The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 May 2006 in Athens, Greece following Helena Paparizou's victory the previous year with the song "My Number One".
No countries made their return while Armenia made its debut. Austria, Hungary and Serbia and Montenegro all withdrew from competing, although the latter still had the opportunity to vote.
After 45 years of participation, Finland won for the first time with hard rock act Lordi, who performed the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". It was the first time ever that a song in this genre had won the Contest.
Participants[]
Returning artists[]
Artist | Note |
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Ich Troje | Represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga with the song "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic", finishing in 7th points with 90 points |
Carola | Represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich with the song "Främling", finishing in 3rd place with 126 points. Gave the country its third win at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 in Rome with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" |
Semi Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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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 | Without you | 23 | 8 |
05 | Belarus | Polina Smolova | "Mum" | English | - | 22 | 10 |
06 | Albania | Luiz Ejlli | "Zjarr e ftohtë" | Albanian | Fire and cold | 14 | 58 |
07 | Belgium | Kate Ryan | "Je t'adore" | English | I love you | 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 | The Coco Dance | 21 | 14 |
11 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Elena Risteska | "Ninanajna" | 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 | Superstar | 8 | 91 |
15 | Ukraine | Tina Karol | "Show Me Your Love" | English | - | 7 | 146 |
16 | Finland | Lordi | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | English | - | 1 | 292 |
17 | The 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 | Meaningless things | 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 | Layla | 2 | 267 |
23 | Iceland | Silvia Night | "Congratulations" | English | - | 13 | 62 |
Final[]
Draw | Country | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Switzerland | six4one | "If We All Give a Little" | English | - | 16 | 30 |
02 | Moldova | Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko feat. Connect-R | "Loca" | English, Spanish | Crazy | 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 | The elf dace | 14 | 36 |
06 | Spain | Las Ketchup | "Un Blodymary" | Spanish | A Bloody Mary | 21 | 18 |
07 | Malta | Fabrizio Faniello | "I Do" | English | - | 24 | 1 |
08 | Germany | Texas Lightning | "No No Never" | English | - | 15 | 36 |
09 | Denmark | Sidsel Ben Semmane | "Twist of Love" | English | - | 18 | 26 |
10 | Russia | Dima Bilan | "Never Let You Go" | English | - | 2 | 248 |
11 | F.Y.R. Macedonia | Elena Risteska | "Ninanajna" | English, Macedonian | - | 12 | 56 |
12 | Romania | Mihai Trăistariu | "Tornerò" | English, Italian | I Will Return | 4 | 172 |
13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hari Mata Hari | "Lejla" | Bosnian | - | 3 | 229 |
14 | Lithuania | LT United | "We Are the Winners" | English | - | 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 était temps" | French | It's about time | 22 | 5 |
20 | Croatia | Severina | "Moja štikla" | Croatian | My high heel | 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 Tüzün | "Süper Star" | Turkish, English | Superstar | 11 | 91 |
24 | Armenia | André | "Without Your Love" | English | - | 8 | 129 |