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Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Nikos Galis
Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). The Feel The Rhythm!
Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", written by lead singer Mr.
Lordi. "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was the first ever hard rock song to win the contest, since Eurovision is
normally associated with softer pop music and schlager. This was Finland's first victory in Eurovision
after waiting forty-five years. It is also noted that they scored the same amount of points in the semi-
final and the grand final.

The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens were Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, the Greek
representative at Eurovision in 2004 and 2009, and the Greek American television presenter and actress,
Maria Menounos.[1] In the semi-final, both the hosts sang Katrina and the Waves' contest-winning "Love
Shine A Light". For one of the intervals, Sakis Rouvas sang an English version of his Greek hit "S'eho
Erotefthi" called "I'm in love with you". Helena Paparizou, who performed the winning song in Kiev,
returned to the Eurovision stage in Athens. Following the examples of Sertab Erener, Ruslana and Marie
N in the last three years, she sang twice in the final, "My Number One" in the opening and her current
song "Mambo!" in the interval (which was also a smash hit in Greece at the time); Greek dancers were
also present in the interval acts, as well as other Greek elements. An official CD and DVD was released
and a new introduction was an official fan book released from this year, and every year to come with Dates
detailed information of every country. Semi-final 18 May 2006

The 2006 contest also saw the 1,000th song to be performed in the contest, when "Every Song Is a Cry Final 20 May 2006
for Love" by Ireland's Brian Kennedy was first sung in the semi-final. Armenia also entered for the first Host
time in the contest.
Venue Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens,
Greece
Presenter(s) Maria Menounos
Contents
Sakis Rouvas
1 Location Director Volker Weicker
2 Format Executive Svante Stockselius
2.1 Visual design
supervisor
2.2 Voting
3 Participating countries Executive Fotini Yannoulatou
3.1 Semi-final producer
3.2 Final
Host Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
3.2.1 Voting during the final and spokespersons
4 Score sheet broadcaster
4.1 Semi-final Opening act Semi-final: Eurovision medley
4.1.1 12 points performed by Greek gods and
4.2 Final
goddesses; "Love Shine a Light"
4.2.1 12 points
5 Other Awards performed by Sakis Rouvas and
5.1 Marcel Bezenon Awards Maria Menounos
5.2 Barbara Dex Award Final: "The Mermaid Song"
6 Other countries performed by Foteini Darra
6.1 Withdrawals accompanied by Greek dancers; "My
7 Ratings
Number One" performed by Elena
8 Returning artists
9 Broadcasting Paparizou
9.1 International broadcasts Interval act Semi-final: "I'm In Love With You"
10 Commentators performed by Sakis Rouvas
11 Official album
Final: "Mambo!" performed by Elena
12 References
13 External links Paparizou; 4000 Years of Greek Song
Participants
Number of 37
Location entries
Debuting Armenia
The venue that was chosen as the host venue, was the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, the countries
capital city of Greece.
Returning None
countries
Format
Withdrawing Austria
countries Hungary
Visual design
Serbia and Montenegro
The official logo of the contest remained the same from 2004 and 2005 with the country's flag in the Participation map
heart being changed. The 2006 sub-logo created by the design company Karamela for Greek television
was apparently based on the Phaistos Disc which is a popular symbol of ancient Greece. According to
ERT, it was "inspired by the wind and the sea, the golden sunlight and the glow of the sand". Following
Istanbul's "Under The Same Sky" and Kiev's "Awakening", the slogan for the 2006 show was "Feel The
Rhythm". This theme was also the basis for the postcards for the 2006 show, which emphasized Greece's
historical significance as well as being a major modern tourist destination.

