Best of Eurovision
| Best of Eurovision (Grand Prix Hitliste) | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final date | 20 May 2006 |
| Host | |
| Venue | NDR Studios, Hamburg, Germany |
| Executive supervisor | Svante Stockselius |
| Host broadcaster | EBU, NDR |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Televote, jury vote and online poll. (Germany only) |
| Winning song |
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The Best of Eurovision (Grand Prix Hitliste) was a unique contest, held in Hamburg, Germany, on May 20, 2006. Its aim was to determine the best song from the Eurovision Song Contest, by means of an opinion poll. Eurovision winners and German Eurovision entries competed. Only entries from 1960 to 2005 were included in the contest.
On the television programme "Best of Eurovision", Ruslana's "Wild Dances" was presented as the winner, ahead of famous songs, such as "Waterloo" and Germany's "Ein bisschen Frieden", which finished sixth and twelfth, respectively. The programme was viewed by a television audience of approximately six million people in Germany.[1]
Participating countries
The top nineteen Eurovision acts voted for in a online poll participated in the live show. No acts were performed live but their original performances in their respective years was shown to viewers instead. After all nineteen songs were shown the voting lines opened by televote and once again via online poll. All votes were combined and counted as the final results. At the end of the show Ruslana was announced as the winner with a 7251 vote lead over runner-up Sertab Erener.
| Year | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  France | French | Jacqueline Boyer | "Tom Pillibi" | Tom Pillibi | 19 | 6208 |
| 1972 |  Germany | German | Mary Roos | "Nur Die Liebe Läßt Uns Leben" | Only Love Lets Us Live | 11 | 8423 |
| 1972 |  Luxembourg | French | Vicky Leandros | "Après toi" | After You | 3 | 57514 |
| 1973 | Luxembourg | French | Anne-Marie David | "Tu Te Reconnaîtras" | You will recognise yourself | 17 | 6278 |
| 1974 |  Sweden | English | ABBA | "Waterloo" | — | 6 | 21659 |
| 1977 | France | French | Marie Myriam | "L'oiseau et l'enfant" | The bird and the child | 16 | 6287 |
| 1979 | Germany | German | Dschinghis Khan | "Dschinghis Khan" | Genghis Khan | 15 | 7321 |
| 1981 | Germany | German | Lena Valaitis | "Johnny Blue" | — | 9 | 13506 |
| 1981 |  United Kingdom | English | Bucks Fizz | "Making Your Mind Up" | — | 8 | 15011 |
| 1982 | Germany | German | Nicole | "Ein bißchen Frieden" | A little peace | 12 | 8092 |
| 1985 | Germany | German | Wind | "Für Alle" | For everyone | 13 | 7821 |
| 1985 |  Norway | Norwegian | Bobbysocks | "La Det Swinge" | Let it swing | 14 | 7420 |
| 1986 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | French | Sandra Kim | "J'aime La Vie" | I love life | 18 | 6227 |
| 1993 | Germany | German | Münchner Freiheit | "Viel Zu Weit" | Much Too Far | 10 | 10225 |
| 2003 |  Turkey | English | Sertab Erener | "Every Way That I Can" | — | 2 | 63958 |
| 2004 | Germany | English, Turkish | Max | "Can't Wait Until Tonight" | — | 5 | 24084 |
| 2004 |  Ukraine | English, Ukrainian | Ruslana | "Wild Dances" | — | 1 | 71209 |
| 2005 | Germany | English | Gracia | "Run & Hide" | — | 7 | 19157 |
| 2005 |  Greece | English | Helena Paparizou | "My Number One" | — | 4 | 51960 |
References
- ↑ Busa, Alexandru (2007-05-24). "Ruslana - The best of Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
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