automatic qualifiers); the top 10 countries from the 2006 semi-final. The final was held on 20 May 2006 at 21:00 (CET) and was won by Finland. Detailed voting results Televoting was used in all nations except Monaco and Albania. Monaco used a jury as the chances of getting enough votes needed to validate the votes were low. Albania used a jury since there were problems with their televote. In the semi final, Monaco and Albania used the jury voting due to insufficient televoting numbers. Coincidentally, Albania and Monaco were two of the three countries that did not vote for the winning entry, the third one was Armenia. Semi-final 12 points Below is a summary of all 12 points in the semi-final: Final 12 points Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final: Spokespersons The following people were the spokespersons for their countries. A spokesperson delivers the results of national televoting during the final night, awarding points to the entries on behalf of his or her country. Although Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the contest, it retained its voting rights. A draw was held to determine each country's voting order. Countries revealed their votes in the following order: Peter Poles Xavi Palma Andreea Marin Bănică Jørgen de Mylius Mārtiņš Freimanis Cristina Alves Jovan Radomir Nina Tapio Yasmine Mila Horvat Jovana Janković Ingvild Helljesen Evelin Samuel Eimear Quinn Moira Delia Constantinos Christoforou Paul de Leeuw Yana Churikova Fearne Cotton Gohar Gasparyan Corrianna Thomas Hermanns Sonia Ferrer Svetlana Cocoş Vesna Andree Zaimović Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir Leon Menkshi Dragomir Simeonov Martin Vučić Meltem Ersan Yazgan Other countries – On 18 June 2005, Austrian newspaper Kurier reported that the Austrian broadcaster ORF would not be taking part in the 2006 contest. – On 6 October 2005, Česká televize announced that the Czech Republic would not participate. The country did make its debut the following year. – On 5 October 2005, the managing director of Georgia Television & Radio Broadcasting stated that Georgia would not enter the 2006 contest, however made its debut the year after. – On 9 December 2005, Hungarian broadcaster Magyar TV announced that Hungary would not participate for financial reasons. – Serbia and Montenegro withdrew from the contest due to a scandal in the selection process, which has caused tensions between the Serbian broadcaster, RTS, and the Montenegrin broadcaster, RTCG. Serbia and Montenegro did retain voting rights for the