• Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 14 May 2016 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Globe Arena (Avicii Arena, Stockholm Globe Arena, Ericsson Globe, Globen), Stockholm, 🇸🇪 Sweden
• Presenter (s): Måns Zelmerlöw & Petra Mede
• Musical Director: —
  
• Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
• Executive Producer: Martin Österdahl & Johan Bernhagen
  
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  
• Multicamera Director: Daniel Jelinek & Robin Hoffwander
  
• Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Opening Act: “Parade of Flags”: a tribute to Swedish fashion design and dance music.
• Interval Act: “Rock Your Body” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” performed by Justin Timberlake; “Love Love Peace Peace”, a pastiche of past Eurovision songs; Lynda Woodruff sketch played by Sarah Dawn Finer; “Fire in the Rain” and “Heroes” performed by Måns Zelmerlöw.
• Motto: “Come together”
• Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (56ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (39ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (56ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (55ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (52ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (53ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; First Semi-Final 18 [🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (21ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (47ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (35ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (7ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (8ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (28ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18 [🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (52ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (47ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (21ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (13ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (16ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (45ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (13ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal (45ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (17ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
• Nil Points: — [a]
• Winning song:  “1944” – , Jamala | Джамала – 🇺🇦 Ukraine (2ª)

About/Overview. The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. It was the third time that Stockholm hosted the contest and the second time that it was held in the Globe Arena. The right to host the contest came when Måns Zelmerlöw brought home the trophy with his song Heroes from Vienna in 2015. Australia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest, Dami Im finished second with The Sound of Silence. Russia’s Sergey Lazarev finished third with his song You Are The Only One. Ukraine’s Jamala won the contest with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. Stockholm was announced as the host city in July 2015, with the Globe Arena taking the honour of being the venue for the 2016 contest. The arena previously staged the contest in 2000. 

Come Together. The slogan for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was ‘Come Together’. The theme artwork, inspired by the dandelion, symbolised the power of resistance and resilience but also of regeneration – when the seeds fly away from the dandelion new life is created where they touch down. 

The Grand Final. 26 countries competed in the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 10 qualifiers from each of the Semi-Finals, the so-called Big Five as well as hosts Sweden all took to the stage. 2016 saw the biggest change to the voting sequence since 1975. The public and jury votes were presented separately meaning that there was double the amount of points available. In the end the Australia, Russia and Ukraine battled it out for victory. Ukraine’s Jamala took the trophy with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory since 2004.

Facts and figures. There was considerable interest in hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with several cities bidding for the opportunity including previous host cities Malmö and Gothenburg; Over 204 million watched the live shows in 2016 beating the viewing figures in 2015 by 5 million; The Grand Final was broadcast in the United States for the first time; Global superstar Justin Timberlake performed in during the interval of the Grand Final; For the first time ever Greece and Bosnia & Herzegovina failed to qualify for the Grand Final whilst the Czech Republic qualified for the first time ever; During the Grand Final the points from the juries and televotes were presented separately; Germany finished last for the second year running whilst Bulgaria achieved its best ever placing in the Grand Final, 4th; Australia won the jury vote and Russia won the televote, however Ukraine scored steadily throughout and received the most points overall; 1944 is the first song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to be performed in Crimean Tatar.    

Finale

• Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 10 May 2016 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Globe Arena (Avicii Arena, Stockholm Globe Arena, Ericsson Globe, Globen), Stockholm, 🇸🇪 Sweden
• Presenter (s): Måns Zelmerlöw & Petra Mede
• Musical Director: —
  
• Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
• Executive Producer: Martin Österdahl & Johan Bernhagen
  
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  
• Multicamera Director: Daniel Jelinek & Robin Hoffwander
  
• Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Opening Act: “Heroes” performed by Måns Zelmerlöw.
• Interval Act: “The Grey People” choreographed by Fredrik Rydman.
• Motto: “Come together”
• Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (56ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (39ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (56ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (55ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (52ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (53ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; First Semi-Final 18 [🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (21ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (47ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (35ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (7ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (8ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (28ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18 [🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (52ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (47ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (21ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (13ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (16ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (45ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (13ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal (45ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (17ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
• Nil Points: — [a]
• Winning song:  “You Are the Only One” –  Sergey Lazarev – 🇷🇺 Russia (3ª)

About/Overview. The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. It was the third time that Stockholm hosted the contest and the second time that it was held in the Globe Arena. The right to host the contest came when Måns Zelmerlöw brought home the trophy with his song Heroes from Vienna in 2015. Australia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest, Dami Im finished second with The Sound of Silence. Russia’s Sergey Lazarev finished third with his song You Are The Only One. Ukraine’s Jamala won the contest with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. Stockholm was announced as the host city in July 2015, with the Globe Arena taking the honour of being the venue for the 2016 contest. The arena previously staged the contest in 2000. 

Come Together. The slogan for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was ‘Come Together‘. The theme artwork, inspired by the dandelion, symbolised the power of resistance and resilience but also of regeneration – when the seeds fly away from the dandelion new life is created where they touch down. 

The Grand Final. 26 countries competed in the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 10 qualifiers from each of the Semi-Finals, the so-called Big Five as well as hosts Sweden all took to the stage. 2016 saw the biggest change to the voting sequence since 1975. The public and jury votes were presented separately meaning that there was double the amount of points available. In the end the Australia, Russia and Ukraine battled it out for victory. Ukraine’s Jamala took the trophy with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory since 2004.

Facts and figures. There was considerable interest in hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with several cities bidding for the opportunity including previous host cities Malmö and Gothenburg; Over 204 million watched the live shows in 2016 beating the viewing figures in 2015 by 5 million; The Grand Final was broadcast in the United States for the first time; Global superstar Justin Timberlake performed in during the interval of the Grand Final; For the first time ever Greece and Bosnia & Herzegovina failed to qualify for the Grand Final whilst the Czech Republic qualified for the first time ever; During the Grand Final the points from the juries and televotes were presented separately; Germany finished last for the second year running whilst Bulgaria achieved its best ever placing in the Grand Final, 4th; Australia won the jury vote and Russia won the televote, however Ukraine scored steadily throughout and received the most points overall; 1944 is the first song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to be performed in Crimean Tatar.    

Prima Semi-Finale

I finalisti della Prima Semifinale furono: Russia, Armenia, Malta, Ungheria, Paesi Bassi, Azerbaigian, Austria, Cipro, Repubblica Ceca e Croazia.

