th	-	12	7th	4th
Finland	292	8th	10	4th	12	8th	6th	12	-	8th	10	7th	12	12	10	7th	10	5	7th	8th	7th	8th	12	12		8th	7th	10	10	6th	7th	12		7th		12	5	6th	7th
Ukraine	145	2	5	3		5	12	1	2		4th	2		5	1	2	7th	6th	1		-	10	6th		10		10		3	8th	5	6th	2	6th		5	3	5	8th
France	5																								2	-							3
Croatia	56	10									-	10								6th								2			12		4th					10	2
Ireland	93	1	4th	2	5	4th	5	5	4th		2		7th	6th	-	4th	6th		4th	3	2		2	8th	3	1		4th				1	10
Sweden	170	7th	8th	5	10	7th	8th	-	7th	5	3	1	10	7th	7th	6th	5			2	6th	2	7th	4th	6th	3	5		6th	2	3	7th	5	5	10			1
Turkey	91			6th						7th									12	10				3		12		12			10			1	7th	3	4th	4th	-
Armenia	129			1						12							2	7th	10		8th	12	5		-	10	8th	3	8th	7th				8th		10	8th		10
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Map of scoring for the winning title from Finland by country

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

number	country	received from
8th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Monaco, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey
	Finland	Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
7th	Russia	Armenia, Finland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus
3	Turkey	Germany, France, the Netherlands
2	Armenia	Belgium, Russia
	Greece	Bulgaria, Cyprus
	Romania	Moldova, Spain
1	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Lithuania	Ireland
	Moldova	Romania
	Spain	Andorra
	Switzerland	Malta
	Ukraine	Portugal

Points speaker

No.	country	Points speaker
01	Slovenia	Peter Poles
02	Andorra	Xavi Palma
03	Romania	Andreea Marin
04th	Denmark	Jørgen de Mylius
05	Latvia	Mārtiņš Freimanis
06th	Portugal	Cristina Alves
07th	Sweden	Jovan Radomir
08th	Finland	Nina Tapio
09	Belgium
010	Croatia	Mila Horvat
011	Serbia	Jovana Janković

Marcel Bezençon Prize

This year's winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize were:

• Press award for the best song - Finland - Hardrock Hallelujah - Lordi 
• Artist award for the best performer - Sweden - Carola - Invincible 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Željko Joksimović (m), Fahrudin Pecikoza-Peca (t) and Dejan Ivanović (t) - Lejla - Hari Mata Hari 

Others

• Starting number 8 of the semifinals on May 18th -  Brian Kennedy for Ireland - was the 1000th song presented in the Eurovision Song Contest.
• Finland achieved its first victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on its 40th participation - a new record. This was broken in 2017 by Portugal , which participated for the 49th time this year and won for the first time.
• Finland became the first country in the history of the Song Contest to win both the semi-finals and the final (both times with 292 points, which was a new record).
• Željko Joksimović received the award for the best composition for the second time after 2004 (in 2004 he was second with Lane moje , in 2006 he composed Bosnia and Herzegovina's contribution Lejla ).
• In the semi-finals there were whistles and boos from the audience for the Icelander Silvía Nótt . Before the semi-finals, in her role as a fantasy figure, she had insulted journalists and the Greeks.
• The crowd in the final was not enthusiastic about the group LT United . Above all, their lyrics, in which they proclaimed themselves the winner of the competition, were to blame.
• Armenia participated in the competition for the first time.
• The band Lordi playing for Finland was the first metal or hard rock band in the history of the contest. However, a glam rock band had already participated in 2005 with the Norwegian group Wig Wam .
• The band Cosmos playing for Latvia was the first a cappella band in the history of the contest.
• All ten successful semi-finalists received more than 50 points in the final and ended up among the top twelve nations.
• The big four Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain performed badly again this time. The best of the big four was Germany in 14th place with 36 points.
• Ralph Siegel took part in the ESC again in 2006, but this time not for Germany. He composed a song for Switzerland; this was his 18th participation as a composer at the ESC.
• 2006 was the only year in which the full name of Macedonia, "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) was listed in the performance and in the scoring. This could be due to the relationship between the hosts Greece and Macedonia . In other years only the shortened form "FYR Macedonia" was used and the full name was only used orally.
• The Croatian participant Severina Vučković is known in Croatia as the “Queen of Scandals”. For example, she appeared in a 2004 sex film on the Internet. After she won the Croatian preliminary decision Dora, it was publicly discussed whether the title Moja štikla ("My high heeled shoe"), due to its proximity to the turbo folk , which is considered a Serbian music genre, is representative of Croatia at all or whether it doesn't sound like it as if it came from the neighboring country. She made this known in Germany and the Netherlands, among others , before the Grand Prix.
• The Norwegian contribution Alvedansen ("Elf Dance") was the first and so far only contribution in the Norwegian language since the language rule was repealed in 1999.
• The following participants almost became returning performers:
  • - Hari Mata Hari won the Bosnian preliminary round in 1999. Her title Starac i more had to be disqualified.
  • - For No Name it would have been the second participation in the ESC had the country not withdrawn. You already participated in 2005 for Serbia-Montenegro.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2006  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the ESC
• Official website of the NDR for the contest
• diggiloo.net
• Eurovision Club Germany e. V .: German fan club
• OGAE Eurovision fan club network
• Study and article on the ESC 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final - Scoreboard
2. ↑ Manja Majica: high-heeled shoe. In: Berliner Zeitung . May 6, 2006, accessed May 10, 2015 .