Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The **Eurovision Song Contest 2006** was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Athens, Greece (following Greece's victory in the 2005 contest). It saw 37 countries participate, with Armenia taking part for the first time while the Serbia and Montenegro did not return. The show was presented by Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas.

The winner was decided by a public vote (televote). Viewers from each country voted for their favorite acts. Each country awarded 12, 10 and 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs (with each number only being used once).

### Semi-final

The "Big Four" and the ten highest-scoring countries from the previous contest automatically qualified for the final. A semi-final, held on 18 May 2006, was held to decide which countries would get the remaining ten places in the final.

|scope="col"||Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Points|scope="col"|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||André|"Without Your Love"|150|6th|||||||
||Mariana Popova|"Let Me Cry"|36|17th|||||||
||Anžej Dežan|"Mr Nobody"|49|16th|||||||
||Jenny|""|8|23rd|||||||
||Polina Smolova|"Mum"|10|22nd|||||||
||Luiz Ejlli|""|58|14th|||||||
||Kate Ryran|""|69|12th|||||||
||Brian Kennedy|"Every Song Is a Cry for Love"|79|9th|||||||
||Annet Artani|"Why Angels Cry"|57|15th|||||||
||Séverine Ferrer|""|14|21st|||||||
||Elena Risteska|"Ninanajna"|76|10th|||||||
||Ich Troje|"Follow My Heart"|70|11th|||||||
|||"Never Let You Go"|217|3rd|||||||
||Sibel Tüzün|""|91|8th|||||||
|||"Show Me Your Love"|146|7th|||||||
||Lordi|"Hard Rock Hallelujah"|292|1st|||||||
||Treble|"Amambanda"|22|20th|||||||
||LT United|"We Are the Winners"|163|5th|||||||
||Nonstop|""|26|19th|||||||
||Carola|"Invincible"|214|4th|||||||
||Sandra|"Through My Window"|28|18th|||||||
||Hari Mata Hari|"Lejla"|267|2nd|||||||
||Silvía Night|"Congratulations"|62|13th|||||||

### Final

The final was held on 20 May, 2006. The grand final opened with a ballet dance, symbolizing the birth of Greece.

|scope="col"||scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Points|scope="col"|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||six4one|"If We All Give a Little"|30|16th||||||||
||Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R|""|22|20th||||||||
||Eddie Butler|"Together We Are One"|4|23rd||||||||
||Vocal Group Cosmos|"I Hear Your Heart"|30|16th||||||||
||Christine Guldbrandsen|""|36|14th||||||||
||Las Ketchup|"Bloody Mary"|18|21st||||||||
||Fabrizio Faniello|"I Do"|1|24||||||||
||Texas Lightning|"No No Never"|36|14||||||||
||Sidsel Ben Semmane|"Twist of Love"|26|18||||||||
|||"Never Let You Go"|248|2||||||||
||Elena Risteska|"Ninanajna"|56|12||||||||
||Mihai Trăistariu|""|172|4||||||||
||Hari Mata Hari|"Lejla"|229|3||||||||
||LT United|"We Are the Winners"|162|6||||||||
||Daz Sampson|"Teenage Life"|25|19||||||||
||Anna Vissi|"Everything"|128|9||||||||
||Lordi|"Hard Rock Hallelujah"|292|1||||||||
|||"Show Me Your Love"|145|7||||||||
||Virginie Pouchain|""|5|22||||||||
||Severina|""|56|12||||||||
||Brian Kennedy|"Every Song Is a Cry for Love"|93|10||||||||
||Carola|"Invincible"|170|5||||||||
||Sibel Tüzün|""|91|11||||||||
||André|"Without Your Love"|129|8||||||||