Athens, Thursday, 18 May 2006

Eurovision 2006: the semi-final, vote by vote

23 songs, 38 countries voting. Finland finished first on 292 points; ten songs went through to the final.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    Finland Lordi “Hard Rock Hallelujah”

    Sang no. 16 · through, 1st in the final

    Top marks from Sweden, Estonia, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany and Iceland

    292 pts
  2. 2

    Bosnia and Herzegovina Hari Mata Hari “Lejla”

    Sang no. 22 · through, 3rd in the final

    Top marks from Slovenia, Romania, Finland, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Norway, Switzerland, Monaco and Turkey

    267 pts
  3. 3

    Russia Dima Bilan “Never Let You Go”

    Sang no. 13 · through, 2nd in the final

    Top marks from Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Israel and Bulgaria

    217 pts
  4. 4

    Sweden Carola “Invincible”

    Sang no. 20 · through, 5th in the final

    Top marks from Denmark, Portugal and Malta

    214 pts
  5. 5

    Lithuania LT United “We Are the Winners”

    Sang no. 18 · through, 6th in the final

    Top marks from Ireland

    163 pts
  6. 6

    Armenia André “Without Your Love”

    Sang no. 1 · through, 8th in the final

    Top marks from Belgium, Cyprus, Netherlands, Russia, France and Spain

    150 pts
  7. 7

    Ukraine Tina Karol “Show Me Your Love”

    Sang no. 15 · through, 7th in the final

    146 pts
  8. 8

    Turkey Sibel Tüzün “Süper Star”

    Sang no. 14 · through, 11th in the final

    Top marks from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    91 pts
  9. 9

    Ireland Brian Kennedy “Every Song Is a Cry for Love”

    Sang no. 8 · through, 10th in the final

    79 pts
  10. 10

    Macedonia Elena Risteska “Ninanajna (Нинанајна)”

    Sang no. 11 · through, 12th in the final

    Top marks from Albania

    76 pts
  11. 11

    Poland Ich Troje “Follow My Heart”

    Sang no. 12 · out

    70 pts
  12. 12

    Belgium Kate Ryan “Je t'adore”

    Sang no. 7 · out

    69 pts
  13. 13

    Iceland Silvía Night “Congratulations”

    Sang no. 23 · out

    62 pts
  14. 14

    Albania Luiz Ejlli “Zjarr e ftohtë”

    Sang no. 6 · out

    Top marks from Macedonia

    58 pts
  15. 15

    Cyprus Annet Artani “Why Angels Cry”

    Sang no. 9 · out

    Top marks from Greece

    57 pts
  16. 16

    Slovenia Anžej Dežan “Mr. Nobody”

    Sang no. 3 · out

    49 pts
  17. 17

    Bulgaria Mariana Popova “Let Me Cry”

    Sang no. 2 · out

    36 pts
  18. 18

    Estonia Sandra “Through My Window”

    Sang no. 21 · out

    28 pts
  19. 19

    Portugal Nonstop “Coisas de nada”

    Sang no. 19 · out

    Top marks from Andorra

    26 pts
  20. 20

    Netherlands Treble “Amambanda”

    Sang no. 17 · out

    22 pts
  21. 21

    Monaco Séverine Ferrer “La Coco-Dance”

    Sang no. 10 · out

    14 pts
  22. 22

    Belarus Polina Smolova “Mum”

    Sang no. 5 · out

    10 pts
  23. 23

    Andorra Jenny “Sense tu”

    Sang no. 4 · out

    8 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down.

  1. Slovenia

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Macedonia
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Lithuania
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Ukraine
    • 1 Albania
  2. Andorra

    • 12 Portugal
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Belgium
    • 6 Ukraine
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Monaco
    • 2 Netherlands
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3. Romania

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Turkey
    • 8 Ukraine
    • 7 Russia
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Cyprus
    • 3 Lithuania
    • 2 Armenia
    • 1 Macedonia
  4. Denmark

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Lithuania
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Estonia
    • 1 Russia
  5. Latvia

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Lithuania
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Estonia
    • 6 Ukraine
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Poland
    • 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 1 Iceland
  6. Portugal

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Ukraine
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Russia
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Iceland
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Bulgaria
  7. Sweden

