Dima Bilan took second place at the "Eurovision"

Saturday night took place in Athens 51th song contest "Eurovision". Won by rock band Lordi from Finland with the song «Hard rock hallelujah».
Second place went to Dima Bilan with the song «Never let you go». Thus, Bilan repeated the success of singer Alsou accepting "silver" at the "Eurovision-2000". Results Alsou Bilan and Russia are the highest achievements in this konkurse.Na third place of "Eurovision-2006" was the collective Hari Mata Hari from Bosnia and Herzegovina with the song «Layla».

The winner was determined by a vote of the viewers of the participating countries of "Eurovision". According to voting results Finland scored 292 points, Russia - 248 points, and Bosnia and Herzegovina - 229 points. Higher performance assessment Bilan put seven of the 38 voting countries - Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus and Israel.











Full list of participating countries of "Eurovision-2006" and scored their points:

Finland (292)
Russia (248)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (229)
Romania (172)
Sweden (170)
Lithuania (162)
Ukraine (145)
Armenia (129)
Greece (128)
Ireland (93)
Turkey (91)
Macedonia (56)
Croatia (56)
Norway (36)
Germany (36)
Latvia (30)
Switzerland (30)
Denmark (26)
United Kingdom (25)
Moldova (22)
Spain (18)
France (5)
Israel (4)
Malta (1)
It is worth adding that Finland is celebrating the first victory in this competition. According to the rules of the next "Eurovision" will be held in the capital of the victorious countries, ie Helsinki.

Bonus (video):

Speech by Dima Bilan on Eurovision 2006 (video)

Speech by the Finnish group Lordi at Eurovision 2006 (video)