Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Ukraine
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	11 March 2006
Selected entrant	Tina Karol
Selected song	"Show Me Your Love"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	7th, 146 points
Final result	7th, 145 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen in a selection process called "Ty-Zirka", the Ukrainian version of the Irish show "You're A Star”. The final took place on 11 March and both the televoters and jury agreed that Tina Karol should represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song I am Your Queen. Kirill Turichenko and Irina Rosenfeld accumulated 21 points but it was Irina who finished 2nd following the televote. For Eurovision, the lyrics of the song changed and Show Me Your Love was performed by Tina. The song has an up-tempo pop rhythm and is written and composed by Tina Karol.

Tina Karol is 20 years old and was born in Magadan Oblast, Russia. She has graduated from music school and Kiev music institute. Tina has participated in numerous different youth, regional and Jewish singing contests and was the soloist of the national ensemble of Military Forces of Ukraine. She also took part in different musicals and theatrical shows. She reached 2nd place at the Russian/Latvia festival "New Wave". Tina Karol, under the name Tatiana Liberman, tried to reach Eurovision in 2005, but did not progress from the semi-finals.

Result of National Final

Draw	Singer	Song	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
1	Kirill Turichenko	"Boombox"	10	11	21	3rd
2	Tina Karol	"Show Me Your Love"	12	12	24	1st
3	Irina Rosenfeld	"You Give Me Your Love"	11	10	21	2nd

At Eurovision

Because Ukraine placed 19th at the 2005 contest,Tina was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final,performing 15th, following Turkey and preceding the Finland.She qualified to the final, placing 7th in the semi-final and scoring 146 points.In the final,country placed 7th, scoring 145 points.Meaning that Ukraine automatically qualified for the final in the 2007 contest.

Points Awarded by Ukraine^[1]

Semi final

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

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Armenia
7 points	Finland
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Latvia
3 points	Norway
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Romania

Points Awarded to Ukraine (Semi-final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Armenia Belarus Moldova Portugal Russia	Israel Romania	Turkey	Andorra Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Poland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Iceland Serbia and Montenegro	Estonia Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Ireland Malta Spain	Croatia Finland Macedonia Monaco Slovenia

Points Awarded to Ukraine (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Portugal	Armenia Belarus Russia	Moldova Turkey	Lithuania	Cyprus Iceland Israel Poland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Greece Latvia Macedonia	Croatia	Bulgaria Romania Spain	Finland Malta Monaco Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia	Ireland Netherlands Sweden

References

↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2006

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