BoNF 2006

Best of National Finals 2006

2006′s edition was the first I ever did; it was held during the spring of 2006, between April and May, as explained in the rules here. 37 countries took part in the 2006 Eurovisiong Song Contest. 30 of them used some sort of national finals in which 469 songs were performed. I wrote down a list of 75 songs I liked and then came up with these top 30:

Albania | “Gjysëm ëndërr je o grua” Ermiona Lekbello
Albania | “Lotë dashurie” Guximtar Rushani
Albania | “Mall” Armando Bimi
Albania | “Vjeshtë me ty” Sonila Mara
Belgium | “Als ik je morgen ergens tegenkom” Els de Schepper
Belgium | “Hier sta ik” Fantoom
Belgium | “Someone is calling” Zenna
Bosnia & Herzegovina | “Lejla” Hari Mata Hari
Croatia | “Nježne rijeci” Ibrica Jusić
Estonia | “Higher” Glow
Finland | “Eternally” Ville Pusa & Christa Renwall
Finland | “Liian aikaisin” Katariina Hänninen
Finland | “Pala taivasta” Katariina Hänninen
Finland | “Toinen minä” Kilpi
Iceland | “Þér við hli” Regína Ósk
Latvia | “Say it is” Marts Kristians Kalninš & Melo-Mania
Latvia | “You say that kissin’ is good” H20
Lithuania | “Alright” N.E.O.
Lithuania | “Colder” Halo
FYR Macedonia | “More od solzi” Lambe Alabakovski
Malta | “This heart of mine” Trilogy
Malta | “Waves” Nadine Axisa
Montenegro | “Andjeo u ocima” Crveno I Crno
Montenegro | “Moja ljubavi” No Name
Montenegro | “Naci cu te” Jelena Kažanegra
Russia | “Never let you go” Dima Bilan
Serbia | “Kapija” Biber
Sweden | “En droppe regn” Niclas Wahlgren
Sweden | “Night of passion” The Poodles
Sweden | “Temple of love” Bodies Without Organs

Semifinal

My friends recieved the mp3 of these 30 songs and they have graded each of them with a 1 (awful) through 5 (great) system. For the first BoNF years, I did not save the full results (just like old Eurovision lol) but only the ranking. And so we have from 30th to 16th:

30  Lithuania | “Colder” Halo
29 Russia | “Never let you go” Dima Bilan
28 Sweden | “En droppe regn” Niclas Wahlgren
27 Belgium | “Someone is calling” Zenna
26 Lithuania | “Alright” N.E.O.
25 Albania | “Lotë dashurie” Guximtar Rushani
24 Malta | “This heart of mine” Trilogy
23 Montenegro | “Naci cu te” Jelena Kažanegra
22 Albania | “Mall” Armando Bimi
21 Croatia | “Nježne rijeci” Ibrica Jusić
20 Finland | “Liian aikaisin” Katariina Hänninen
19 Serbia | “Kapija” Biber
18  Albania | “Vjeshtë me ty” Sonila Mara
17 Estonia | “Higher” Glow
16 Belgium | “Hier sta ik” Fantoom

Final

So now that I had all 15 finalists, I used a computer “random playlist” to get the running order for the final:

01
Belgium
“Als ik je morgen ergens tegenkom”
Els de Schepper

02
FYR Macedonia
“More od solzi”
Lambe Alabakovski

03
Malta
“Waves”
Nadine Axisa

04
Latvia
“You say that kissin’ is good”
H20

05
Albania
“Gjysëm ëndërr je o grua”
Ermiona Lekbello

06
Finland
“Eternally”
Ville Pusa & Christa Renwall

07
Iceland
“Þér við hli”
Regína Ósk

08
Sweden
“Night of passion”
The Poodles

09
Montenegro
“Andjeo u ocima”
Crveno I Crno

10
Finland
“Toinen minä”
Kilpi

11
Latvia
“Say it is”
Marts Kristians Kalninš & Melo-Mania

12
Montenegro
“Moja ljubavi”
No Name

13
Finland
“Pala taivasta”
Katariina Hänninen

14
Sweden
“Temple of love”
Bodies Without Organs

15
Bosnia & Herzegovina
“Lejla”
Hari Mata Hari

Results

If you don’t remember those songs, you can check BoNF’s youtube page or this recap video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=801qFBGhRck