Voting
To save time in the final, the voting time lasted ten minutes and the voting process was changed: points
1-7 were shown immediately on-screen. The spokespersons only announced the countries scoring 8, 10
and 12 points. Despite this being intended to speed proceedings up, there were still problems during
voting EBU imaging over-rode Maria Menounos during a segment in the voting interval and some
scoreboards were slow to load. The Dutch spokesperson Paul de Leeuw also caused problems, giving his
mobile number to presenter Rouvas during the Dutch results,[2] and slowing down proceedings, also by
announcing the first seven points. Constantinos Christoforou (who also represented Cyprus in 1996,
2002 and 2005) saluted from "Nicosia, the last divided capital in Europe"; during Cyprus' reading, the
telecast displayed Switzerland by mistake. This voting process has been criticized because suspense was
lost by only reading three votes instead of ten. And for the first time, the display for the Macedonian
entry had the title spelled out in its entirety (as "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia") instead of
being abbreviated as it has been in previous years (as "FYR Macedonia").
Participating countries
Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final
Countries that participated in the past but not in 2006
Participating countries in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.
Vote
Semi-final Voting Each country awarded 12, 10, 81 point(s) to
system their 10 favourite songs
The semi-final was held on 18 May 2006 at 21:00 (CET). 23 countries performed and all 37 participants Nul points None
and Serbia & Montenegro voted.
Winning Finland
Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"

Draw Country Artist Song Language[3] Place Points

"Without Your
01 Armenia Andr English 6 150
Love"
02 Bulgaria Mariana Popova "Let Me Cry" English 17 36
03 Slovenia Anej Dean "Mr Nobody" English 16 49
04 Andorra Jenny "Sense tu" Catalan 23 8
05 Belarus Polina Smolova "Mum" English 22 10
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens - host
06 Albania Luiz Ejlli "Zjarr e ftoht" Albanian 14 58
venue of the 2006 contest.
07 Belgium Kate Ryan "Je t'adore" English 12 69
"Every Song Is a
08 Ireland Brian Kennedy English 9 79
Cry for Love"
09 Cyprus Annet Artani "Why Angels Cry" English 15 57
10 Monaco Sverine Ferrer "La Coco-Dance" French, Tahitian 21 14
"Ninanajna" English,
11 Macedonia Elena Risteska 10 76
( ) Macedonian
Ich Troje feat. English, Polish,
12 Poland "Follow My Heart" 11 70
Real McCoy German, Russian1

Russia "Never Let You

13 Dima Bilan English 3 217
Go"
14 Turkey Sibel Tzn "Sper Star" Turkish, English 8 91

Ukraine "Show Me Your

15 Tina Karol English 7 146
Love"
"Hard Rock
16 Finland Lordi English 1 292
Hallelujah"
17 Netherlands Treble "Amambanda" English, Imaginary 20 22
"We Are the
18 Lithuania LT United
Winners" English2 5 163

19 Portugal Nonstop "Coisas de nada" Portuguese, English 19 26

20 Sweden Carola "Invincible" English 4 214
"Through My
21 Estonia Sandra Oxenryd English 18 28
Window"
Bosnia and Hari Mata
22 "Lejla" Bosnian 2 267
Herzegovina Hari
23 Iceland Silvia Night "Congratulations" English 13 62

Notes

1.^ The song also contained phrases in Spanish.

2.^ The song also contained phrases in French.

Final

The finalists were:

the four automatic qualifiers France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom;
the top 10 countries from the 2005 final (other than the automatic qualifiers);
the top 10 countries from the 2006 semi-final.
The final was held on 20 May 2006 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Finland.

Countries in bold automatically qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language[3] Place Points