• Dates – Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 12 May 2016 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Globe Arena (Avicii Arena, Stockholm Globe Arena, Ericsson Globe, Globen), Stockholm, 🇸🇪 Sweden
• Presenter (s): Måns Zelmerlöw & Petra Mede
• Musical Director: —
  
• Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
• Executive Producer: Martin Österdahl & Johan Bernhagen
  
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  
• Multicamera Director: Daniel Jelinek & Robin Hoffwander
  
• Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Opening Act: “That’s Eurovision” (aka “Story of ESC”/”Story of Eurovision”) performed by Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw.
• Interval Act: “Man vs Machine” choreographed by Fredrik Rydman.
• Motto: “Come together”
• Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (56ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (39ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (56ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (55ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (52ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (53ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; First Semi-Final 18 [🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (21ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (19ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (54ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (10ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (47ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (35ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (14ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (7ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (5ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (33ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (48ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (9ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (8ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (28ª), 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (28ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18 [🇮🇱 Israel (35ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (52ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (17ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (47ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (16ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (21ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (19ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (13ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (10ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (16ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (2ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (45ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (9ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (13ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (55ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (18ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (10ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (13ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal (45ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (17ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
• Nil Points: —[a]
• Winning song:  “Sound of Silence” – Dami Im – 🇦🇺 Australia (1ª)

About/Overview. The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. It was the third time that Stockholm hosted the contest and the second time that it was held in the Globe Arena. The right to host the contest came when Måns Zelmerlöw brought home the trophy with his song Heroes from Vienna in 2015. Australia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest, Dami Im finished second with The Sound of Silence. Russia’s Sergey Lazarev finished third with his song You Are The Only One. Ukraine’s Jamala won the contest with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. Stockholm was announced as the host city in July 2015, with the Globe Arena taking the honour of being the venue for the 2016 contest. The arena previously staged the contest in 2000. 

Come Together. The slogan for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was ‘Come Together‘. The theme artwork, inspired by the dandelion, symbolised the power of resistance and resilience but also of regeneration – when the seeds fly away from the dandelion new life is created where they touch down. 

The Grand Final. 26 countries competed in the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 10 qualifiers from each of the Semi-Finals, the so-called Big Five as well as hosts Sweden all took to the stage. 2016 saw the biggest change to the voting sequence since 1975. The public and jury votes were presented separately meaning that there was double the amount of points available. In the end the Australia, Russia and Ukraine battled it out for victory. Ukraine’s Jamala took the trophy with her song 1944, providing Ukraine with its second victory since 2004.

Facts and figures. There was considerable interest in hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with several cities bidding for the opportunity including previous host cities Malmö and Gothenburg; Over 204 million watched the live shows in 2016 beating the viewing figures in 2015 by 5 million; The Grand Final was broadcast in the United States for the first time; Global superstar Justin Timberlake performed in during the interval of the Grand Final; For the first time ever Greece and Bosnia & Herzegovina failed to qualify for the Grand Final whilst the Czech Republic qualified for the first time ever; During the Grand Final the points from the juries and televotes were presented separately; Germany finished last for the second year running whilst Bulgaria achieved its best ever placing in the Grand Final, 4th; Australia won the jury vote and Russia won the televote, however Ukraine scored steadily throughout and received the most points overall; 1944 is the first song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to be performed in Crimean Tatar.    

Seconda Semi-Finale

r/O	country	participant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	rank
01	🇱🇻 Latvia LTV qualifier	Justs	Heartbeat (Sirdspuksti) English	132	08
02	🇵🇱 Poland TVP qualifier	Michał Szpak	Color Of Your Life (Kolor Twojego życia) English	151	06
03	🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG	Rykka	The Last Of Our Kind (Die Letzten unserer Art, Les derniers de notre genre, Gli ultimi della nostra specie) English	028	18
04	🇮🇱 Israel IBA qualifier	Hovi Star (חובי סטאר‎‎)	Made Of Stars (עשויים מכוכבים) English	147	07
05	🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC	IVAN (Alexander Ivanov, Аляксандр Іваноў)	Help You Fly (Дапамагу табе лётаць, Помочь тебе летать) English	084	12
06	🇷🇸 Serbia RTS qualifier	Sanja Vučić ZAA (Сања Вучић ZAA)	Goodbye (Shelter) [Довиђења (Склониште), Doviđenja (Sklonište); Iza osmeha, Иза осмеха] English	105	10
07	🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight (Solas na Greine) English	046	15
08	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV	Kaliopi (Калиопи)	Dona (Дона) Мacedonian	088	11
09	🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT qualifier	Donny Montell	I’ve Been Waiting for This Night (Aš laukiau šios nakties) English	222	04
10	🇦🇺 Australia SBS qualifier	Dami Im (임다미)	Sound Of Silence English	330	01
11	🇸🇮 Slovenia RTVSLO	ManuElla (Manuela Brečko)	Blue And Red (Modra in rdeča) English	057	14
12	🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT qualifier	Poli Genova (Поли Генова)	If Love Was A Crime (Ако любовта беше престъпление) English, Bulgarian	220	05
13	🇩🇰 Denmark DR	Lighthouse X	Soldiers Of Love (Kærlighedssoldater) English	034	17
14	🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU	Jamala (Camala, Джамала)	1944 English, Crimean Tatar	287	02
15	🇳🇴 Norway NRK	Agnete	Icebreaker (Isbryter) English	063	13
16	🇬🇪 Georgia GPB qualifier	Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz (ნიკა კოჩაროვი & Young Georgian Lolitaz)	Midnight Gold (შუაღამის ოქრო) English	123	09
17	🇦🇱 Albania RTSH	Eneda Tarifa	Fairytale (Përrallë) English	045	16
18	🇧🇪 Belgium VRT qualifier	Laura Tesoro	What’s The Pressure (Pourquoi se presser?) English	274	03

I finalisti della Seconda Semifinale furono: Australia, Ucraina, Belgio, Lituania, Bulgaria, Polonia, Israele, Lettonia, Georgia e Serbia.

