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2006 esctoday.com awards: THE NOMINATIONS
The 2006 esctoday.com Annual Awards are officially open!
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These awards are meant to be fun, to give our readers and members a chance to disagree or approve the views of the televoting public of Europe and to have a good time in the run up to Christmas. It is also meant to give some of the people who helped to make this such a memorable year one more chance in the limelight before all eyes turn to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest! (yes, we've included special links to the videos for you too on this occasion!).
The Eurovision Song Contest is about fun, friendship, bringing down international boundaries, and on the odd occasion, music too! Many of your favourite artists from this year are featured (and so are one or two you might not be so keen on). Of course by hugely popular demand, Carola is there, and of course, so is Anna Vissi! Eurovision kings of 2006, Lordi appear from time to time (we nearly stuck them in the fan of the year award too)!
If you were sickened by the failure of Belgium or Slovenia to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final, now is your chance to take revenge! If you thought Daz performed well, but needed to stick the yellow leathers in the washing machine and tell the girls to tuck their shirts in, now's your chance to say so! Silvia Night got nominated for Performance of the year because we couldn't think of anyone else to put in a Palava of the Year category (apart from whoever wrote down the rules in Moldova).
We've tried to include as many people as possible whilst staying true to the categories in which they appear. These awards are not designed to cause catfights in the reactions, quite the opposite. We are just two weeks away from Christmas, Channukah is round the corner and Europe is sliding into a wintery chill (except we'll all probably be sunbathing in Scandinavia in exactly ten years). It's also a stressful time with ticket sales stress shoving up the international price of prozac and we're less than two weeks from the first national final for the next Eurovision Song Contest. So, here's your chance to have some festive fun!
So, in the true Eurovision tradition, it's time to end this overly extended and dragged out introduction!
Without further ado, the awards and nominations for the 2006 esctoday.com Awards are.....
Eurovison Song Contest 2006:
The nominations for SONG OF THE YEAR are:
- Hard rock hallelujah by Lordi of Finland
- Never let you go by Dima Bilan of Russia
- Lejla by Hari Mata Hari of Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Tornero by Mihai Traistariu of Romania
- Invincible by Carola of Sweden
- Show me your love by Tina Karol of Ukraine
- No no never by Texas Lightning of Germany
- Je t'adore by Kate Ryan of Belgium
click here to view the video of the nominees
The nominations for PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are:
- Tina Karol, Ukraine for Show me your love
- Daz Sampson, United Kingdom for Teenage life
- Silvia Night, Iceland for Congratulations
- Carola, Sweden for Invincible
- Brian Kennedy, Ireland for Every song is a cry for love
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for COMPOSER OF THE YEAR are:
- Bosnia Herzegovina - Zeljko Joksimovic
- Germany - Jane Comerford
- Sweden - Thomas G: son, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström
- Cyprus - Peter Yiannakis
- Finland - Mr. Lordi
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR are:
- Terry Wogan, United Kingdom
- Norway - Jostein Pedersen
- Sweden - Pekka Heino
- Switzerland - Sandra Studer (Sandra Simo)
- Germany - Peter Urban
The nominations for VIDEO OF THE YEAR are:
- Anna Vissi with Everything for Greece
- Lordi with Hard Rock Hallelujah for Finland
- Sibel Tüzün with Superstar for Turkey
- Mariana Popova with Let me cry for Bulgaria
- Las Ketchup with Bloody Mary for Spain
Click here to video the promotional videos
The nominations for BEST MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are:
- Hari Mata Hari of Bosnia & Herzegovina with Lejla
- Mihai Traistariu of Romania with Tornero
- Brian Kennedy of Ireland with Every song is a cry for love
- Anžej Dežan of Slovenia with Mr. Nobody
- Dima Bilan of Russia with Never let you go
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are:
- Anna Vissi for Greece with Everything
- Tina Karol for Ukraine with Show me your love
- Sandra for Oxenryd Estonia with Through my window
- Carola for Sweden with Invincible
- Severina for Croatia with Moja štikla
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for BEST BAND PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR are:
