United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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Daz Sampson represented the United Kingdom in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens on 20th May, with his song "Teenage Life". The song finished in 19th place with 25 points.
- 1 Making Your Mind Up
- 1.1 Entrants
- 1.2 Presenters
- 1.3 Results
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- 2 External Links
Making Your Mind Up
On 4 March 2006, six artists competed to win Making Your Mind Up, the annual BBC television show which sees the selection of the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Entrants
- Goran Kay - "Play Your Game"
- Kym Marsh - "Whisper to Me"
- Daz Sampson - "Teenage Life"
- City Chix - "All About You"
- Four Story - "Hand on my Heart"
- Antony Costa - "It's a Beautiful Thing"
Presenters
The show was hosted by Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinsky.
Opinions were given by a panel consisting of four British celebrities: singer Kelly Osbourne, radio and television show host Jonathan Ross, television presenter Fearne Cotton, and Strictly Come Dancing panellist Bruno Tonioli. When asked to predict the winner, Osbourne and Ross thought Sampson would win whilst Cotton and Tonioli opted for Costa.
The results were allocated on a regional basis with additional votes from the internet and text votes. Each region awarded 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 points to the five most popular songs, with votes from the internet being counted as an additional region for this purpose. Celebrities delivered these results in a deliberate echo of the Eurovision Song Contest itself. After the regional votes, each song's score was 'topped up' with one point for each percentage of the text votes received.
The celebrities announcing the results of each vote were:
- Kelli Young - North of England
- Alistair Appleton - South East England
- Michelle McManus - Scotland
- Rustie Lee - Midlands
- Javine Hylton - Web vote
- Roy Walker - Northern Ireland
- Maggot - Wales
- Simon Grant - South West England
- Helena Paparizou - Mobile phone vote
Results
Artist
Song
Place
Total
North England
SE England
Scotland
Midlands
Web
Northern Ireland
Wales
SW England
Mobile
Goran Kay
Play Your Game
6
14
-
-
2
2
2
-
2
-
6
Kym Marsh
Whisper To Me
4
53
6
6
4
6
4
6
6
6
9
Daz Sampson
Teenage Life
1
121
12
8
8
12
12
8
12
12
37
City Chix
All About You
3
55
4
4
12
4
6
4
-
4
17
Four Story
Hand On My Heart
5
17
2
2
-
-
-
2
4
2
5
Antony Costa
It's A Beautiful Thing
2
96
8
12
6
8
8
12
8
8
26
Scores are shown in the order they were awarded on the night
Even prior to the actual broadcast of the show, allegations emerged that both the winning song, Teenage Life, and the runner-up, It's a Beautiful Thing, had both been commercially released prior to 1 October 2005, which would disqualify either song from representing the UK under European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rules. The claims were made by the Greek Eurovision fansite [www.oikotimes.com], although the BBC responded with a rebuttal of the claims [link].
The original version of 'Teenage Life' was released by Spacekats in March 2004 on the Riff Raff label through Juno Records. It was, and still is, commercially available although only as a 'White Label' record. The BBC maintain that as the song is only available as a 'White Label' it therefore complies with EBU rules.
'Teenage Life' includes a choir of young girls and during the performance on Making Your Mind Up their voices were mimed by older dancers. Such a performance would fall foul of EBU rules which has a minimum age limit for performers, prohibits miming and restricts the number of performers allowed on stage (i.e. no choirs). Sampson says he is aware of these factors and has since replaced those too young to compete with performers meeting the contest's age-limit.
External Links
- [Eurovision Song Contest] The official site of the ESC
- [ESC Today] An unofficial fan website
- [Making Your Mind Up] BBC Radio 2 website
- [Teenage Life Website] Listen to and download the winning song
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