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

• Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2006

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bakker, Sietse (2006-02-22). "Annette Artani to represent Cyprus in Athens". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5644. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 

External links

• eurovisionclub.com - Eurovision Song Contest news site, in Greek