- Ich Troje of Poland with Follow my heart
- Texas Lightning of Germany with No no never
- LT United of Lithuania with We are the winners
- Lordi of Finland with Hard rock hallelujah
- Cosmos of Latvia with I hear your heart
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for BEST DRESSED PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR are:
- Tina Karol from Ukraine
- Lordi from Finland
- Eddie Butler from Israel
- Ich Troje from Poland
- Kate Ryan from Belgium
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The nominations for WORST DRESSED PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR are:
- Carola from Sweden
- Non Stop from Portugal
- Daz Sampson from the United Kingdom
- Jenny from Andorra
- Elena Risteska from FYR Macedonia
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
National Finals 2006:
The nominations for BEST NATIONAL FINAL 2006 are:
- Albania: Festival i Kenges
- Sweden: Melodifestivalen
- Norway: Melodi Grand Prix
- Germany: 50 Jahre Grand Prix
- Greece: Feel the party
The nominations for BEST NATIONAL FINAL PERFORMANCE (EXCLUDING WINNER) OF THE YEAR are:
- Queentastic for Norway with Absolutely fabulous
- Sasa Lendero for Slovenia with Mandoline
- Gameboys for Israel with Kama ahava
- BWO for Sweden with Temple of love
- Ines for Estonia with Iseendale
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
The nominations for BEST MALE PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION are:
- Anthony Costa for the United Kingdom with Beautiful thing
- Serj Cuzencoff for Moldova with Made in Moldova
- Marios Tofis for Cyprus with Congratulations
- Andreas Johnson for Sweden with Sing for me
- Dani Elmo for Denmark with 2 in 1
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The nominations for BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION are:
- Kristine Blond for Denmark with Make this night forever
- Linda Bengtzing for Sweden with Jag ljuger så bra
- Annika Eklund for Finland with Shanghain valot
- Sasa Lendero for Slovenia with Mandoline
- Eve Kempbell for Belgium with Not right
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The nominations for BEST BAND PERFORMANCE NOT TO QUALIFY FOR EUROVISION are:
- Gameboys for Israel with Kama ahava
- Jet Set for Poland with How many people?
- BWO for Sweden with Temple of love
- Akcent feat. Nico for Romania with Jokero
- Flamingosi for Serbia & Montenegro with Ludi Letnji Ples
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
Junior Eurovison Song Contest 2006:
The nominations for BEST SONG are:
- Novoyy den for Belarus
- Den peirazei for Greece
- Det finaste någon kan få for for Sweden
- Povestea mea for Romania
- Goed for the Netherlands
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The nominations for BEST SINGER(S) are:
- Nastya & Masha Tolmacheva for Russia
- Pedro for Portugal
- Molly Sandén for Sweden
- Kimberly for the Netherlands
- Dani Fernandez for Spain
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The nominations for BEST PERFORMANCE are:
- New star music with Povestea mea for Romania
- Nastya & Masha Tolmacheva with Vesna for Russia
- Andrey Kunets with Novoyy den for Belarus
- Molly Sandén with Det finaste någon kan få for Sweden
- Kimberly with Goed for the Netherlands
Click here to view the videos of the nominees
esctoday.com team awards:
The nominations for BEST ARTICLE are:
- Have your say! Political, neighbourly or diaspora voting? (read here)
- Silivia Night shines contrversially (read here)
- Euroblog (4th December) (read here)
- Eurovision 2006: stats, tidbits and fast facts (read here)
- Junior Eurovision - live coverage (read here)
The nominations for EDITOR OF THE YEAR are:
- Itamar Barak
- Marcus Klier
- Stella Floras
- John Egan
- Richard West-Soley
The nominations for BEST NEWCOMER are:
- Stella Floras
- Steve Hoyler / EuroBlogger
- Yiorgos Kasapoglou
- Ilari Karhapää
The nominations for BEST REGIONAL PARTNER WEBSITE OF THE YEAR are:
- 12points.tv (Belgium)
- Belgovision.com (Belgium)
- BHeurovision (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- escaustria (Austria)
- escfinland.eu (Finland)
- esconnet.dk (Denmark)
- escmalta.com (Malta)
- escsweden.com (Sweden)
- ESC-DK.dk (Denmark)
- EurovisonArtists.nl (Netherlands)
- Eurovision-Croatia.com (Croatia)
- Eurovision-Spain.com (Spain)
- EurosongOnline.com
- Gylleneskor.se (Sweden)
- Songcontest.nl (Netherlands)
- Songfestival.nl (Netherlands)
- Songfestival Weblog (Netherlands)
We have included this award to thank all of our regional partners for their efforts and co-operation over the last year. With their support, we have been able to provide much stronger coverage and we would like to thank them publically and recommend them to our readers.