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Estonia
    • 7 Russia
    • 6 Iceland
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Lithuania
    • 3 Armenia
    • 2 Albania
    • 1 Ireland
  8. Finland

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Lithuania
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Russia
    • 5 Estonia
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Ukraine
    • 1 Slovenia
  9. Belgium

    • 12 Armenia
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 Lithuania
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Russia
    • 1 Poland
  10. Croatia

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Macedonia
    • 7 Albania
    • 6 Slovenia
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Russia
    • 2 Ukraine
    • 1 Iceland
  11. Serbia and Montenegro

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Macedonia
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Slovenia
    • 6 Russia
    • 5 Ukraine
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Lithuania
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Ireland
  12. Norway

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Albania
    • 2 Poland
    • 1 Turkey
  13. Estonia

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Russia
    • 8 Lithuania
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Iceland
    • 4 Ukraine
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Monaco
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  14. Ireland

    • 12 Lithuania
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Poland
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Belgium
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Ukraine
    • 2 Iceland
    • 1 Estonia
  15. Malta

    • 12 Sweden
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Russia
    • 7 Belgium
    • 6 Ireland
    • 5 Slovenia
    • 4 Cyprus
    • 3 Ukraine
    • 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 1 Poland
  16. Lithuania

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Poland
    • 7 Iceland
    • 6 Ukraine
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Ireland
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Netherlands
  17. Cyprus

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

    • 12 Armenia
    • 10 Turkey
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Belgium
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Ireland
    • 2 Poland
    • 1 Russia
  19. Switzerland

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Albania
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 Portugal
    • 6 Macedonia
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Armenia
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Cyprus
  20. Ukraine

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Poland
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Armenia
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Lithuania
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Cyprus
    • 2 Slovenia
    • 1 Belarus
  21. Russia

    • 12 Armenia
    • 10 Ukraine
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 6 Belarus
    • 5 Poland
    • 4 Lithuania
    • 3 Sweden
    • 2 Albania
    • 1 Ireland
  22. Poland

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Lithuania
    • 8 Russia
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Ukraine
    • 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Armenia
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Monaco
  23. United Kingdom

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Lithuania
    • 8 Ireland
    • 7 Cyprus
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Iceland
    • 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 3 Armenia
    • 2 Albania
    • 1 Poland
  24. Armenia

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Ukraine
    • 8 Macedonia
    • 7 Cyprus
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 4 Netherlands
    • 3 Poland
    • 2 Slovenia
    • 1 Albania
  25. France

    • 12 Armenia
    • 10 Turkey
    • 8 Monaco
    • 7 Portugal
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Bulgaria
    • 3 Belgium
    • 2 Poland
    • 1 Iceland
  26. Belarus

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Ukraine
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Armenia
    • 6 Lithuania
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Poland
    • 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 2 Slovenia
    • 1 Cyprus
  27. Germany

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 Armenia
    • 6 Poland
    • 5 Russia
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Albania
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Lithuania
  28. Spain

    • 12 Armenia
    • 10 Finland
    • 8 Andorra
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Iceland
    • 5 Bulgaria
    • 4 Poland
    • 3 Ukraine
    • 2 Belgium
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  29. Moldova

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Ukraine
    • 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 7 Sweden
    • 6 Lithuania
    • 5 Finland
    • 4 Poland
    • 3 Belarus
    • 2 Armenia
    • 1 Ireland
  30. Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • 12 Turkey
    • 10 Macedonia
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Slovenia
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Albania
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Ukraine
    • 2 Lithuania
    • 1 Iceland
  31. Iceland

    • 12 Finland
    • 10 Sweden
    • 8 Lithuania
    • 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 6 Russia
    • 5 Ukraine
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Poland
    • 2 Ireland
    • 1 Netherlands
  32. Monaco

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Cyprus
    • 8 Sweden
    • 7 Ireland
    • 6 Belgium
    • 5 Estonia
    • 4 Lithuania
    • 3 Slovenia
    • 2 Ukraine
    • 1 Iceland
  33. Israel

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Armenia
    • 8 Ukraine
    • 7 Finland
    • 6 Sweden
    • 5 Ireland
    • 4 Slovenia
    • 3 Turkey
    • 2 Poland
    • 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  34. Albania

