Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
| Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |
| Country |
Cyprus |
| National selection |
| Selection process |
A Song for Europe |
| Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals
February 11, 2006
February 12, 2006
Final
February 22, 2006 |
| Selected entrant |
Annet Artani |
| Selected song |
"Why Angels Cry" |
| Finals performance |
| Semi-final result |
Failed to qualify (15th) |
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.
A Song for Europe
A Song for Europe, the Cypriot national final, consisted of two semi-finals held on February 11 and February 12, 2006 with a final held on February 22, 2006. Each semi-final had ten contestants, five of which were selected by regional televoting to continue to the final. At the final, held in CyBC studios and hosted by Alex Michael & Christina Marouchou, the winning contestant was once again chosen by televoting.[1] Annet Artani won the final with the song "Why Angels Cry" written by Petros Yiannaki.
Semi-final 1, 11 February 2006
| Draw |
Song |
Singer |
| 1 |
Love On The Weekend |
Andreas Konstatinidis |
| 2 |
I’m A Fighter |
Marina Solonos |
| 3 |
Invincible |
Eleni Paris |
| 4 |
Just Your Smile |
Eleni Andreou |
| 5 |
Just A Dance |
Irini Athanassiou |
| 6 |
If You Asked Me To Lie |
Giorgos Gavriel |
| 7 |
I Need You To Need Me |
Liana |
| 8 |
When I See You Dreamin' |
Lizzi Marcroft |
| 9 |
Funky |
Nick Nikolaou & Vicky Anastassiou |
| 10 |
Why Angels Cry |
Annette Artani |
Semi-final 2, 12 February
| Draw |
Song |
Singer |
| 1 |
Play That Melody to Me |
Eleftheria feat. Maria Zorli |
| 2 |
Lost In Love |
Marina Solonos |
| 3 |
Land of Yesterday |
Evagoras Evagorou & Chrisi Antreou |
| 4 |
Night's Shadows |
Theodoti Alexandrou |
| 5 |
Congratulations |
Marios Tofi |
| 6 |
Everytime I Close My Eyes |
Constantinos Andronikou |
| 7 |
We All Are Heroes |
Patrick Babak |
| 8 |
To S'agapo |
Antonis Poorkou & Helena Georgiou |
| 9 |
After You |
Valanto Trifonos |
| 10 |
Don't Crack Now |
Eleni Paris |
Result of National final
| Draw |
Song |
Singer |
Points[1] |
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 Tofi |
46 |
2nd |
| 7 |
Everytime I Close My Eyes |
Constantinos 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 |
At Eurovision
At the Eurovision semi-final, she came 15th in the semifinal with 57 points, and therefore failed to reach the final.
See also
References
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Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.
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