Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Netherlands’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was held on 12 March at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. Each performer sang three songs and the winner was chosen in two rounds of voting. In the first round an expert jury selected the best song by each performer before the eventual winner was chosen by televoting. The points of the jury were:

	Behave	Maud	Treble
Heaven Knows (Behave)	6	-	-
L.A. Baby (Behave)	1	-	-
Maybe Tomorrow (Behave)	2	-	-
I'm Alive (Maud)	-	4	-
One More Try (Maud)	-	1	-
Without Your Love (Maud)	-	3	-
Amambanda (Treble)	-	-	7
Lama Gaia (Treble)	-	-	2
Make Your Choice (Treble)	-	-	0

The jury chose "Heaven Knows", performed by the foursome Behave, "I'm Alive", performed by 2004 Dutch "Pop Idol" runner-up Maud, and "Amambanda", performed by the female trio Treble. A period of televoting was then held in which the public could vote for their favourite song. The girl group Treble received 72% of the televote which gave them with the ticket to Athens along with the song Amambanda, which contains English imaginary lyrics. The song is written and composed by Caroline Hoffman, Niña van Dijk, & Djem van Dijk, the members of Treble.

The group Treble comprises Caroline Hoffman (29) and sisters Niña (19) and Djem (17) van Dijk. In 2004, they had number one hit single with Ramaganana. After three singles and an album, 2005 was a silent year for Treble. The girls are experienced percussionists and vocalists.

Result of National Final

№	Singer	Song	Points	% of vote	Place
1	Treble	"Amambanda"	90720	72%	1st
2	Behave	"Heaven Knows"	18900	15%	2nd
3	Maud	"I'm Alive"	16380	13%	3rd

Points Awarded by the Netherlands

Semi final

12 points	Armenia
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Finland
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Poland
1 point	Russia

Final

12 points	Turkey
10 points	Armenia
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Finland
6 points	Lithuania
5 points	Greece
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Germany
2 points	Russia
1 point	Ukraine

Points Awarded to the Netherlands (Semi-Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Turkey	Armenia Belgium	Cyprus	Albania Andorra	Iceland Lithuania

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ~~1985~~ 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ~~1991~~ 1992 1993 1994 ~~1995~~ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	Jetty Paerl (1956) Corry Brokken (1956) Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Teddy Scholten

1960s	Rudi Carrell Greetje Kauffeld De Spelbrekers Annie Palmen Anneke Grönloh Conny Vandenbos Milly Scott Thérèse Steinmetz Ronnie Tober Lenny Kuhr

1970s	Hearts of Soul Saskia & Serge Sandra & Andres Ben Cramer Mouth & MacNeal Teach-In Sandra Reemer Heddy Lester Harmony Xandra

1980s	Maggie MacNeal Linda Williams Bill van Dijk Bernadette Maribelle ~~1985~~ Frizzle Sizzle Marcha Gerard Joling Justine Pelmelay

1990s	Maywood ~~1991~~ Humphrey Campbell Ruth Jacott Willeke Alberti ~~1995~~ Maxine & Franklin Brown Mrs. Einstein Edsilia Rombley Marlayne

2000s	Linda Wagenmakers Michelle ~~2002~~ Esther Hart Re-Union Glennis Grace Treble Edsilia Rombley Hind De Toppers

2010s	Sieneke 3JS Joan Franka Anouk The Common Linnets Trijntje Oosterhuis Douwe Bob

Songs

1950s	"De vogels van Holland" (1956) "Voorgoed voorbij" (1956) "Net als toen" "Heel de wereld" "Een beetje"

1960s	"Wat een geluk" "Wat een dag" "Katinka" "Een speeldoos" "Jij bent mijn leven" "'t Is genoeg" "Fernando en Filippo" "Ring-dinge-ding" "Morgen" "De troubadour"

1970s	"Waterman" "Tijd" "Als het om de liefde gaat" "De oude muzikant" "I See A Star" "Ding-A-Dong" "The Party's Over" "De mallemolen" "'t Is OK" "Colorado"

1980s	"Amsterdam" "Het is een wonder" "Jij en ik" "Sing Me a Song" "Ik hou van jou" ~~1985~~ "Alles heeft ritme" "Rechtop in de wind" "Shangri-La" "Blijf zoals je bent"

1990s	"Ik wil alles met je delen" ~~1991~~ "Wijs me de weg" "Vrede" "Waar is de zon?" ~~1995~~ "De eerste keer" "Niemand heeft nog tijd" "Hemel en aarde" "One Good Reason"

2000s	"No Goodbyes" "Out On My Own" ~~2002~~ "One More Night" "Without You" "My Impossible Dream" "Amambanda" "On Top of the World" "Your Heart Belongs to Me" "Shine"

2010s	"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" "Never Alone" "You and Me" "Birds" "Calm After the Storm" "Walk Along" "Slow Down"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Netherlands did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Countries

Final (by final results)	Finland (winner) Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania Sweden Lithuania Ukraine Armenia Greece Ireland Turkey Macedonia Croatia Germany Norway Switzerland Latvia Denmark United Kingdom Moldova Spain France Israel Malta

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Albania Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Iceland Monaco Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia

Artists

Final (by final results)	Lordi Dima Bilan Hari Mata Hari Mihai Trăistariu Carola LT United Tina Karol André Anna Vissi Brian Kennedy Sibel Tüzün Elena Risteska Severina Christine Guldbrandsen Texas Lightning six4one Vocal Group Cosmos Sidsel Ben Semmane Daz Sampson Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko & Connect-R Las Ketchup Virginie Pouchain Eddie Butler Fabrizio Faniello

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	Annet Artani Anžej Dežan Ich Troje feat. Real McCoy Jenny Kate Ryan Luiz Ejlli Mariana Popova Nonstop Polina Smolova Sandra Oxenryd Séverine Ferrer Silvia Night Treble

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Never Let You Go" "Lejla" "Tornerò" "Invincible" "We Are the Winners" "Show Me Your Love" "Without Your Love" "Everything" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Süper Star" "Ninanajna" "Moja štikla" "Alvedansen" "No No Never" "I Hear Your Heart" "If We All Give A Little" "Twist of Love" "Teenage Life" "Loca" "Un Blodymary" "Il était temps" "Together We Are One" "I Do"

Semi-final only (in alphabetical order)	"Amambanda" "Coisas de nada" "Congratulations" "Follow My Heart" "Je t'adore" "La Coco-Dance" "Let Me Cry" "Mr Nobody" "Mum" "Sense tu" "Through My Window" "Why Angels Cry" "Zjarr e ftohtë"

Withdrawn	"Moja ljubavi" "Vous, c'est nous"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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