01 Switzerland six4one "If We All Give a Little" English 16 30
02 Moldova Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko "Loca" English3 20 22
03 Israel Eddie Butler "Together We Are One" Hebrew, English 23 4
04 Latvia Vocal Group Cosmos "I Hear Your Heart" English 16 30
05 Norway Christine Guldbrandsen "Alvedansen" Norwegian 14 36
06 Spain Las Ketchup "Un Blodymary" Spanish 21 18
07 Malta Fabrizio Faniello "I Do" English 24 1
08 Germany Texas Lightning "No No Never" English 14 36
09 Denmark Sidsel Ben Semmane "Twist of Love" English 18 26
10 Russia Dima Bilan "Never Let You Go" English 2 248
11 Macedonia Elena Risteska "Ninanajna" ( ) English, Macedonian 12 56
12 Romania Mihai Tristariu "Torner" English, Italian 4 172
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Hari Mata Hari "Lejla" Bosnian 3 229
14 Lithuania LT United "We Are the Winners" English2 6 162
15 United Kingdom Daz Sampson "Teenage Life" English 19 25
16 Greece Anna Vissi "Everything" English 9 128
17 Finland Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah" English 1 292
18 Ukraine Tina Karol "Show Me Your Love" English 7 145
19 France Virginie Pouchain "Il tait temps" French 22 5
20 Croatia Severina "Moja tikla" Croatian 12 56
21 Ireland Brian Kennedy "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" English 10 93
22 Sweden Carola "Invincible" English 5 170
23 Turkey Sibel Tzn "Sper Star" Turkish, English 11 91
24 Armenia Andr "Without Your Love" English 8 129

Notes

3.^ The song also contained words in Spanish.

Voting during the final and spokespersons

The following people were the spokespersons for their countries. A spokesperson delivers the results of national televoting during the final night, awarding points
to the entries on behalf of his or her country.[4] A draw was held to determine each country's voting order. Countries revealed their votes in the following order:

1. Slovenia - Peter Poles 19. Switzerland - Jubaira Bachmann

2. Andorra - Xavi Palma 20. Ukraine - Igor Posypaiko
3. Romania - Andreea Marin Bnic (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision 21. Russia - Yana Churikova (Commentator of the 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015
Song Contest 2006 ) contests for Channel One )
4. Denmark - Jrgen de Mylius 22. Poland - Maciej Oro
5. Latvia - Mrti Freimanis (Latvian singer in the 2003 Contest as part of 23. United Kingdom - Fearne Cotton
F.L.Y.) 24. Armenia - Gohar Gasparyan (Co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song
6. Portugal - Cristina Alves Contest 201 1)
7. Sweden - Jovan Radomir 25. France - Sophie Jovillard
8. Finland - Nina Tapio 26. Belarus - Corrianna
9. Belgium - Yasmine (Hilde Rens) 27. Germany - Thomas Hermanns
10. Croatia - Mila Horvat 28. Spain - Sonia Ferrer
11. Serbia and Montenegro - Jovana Jankovi (Co-presenter of the 2008 29. Moldova - Svetlana Coco
Contest) 30. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vesna Andree-Zaimovi
12. Norway - Ingvild Helljesen 31. Iceland - Ragnhildur Steinunn Jnsdttir
13. Estonia - Evelin Samuel (Estonian singer in the 1999 Contest and veteran 32. Monaco - glantine Emy
of several 1990s Eurolauls ) 33. Israel - Dana Herman
14. Ireland - Eimear Quinn (Irish winner of the 1996 Contest ) 34. Albania - Leon Menkshi
15. Malta - Moira Delia (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 35. Greece - Alexis Kostalas
2014) 36. Bulgaria - Dragomir Simeonov
16. Lithuania - Lavija urnait 37. Macedonia - Martin Vui (Macedonian singer in the 2005 Contest )
17. Cyprus - Constantinos Christoforou (Cypriot singer in the 1996, 2002 38. Turkey - Meltem Yazgan
and 2005 Contests)
18. Netherlands - Paul de Leeuw
19. Switzerland - Jubaira Bachmann
Although Serbia & Montenegro did not compete in the contest, they still regained voting rights due to a scandal that was caused during their National Selection.