Missed participation

• 🇩🇪 Germany: “?” () – Xavier Naidoo. On 19 November 2015, Naidoo was announced as the German representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. His entry was due to be chosen from six competing entries in a national final in February. However, his selection proved controversial. Naidoo’s right wing political views, coupled with homophobic lyrics in his 2012 song (featuring Kool Savas) “Wo sind sie jetzt”, led to calls for his selection to be reconsidered. Within a day, an online petition had gathered nearly 15,000 signatories. Claudia Roth, a vice-president of the Bundestag for the German Green Party, also criticised the decision, citing the poor timing, with right wing political causes gaining popularity in the wake of the migrant crisis. On 21 November, it was revealed by the German broadcaster, NDR, that Germany had withdrawn the singer’s participation. Il 19 novembre 2015 era stato annunciato che l’artista avrebbe rappresentato la Germania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2016; la decisione è stata però poi annullata due giorni dopo in seguito alle proteste dovute alla sua appartenenza alla Reichsbürgerbewegung (a group that believes that the German Reich continues to exist in its pre-WWII borders) e agli insulti contro gli ebrei e le persone LGBT nei suoi brani  (in his song “Raus aus dem Reichstag”).  
• 🇲🇹 Malta: “Chameleon (Invincible)” (English) – Ira Losco. “Chameleon” is a song performed by Maltese singer Ira Losco. Originally, the song would haverepresented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. However, the Maltese broadcaster TVM later changed it to “Walk on Water”.
• 🇷🇴 Romania: “Moment of Silence” (English) – Ovidiu Anton. “Moment of Silence” is a song performed by Romanian singer Ovidiu Anton. The song was scheduled to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Due to defaulted payments by the nation’s national broadcaster, TVR, the song was disqualified from the contest. Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final, while nineteen countries were planned to participate in the second semi-final (originally planned to perform twelfth in this semi-final), but this was reduced to eighteen on 22 April due to the forced withdrawal of Romania.
• Italia: “Un giorno mi dirai” (One day you will tell me) (Italian) – Stadio. La canzone vincitrice della sezione Campioni è stata “Un giorno mi dirai” degli Stadio, come già accaduto l’anno precedente, ai vincitori della sezione Campioni è stato riservato il diritto di rappresentare l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In seguito alla rinuncia degli Stadio, tale possibilità è stata concessa dalla Rai a Francesca Michielin, seconda classificata nella categoria Campioni con il brano “Nessun grado di separazione”.
• Albania: “Përrallë” (Albanian) – Eneda Tarifa. Eneda ha preso parte per una terza volta al Festivali i Këngës, la cui finale si è tenuta il 27 dicembre 2014. La sua canzone, intitolata Përrallë, scritta da Olsa Toqi, è stata proclamata vincitrice del concorso e le garantirà la partecipazione all’Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in qualità di rappresentante dell’Albania. Al contest, Eneda ha cantato Fairytale, la versione tradotta in inglese, presentata il 13 marzo 2016 sul canale YouTube dell’Eurovision e messa in commercio il 30 marzo. Eneda si è esibita nella seconda semifinale dell’Eurovision, svolta il 12 maggio 2016 a Stoccolma, ma non si è qualificata per la finale del 14 maggio.

Participation map

Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final  Countries that participated in the past but not in 2016

ESC 2016 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jury:

Final:

ESC 2016 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jury:

First Semi-Final:

ESC 2016 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jury:

Second Semi-Final:

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country’s victory at the 2015 contest with the song “Heroes” by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and previous year’s winner Måns Zelmerlöw.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster’s insufficient promotion of their music-based media, while Romania had planned to participate, but was disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU.

The winner was Ukraine with the song “1944”, performed and written by Jamala. Australia, Russia, Bulgaria and host country Sweden rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 that the overall winner won neither the jury vote, which was won by Australia, nor the televote, which was won by Russia, with Ukraine placing second in both. “1944” is the first song containing lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win the contest.

The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, while both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever, the latter being absent from the final for the first time since 2000. In the final, Australia’s second-place finish was an improvement on its fifth-place finish in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007.The contest was the first to implement a voting system change since 1975: each country’s professional jury points were announced largely as before, while the results of each national televote were combined and announced in reverse order. It was also the first contest to be broadcast on live television in the United States, and the EBU recorded a record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million.

1.Location.

1.1.Venue. The contest took place in the Globe Arena in Stockholm, following Sweden’s victory at the 2015 contest. Globe Arena was also used as the venue for the 2000 contest. The Globe Arena has a capacity of approximately 16,000 attendees, and this was the second time the contest has been staged at the venue, after the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.

1.2.Bidding phase. Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced on 24 May, the day after winning the 2015 contest, that the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm was their first choice venue. However, other cities and arenas were invited to apply, and those making a bid had approximately three weeks to submit their offer to SVT.

SVT announced on 1 June the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest:

• SVT had to have access to the venue at least 4–6 weeks before the contest to build the stage and rig up lighting and technology.
• A press centre with a specific size had to be made available at the venue.
• A specific number of hotels and hotel rooms had to be made available in the vicinity of the venue.
• The host city had to be near a major airport.

An announcement regarding the venue was expected from SVT by midsummer, with the Ericsson Globe announced as the venue on 8 July.

Key: 

City	Venue	Notes
Gothenburg (Göteborg)	Scandinavium	Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
	Ullevi	Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium. The idea was rejected due to costs.
Linköping	Saab Arena	—
Malmö	Malmö Arena	Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Withdrew its bid on 11 June 2015, citing unavailability during the rehearsal weeks of the contest.
Örnsköldsvik	Fjällräven Center	—
Sandviken and Gävle	Göransson Arena	If this option were chosen, Sandviken would have hosted the three live shows in the Göransson Arena, while Gävle would have hosted satellite events such as smaller concerts and shows.
Stockholm
	Annexet	—
	Globe Arena	Host venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and the final of Melodifestivalen in 1989 and between 2002 and 2012 inclusive.
	Friends Arena	Venue of the final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Friends Arena is the biggest football stadium and indoor venue in Sweden and the Nordic countries. However, it was reportedly not part of Stockholm’s bid.
	Hovet	—
	Tele2 Arena	SVT announced on 24 May 2015 that Tele2 Arena was their first choice venue for the contest. However, it was not possible to use the venue due to the 4–6 week organisation requirement, which would impact on the pre-scheduled home games of Hammarby Fotboll. The EBU announced on 14 March 2016 that Tele2 Arena would host Eurovision The Party, and the results of the Swedish jury vote would be announced live from the event.

2.Format. The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 16 March 2015 at a Heads of Delegation meeting in Vienna, with the semi-finals taking place on 10 and 12 May, and the final on 14 May 2016. These were subject to change depending on SVT, but were later confirmed when Stockholm was announced as the host city.

Discussions were held in 2014 between the EBU and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) regarding the inclusion of a guest performance from the ABU TV Song Festival at the contest. The EBU confirmed on 16 July 2015 that they would be looking into the possibility of the proposal, which was discussed at the ABU General Assembly in 2014.

SVT proposed a change of start time of the contest from 21:00 CEST to 20:00 CEST on 9 September, arguing that such a change would help to promote family viewing of the contest, especially in eastern Europe when it would run late into the night. However, the EBU published the public rules of the contest on 28 October, which stated that the start time would remain at 21:00 CEST.