esctoday.com member of the year:
- CarinaE****
- Owen Williams
- zingo star
- incomesurable sound
- Barzin Bonyadi
To be voted for by the by the editorial and moderator teams of esctoday.com.
estoday.com chatter of the year award:
- Hadrianople -Turkey
- Nina - Portugal
- Carmen -Malta
- Minos21- Cyprus
- Linda -Netherlands
To be voted for by the by the editorial and moderator teams of esctoday.com.
The nominations for PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT OF THE YEAR are:
- Daz Sampson (United Kingdom 2006) - for his charity work and Eurovision documentaries
- Celine Dion (Switzerland 1988) - for her new album and Las Vegas show
- Ruslana (Ukraine 2004) - for her humanitarian work
- Johnny Logan (Ireland 1980 and 1978) - for judging on the Belgian final and mentoring of Kaye Styles
- Nanne Grönvall (Sweden 1996) - for recovering from breast cancer and fighting hard to return to her stage show and Melodifestivalen
Outstanding contribution award
This award will be given based on services to the Eurovision Song Contest, whether it be by broadcaster, artist, individual or fan.
So, from 08:00 on Monday 11th December until Midnight on Saturday 23rd December, you, the readers and members of esctoday.com have the chance to enjoy some of the highlights of 2006 and vote for your favourite performers from this year's Eurovision Song Contest, National Finals and much much more.
We hope you enjoy them.
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The choice for national final seems obvious. We have a drag act, a boy band so sweet your teeth would rot watching them, a group which is not really that good at singing, and only two stand out: a woman with a mediocre song and an excellent voice, and a woman with a great contemporary song and an excellent voice, and to top it off, in her own language, which i always admire - Ines with Iseendale.
I would choose Ines anytime. Shame she didnt make it. I've already forgotten who estonia did send
Sorry, but where I can find finally votes?
i liek the fact they stiuck in the national finals, even though im not sure how i should be able to rate how melodifestivalen did over the festivali i kengës 
P.
anyway, i'll vote for the festivali i kengës. I think albania has been giving us excellent songs throughout the years even though they didnt end up very high.
Oh, and vote for kimberley in the JESC!
When are the results out?????
And why is mine name up there -offended-
oh i'm glad not to be an editor again
it would have been SO hard to vote for the chatters, i love them all!! Guys, to whomever that misses the trophee i'll support you instead of the winner (he/she'll be supported by the trophee already hehehe)
I'm very surprised about the choice of the esctoday.com members of the YEAR, it's like esctoday has a very short memory about its members that were helpfully commenting here since January. Anyway, congratulations for the nominees... and the winner is....
it is damn hard to be innocent in Holland you know 
ok,i'll bake my own cake but it won't be as delicious as the one i tasted!!!
You are bringing me on a bad path mermaid. I am an innocent adolescent (jump ). Hi ha
yes... but i have a better idea!!!!
eat space cake for me
Mermaid, If I win I will cook special for you.....
(But because you are far away, I'll eat it for you too LOL 
)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
if i was a multi millionaire i would IF i win!
I think so the best of it is only Ich Troje from Poland. I really like it and Sylvia from iceland obviously 
@Owen
Will you buy us a dinner when you win?
aww fanx guys
Owen Williams is a modest and sportive guy. He deserves the award. Barzin and CarinE too.
Thanx CarinE ***** and Barzin!!!
i agree CarinE, being nominated is enough for me! while it would be great to win i'm not sure i deserve to i only joined in July!!! i'm sure one of the others deserves it more.
Thanx everyone again lol
Lol@incommensurable sounds
I hope the editors have a lovely holiday!They sure need some rest after dealing with all of us day in and day out!
And good luck to:
Owen Williams
zingo star
incomesurable sound
Barzin Bonyadi
and all the others in the other categories
Thank you Pelin K and all others for your good luck wishes!
Just beeing a nominee is a great honour for me
I am still rofl when I see my name, lol!
If I have given some money to be on the list, I would pay more to be on every lists lol