Score sheet
Televoting was used in all nations except Monaco and Albania. Monaco used a jury as the chances of getting enough votes needed to validate the votes were low.
Albania used a jury since there were problems with their televote. In the semi final, Monaco and Albania used the jury voting due to insufficient televoting
numbers. Coincidentally, Albania and Monaco were two of the three countries that didn't vote for the winning entry, the third one was Armenia.
Semi-final

Televoting Results

Armenia 150 2 3 12 12 12 3 7 12 3 3 12 7 7 12 2 10 3 10 8 10
Bulgaria 36 1 8 4 5 8 3 6 1
Slovenia 49 1 6 7 5 2 2 2 7 3 4 7 3
Andorra 8 8
Belarus 10 1 6 3
Albania 58 1 2 7 3 10 2 2 1 3 5 7 12 3
Belgium 69 5 7 3 2 5 3 3 5 7 2 1 7 4 3 2 4 6
Ireland 79 3 5 4 4 1 4 3 1 6 6 6 4 3 2 1 2 8 1 2 7 5 1
Cyprus 57 4 4 1 3 7 7 1 2 10 4 12 2
Monaco 14 3 2 1 8
Macedonia 76 8 1 8 10 6 8 10 12 5 8
Poland 70 3 1 2 7 1 8 2 10 5 1 3 2 4 6 4 4 3 2 2
Russia 217 4 4 7 1 12 7 7 6 2 3 6 4 10 4 8 12 10 1 12 8 12 12 5 12 4 6 12 5 12 5 4
Turkey 91 10 6 8 1 10 8 10 8 12 3 6 1 8
Ukraine 146 2 6 8 6 10 2 2 5 4 3 3 6 6 10 6 10 10 3 10 3 5 2 8 4 3 2 7
Finland 292 10 10 5 10 8 8 12 10 10 8 8 12 10 10 10 7 6 5 6 8 12 12 5 8 12 10 5 8 12 7 8 7 7 6
Netherlands 22 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 5
Lithuania 163 6 5 3 4 10 5 4 8 7 5 3 5 8 12 4 5 5 4 10 10 6 1 6 2 8 4 1 6 4 2
Portugal 26 12 7 7
Sweden 214 7 8 6 12 5 12 10 5 4 4 10 7 8 12 5 2 4 4 4 3 7 6 6 5 4 7 7 6 10 8 6 5 4 1
Estonia 28 2 7 8 5 1 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 267 12 1 12 8 2 6 10 12 6 12 12 12 1 6 2 3 5 8 12 8 7 5 4 5 6 3 10 1 8 7 12 1 10 6 10 10 12
Iceland 62 7 1 3 6 7 1 2 7 5 2 7 5 1 6 1 1
The table is ordered by appearance in the semi-final, then by pre-determined voting order .

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final:

N. Contestant Voting nation

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

Final
 Televoting Results

Switzerland 30 1 12 3 4 6 4
Moldova 22 12 3 3 2 1 1
Israel 4 4
Latvia 30 3 4 8 4 1 2 8
Norway 36 1 6 2 5 3 7 1 1 3 4 1 2
Spain 18 12 6
Malta 1 1
Germany 36 3 3 1 1 3 3 7 5 5 5
Denmark 26 8 3 6 1 8
Russia 248 4 6 8 2 12 7 7 12 3 7 5 3 10 5 5 12 8 2 12 10 1 12 2 12 6 7 10 6 5 12 4 8 10 8 5
Macedonia 56 6 8 8 4 7 8 3 6 6
Romania 172 5 3 6 2 10 6 6 2 5 4 4 4 6 10 1 10 1 1 4 3 6 4 7 3 5 12 12 2 2 10 2 7 2 2 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 229 12 7 8 2 10 10 6 12 12 8 2 4 2 8 12 10 6 4 5 6 4 7 1 5 3 12 2 12 6 7 12 12
Lithuania 162 3 7 7 10 4 3 8 4 6 3 5 8 12 1 4 6 5 5 8 10 6 1 4 4 10 7 3 4 1 3
United Kingdom 25 2 4 1 1 2 2 8 3 1 1
Greece 128 1 10 4 1 10 6 8 3 12 5 5 7 8 5 2 8 1 1 8 12 7 4
Finland 292 8 10 4 12 8 6 12 8 10 7 12 12 10 7 10 5 7 8 7 8 12 12 8 7 10 10 6 7 12 7 12 5 6 7
Ukraine 145 2 5 3 5 12 1 2 4 2 5 1 2 7 6 1 10 6 10 10 3 8 5 6 2 6 5 3 5 8
France 5 2 3
Croatia 56 10 10 6 2 12 4 10 2
Ireland 93 1 4 2 5 4 5 5 4 2 7 6 4 6 4 3 2 2 8 3 1 4 1 10
Sweden 170 7 8 5 10 7 8 7 5 3 1 10 7 7 6 5 2 6 2 7 4 6 3 5 6 2 3 7 5 5 10 1
Turkey 91 6 7 12 10 3 12 12 10 1 7 3 4 4
Armenia 129 1 12 2 7 10 8 12 5 10 8 3 8 7 8 10 8 10
The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by pre-determined voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

