Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Why Angels Cry" performed by Annet Artani. The song placed 15th in the semi-final with 57 points and therefore did not qualify for the final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
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| Country |  Cyprus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | A Song for Europe | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 11 February 2006 12 February 2006 Final 22 February 2006 | |||
| Selected entrant | Annet Artani | |||
| Selected song | "Why Angels Cry" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (15th, 57 points) | |||
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Before Eurovision
A Song for Europe
A Song for Europe was the national final format developed by CyBC in order to select Cyprus' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The competition commenced on 11 February 2006 and concluded with the final on 22 February 2006. The three shows took place at the CyBC Studio 3 in Nicosia and were hosted by Alex Michael and Christina Marouchou. The shows were broadcast on RIK 1, RIK Sat as well as online via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy. The show was also broadcast in Greece via the channel ERT Sat.[1]
Format
The competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 11 and 12 February 2006 and the final on 22 February 2006. Each semi-final included ten competing entries and the top five progressed to the final, which selected the winner from the remaining ten entries. Results during the semi-finals were determined exclusively by public televoting. In the final, the winner was determined by regional televoting. The voting results of each of the five regions in Cyprus were converted to points from 1-8, 10 and 12 and assigned to the ten competing entries. A sixth set of votes was also assigned to the entries based on the overall voting result.
Competing entries
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 24 September 2005 and early December 2005. Artists and composers from any nationality were able to submit entries, however songs could not be submitted to other broadcasters participating in the 2006 contest. At the conclusion of the deadline, 114 entries were received by CyBC. Twenty entries were selected by a selection committee and announced on 4 January 2006.[2] On 11 and 12 January 2006, nine entries were disqualified as they have either been submitted to other broadcasters participating in the 2006 contest, or have been released before the broadcast of the semi-finals. They were replaced by an additional nine entries from the remaining submissions received.[3][4]
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas Konstatinidis | "Love on the Weekend" | Michalis Rousos, John Vickers |
| Annet Artani | "Why Angels Cry" | Petros Giannaki |
| Antonis Poorkou & Elena Georgiou | "To s'agapo" | Antonis Poorkou, Helena Georgiou |
| Constantinos Andronikou | "Everytime I Close My Eyes" | Konstantinos Andronikou, Giorgos Ktorides |
| Eleftheria feat. Maria Zorli | "Play That Melody to Me" | Eric Babak |
| Eleni Andreou | "Just Your Smile" | Valeria Partali |
| Eleni Skarpari | "Don't Crack Now" | Mike Connaris, Paul Brown |
| Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Andreou | "Land of Yesterday" | Petros Moschovakis, Joyce Kokkinou, Michalis Hadjimichail |
| Giorgos Gavriel | "If You Asked Me to Lie" | Matheson Bayley |
| Heleni & The Jetz | "Invincible" | Mike Connaris, Tarn-Marie Taylor |
| Irini Athanassiou | "Just a Dance" | Marios Anastasiou, Christina Georgiou |
| Lefki Stylianou | "Lost in Love" | Lefki Stylianou, Antreas Paraskeva |
| Liana | "I Need You to Need Me" | Michael Neofitou, Sotira Hadjipanayi |
| Lizzi Marcroft | "When I See You Dreamin'" | Dimitris Laskaridis, Lizzi Marcroft |
| Marina Solonos | "I'm a Fighter" | John Themis, Rachel Charles, Marina Solonos |
| Marios Tofi | "Congratulations" | Christodoulos Siganos, Valentino |
| Nick Nikolaou & Viky Anastasiou | "Funky" | Christos Kiriakidis |
| Patrick Babak | "We All Are Heroes" | Eric Babak, Patrick Babak |
| Theodoti Alexandrou | "Night's Shadows" | Fotis Mousoulidis, Kiriakos Pastides |
| Valanto Trifonos | "After You" | Giannis Charalampous, Natasa Tyrimou, Valanto Trifonos |
| Disqualified Entries | ||
| N/A | "Break of Dawn" | Ola Larson, Fredrik Hult, Jonas Engstrand |
| "C'est la vie" | Tomasz Galkowski, Katarzyna Szczolek | |
| "Come Back My Heart" | Jesús María Pérez, Amaya Martínez Barrio | |
| "Forever and For Good" | Eric Babak, Patrick Babak | |
| "I Will Always Love You" | Tony Back | |
| "It's Over" | Tomasz Galkowski, Mel Baranowska | |
| "Join the Samba" | Ola Larson, Fredrik Hult, Jonas Engstrand | |
| "Things Just Work Out Sometimes" | Stig Nygard, Nina Lassander | |
| "This Is the Night" | Timo Tulone | |
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 11 February 2006. Ten entries competed and public televoting selected the top five entries to progress to the final: "Love on the Weekend" performed by Andreas Konstatinidis, "I'm a Fighter" performed by Marina Solonos, "Just Your Smile" performed by Eleni Andreou, "Funky" performed by Nick Nikolaou & Vicky Anastassiou and "Why Angels Cry" performed by Annet Artani. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by 1990 Spanish Eurovision entrants Azúcar Moreno and 1998, 2005 and 2009 Maltese Eurovision entrant Chiara.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Konstatinidis | "Love on the Weekend" | Finalist |