The EBU announced on 23 September that rather than using clips from their respective music videos, extended clips from the dress rehearsals of the six acts who qualified directly to the final (the “Big Five” and host nation Sweden) would be shown as previews during the semi-final in which they were allocated to vote.

The core team for the contest was announced by SVT and the EBU on 26 October. Johan Bernhagen and Martin Österdahl were executive producers, while Tobias Åberg was head of production. The three live shows were directed by Sven Stojanović and the contest was produced by Christer Björkman.

2.1. New voting system. The EBU announced on 18 February 2016 that a new voting system would be implemented at the contest for the first time since 1975. The new system, inspired by the voting system of Melodifestivalen, involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Televoting votes from all the countries would be pooled. After viewers cast their votes, the results of each professional jury would be presented, with countries receiving 1–8 and 10 points being displayed on-screen, instead of 1–7 as had been the case since 2006, and the national spokesperson announcing only the country to which they award 12 points. After the results of the professional juries were presented, the televoting points from all participating countries would be combined, providing one score for each song. The new voting system would also be used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but, as before, the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

As the new voting system would give equal weight to jury and televoting results, a national jury result could not be used as a backup result for the televoting or vice versa. Therefore, if a country could not deliver a valid televoting/jury result, a substitute result would be calculated by the jury/televoting result of a pre-selected group of countries approved by the contest’s Reference Group. The Director General of Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), Carlo Romeo, stated on 23 February that the use of a substitute televoting result discriminated against microstates like San Marino, which only used a professional jury due to their use of the Italian phone system and would therefore have its voting representation diminished under the new system, and criticised the EBU for not contacting its members before making the decision.

2.2.Other Eurovision events. The EBU announced on 14 March 2016 that the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm would host a live event running alongside the final of the contest on 14 May. Eurovision The Party, hosted by Sanna Nielsen, allowed fans to watch the final on a big screen and featured backstage material from the Globe Arena such as Nielsen conducting exclusive interviews and appearing with hosts Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw. The results of the Swedish jury vote was also announced live from the event by Gina Dirawi. A pre-party and after-party was also held and featured performances from former contest winners Carola and Loreen as well as Danny Saucedo, Panetoz and DJ Tim Henri. Executive producer Johan Bernhagen has stated that the event complements existing events being held at the Eurovision Village and the EuroClub, and it is hoped that Eurovision The Party would become an annual event in the host city of the contest.

2.3.Presenters. After his victory in the 2015 contest, Måns Zelmerlöw announced his interest in hosting the 2016 contest. His experience as a television presenter includes Melodifestivalen 2010 and SVT sing-along show Allsång på Skansen Christer Björkman told Expressen on 25 May that Gina Dirawi, Petra Mede and Sanna Nielsen were also being considered as hosts, but it was reported on 1 June that SVT was considering Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren as co-hosts. Expressen reported on 19 August that Mede and Zelmerlöw were SVT’s first choice of hosts, while it was announced at a press conference on 14 December that they would indeed co-host.

The press conferences were presented by Jovan Radomir and Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, who also provided commentary from the red carpet event in front of the Stockholm Palace, before the official welcome party at Stockholm City Hall on 8 May 2016.

2.4.Semi-final allocation draw. The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Stockholm City Hall on 25 January 2016, hosted by Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the “Big Five” and Sweden would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. The EBU originally announced that the running order would be revealed on 5 April, however for undisclosed reasons this was later put back to 8 April. Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final, while nineteen countries were planned to participate in the second semi-final, but this was reduced to eighteen on 22 April due to the disqualification of Romania. From each semi-final, ten countries joined the “Big Five” and Sweden in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries participated.

The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, which were published by the EBU on 21 January, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest’s official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Sweden and Germany were pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first and second semi-final respectively due to requests from their respective broadcasters, which were approved by the EBU.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇮 Slovenia	🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇳🇴 Norway	🇦🇲 Armenia  🇦🇿 Azerbaijan  Belarus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇷🇺 Russia 🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇷 Greece 🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇲🇹 Malta 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇲 San Marino	🇦🇹 Austria 🇭🇺 Hungary  🇮🇱 Israel[b] 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania[c] 🇨🇭 Switzerland

2.5.Opening and interval acts. The EBU announced on 1 May 2016 that the opening act of the first semi-final would be a performance of “Heroes” by Måns Zelmerlöw, while the opening act of the second semi-final would be a musical theatre comedy song entitled “That’s Eurovision”, composed by Matheson Bayley and written by Bayley, Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn, and performed by Zelmerlöw and Mede. The opening act of the final was a parade of flags similar to final opening ceremonies since 2013, themed as a tribute to Swedish fashion design and dance music with artists being welcomed on stage in a catwalk fashion show with flags being projected onto 26 dresses designed by Bea Szenfeld.

The interval acts of both semi-finals were sketches choreographed by Fredrik Rydman: “The Grey People” in the first semi-final and “Man meets machine” in the second semi-final respectively. The EBU announced on 9 May that one of the interval acts of the final would be a world premiere live performance of “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” and “Rock Your Body” by Justin Timberlake. He was the first “global megastar” in the contest’s 61-year-history to perform during the interval. Other interval acts in the final included a sketch called “Love Love Peace Peace”, a pastiche of past entries such as No Name’s song “Zauvijek moja” featuring appearances from Lordi and Alexander Rybak, winners of the contest in 2006 and 2009 respectively and performed by Zelmerlöw and Mede, a sketch starring Lynda Woodruff, played by Sarah Dawn Finer, and a performance of “Fire in the Rain” and “Heroes” by Zelmerlöw, from his albums Chameleon and Perfectly Damaged respectively.

During the live broadcast of the final on Logo TV in the United States, Timberlake’s performance was replaced by a reprise of “The Grey People” from the first semi-final, with the Eurovision 2016 DVD cutting Timberlake completely. In an interview with The Guardian, the contest’s Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, revealed that this was due to rights restrictions.

3.Participating countries. Participating countries had until 15 September 2015 to submit their applications for participation in the contest, and until 10 October to withdraw their applications without facing financial sanctions. It had been initially announced on 26 November 2015 that 43 countries would participate in the contest, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011. However, Romania were disqualified from participation on 22 April 2016, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.

Four countries returned after absences from recent contests: Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia since 2013 and Ukraine since 2014. Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015, but by invitation of the EBU due to the associate membership status of the Special Broadcasting Service. However, instead of pre-qualifying for the final and voting in all three live shows, as was the case in 2015, Australia entered the second semi-final and voted only in that semi-final and the final. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster’s insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process, while Romania were disqualified from participation on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU.