N. Contestant Voting nation

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

Other Awards
Marcel Bezenon Awards

The Marcel Bezenon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final.
Founded by Christer Bjrkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey
(member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel
Bezenon.[5] The awards are divided into 3 categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[6]
 Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Final result Points
Artists Award Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren,
Sweden "Invincible" Carola 5th 170
(Voted by previous winners ) Henrik Wikstrm, Carola
eljko Joksimovi,
Composer Award Bosnia and Herzegovina "Lejla" Hari Mata Hari 3rd 229
Fahrudin Pecikoza, Dejan Ivanovi
Press Award Finland "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi Mr. Lordi 1st 292

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist
each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed (awful)
dress.

Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)

Portugal "Coisas de nada" Nonstop Jos Manuel Afonso, Elvis Veiguinha

Other countries
Withdrawals

Austria - On 18 June 2005, Austrian newspaper Kurier reported that the Austrian broadcaster ORF would not be taking part in the 2006 contest.
Czech Republic - On 6 October 2005 esk televize announced that the Czech Republic would not participate, however also made its debut Next Year.
Georgia - On 5 October 2005 the managing director of Georgia Television & Radio Broadcasting stated that Georgia would not enter the 2006 contest,
however made its debut next year.
Hungary - On 9 December 2005 Hungarian broadcaster Magyar TV announced that Hungary would not participate for financial reasons.
Italy - Italy did not take part in the Contest between 1997 and 2011.
Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the contest due to a scandal in the selection process, which has caused tensions
between the Serbian broadcaster, RTS, and the Montenegrin broadcaster, RTCG. Serbia and Montenegro did retain voting rights for the contest. Serbia and
Montenegro's withdrawal left a vacancy in the final. In the delegations meeting on 20 March, it was decided that Croatia, who finished 11th in the 2005
Contest, would fill the empty spot.

Ratings
After the Contest, EBU officials that the overall ratings for the Semi-Final were 35% higher than in 2005, and for the Final had risen by 28%.

In France, average market shares reached 30.3%, up by 8% over the 2005 figure. Other countries that showed a rise in average market shares included Germany
with 38% (up from 29%), United Kingdom with 37.5% (up from 36%), Spain with 36% (up from 35%), Ireland with 58% (up from 35%) and Sweden, which
reached over 80% compared to 57% the year previously.

Voting revenues had also risen from the Kiev Contest, and the official Eurovision website, www.eurovision.tv, reported visits from over 200 countries and over 98
million page views, compared with 85 million in 2005.

