Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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Annette Artani will represent Cyprus in Athens.

Cyprus’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen on February 22 during a show entitled "Song For Europe". The Cypriot public selected its entry from ten songs, though it was Annette Artani who gained the most points with her ballad Why Angels Cry. Her song was a favourite after the semi-finals took place a week before the final. The song is written and composed by Petros Yiannaki.

At the Eurovision, she came 15th in the semifinal with 57 points, and therefore failed to reach the final.

Annette Artani, whose real name is Annette Stamatelatos, was born in New York City to Greek immigrants. At a young age, Annette expressed her interest and love for music. She gained more experience by being a backing vocal for the Britney Spears "Dream Within a Dream" tour. She collaborated with Britney Spears and wrote the song "Everytime", which became an international hit. True to her roots, Annette's songs fuse the oud and bouzouki laced instrumentations of her Greek culture with a modern, city-wise pop, rock, and blues sound. She participated on the third edition of the Greek show Fame Story and although she did not win, she went on to release a single called "Amor", which quickly became popular.

[edit] Result of National Final

№	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	Play that melody to me	Eleftheria featuring Maria Zorli	32	7th
2	I’m A Fighter	Marina Solonos	23	9th
3	Why Angels Cry	Annette Artani	51	1st
4	Land of Yesterday	Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Antreou	44	3rd
5	Love on the Weekend	Andreas Konstantinidis	35	5th
6	Congratulations	Marios Tofis	46	2nd
7	Everytime I Close My Eyes	Kostas Andronikou	25	8th
8	Just Your Smile	Eleni Andreou	17	10th
9	Funky	Nick Nikolaou & Vicky Anastassiou	34	6th
10	After You	Valanto Trifonos	41	4th