Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Estonia
National selection
Selection process	Eurolaul 2006
Selection date(s)	4 February 2006
Selected entrant	Sandra Oxenryd
Selected song	"Through My Window"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	failed to qualify (18th)
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Estonia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was selected by an international jury. They decided that Sandra Oxenryd would represent Estonia at Eurovision 2006 with the song “Through My Window”, which contained up-tempo country-soul music. The song is written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas (composers) and Jana Hallas (lyricist), the same authors who wrote the Estonian entries for 2000 ("Once in a lifetime") and 2002 ("Runaway"), which came 4th and 3rd, respectively.

Sandra Oxenryd is from Kristinehamn, Sweden and was the winner of the Swedish Fame Factory. She had great success with her album, "All There Is." Sandra is not the first Swede to represent Estonia, as Anna Sahlene represented Estonia in 2002 with ”Runaway.”

For the delight of the Estonian audience, however, Sandra Oxenryd had two well-known Estonian backing singers on stage with her in Athens, Dagmar Oja and Jelena Juzvik. The rest were from Sweden, like Sandra herself.

Despite receiving good receptions in dress rehearsal, Sandra finished 18th of 23 entrants in the Semi-Final, well away from the Top 10 finish that would have seen her qualify.

Result of National Final

№	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	It Was You	Carola Szücs	56	5th
2	Open Up Your Heart	Sofia Rubina	51	7th
3	Everytime I Tell You	Reverend B & Crux	30	10th
4	Iseendale	Ines	84	2nd
5	Sweet Separation	Aphro Tito	33	9th
6	Through My Window	Sandra Oxenryd	90	1st
7	Higher	Glow	73	3rd
8	Be 1st	Marilin	41	8th
9	Friends Will Be Friends	Noorkuu	55	6th
10	Mr Right	Meribel	67	4th

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Estonia

Semi final 12 points  Finland 10 points  Russia 8 points  Lithuania 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Ireland 5 points  Iceland 4 points  Ukraine 3 points  Belgium 2 points  Monaco 1 point  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Final 12 points  Finland 10 points  Russia 8 points  Lithuania 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Ireland 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Romania 3 points  Latvia 2 points  United Kingdom 1 point  Denmark

Points Awarded to Estonia (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Sweden	Latvia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Finland  Monaco			Denmark	Ireland

See also

• Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest