Nationaal Songfestival 2006Edit
Nationaal Songfestival 2006 was the national final that selected the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The competition consisted of a final on 12 March 2006 which took place at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw and was broadcast on Nederland 2 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website nos.nl.[1][2]
Nine songs performed by three artists invited by NOS to participate competed in the final where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, three of the nine songs, by one act each, proceeded to the superfinal based on the votes from a ten-member jury panel. In the superfinal, the winner was selected exclusively by public televoting. Each juror selected their favourite song of each artist in the first round, while viewers were able to vote via telephone and SMS in the superfinal.
The ten-member jury panel consisted of:[3]
Competing entriesEdit
The competing artists were presented on 22 November 2005 during a press conference that took place in Amsterdam. Following the press conference, a song submission period was opened where composers were able to submit their songs until 16 January 2006.[4] 174 songs were received by the broadcaster at the closing of the deadline. 82 of the songs were submitted for Maud, 47 were submitted for Behave and 45 were submitted for Treble. Each of the artists selected three songs for the competition: two songs were self-provided and one song was selected from the received submissions. The nine competing entries were announced on 15 February 2006.[5][6]
Artist
|
Song
|
Songwriter(s)
|
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Behave
|
"L.A. Baby"
|
Michiel Cremers, Gerjan Schreuder
|
"Maybe Tomorrow"
|
Michiel Cremers, Gerjan Schreuder
|
"Heaven Knows"
|
Dick Kok
|
Maud
|
"One More Try"
|
Joachim Vermeulen-Windsant, Maarten ten Hove
|
"Without Your Love"
|
Tony Cornelissen, Allan Eshuys
|
"I'm Alive"
|
Ronald Seerden, Ingrid Mank
|
Treble
|
"Amambanda"
|
Caroline Hoffman, Niña van Dijk, Djem van Dijk
|
"Make Your Choice"
|
Jerry van der Wolf
|
"Lama Gaia"
|
Caroline Hoffman, Niña van Dijk, Djem van Dijk
|
The final took place on 12 March 2006. In the first round, each of the three acts performed their three candidate Eurovision songs and the votes of a ten-member jury determined the song of each artist that proceeded to the superfinal.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by the Greek dance group Evropi.[8]
Final – 12 March 2006
Draw
|
Artist
|
Song
|
Votes
|
Result
|
---|
1
|
Treble
|
"Amambanda"
|
7
|
Advanced
|
2
|
Treble
|
"Make Your Choice"
|
0
|
Eliminated
|
3
|
Treble
|
"Lama Gaia"
|
2
|
Eliminated
|
4
|
Behave
|
"L.A. Baby"
|
1
|
Eliminated
|
5
|
Behave
|
"Maybe Tomorrow"
|
2
|
Eliminated
|
6
|
Behave
|
"Heaven Knows"
|
6
|
Advanced
|
7
|
Maud
|
"One More Try"
|
1
|
Eliminated
|
8
|
Maud
|
"Without Your Love"
|
3
|
Eliminated
|
9
|
Maud
|
"I'm Alive"
|
4
|
Advanced
|
Detailed Jury Votes
|
---|
Draw
|
Song
|
G. Grace
|
L. Frans
|
R. Stoeltie
|
F. Dessing
|
T. World
|
H. Temming
|
F. Heering
|
J. Keizer
|
G. Beelen
|
Total
|
---|
1 |
"Amambanda"
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
7
|
2 |
"Make Your Choice"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
3 |
"Lama Gaia"
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
2
|
4 |
"L.A. Baby"
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
5 |
"Maybe Tomorrow"
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
2
|
6 |
"Heaven Knows"
|
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
6
|
7 |
"One More Try"
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
1
|
8 |
"Without Your Love" |
|
X
|
|
|
|
X |
|
X |
N/A |
3
|
9 |
"I'm Alive" |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
N/A |
4
|
Superfinal – 12 March 2006
Draw |
Artist |
Song |
Televote |
Place
|
---|
1 |
Treble |
"Amambanda" |
90,720 |
1
|
2 |
Behave |
"Heaven Knows" |
18,900 |
2
|
3 |
Maud |
"I'm Alive" |
16,380 |
3
|