AWARD 2006

40 Countries competed in this edition, which featured two new entries: Lebanon and the youngest European Nation, Montenegro, that on 21st May became an independent Country through a Referendum. More than 150 journalists, disc jockeys, music producers and radio speakers from all over the world voted the songs and chose Basshunter's "Boten Anna" as the best dance track of the year.

“Boten Anna” was released in the Spring of 2006 and soon turned out to be a smash hit in many European Countries. It spent two weeks at the top of the Swedish, Danish and Dutch Charts and also entered the Norwegian and Finnish top 40. "Boten Anna" became the first song entirely in Swedish to conquer the European music market. It was also chosen as the official hymn of the Russ festivities, celebrated during the first weeks of May by the Norwegian students who graduated. The song talks about a female IRC user mistaken by the vocalist for an IRC bot.

Just like the year before, Italy placed second with "Survival", the come-back single of the popular duo Prezioso feat. Marvin, Internationally known for their hit "Tell Me Why". Two artists shared the third step of the podium: the Austrian singer Vanessa Wind with "Ich Lebe" (dance cover of Christina Stürmer's debut single), and the Finnish project VPM with "Je Cherche Encore".

Just one point behind was the Czech group Verona with the track "Girotondo", while the successful dance project Cascada placed sixth with "Love Again", taken from their debut album "Everytime we touch".

01	SWEDEN - BASSHUNTER - 173 POINTS BASSHUNTER - BOTEN ANNA

02	ITALY - 167 POINTS PREZIOSO FEAT. MARVIN - SURVIVAL

03	AUSTRIA - 154 POINTS VANESSA WIND - ICH LEBE

03	FINLAND - 154 POINTS VPM - JE CHERCHE ENCORE

05	CZECH REPUBLIC - 153 POINTS VERONA - GIROTONDO

06	GERMANY - 127 POINTS CASCADA - LOVE AGAIN

07	FRANCE - 126 POINTS KAROL - LE BATEAU BLANC

08	UNITED KINGDOM - 123 POINTS TRINITY - LIKE THE SUN

09	NORWAY - 107 POINTS DORUNTINA - DREAMWORLD

10	DENMARK - 92 POINTS AYCAN - DEVIL IN DISGUISE

11	ROMANIA - 90 POINTS AKCENT - JOKERO

12	SERBIA - 88 POINTS LUNA - ŠEČERU (DEE JAY TIME VS. EGOR REMIX)

13	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - 80 POINTS EMINA JAHOVIĆ - ŽIVEO

13	MALTA - 80 POINTS FABRIZIO FANIELLO - ON THE RADIO

15	CROATIA - 79 POINTS JACQUES HOUDEK - LJUBAV BEZ GRANICA

16	ESTONIA - 78 POINTS DYNAMINT - TULEN SINUGA (SUPERSONIC REMIX)

17	BELGIUM - 70 POINTS DHT FEAT. EDMEE - SOMEONE

18	ISRAEL - 66 POINTS OFFER NISSIM FEAT. MAYA - ONLY YOU

19	RUSSIA - 64 POINTS KRASKI - MALCHIK (DJ-YAN 2006 REMIX EDIT)

20	SPAIN - 61 POINTS DJ MORALES FEAT. JONATHAN VARELA - SARAH

21	SLOVAKIA - 60 POINTS P.S. - ZAVRI OČI (K2 REMIX)

22	BELARUS - 59 POINTS POLINA SMOLOVA - BISER (REMIX)

23	ALBANIA - 58 POINTS GERTA - ME NGIAN SIKUR

24	LEBANON - 55 POINTS DARINE - AIWA (SNAKEBYTE CLUB MIX)

25	TURKEY - 48 POINTS GÜNCE - SEVERIM (REMIX)

26	SLOVENIA - 40 POINTS D@D FEAT. ROSANA - KRALICA NOČI

27	HUNGARY - 39 POINTS DJ WAYKO FEAT. KATA - KINEK MONDJAM EL

28	MONTENEGRO - 36 POINTS KNEZ - NI TREPTAJ NID SUZA

29	IRELAND - 35 POINTS JOHN O' CALLAGHAN & KEARNEY - EXACTLY

30	BULGARIA - 30 POINTS EMILIA - SAMO TI, SAMO AZ

30	POLAND - 30 POINTS GOSIA ANDRZEJEWICZ - POZWOL ZYC (BEATTRAX REMIX)

32	MACEDONIA - 29 POINTS MAJA GROZDANOVSKA PANCEVA - BARBIKA

33	UKRAINE - 27 POINTS LEONA - ARGUMENTS (REMIX)

34	NETHERLANDS - 26 POINTS DANCE NATION - RIDIN' HIGH

35	MOLDOVA - 24 POINTS MAXIM - PENTRU TINE

36	LATVIA - 19 POINTS A-EUROPA - ZA OBLAKA

37	SWITZERLAND - 18 POINTS DR. CLICK - VOO DOO MAGIC

38	GREECE - 17 POINTS C-REAL - AN DEN SE KSANADW (DANCE MIX)

38	PORTUGAL - 17 POINTS DJ CARFIL FEAT. KATE LESSING - IT'S A DREAM

40	LITHUANIA - 10 POINTS 69 DANGUJE - VASARA