3.1.Returning artists. Seven artists returned after having previously participated in the contest. Deen returned after previously representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004, finishing ninth in the final with the song “In The Disco”.

Kaliopi returned after previously representing Macedonia in 2012, finishing 13th in the final with the song “Crno i belo”. She was also selected to represent Macedonia in 1996 with “Samo ti”, but was eliminated in a non-televised pre-qualifying round.

Poli Genova returned after previously representing Bulgaria in 2011, finishing 12th in the second semi-final with the song “Na inat”.

Bojan Jovović returned for Montenegro as part of Highway after previously representing Serbia and Montenegro in 2005 as part of No Name, finishing seventh in the final with the song “Zauvijek moja”.

Ira Losco returned after previously representing Malta in 2002, finishing in second place with the song “7th Wonder”.

Donny Montell returned after previously representing Lithuania in 2012, finishing 14th in the final with the song “Love Is Blind”.

Greta Salóme returned after previously representing Iceland in 2012 with Jónsi, finishing 20th in the final with the song “Never Forget”.

Armenian backing vocalist Monica previously represented Armenia in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Sahlene, who represented Estonia in Eurovision Song Contest 2002, returned as a backing vocalist for Australia.

Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals numerous times for Croatia 2003, Montenegro 2008, 2014 and Slovenia 2007, 2011, 2012, returned as a backing vocalist for Croatia.

3.2.Semi-final 1. Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. France, Spain, and Sweden voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

3.3.Semi-final 2. Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Romania were originally planned to perform twelfth in this semi-final, but were disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts to the EBU, resulting in countries originally planned to perform thirteenth or later to do so one place earlier. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

3.4.Final. 26 countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the second semi-final qualifiers’ press conference on 13 May.

3.5.Participants and results. 

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2016: 

• National Selections in 2016:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Festivali i Këngës #54	Eneda Tarifa – “Fairytale” / “Përrallë”
🇦🇹 Austria	Wer singt für Österreich?	Zoë – “Loin d’ici“
Belarus	(Belarusian Selection 2016)	Ivan – “Help You Fly”
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eurosong 2016	Laura Tesoro – “What’s the Pressure”
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 2016	Lighthouse X – “Soldiers of Love”
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eesti Laul 2016	Jüri Pootsmann – “Play”
🇫🇮 Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016	Sandhja – “Sing It Away”
🇬🇪 Georgia	(Georgian Selection 2016) (song selection) [l]	Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz – “Midnight Gold”
🇩🇪 Germany	Unser Lied für Stockholm	Jamie-Lee Kriewitz / Jamie-Lee – “Ghost”
🇭🇺 Hungary	A Dal 2016	Freddie – “Pioneer”
🇮🇸 Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2016	Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir / Greta Salóme – “Hear Them Calling”
🇮🇱 Israel	HaKokhav HaBa L’Eirovizion	Hovi Star – “Made of Stars”
🇮🇹 Italy	Sanremo 2016	Francesca Michielin – “No Degree of Separation” / “Nessun grado di separazione”
🇱🇻 Latvia	Supernova 2016	Justs – “Heartbeat”
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Eurovizijos Atranka 2016	Donny Montell – “I’ve Been Waiting for This Night”
🇲🇹 Malta	MESC 2016	Ira Losco – “Walk on Water” / “Chameleon”
🇲🇩 Moldova	O melodie pentru Europa 2016	Lidia Isac – “Falling Stars”
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2016	Agnete – “Icebreaker”
🇵🇱 Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje 2016	Michał Szpak – “Color of Your Life”
🇷🇴 Romania	Selecția Națională 2016	Ovidiu Anton – “Moment of Silence”
🇸🇮 Slovenia	EMA 2016	ManuElla – “Blue and Red”
🇪🇸 Spain	Objetivo Eurovisión	Barei – “Say Yay!”
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2016	Frans – “If I Were Sorry”
🇨🇭 Switzerland	ESC 2016 – Die Entscheidungsshow	Rykka – “The Last of Our Kind”
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Vidbir 2016	Jamala – “1944”
🇬🇧 United Kindom	You Decide	Joe and Jake – “You’re Not Alone”

• Internal Selections in 2016:

3.7.Connections:

4Detailed voting results

4.1Semi-final 1.

Split results of semi-final 1

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇷🇺 Russia	342	🇲🇹 Malta	155	🇷🇺 Russia	194
2	🇦🇲 Armenia	243	🇷🇺 Russia	148	🇦🇹 Austria	133
3	🇲🇹 Malta	209	🇦🇲 Armenia	127	🇭🇺 Hungary	119
4	🇭🇺 Hungary	197[g]	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	120	🇦🇲 Armenia	116
5	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	197[g]	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	102	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	95
6	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	185	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	92	🇨🇾 Cyprus	93
7	🇦🇹 Austria	170	🇭🇷 Croatia	80	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	93
8	🇨🇾 Cyprus	164	🇭🇺 Hungary	78	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	78
9	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	161	🇨🇾 Cyprus	71	🇲🇹 Malta	54
10	🇭🇷 Croatia	133	🇲🇪 Montenegro	46	🇭🇷 Croatia	53
11	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	104	🇦🇹 Austria	37	🇸🇲 San Marino	49
12	🇸🇲 San Marino	68	🇫🇮 Finland	35	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41
13	🇲🇪 Montenegro	60	🇮🇸 Iceland	27	🇮🇸 Iceland	24
14	🇮🇸 Iceland	51[h]	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	26	🇬🇷 Greece	22
15	🇫🇮 Finland	51[h]	🇲🇩 Moldova	24	🇫🇮 Finland	16
16	🇬🇷 Greece	44	🇬🇷 Greece	22	🇪🇪 Estonia	15
17	🇲🇩 Moldova	33	🇸🇲 San Marino	19	🇲🇪 Montenegro	14
18	🇪🇪 Estonia	24	🇪🇪 Estonia	9	🇲🇩 Moldova	9

Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote
			[2]	[1]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇫🇮 Finland	51	35	16				4		2	8			7		2						5		3	4
	🇬🇷 Greece	44	22	22							3		7		3			6	3
	🇲🇩 Moldova	33	24	9		3					6		6					5				4
	🇭🇺 Hungary	197	78	119		7	3		8	3			4	12	6		5	8	1	2	4		5	10
	🇭🇷 Croatia	133	80	53	5		5	3		12	2	1	1	6	7	7	3		7	7	5		6		3
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	197	102	95	12	1	4	6	2		4	12		10		6	12		2	12	1		8	4	6
	🇦🇲 Armenia	243	127	116	7	10	10	5	5	5			12		10	5	2		12	5	7	12	3	12	5
	🇸🇲 San Marino	68	19	49														3			10	6
	🇷🇺 Russia	342	148	194	6	12	12	10	6	1	7	3			12	8	1	12	8	10	8	10	2	8	12
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	161	120	41	10		8	8	12	4	5	4	5		5	10	6	2	4	8	12	3	1	6	7
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	164	71	93		8	7	2	10	10		8		1			10			1		8	4	1	1
	🇦🇹 Austria	170	37	133	3	2				6				5	2					4		1	12		2
	🇪🇪 Estonia	24	9	15	1		2						2			1		1				2
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	185	92	93	2	5		7	3	7		6	10	3	4	4	7		5	3	6		7	5	8
	🇲🇪 Montenegro	60	46	14		6					10	10	3					7			3	7
	🇮🇸 Iceland	51	27	24	4			1	1			7		4	1	3	4							2
	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	104	26	78			1		4		1	2		2				10	6
	🇲🇹 Malta	209	155	54	8	4	6	12	7	8	12	5	8	8	8	12	8	4	10	6	2		10	7	10

Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote
			[2]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇫🇮 Finland	51	35	16				1									7			2					6
	🇬🇷 Greece	44	22	22							7		3		12
	🇲🇩 Moldova	33	24	9									5		2								2
	🇭🇺 Hungary	197	78	119	4	7	6		8	6	6	7	6	6	6	8	5	7	6	6	1	8	7	5	4
	🇭🇷 Croatia	133	80	53	2	4	2			5	3		4	2	1	6			8		12		1	2	1
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	197	102	95	6	2		6	5		4	6		3	4	10	8	4		10		7	4	6	10
	🇦🇲 Armenia	243	127	116	1	8	8	2	3	12		8	12	12	7	4	1		3	3	3	4	12	10	3
	🇸🇲 San Marino	68	19	49	3	6	4	5		4						5	4	10	2	1		5
	🇷🇺 Russia	342	148	194	8	10	10	10	10	8	12	12		8	10	7	12	12	10	12	7	12	8	8	8
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	161	120	41		3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1			1		3	1		4	2	3	7
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	164	71	93	7	12		7	2	3	8	5	8	4		2	6	1	5	5	2	6	5	3	2
	🇦🇹 Austria	170	37	133	10	5	7	8	7	10	5	3	10	5	3		10	6		8	6	1	10	12	7
	🇪🇪 Estonia	24	9	15	12		1											2
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	185	92	93			12	12				10	7	10	8				7	7	10	10
	🇲🇪 Montenegro	60	46	14					6												8
	🇮🇸 Iceland	51	27	24	5							1				3	3					3		4	5
	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	104	26	78					12	7	1	4		7		12		5	12				6		12
	🇲🇹 Malta	209	155	54		1	5	4	1	1	10		2	1	5		2	8	4	4	5			1

4.1.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the first semi-final.

12 points awarded by juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇸🇪 Sweden
4	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇪🇸 Spain
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇸🇲 San Marino
3	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇭🇺 Hungary
2	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇭🇷 Croatia
1	🇦🇹 Austria	🇫🇷 France
	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇭🇺 Hungary	🇨🇿 Czech Republic

12 points awarded by televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇸🇲 San Marino
4	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇫🇷 France, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands,  🇷🇺 Russia
	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇸🇪 Sweden
2	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇲🇩 Moldova
1	🇦🇹 Austria	🇪🇸 Spain
	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇬🇷 Greece
	🇪🇪 Estonia	🇫🇮 Finland
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇨🇾 Cyprus

4.2.Semi-final 2.

Split results of semi-final 2

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇦🇺 Australia	330	🇦🇺 Australia	188	🇺🇦 Ukraine	152
2	🇺🇦 Ukraine	287	🇧🇪 Belgium	139	🇦🇺 Australia	142
3	🇧🇪 Belgium	274	🇺🇦 Ukraine	135	🇧🇪 Belgium	135
4	🇱🇹 Lithuania	222	🇮🇱 Israel	127	🇵🇱 Poland	131
5	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	220	🇱🇹 Lithuania	104	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	122
6	🇵🇱 Poland	151	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	98	🇱🇹 Lithuania	118
7	🇮🇱 Israel	147	🇬🇪 Georgia	84	🇱🇻 Latvia	68
8	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	🇱🇻 Latvia	64	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	54
9	🇬🇪 Georgia	123	🇷🇸 Serbia	55	Belarus	52
10	🇷🇸 Serbia	105	🇸🇮 Slovenia	49	🇷🇸 Serbia	50
11	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	88	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	34	🇬🇪 Georgia	39
12	Belarus	84	Belarus	32	🇦🇱 Albania	35
13	🇳🇴 Norway	63	🇳🇴 Norway	29	🇳🇴 Norway	34
14	🇸🇮 Slovenia	57	🇨🇭 Switzerland	25	🇮🇪 Ireland	31
15	🇮🇪 Ireland	46	🇵🇱 Poland	20	🇩🇰 Denmark	24
16	🇦🇱 Albania	45	🇮🇪 Ireland	15	🇮🇱 Israel	20
17	🇩🇰 Denmark	34	🇩🇰 Denmark	10	🇸🇮 Slovenia	8
18	🇨🇭 Switzerland	28	🇦🇱 Albania	10	🇨🇭 Switzerland	3

Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote
			[2]	[1]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	64	68		6	6	7			4	2	7		10		3	6	2	5	1		5
	🇵🇱 Poland	151	20	131						1			3		3			1	4	3	2			3
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	28	25	3				1			5			1	7		2			7		1	1
	🇮🇱 Israel	147	127	20	2	8	10		1	7	7	6	6	10	4	5	5	7	5	6	4	10	12	8	4
	Belarus	84	32	52	1	4	1				2			6	2	6		5					2		3
	🇷🇸 Serbia	105	55	50	5	1	3		5			12		3		8		3			8	2		5
	🇮🇪 Ireland	46	15	31				2									4	2	3					2	2
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	88	34	54				8		12				2							12
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	222	104	118	12	3	8	4	10	5	3	5		7	1	3	10	8	8	2		3	3	1	8
	🇦🇺 Australia	330	188	142	8	10	12	12	8	4	6	4	12		5	12	12	12	12	8	10	12	7	12	10
	🇸🇮 Slovenia	57	49	8	3					6	8	7	1	4		1					6	7		6
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	220	98	122	7	5	4	3	4	2	10	8	2	8	6		7		10		7	6	4		5
	🇩🇰 Denmark	34	10	24					3											4	3
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	287	135	152	10	12	5	10	7	10		10	8		8	4	1		6	12	5	5	6	10	6
	🇳🇴 Norway	63	29	34			2		6				4	5			6			1		4			1
	🇬🇪 Georgia	123	84	39	6	7		5	2	3	1	1	10			7		4	1			8	10	7	12
	🇦🇱 Albania	45	10	35						8						2
	🇧🇪 Belgium	274	139	135	4	2	7	6	12		12	3	5	12	12	10	8	10	7	10			8	4	7

Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote
			[2]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	64	68		5			5		7	7	12	5			2	3	3	8		3	3		5
	🇵🇱 Poland	151	20	131	4		7	6	6	1	10	1	7		4	6	6	12	10	7		12	12	10	10
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	28	25	3																	3
	🇮🇱 Israel	147	127	20					1		2			6		2		2	1	1		1	2		2
	Belarus	84	32	52	7	8		3		5	1		6			4	1	10		6				1
	🇷🇸 Serbia	105	55	50			12					10		2	12	5				2			1	6
	🇮🇪 Ireland	46	15	31	1	2	2	1					1	7			4		2			4			7
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	88	34	54			4	2		12				4	10	8					12			2
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	222	104	118	10	3		5	10		12			8		3	7	6	12	10	4	8	4	4	12
	🇦🇺 Australia	330	188	142	8	10	6	12	7	7	8	4	5		6	7	8	7	8	4	6	10	10	3	6
	🇸🇮 Slovenia	57	49	8						4		3									1
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	220	98	122	3	4	3	10	8	8	5	8	3	10	5		3	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	8
	🇩🇰 Denmark	34	10	24	2	1	1	4			3			1					5		2	5
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	287	135	152	12	12	5	7	12	6	4	6	10	3	8	12	5		4	12	5	6	8	12	3
	🇳🇴 Norway	63	29	34					3	3		2	2		2	1	10	1			10
	🇬🇪 Georgia	123	84	39	5	7			2	2			8		1			8					5		1
	🇦🇱 Albania	45	10	35			10					12			3							2		8
	🇧🇪 Belgium	274	139	135	6	6	8	8	4	10	6	5	4	12	7	10	12	4	7	3	8		6	5	4

4.2.112 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the second semi-final.

12 points awarded by juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
9	🇦🇺 Australia	🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
4	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇦🇺 Australia,  Belarus, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
2	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇵🇱 Poland
1	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇬🇧 United Kindom
	🇮🇱 Israel	🇩🇪 Germany
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇱🇻 Latvia
	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia

12 points awarded by televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Belarus, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇵🇱 Poland
3	🇵🇱 Poland	🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
2	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇩🇰 Denmark
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
1	🇦🇱 Albania	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia
	🇦🇺 Australia	🇮🇱 Israel
	🇱🇻 Latvia	🇱🇹 Lithuania

4.3.Final.

Split results of the final

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇺🇦 Ukraine	534	🇦🇺 Australia	320	🇷🇺 Russia	361
2	🇦🇺 Australia	511	🇺🇦 Ukraine	211	🇺🇦 Ukraine	323
3	🇷🇺 Russia	491	🇫🇷 France	148	🇵🇱 Poland	222
4	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	307	🇲🇹 Malta	137	🇦🇺 Australia	191
5	🇸🇪 Sweden	261	🇷🇺 Russia	130	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	180
6	🇫🇷 France	257	🇧🇪 Belgium	130	🇸🇪 Sweden	139
7	🇦🇲 Armenia	249	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	127	🇦🇲 Armenia	134
8	🇵🇱 Poland	229	🇮🇱 Israel	124	🇦🇹 Austria	120
9	🇱🇹 Lithuania	200	🇸🇪 Sweden	122	🇫🇷 France	109
10	🇧🇪 Belgium	181	🇦🇲 Armenia	115	🇱🇹 Lithuania	96
11	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	153[i]	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	114	🇷🇸 Serbia	80
12	🇲🇹 Malta	153[i]	🇱🇹 Lithuania	104	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	73
13	🇦🇹 Austria	151	🇮🇹 Italy	90	🇱🇻 Latvia	63
14	🇮🇱 Israel	135	🇬🇪 Georgia	80	🇭🇺 Hungary	56
15	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	🇱🇻 Latvia	69	🇨🇾 Cyprus	53
16	🇮🇹 Italy	124	🇪🇸 Spain	67	🇧🇪 Belgium	51
17	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	117	🇬🇧 United Kindom	54	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	39
18	🇷🇸 Serbia	115	🇭🇺 Hungary	52	🇮🇹 Italy	34
19	🇭🇺 Hungary	108	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	44	🇭🇷 Croatia	33
20	🇬🇪 Georgia	104	🇨🇾 Cyprus	43	🇬🇪 Georgia	24
21	🇨🇾 Cyprus	96	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41	🇲🇹 Malta	16
22	🇪🇸 Spain	77	🇭🇷 Croatia	40	🇮🇱 Israel	11
23	🇭🇷 Croatia	73	🇷🇸 Serbia	35	🇪🇸 Spain	10
24	🇬🇧 United Kindom	62	🇦🇹 Austria	31	🇩🇪 Germany	10
25	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41	🇵🇱 Poland	7	🇬🇧 United Kindom	8
26	🇩🇪 Germany	11	🇩🇪 Germany	1	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	0

