Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on 18 May 2006 at 21:00 (CET). 23 countries performed and all 37 participants and Serbia & Montenegro voted.

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Section Title: Semi-final
Table Section Text: The semi-final was held on 18 May 2006 at 21:00 (CET). 23 countries performed and all 37 participants and Serbia & Montenegro voted.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points

01	Armenia	André	"Without Your Love"	English	6	150

02	Bulgaria	Mariana Popova	"Let Me Cry"	English	17	36

03	Slovenia	Anžej Dežan	"Mr Nobody"	English	16	49

04	Andorra	Jenny	"Sense tu"	Catalan	23	8

05	Belarus	Polina Smolova	"Mum"	English	22	10

06	Albania	Luiz Ejlli	"Zjarr e ftohtë"	Albanian	14	58

07	Belgium	Kate Ryan	"Je t'adore"	English	12	69

08	Ireland	Brian Kennedy	"Every Song Is a Cry for Love"	English	9	79

09	Cyprus	Annet Artani	"Why Angels Cry"	English	15	57

10	Monaco	Séverine Ferrer	"La Coco-Dance"	French, Tahitian	21	14

11	Macedonia	Elena Risteska	"Ninanajna" (Нинанајна)	English, Macedonian	10	76

12	Poland	Ich Troje feat. Real McCoy	"Follow My Heart"	English, Polish, German, Russian	11	70

13	Russia	Dima Bilan	"Never Let You Go"	English	3	217

14	Turkey	Sibel Tüzün	"Süper Star"	Turkish, English	8	91

15	Ukraine	Tina Karol	"Show Me Your Love"	English	7	146

16	Finland	Lordi	"Hard Rock Hallelujah"	English	1	292

17	Netherlands	Treble	"Amambanda"	English, Imaginary	20	22

18	Lithuania	LT United	"We Are the Winners"	English	5	163

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

20	Sweden	Carola	"Invincible"	English	4	214

21	Estonia	Sandra Oxenryd	"Through My Window"	English	18	28

22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Mata Hari	"Lejla"	Bosnian	2	267

23	Iceland	Silvia Night	"Congratulations"	English	13	62

Sentence(s)

The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest saw the song "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" performed by Ireland's Brian Kennedy in the semi-final.

final_sentence: The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest saw the song "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" performed by Ireland's Brian Kennedy in the semi-final.