Returning artists
Artist Country Previous Year(s)
Anna Vissi Greece 1980, 1982 (for Cyprus)
Eddie Butler Israel 1999 (part of Eden)
Viktoras Diawara (part of LT United) Lithuania 2001 (part of SKAMP)
Fabrizio Faniello Malta 2001
Ich Troje Poland 2003
Carola Sweden 1983, 1991 (winner)

Broadcasting
International broadcasts

Australia
Although Australia is not itself eligible to enter, the semi-final and final were broadcast on SBS. As is the case each year, they were not however broadcast
live due to the difference in Australian time zones. Australia aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from Paddy O'Connell and Terry
Wogan. Before the broadcasts, viewers were told by an SBS host that the Eurovision Song Contest was one of their most popular programmes. The final
rated an estimated 462,000, and was ranked 21st of the broadcasters top rating programs for the 2005/06 financial year. [4]
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan were willing to enter the contest but since AzTV applied for active EBU membership but was denied on June 18, 2007, they missed the contest
and have to wait until they're accepted. Another Azerbaijan broadcaster, OTV, broadcast the contest. It is a passive EBU member, and has broadcast it for
the last 2 years. It was the only non-participating broadcaster this year to send its own commentators to the contest.[5]
Italy
Italian television did not enter because RAI, the national broadcaster, is in strong competition with commercial TV stations and they believe that the
Eurovision Song Contest would not be a popular show in Italy. They have not broadcast the contest in recent years, although an independent Italian channel
for the gay community has shown the show.
Worldwide
A live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide by satellite through Eurovision streams such as Channel One Russia, ERT
World, TVE Internacional, TVP Polonia, RTP Internacional and TVR i. The official Eurovision Song Contest website also provided a live stream without
commentary using the peer-to-peer transport Octoshape.
Gibraltar
 Gibraltar screened only the final.

Commentators
Albania Leon Menkshi (TVSH) Israel - No commentator
Andorra - Meri Picart and Josep Llus Trabal (RTVA) Latvia - Krlis Streips
Armenia - Gohar Gasparyan and Phelix Khachatryan Lithuania - Darius Ukuraitis
Austria - Andi Knoll (ORF2) Macedonia - Karolina Petkovska
Belarus - Denis Kurjan (Belarus 1) Malta - Eileen Montesin[19]
Belgium - Dutch: Andr Vermeulen & Bart Peeters (n), Michel Moldova - Vitalie Rotaru
Follet & Sven Pichal (Radio 2). French: Jean-Pierre Hautier (La Une),[7] Monaco - Bernard Montiel and glantine Emy (TMC Monte
Patrick Duhamel & Thomas Gunzig (La Premire) Carlo)[20]
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Dejan Kukri (BHT1)[8] Netherlands - Cornald Maas and Paul de Leeuw (Nederland 2),[21]
Bulgaria - Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev Ron Stoeltie (Radio 2)
Croatia - Duko urli[9] Norway - Jostein Pedersen (NRK1)[22]
Cyprus - Evi Papamichail and Pampina Themistokleous (semi-final), Poland - Artur Orzech (TVP1)[23]
Evi Papamichail and Vasso Komninou (final) (RIK 1)[10] Portugal - Eldio Clmaco (RTP1)[24]
Denmark - Mads Vangs and Adam Duv Hall (DR1)[11] Romania - Andreea Demirgian (TVR1)
Estonia - Marko Reikop[12] Russia - Yuri Aksyuta and Tatiana Godunova (Channel One)
Finland - Finnish: Heikki Paasonen, Jaana Pelkonen and Asko Serbia and Montenegro - Duka Vuini-Lui (Serbian, RTS1),
Murtomki (YLE TV2),[13] Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamki (YLE Draen Baukovi & Tamara Ivankovi (Montenegrin, TVCG2)
Radio Suomi),[14] Swedish: Thomas Lundin (YLE FST) Slovenia - Mojca Mavec
France - Peggy Olmi and ric Jean-Jean (semi-final, France 4), Spain - Beatriz Pcker (TVE1)[25]
Michel Drucker, Claudy Siar (final, France 3)[7] and Alexandre Devoise Sweden - Pekka Heino (SVT1),[26] Carolina Norn (SR P3)[27]
(final, France Bleu) Switzerland - German: Sandra Studer (SF zwei), French: Jean-Marc
Germany - Peter Urban (Das Erste),[15] Thomas Mohr Richard and Alain Morisod (TSR 1), Italian: Sandy Altermatt and
(Deutschlandfunk/NDR 2)[16] Claudio Lazzarino (TSI 2)
Greece - Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Zeta Makrypoulia (NET) Turkey - Blend zveren (TRT 1)
Ukraine - Pavlo Shylko (First National TV Channel)
Iceland - Sigmar Gumundsson (Sjnvarpi)[17]
United Kingdom - Paddy O'Connell (BBC Three, semi-final), Terry
Ireland - Marty Whelan (RT One),[18] Larry Gogan (RT Radio 1, Wogan (BBC One, final) and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2, final)
final)

