| Bundesvision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Final: | 9 February 2006 |
| Winner: | "Ding" by Seeed |
| Vote: | Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. |
| Venue: | Mittelhessen-Arena, Wetzlar, Hesse |
The Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 was the second edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 9 February 2006 at the Mittelhessen-Arena in Wetzlar, Hesse, following Juli's win in the 2005 contest in North Rhine-Westphalia with the song "Geile Zeit".[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Janin Reinhardt, and Elton in the green room.[2] [3]
The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 was the band Seeed with the song "Ding", representing Berlin. In second place were Revolverheld representing Bremen, and third place to In Extremo representing Thuringia.[2] [4] [5]
14 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia, awarding themselves 10, and 5 points each respectively.
The contest was broadcast by ProSieben and watched by 2.48 million people (9.1% market share). In the 14-49 age range 2.14 million viewers watched the show (18.3% market share).[2]
| Draw | State | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | AK4711 | "Kein schönerer Land" | No country more beautiful | 16 | 6 | ||
| 02 | Marlon | "Was immer du willst" | Whatever you want | 6 | 59 | ||
| 03 | Reminder | "Augen zu (und rein)" | Close your eyes and into it | 13 | 17 | ||
| 04 | Massive Töne | "Mein Job" | My job | 9 | 47 | ||
| 05 | "Liebe ist" | Love is | 14 | 12 | |||
| 06 | In Extremo | "Liam" | — | 3 | 134 | ||
| 07 | "Sekt zum Frühstück" | Sekt for breakfast | 12 | 18 | |||
| 08 | "Popsong" | Pop song | 15 | 10 | |||
| 09 | "Hast du kurz Zeit?" | Got some time? | 10 | 35 | |||
| 10 | TipTop | "TipTop" | — | 7 | 53 | ||
| 11 | "Schöner Tag" | Beautiful day | 11 | 26 | |||
| 12 | "Hamburg & Cologne" | — | 5 | 70 | |||
| 13 | Pyranja | "Nie wieder" | Never again | 8 | 50 | ||
| 14 | Revolverheld | "Freunde bleiben" | Staying friends | 2 | 136 | ||
| 15 | Nadja Benaissa | "Ich hab' dich" | I've got you | 4 | 104 | ||
| 16 | Seeed | "Ding" | Thing | 1 | 151 |
| Voting results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| North Rhine-Westphalia | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Saxony | 59 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saarland | 17 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baden-Württemberg | 47 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony-Anhalt | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thuringia | 134 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 18 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandenburg | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bavaria | 53 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 26 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 70 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bremen | 136 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hesse | 104 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | 151 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||