Tornero, Romania's 4th placed song at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, has been named as the Song of the Year 2006 by the readers of esctoday.com, the world's largest and most visited independent Eurovision Song Contest website. Over 17,000 votes have been registered as readers have helped to make these awards such a great success!

The results have been checked, the 2006 awards certificates are being prepared and the winners list is here! Without further ado, here are the 2006 esctoday.com awards winners:

Eurovison Song Contest 2006:

2006 SONG OF THE YEAR award goes to…..

  • Tornero by Mihai Traistariuof Romania

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJOSwW06og

2006 PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Tina Karol, Ukraine for Show me your love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb5zkZjCw04

The 2006 COMPOSER OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Bosnia Herzegovina – Zeljko Joksimovic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOHdqsOT9hU

The2006COMMENTATOROF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Terry Wogan, United Kingdom

The2006VIDEOOF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Anna Vissi with Everything for Greece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lplKV0Xe_4

The2006BEST MALEPERFORMANCE award goes to…

  • Dima Bilan of Russia with Never let you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i14ju6sVQY

The2006 FEMALEPERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR award goes to…

  • Tina Karol for Ukraine with Show me your love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb5zkZjCw04

The 2006 BAND PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Lordi of Finland with Hard rock hallelujah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePNfN3T2eg

The2006BESTDRESSEDPERFORMEROF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Kate Ryan from Belgium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSl5WpNkfHg

The 2006 WORST DRESSED PERFORMER(S) OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Non Stop from Portugal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W70EDPHlB0

National Finals 2006:

The 2006 BEST NATIONAL FINAL award goes to:

  • Melodifestivalen , Sweden

The 2006 NATIONAL FINAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR (excluding winner)award goes to:

  • BWO for Sweden with Temple of love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i-1OrWpDzI

The2006BEST NATIONAL FINAL MALE PERFORMANCE (not to win)award goes to:

  • Andreas Johnson for Sweden with Sing for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8WEx84WLUc

The2006BEST NATIONAL FINALFEMALE PERFORMANCE (not to win) award goes to:

  • Sasa Lendero for Slovenia with Mandoline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqUuqq-r_BY

The 2006 BEST NATIONAL FINALBAND PERFORMANCE (not to win) award goes to:

  • BWO for Sweden with Temple of love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i-1OrWpDzI

Junior Eurovison Song Contest 2006:

The2006 JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG OF THE YEARaward goes to:

  • Det finaste någon kan få for for Sweden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuKrfQaEsCc

The 2006 JUNIOR EUROVISION SINGER OF THE YEAR Award goes to:

  • Molly Sandén for Sweden

(see above for video)

The2006 PERFORMANCE OFTHE YEAR award goes to:

  • Molly Sandén with Det finaste någon kan få for Sweden

(see above for video)

esctoday.com team awards:

Theesctoday.comARTICLE OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Silivia Night shines contrversially (read here)

The2006 esctoday.com EDITOR OF THE YEAR award goes to:

  • Marcus Klier

The 2006 esctoday.com BEST NEWCOMER award goes to:

  • Stella Floras

Thewinner ofthe 2006 REGIONAL PARTNER WEBSITE OF THE YEAR award goes to:

We have included this award to thank all of our regional partners for their efforts and co-operation over the last year. With their support, we have been able to provide much stronger coverage and we would like to thank them publically and recommend them to our readers. We would also like to thank OGAE Malta especially, as well as all the OGAE clubs and members around Europe that have offered us so much support this year.

The2006 PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT OF THE YEAR award goes to…

  • Nanne Grönvall (Sweden 1996) – for recovering from breast cancer and fighting hard to return to her stage show and Melodifestivalen

Outstanding contribution award

This award will be given based on services to the Eurovision Song Contest, whether it be by broadcaster, artist, individual or fan.

The final awards, for the members of esctoday.com and the Outstanding Contribution awards will be announced later today, along with an indepth review of the results.