Glorious Song Contest 06

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**Glorious Song Contest 06** (GSC 06) was sixth edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Tiraspol, Moldova after Carolina Ra's victory in Brussels with her song "Dancing In The Sunrise" getting a total of 342 points. It was second time when Moldova had pleasure to host the competition. German broadcaster TRM organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Sheriff Stadium with total capacity of 12,745 spots. Choosen hosts were Irina Rimes together with Irina Rimes, they were presenters for whole 3 shows - 2 Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

Fourty-Two countries confirmed their participation in Tiraspol. Two countries decided to withdraw, Brazil, Uzbekistan. Two countries returned to the contest, Japan after three editions of break and [Thailand]] after three edition of break as well. Three countries debuted in contest, Aremenia, Azerbaijan and Slovenia.

**Germany** won Glorious Song Contest 06 with total of 342 points, official runner-up become **Andorra** with score of 332 points. **Armenia** reached third place with 308 points and The Netherlands, Finland, Russia completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in seventh edition.

## Location

### Tiraspol

**Tiraspol** is the capital of Transnistria (de facto), a breakaway state in Moldova (de jure), where it is the second largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of light industry, such as furniture and electrical goods production.The modern city of Tiraspol was founded by the Russian generalissimo Alexander Suvorov in 1792, although the area had been inhabited for thousands of years by varying ethnic groups. The city celebrates its anniversary every year on 14 October.

### Sheriff Stadium

     **Sheriff Stadium** (or Glavnaya Arena of Complexul Sheriif) is home to Sheriff Tiraspol, a football team based in Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria, Moldova. It is owned by the local Sheriff corporation. It seats 12,746 spectators. The Moldova national football team played some of their international home matches at the stadium. It occupies a territory of more than 40 hectares and consists of the main field plus five other fields, training fields, a covered indoor arena for winter use as well as a soccer school for children and on-site residences for the players of FC Sheriff. A five star luxury hotel is under construction.

## Presenter

### Natalia Gordienko

**Natalia Gordienko** is a Moldovan singer and dancer. Alongside Arsenium and Connect-R, she represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Loca" and placed 20th. She was selected to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Prison"; however, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, she represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Sugar" and placed 13th with 115 points.

### Irina Rimes

**Irina Rimes**, also known as Irina Remesh or Irra, is a Moldovan singer and songwriter, who is one of the four coaches of the Romanian talent show Vocea României. She works and lives in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019 the artist was chosen by Warner Bros Animation to provide the Romanian voice of Whatevra Wanabi in the animated movie The Lego Movie 2

## Results

### Semi-Final 01

Eighteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Moldova, Argentina and Lithuania has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Semi-Final 02

Eighteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. United Kingdom, Andorra and Portugal has to vote in this semi-final as well.