    • 12 Macedonia
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Bulgaria
    • 7 Slovenia
    • 6 Turkey
    • 5 Sweden
    • 4 Cyprus
    • 3 Armenia
    • 2 Netherlands
    • 1 Ireland
  35. Greece

    • 12 Cyprus
    • 10 Armenia
    • 8 Finland
    • 7 Albania
    • 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 5 Russia
    • 4 Ukraine
    • 3 Bulgaria
    • 2 Poland
    • 1 Lithuania
  36. Bulgaria

    • 12 Russia
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Armenia
    • 7 Finland
    • 6 Lithuania
    • 5 Macedonia
    • 4 Sweden
    • 3 Ukraine
    • 2 Cyprus
    • 1 Turkey
  37. Macedonia

    • 12 Albania
    • 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 8 Turkey
    • 7 Finland
    • 6 Bulgaria
    • 5 Russia
    • 4 Lithuania
    • 3 Slovenia
    • 2 Ukraine
    • 1 Sweden
  38. Turkey

    • 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 10 Armenia
    • 8 Macedonia
    • 7 Ukraine
    • 6 Finland
    • 5 Netherlands
    • 4 Russia
    • 3 Albania
    • 2 Lithuania
    • 1 Bulgaria

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 38 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total Slovenia Andorra Romania Denmark Latvia Portugal Sweden Finland Belgium Croatia Serbia and Montenegro Norway Estonia Ireland Malta Lithuania Cyprus Netherlands Switzerland Ukraine Russia Poland United Kingdom Armenia France Belarus Germany Spain Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Monaco Israel Albania Greece Bulgaria Macedonia Turkey
Armenia 150 2 3 12 12 12 3 7 12 3 3 12 7 7 12 2 10 3 10 8 10
Bulgaria 36 1 8 4 5 8 3 6 1
Slovenia 49 1 6 7 5 2 2 2 7 3 4 7 3
Andorra 8 8
Belarus 10 1 6 3
Albania 58 1 2 7 3 10 2 2 1 3 5 7 12 3
Belgium 69 5 7 3 2 5 3 3 5 7 2 1 7 4 3 2 4 6
Ireland 79 3 5 4 4 1 4 3 1 6 6 6 4 3 2 1 2 8 1 2 7 5 1
Cyprus 57 4 4 1 3 7 7 1 2 10 4 12 2
Monaco 14 3 2 1 8
Macedonia 76 8 1 8 10 6 8 10 12 5 8
Poland 70 3 1 2 7 1 8 2 10 5 1 3 2 4 6 4 4 3 2 2
Russia 217 4 4 7 1 12 7 7 6 2 3 6 4 10 4 8 12 10 1 12 8 12 12 5 12 4 6 12 5 12 5 4
Turkey 91 10 6 8 1 10 8 10 8 12 3 6 1 8
Ukraine 146 2 6 8 6 10 2 2 5 4 3 3 6 6 10 6 10 10 3 10 3 5 2 8 4 3 2 7
Finland 292 10 10 5 10 8 8 12 10 10 8 8 12 10 10 10 7 6 5 6 8 12 12 5 8 12 10 5 8 12 7 8 7 7 6
Netherlands 22 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 5
Lithuania 163 6 5 3 4 10 5 4 8 7 5 3 5 8 12 4 5 5 4 10 10 6 1 6 2 8 4 1 6 4 2
Portugal 26 12 7 7
Sweden 214 7 8 6 12 5 12 10 5 4 4 10 7 8 12 5 2 4 4 4 3 7 6 6 5 4 7 7 6 10 8 6 5 4 1
Estonia 28 2 7 8 5 1 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 267 12 1 12 8 2 6 10 12 6 12 12 12 1 6 2 3 5 8 12 8 7 5 4 5 6 3 10 1 8 7 12 1 10 6 10 10 12
Iceland 62 7 1 3 6 7 1 2 7 5 2 7 5 1 6 1 1

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

opened by
  • A medley of Eurovision songs sung by a cast dressed as the Greek gods, from “Nel blu, dipinto di blu” to “My Number One”; the hosts added “Love Shine a Light”
in the interval
  • Sakis Rouvas the co-host sang “I’m in Love with You”

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.