| 2 | Marina Solonos | "I'm a Fighter" | Finalist |
| 3 | Heleni & The Jetz | "Invincible" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Eleni Andreou | "Just Your Smile" | Finalist |
| 5 | Irini Athanassiou | "Just a Dance" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Giorgos Gavriel | "If You Asked Me to Lie" | Eliminated |
| 7 | Liana | "I Need You to Need Me" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Lizzi Marcroft | "When I See You Dreamin'" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Nick Nikolaou & Vicky Anastassiou | "Funky" | Finalist |
| 10 | Annet Artani | "Why Angels Cry" | Finalist |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 12 February 2006. Ten entries competed and public televoting selected the top five entries to progress to the final: "Play That Melody to Me" performed by Eleftheria feat. Maria Zorli, "Land of Yesterday" performed by Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Andreou, "Congratulations" performed by Marios Tofi, "Everytime I Close My Eyes" performed by Constantinos Andronikou and "After You" performed by Valanto Trifonos. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by Maro Litra and 2000 British Eurovision entrant Nicki French.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleftheria feat. Maria Zorli | "Play That Melody to Me" | Finalist |
| 2 | Lefki Stylianou | "Lost in Love" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Andreou | "Land of Yesterday" | Finalist |
| 4 | Theodoti Alexandrou | "Night's Shadows" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Marios Tofi | "Congratulations" | Finalist |
| 6 | Constantinos Andronikou | "Everytime I Close My Eyes" | Finalist |
| 7 | Patrick Babak | "We All Are Heroes" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Antonis Poorkou & Elena Georgiou | "To s'agapo" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Valanto Trifonos | "After You" | Finalist |
| 10 | Eleni Skarpari | "Don't Crack Now" | Eliminated |
Final
The final took place on 22 February 2006. The ten entries selected from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner, "Why Angels Cry" performed by Annet Artani, was selected by regional televoting.[6] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by Stavros Konstantinou, 1984 and 1992 Irish Eurovision entrant Linda Martin and 2001 and 2006 Maltese Eurovision entrant Fabrizio Faniello.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleftheria feat. Maria Zorli | "Play That Melody to Me" | 32 | 7 |
| 2 | Marina Solonos | "I’m A Fighter" | 23 | 9 |
| 3 | Annet Artani | "Why Angels Cry" | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Andreou | "Land of Yesterday" | 44 | 3 |
| 5 | Andreas Konstantinidis | "Love on the Weekend" | 35 | 5 |
| 6 | Marios Tofi | "Congratulations" | 46 | 2 |
| 7 | Constantinos Andronikou | "Everytime I Close My Eyes" | 25 | 8 |
| 8 | Eleni Andreou | "Just Your Smile" | 17 | 10 |
| 9 | Nick Nikolaou & Viky Anastasiou | "Funky" | 34 | 6 |
| 10 | Valanto Trifonos | "After You" | 41 | 4 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Paphos | Limassol | Larnaca | Famagusta | Nicosia | Cyprus | Total | |||
| 1 | "Play That Melody to Me" | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | |||
| 2 | "I’m A Fighter" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | |||
| 3 | "Why Angels Cry" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 51 | |||
| 4 | "Land of Yesterday" | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 44 | |||
| 5 | "Love on the Weekend" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 35 | |||
| 6 | "Congratulations" | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 46 | |||
| 7 | "Everytime I Close My Eyes" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 8 | "Just Your Smile" | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 9 | "Funky" | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | |||
| 10 | "After You" | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 41 | |||
At Eurovision
Because Cyprus placed 18th at the 2005 contest, Annet was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. At the Eurovision semi-final, performed 9th, following Ireland and preceding the Monaco she came 15th in the semi-final with 57 points, and failed to reach the final. Therefore, Cyprus had to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2007.
Points awarded by Cyprus
Semi final
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Final
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References
- Bakker, Sietse (22 February 2006). "Tonight: Cyprus decides for Athens".
- "CyBC announces song titles and writers". Esctoday. January 4, 2006.
- Bakker, Sietse (January 11, 2006). "Controversial problems Cyprus reach climax". Esctoday.
- Bakker, Sietse (January 12, 2006). "Two new changes on Cypriot list". Esctoday.
- Mantzilas, Dimitrios (11 January 2019). "Κύπρος 2006: Αννέτ Αρτάνι με σκάνδαλα, μπάχαλα, σούφερα, σκύβαλα και ντράβαλα". INFE Greece (in Greek).
- Bakker, Sietse (2006-02-22). "Annette Artani to represent Cyprus in Athens". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
External links
- eurovisionclub.com - Eurovision Song Contest news site, in Greek
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