Die Grand Prix Hitliste

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Die Grand Prix Hitliste
Date and venue
Final
  • 20 May 2006
VenueNDR Studios
Hamburg, Germany
Organisation
BroadcasterARD[a]Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries20
Vote
Voting systemCombination of televote, jury vote and an online poll (German public only)
Winning songUkraine "Wild Dances" by Ruslana
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Thomas Hermanns, the presenter of the programme

Die Grand Prix Hitliste – Die schönsten Songs Europas (English: The Grand Prix Hit Parade – The Best Songs of Europe)[1] was a one-off music competition, held by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on 20 May 2006 in Hamburg, Germany, for ARD. Its aim was to determine the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest by means of an opinion poll.

Twenty songs were selected to participate in the competition through an online poll, which included all winners of the Eurovision Song Contest and all German Eurovision entries between 1956 and 2005 (103 in total).[2][3] During the live broadcast on the television channel Das Erste, "Wild Dances" by Ruslana was chosen as the winner, ahead of well-known Eurovision classics such as "Waterloo" and "Ein bißchen Frieden". The programme was viewed by a television audience of approximately six million people in Germany.[4]

Participants

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The top twenty Eurovision acts voted for in an online poll participated in the live show. None of the acts were performed live; videos of their original performances in their respective years were shown to the viewers instead. After all twenty songs had been shown, the German public could vote for their favourite song through televoting or via the online poll. All votes were combined to determine the final results. At the end of the show, "Wild Dances" by Ruslana was announced as the winner, having received a total of 71,209 votes.

Year Country Artist Song Language Place Votes
1960 File:Flag of France.svg France Jacqueline Boyer "Tom Pillibi" French 19 6,208
1972 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Mary Roos "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" German 11 8,423
1972 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Vicky Leandros "Après toi" French 3 57,514
1973 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Anne-Marie David "Tu te reconnaîtras" French 17 6,278
1974 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden ABBA "Waterloo" English 6 21,659
1977 File:Flag of France.svg France Marie Myriam "L'oiseau et l'enfant" French 16 6,287
1979 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Dschinghis Khan "Dschinghis Khan" German 15 7,321
1981 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Lena Valaitis "Johnny Blue" German 9 13,506
1981 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Bucks Fizz "Making Your Mind Up" English 8 15,011
1982 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Nicole "Ein bißchen Frieden" German 12 8,092
1985 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Wind "Für alle" German 13 7,821
1985 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Bobbysocks "La det swinge" Norwegian 14 7,420
1986 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Sandra Kim "J'aime la vie" French 18 6,227
1993 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Münchner Freiheit "Viel zu weit" German 10 10,225
1998 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Dana International "Diva" Hebrew 20 [b]
2003 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Sertab Erener "Every Way That I Can" English 2 63,958
2004 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Max "Can't Wait Until Tonight" English, Turkish 5 24,084
2004 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Ruslana "Wild Dances" English, Ukrainian 1 71,209
2005 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Gracia "Run & Hide" English 7 19,157
2005 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English 4 51,960

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  2. ^ The total number of votes cast for "Diva" by Dana International remains unknown to date.

References

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