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 in the Eurovision Song Contest

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	Annet 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	Annet 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.

Points Awarded by Cyprus

Semi final

12 points	Armenia
10 points	Russia
8 points	Bulgaria
7 points	Finland
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Belgium

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Romania
8 points	Russia
7 points	Armenia
6 points	Ukraine
5 points	Finland
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	United Kingdom