Eurovision Song Contest 2006

"Eurovision 2006" redirects here. For the Junior Contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Feel The Rhythm
Dates
Semi-final 18 May 2006 (2006-05-18)
Final 20 May 2006 (2006-05-20)
Host
Venue Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Athens, Greece
Presenter(s) Maria Menounos
Sakis Rouvas
Director Volker Weicker
Executive supervisor Svante Stockselius
Executive producer Fotini Yannoulatou
Host broadcaster Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT)
Opening act
Interval act
Participants
Number of entries 37
Debuting countries  Armenia
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries
  •  Austria
  •  Hungary
  •  Serbia and Montenegro
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Vote
Voting system Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs
Nul points None
Winning song  Finland
"Hard Rock Hallelujah"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2006 • 2007►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT). The 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 detailed information of every country.

The 2006 contest also saw the 1,000th song to be performed in the contest, when "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" by Ireland's Brian Kennedy was first sung in the semi-final. Armenia also entered for the first time in the contest.

Location

For more details on the host city, see Athens.
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens - host venue of the 2006 contest.

The venue that was chosen as the host venue, was the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, the capital city of Greece.

Format

Visual design

The official logo of the contest remained the same from 2004 and 2005 with the country's flag in the 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 in a Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the EBU.

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.

Shaded countries qualified for the Eurovision Final

Draw Country Artist Song Language[3] 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, Russian1 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" English2 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

Notes

1.^ The song also contained phrases in Spanish.
2.^ The song also contained phrases in French.

Final

The finalists were:

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" (Нинанајна) English, Macedonian 12 56
12  Romania Mihai Trăistariu "Tornerò" 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 était temps" French 22 5
20  Croatia Severina "Moja štikla" 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 Tüzün "Süper Star" Turkish, English 11 91
24  Armenia André "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
  2.  Andorra - Xavi Palma
  3.  Romania - Andreea Marin Bănică (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006)
  4.  Denmark - Jørgen de Mylius
  5.  Latvia - Mārtiņš Freimanis (Latvian singer in the 2003 Contest as part of F.L.Y.)
  6.  Portugal - Cristina Alves
  7.  Sweden - Jovan Radomir
  8.  Finland - Nina Tapio
  9.  Belgium - Yasmine (Hilde Rens)
  10.  Croatia - Mila Horvat
  11.  Serbia and Montenegro - Jovana Janković (Host of the 2008 Contest)
  12.  Norway - Ingvild Helljesen
  13.  Estonia - Evelin Samuel (Estonian singer in the 1999 Contest and veteran of several 1990s Eurolauls)
  14.  Ireland - Eimear Quinn (Irish winner of the 1996 Contest)
  15.  Malta - Moira Delia (Presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014)
  16.  Lithuania - Lavija Šurnaitė
  17.  Cyprus - Constantinos Christoforou (Cypriot singer in the 1996, 2002 and 2005 Contests)
  18.  Netherlands - Paul de Leeuw
  19.   Switzerland - Jubaira Bachmann
  20.  Ukraine - Igor Posypaiko
  21.  Russia - Yana Churikova (Commentator of the 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 contests for Channel One)
  22.  Poland - Maciej Orłoś
  23.  United Kingdom - Fearne Cotton
  24.  Armenia - Gohar Gasparyan (Co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011)
  25.  France - Sophie Jovillard
  26.  Belarus - Corrianna
  27.  Germany - Thomas Hermanns
  28.  Spain - Sonia Ferrer
  29.  Moldova - Svetlana Cocoş
  30.  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vesna Andree-Zaimović
  31.  Iceland - Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
  32.  Monaco - Églantine Eméyé
  33.  Israel - Dana Herman
  34.  Albania - Leon Menkshi
  35.  Greece - Alexis Kostalas
  36.  Bulgaria - Dragomir Simeonov
  37.  Macedonia - Martin Vučić (Macedonian singer in the 2005 Contest)
  38.  Turkey - Meltem Yazgan

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

Other Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon 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 Björkman (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 Bezençon.[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
(Voted by previous winners)		  Sweden "Invincible" Carola Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren,
Henrik Wikström, Carola		 5th 170
Composer Award  Bosnia and Herzegovina "Lejla" Hari Mata Hari Željko Joksimović,
Fahrudin Pecikoza, Dejan Ivanović		 3rd 229
Press Award  Finland "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi Mr. Lordi 1st 292

Barbara Dex Award

Further information: 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 José Manuel Afonso, Elvis Veiguinha

Other countries

Withdrawals

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.

Noteworthy occurrences and records

From the Final

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 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.
Azerbaijan 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.
Italy 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
Gibraltar screened only the final.


Commentators

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released 28 April 2006
Genre Pop
Length
  • 53:38 (CD 1)
  • 56:12 (CD 2)
Label CMC
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2005
(2005)		 Eurovision Song Contest: Athens 2006
(2006)		 Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
(2007)

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 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. TitleArtist Length
1. "Sense tu" (Andorra)Jenny 3:00
2. "Zjarr e ftohtë" (Albania)Luiz Ejlli 3:10
3. "Without Your Love" (Armenia)André 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
8. "If We All Give a Little" (Switzerland)six4one 3:02
9. "Why Angels Cry" (Cyprus)Annet Artani 2:58
10. "No No Never" (Germany)Texas Lightning 3:00
11. "Twist of Love" (Denmark)Sidsel Ben Semmane 3:00
12. "Through My Window" (Estonia)Sandra Oxenryd 3:01
13. "Un Blodymary" (Spain)Las Ketchup 3:01
14. "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (Finland)Lordi 3:01
15. "Il était temps" (France)Virginie Pouchain 2:57
16. "Teenage Life" (United Kingdom)Daz Sampson 3:03
17. "Everything" (Greece)Anna Vissi 3:00
18. "Moja štikla" (Croatia)Severina 2:56
Total length:
 53:38
CD 2
No. TitleArtist 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)Séverine 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 Trăistariu 3:00
15. "Never Let You Go" (Russia)Dima Bilan 3:00
16. "Invincible" (Sweden)Carola 3:00
17. "Mr Nobody" (Slovenia)Anžej Dežan 3:02
18. "Süper Star" (Turkey)Sibel Tüzün 3:01
19. "Show Me Your Love" (Ukraine)Tina Karol 2:55
Total length:
 56:12

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