Official album
Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006 was the official compilation album of the 2006 Contest, put together
by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 28 April 2006. The album featured Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
all 37 songs that entered in the 2006 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand
final.[28]

CD 1
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Sense tu" (Andorra) Jenny 3:00
2. "Zjarr e ftoht" (Albania) Luiz Ejlli 3:10
3. "Without Your Love" (Armenia ) Andr 3:01
4. "Lejla" (Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Hari Mata Hari 3:03
5. "Je t'adore" (Belgium ) Kate Ryan 3:01
6. "Let Me Cry" (Bulgaria ) Mariana Popova 2:54
7. "Mum" (Belarus) Polina Smolova 2:30 Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
8. "If We All Give a Little" (Switzerland ) six4one 3:02 Released 28 April 2006
9. "Why Angels Cry" (Cyprus) Annet Artani 2:58
Genre Pop
10. "No No Never" (Germany ) Texas Lightning 3:00
11. "Twist of Love" (Denmark ) Sidsel Ben Semmane 3:00 Length 53:38 (CD 1)
12. "Through My Window" (Estonia) Sandra Oxenryd 3:01 56:12 (CD 2)
13. "Un Blodymary" (Spain) Las Ketchup 3:01 Label CMC
14. "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (Finland) Lordi 3:01 Eurovision Song Contest chronology
15. "Il tait temps" (France) Virginie Pouchain 2:57
16. "Teenage Life" (United Kingdom ) Daz Sampson 3:03 Eurovision Song Eurovision Eurovision Song
17. "Everything" (Greece) Anna Vissi 3:00 Contest: Kyiv Song Contest: Contest: Helsinki
18. "Moja tikla" (Croatia) Severina 2:56 2005 Athens 2006 2007
Total length: 53:38 (2005) (2006) (2007)

CD 2
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" (Ireland) Brian Kennedy 2:59
2. "Together We Are One" (Israel) Eddie Butler 3:05
3. "Congratulations" (Iceland) Silvia Night 3:01
4. "We Are the Winners" (Lithuania ) LT United 2:29
5. "I Hear Your Heart" (Latvia) Vocal Group Cosmos 3:00
6. "La Coco-Dance" (Monaco) Sverine Ferrer 2:59
7. "Loca" (Moldova ) Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko 2:58
8. "Ninanajna" (Macedonia ) Elena Risteska 3:00
9. "I Do" (Malta) Fabrizio Faniello 2:53
 10. "Amambanda" (Netherlands ) Treble 2:59
11. "Alvedansen" (Norway) Christine Guldbrandsen 2:55
12. "Follow My Heart" (Poland) Ich Troje feat. Real McCoy 2:58
13. "Coisas de nada" (Portugal) Nonstop 2:58
14. "Tornero" (Romania ) Mihai Tristariu 3:00
15. "Never Let You Go" (Russia) Dima Bilan 3:00
16. "Invincible" (Sweden) Carola 3:00
17. "Mr Nobody" (Slovenia ) Anej Dean 3:02
18. "Sper Star" (Turkey) Sibel Tzn 3:01
19. "Show Me Your Love" (Ukraine) Tina Karol 2:55
Total length: 56:12

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