Home Composed Song Contest 2006

Contest overview

The 2006 Home Composed Song Contest was organised by OGAE Greece and coordinated by Christina Riga following the victory by Dimitris Kiklis the previous year.

This year's contest was the biggest ever, with a grand total of 37 entries (subsequently decreasing to 36 after one withdrawal). This was helped by a fundamental rule change (never repeated again after this year) that composers were allowed to enter as many songs as they wanted instead of the usual maximum of two. The number of actual entrants, and hence juries, was a more conservative 21.

There was a significant amount of turnover among the participants, with several old hands declining to take part this year but a vast number of new entrants from across the continent, and we saw the flags of Poland, FYR Macedonia and Switzerland on the HCSC scoreboard for the first time.

For the second year in succession, the unfortunate Martin Kahnberg managed to record a zero score, this time being joined on the bottom rung by Matthias Pohl. Meanwhile, at the more positive end of the list, the Swedish duo of Ylva Glader and Linda Persson enjoyed a remarkably successful debut, taking second, third and seventh places with their three entries.

Despite a tight finish, though, Ylva and Linda were unable to get in the way of Poland's Patryk Smolarek, who duly took the 2006 title with his ballad "Oddajcie im wolność".

Note: To any participants reading this now (yes, even so many years later!), we are aware that some of the performer, composer and lyricist information below may still be incorrect or incomplete - so if you have any corrections, please let us know via the HCSC Facebook group and we'll make sure it's rectified. Thanks!

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Germany I	Mr. & Mrs. Real	Two Rocks	Wolfgang Böhmer	Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer	00	00
02	Greece	Erimi dromi	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	N. Gouskos	00	00
03	Malta I	Exhale	Christine Buttigieg	Mark Scicluna	Billy.J	00	00
04	Italy	E' stato amore...	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	00	00
05	Sweden I	The Flight Of The Outcasts	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	00	00
06	Germany II	Phantasia	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	00	00
07	France	Mer ashkhark ê	Corine Raja-Kambourian	Eric Pilavian	Francis Soghomonian	00	00
08	Portugal	Am I Still	Rogério Afonso	Rogério Afonso	Rogério Afonso	00	00
09	Austria	Marionaise	Marion	Karl Gartler	Marion Dworzack	00	00
10	Malta II	Let's Get Louder	Kimberley Grech	Priscilla Psilla	Billy.J	00	00
11	Germany III	Magie	Jannnni feat. Dinorah	Jannnni	Jannnni	00	00
12	Sweden II	Finns här för dig	Ylva Glader & Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	00	00
13	Germany IV	Fußball-Laola, Fußball olé	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	00	00
14	Italy	Vorrei vorrei	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	00	00
15	Germany III	Eskalation	Jannnni	Jannnni	Jannnni	00	00
16	File:Filename.png Germany IV	Wann, sag mir wann?	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	00	00
17	Malta III	I Want You	Mauro	Mauro	Mauro	00	00
18	Spain	Después	Lobo	Ángel García	Ángel García	00	00
19	Poland	Oddajcie im wolność	Patryk Smolarek	Patryk Smolarek	Patryk Smolarek	00	00
20	Sweden II	Always In My Heart	Ylva Glader & Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	00	00
21	Germany I	My Best Friend	Two Rocks	Wolfgang Böhmer, Christoph Volkmer	Wolfgang Böhmer	00	00
22	FYR Macedonia	Caus	Jasmin	Jasmin Mimidinoski	Jasmin Mimidinoski	00	00
23	Germany II	Ru Ru Russland	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	00	00
24	Poland	Daruj sobie złośliwość	Patryk Smolarek	Patryk Smolarek	Patryk Smolarek	00	00
25	Germany V	Sturm in deinen Augen	Michael Bauer	Wolfgang Böhmer	Michael Bauer	00	00
26	Italy	Occhi (L'amore dentro di te)	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	Alberto Flavio Fulgoni	00	00
27	Germany V	Im Jahr des Hundes	Michael Bauer	Wolfgang Böhmer	Michael Bauer	00	00
28	Greece	Alone	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	Dimitris Kiklis	00	00
29	United Kingdom	Doggerel	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	00	00
30	Sweden III	Love	Annika Jansson	Annika Jansson	Composer Name	00	00
31	Portugal	Make Me Believe	Nuno Val	Rogério Afonso, Antonio Sergio	Antonio Sergio	00	00
32	Malta I	A Little Bit Of Love	Priscilla Psaila	Renato Briffa	Billy.J	00	00
33	Sweden II	Mot nya äventyr	Ylva Glader & Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	Ylva Glader, Linda Persson	00	00
34	Switzerland	Rock To The Rhythm	Hanspeter Zurbuchen	Hanspeter Zurbuchen	Hanspeter Zurbuchen	00	00
35	Austria	Tu che non ci sei piú	Sascha & MikeWail	Karl Gartler	Alexia Astfäller	00	00
37	Sweden I	Free Me	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	00	00

Song withdrawn before voting took place:

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist
36	Malta IV	I Feel Like...	Daniel Muscat	Daniel Muscat	Daniel Muscat

Scoreboard

	Juries
																						Total
Mr. & Mrs Real														1	1				3			5
Erimi dromi	1			10	7		2			10		12		3			7		1	6	8	67
Exhale							7		6					8			1		7			29
E' stato amore...	7	8	2				1			12	7			10		6	2				10	65
The Flight Of The Outcasts																						0
Phantasia			10	1					8				2									21
Mer ashkhark ê		10			3			5								10			12	7	2	49
Am I Still		4		8		7			3		1		12				5		6	1		47
Marionaise			8				12	4										6				30
Let's Get Louder							5					4		2		3					3	17
Magie					1	6							6				8					21
Finns här för dig	10	6						8		5	3				7		4	7		12	6	68
Fußball-Laola, Fußball olé				4		12			4		2											22
Vorrei vorrei										4	4	2		7	3							20
Eskalation					10		6											10				26
Wann, sag mir wann?																						0
I Want You			5	7	5					2		5					10					34
Después			7					6												5		18
Oddajcie im wolność	2	5		5	8		10	12		8	12		1		6			12	4		12	97
Always In My Heart	6	3	12	12					12	7	5		10	6		2			10		1	86
My Best Friend										6										3		9
Caus						3		10		1		6		4	8				5			37
Ru Ru Russland				2					7									1				10
Daruj sobie złośliwość	4	7					4	1	2			8			2		6	4			5	43
Sturm in deinen Augen													5									5
Occhi (L'amore dentro di te)			1			5	8									8		5				27
Im Jahr des Hundes						10														4		14
Alone	5		6			2					8	3		5		5	12	3				49
Doggerel			3	3	12	1		3	10	3					4							39
Love			4		4	4	3				6	10	8		10	7		2	8			66
Make Me Believe					6								3									9
A Little Bit Of Love	8	1						2				7	4	12		1				8	7	50
Mot nya äventyr	12	2			2			7					7		5			8		10		53
Rock To The Rhythm									1						12	12	3					28
Tu che non ci sei piú	3	12		6		8					10					4			2	2	4	51
Free Me									5			1										6

Media

HCSC 2006 winner: Patryk Smolarek - Oddajcie im wolność
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Recap of all HCSC 2006 songs in draw order
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