Detailed jury voting results of the final

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote
			[2]	[1]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]	[2]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇧🇪 Belgium	181	130	51	5	3			2	12	10					10	8			4		10	4		6	4	5		5	12					5		4			10			8		3
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41	41	0	4	5				2		6			3					1											1		10									4		2		3
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	153	114	39		12		4	7	8				3	10	5	7	7				2		3			4		6	3	4					5	2		6		4		1	6		5
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	117	44	73								1		2							2		1			2		10						1			1			7				7		10
	🇭🇺 Hungary	108	52	56			4	2	10					10							4							1					5	3				1		2			3		7
	🇮🇹 Italy	124	90	34				10		6			8	5	2	2		12			3		6				3		12		10		3					8
	🇮🇱 Israel	135	124	11			3			4	3		1	1	7	8	2				5		7	2			12		3	10	2	3	7		6	7	5	3		6	8	7	2
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	307	127	180			8			10		3	10			1	6	10		7				1	7	1			8	8	6	5			2	4	10	4		1		3	10		2
	🇸🇪 Sweden	261	122	139	8	6			12	5	6				12		4	5	6				10	8		8	10												12	4	2			4
	🇩🇪 Germany	11	1	10							1
	🇫🇷 France	257	148	109	7	2			5	3	4	7	6	7	1					12	7		5		8			7		6	8	6	8	6	1			10	1		7	1			5	8
	🇵🇱 Poland	229	7	222			2																						1						3										1
	🇦🇺 Australia	511	320	191	12	10	7				8	10	3	8	8	12	10	6	10	5	10	8	12	5	10	6	6	2	10		12	8	12	7	12	6	8	12	10	5	6	10	6	12	4	12
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	96	43	53				5					5						2	6								4				7	1	8					4		1
	🇷🇸 Serbia	115	35	80								8										5										2	2				7						5		6
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	200	104	96	1		5		3		5				6	7	5		4			1		10	1	10	1		2	7		4				8			5	12		2		3		2
	🇭🇷 Croatia	73	40	33	6	7			8		2	4							1		1				3					1		1					6
	🇷🇺 Russia	491	130	361	3	8	12	7				5	4	4				1	7	2	12	6		7		12							6	12		1		7							8	6
	🇪🇸 Spain	77	67	10			1						2				1	3	8	3		4			4				7	5								6			12	5		5		1
	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	69	63					1	1	7					3									5		2	3							7		3		8	8		6	7	8
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	534	211	323			10	12			12	12				6	12		12				3	12	12	7	7		4	2	3	10		2	8	12	12		7		10	12	12
	🇲🇹 Malta	153	137	16	10	4	6	3	6					6	5			4	3	8	6	7		4		5		8						4		10		2	2		5			10	12	7
	🇬🇪 Georgia	104	80	24				6												10		3					8	5			7	12		5	10					3	3	8
	🇦🇹 Austria	151	31	120		1		1							4	4		8					8								5
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	62	54	8				8	4	7			12				3											6		4						2		5	3
	🇦🇲 Armenia	249	115	134	2							2	7	12				2	5		8	12	2	6	2	3		12					4	10	4	3							4	1	10	4

Detailed televoting results of the final

Voting procedure used: [1] 100% televoting, [2] 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote
			[2]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]	[1]
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇧🇪 Belgium	181	130	51		3											8	4					12		1				2	12						5	4
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	41	41	0
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	153	114	39	6	6							3				7										3				10													2		2
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	117	44	73		1			6		7	8	6						8			1		3	2	8		6												10					7
	🇭🇺 Hungary	108	52	56			7	1	3		2	1	5							3	4					3							3	2	2	10		1				6			3
	🇮🇹 Italy	124	90	34									7	3		7											1										1	10					1		4
	🇮🇱 Israel	135	124	11			6											3				2
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	307	127	180	5		8	3	5	5	3	2	8	12	4			5	2		12		1	1	7	4	4		5	10	5	8	1	7		8	10	8		2	7	3	2	4	5	4
	🇸🇪 Sweden	261	122	139	7	12		4	2	2				1	10		12	2		2	1	3	2	7		2	8	2	7		1	1	7		7	1		3	10	1		10	5	7
	🇩🇪 Germany	11	1	10	2											8
	🇫🇷 France	257	148	109	1	5	4					4	2	10	3	3	2		6	7	6		4		12			3	1	7	8		2	4	3				2		5			1	1	3
	🇵🇱 Poland	229	7	222	12	10	3	7	7	10	4			5	5	5	5	7		1	2	6	10	5	4	6	10	5	10		12	10	4	3	6		2	5	1	8	10		4	8		10
	🇦🇺 Australia	511	320	191	3	8	2	5	1	6	1	3	12	4	7	1	10		5		5	5	5	6	5	1	5	4	8		4	6	5	5	5	6	3	12	4	4		7	3	3		12
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	96	43	53											1					6		7						7				2		12		3			3		6	1		5
	🇷🇸 Serbia	115	35	80	4							12				12																	12				12				4		12		12
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	200	104	96		4		8		12	5						6		3		3			8					12	1		12						4	5	3	2				2	6
	🇭🇷 Croatia	73	40	33								10																								4	5						8		6
	🇷🇺 Russia	491	130	361	8	7	12	10	10	8	8	6	10	8	8	6	4	6	12	12	10	12	3	12	10	12	12		6	5	6	7	8	10	8	12	8	7	12	12	8	8	10	10	10	8
	🇪🇸 Spain	77	67	10												2		1												2		4														1
	🇱🇻 Latvia	132	69	63				6		7	6				2				1							5		1	3			3			12				7	5		5
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	534	211	323	10		10	12	12	4	10	7	4	7	12	4	3	10	10	10	7	10	7	10	8	10	6	10	4	8	2	5	10	6	10	7	6	6	8		12	12	7	12	8	7
	🇲🇹 Malta	153	137	16			5													5										6
	🇬🇪 Georgia	104	80	24			1													8				2											4					6	3
	🇦🇹 Austria	151	31	120		2			4	1		5		2	6	10	1	8	4	4		4	6	4	3		7	8		3	3		6	1	1				6			4	6	6		5
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	62	54	8						3			1																	4
	🇦🇲 Armenia	249	115	134				2	8		12			6				12	7		8	8	8		6	7	2	12			7			8		2	7	2		7	1	2

4.3.112 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the final.

12 points awarded by juries

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
11	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
9	🇦🇺 Australia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
4	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan,  Belarus, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇬🇷 Greece
3	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇪🇸 Spain
	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland
2	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇮🇪 Ireland
	🇮🇹 Italy	🇫🇷 France, 🇳🇴 Norway
1	🇫🇷 France	🇦🇲 Armenia
	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇬🇧 United Kindom
	🇮🇱 Israel	🇩🇪 Germany
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇲🇹 Malta	🇲🇪 Montenegro
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇮🇸 Iceland
	🇪🇸 Spain	🇮🇹 Italy
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	🇲🇹 Malta

12 points awarded by televoting

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
10	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan,  Belarus, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇱🇻 Latvia , 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
6	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇲 San Marino
3	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇷🇺 Russia
	🇦🇺 Australia	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇸🇪 Sweden
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
2	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇪🇸 Spain
	🇵🇱 Poland	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium
	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇮🇸 Iceland
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇬🇷 Greece
	🇫🇷 France	🇮🇱 Israel
	🇱🇻 Latvia	🇱🇹 Lithuania

4.3.2.Spokespersons. The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country’s national jury in the following order:

5.Other countries. Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU issued an invitation of participation in the contest to all fifty-six active members and associate member Australia, with forty-three countries confirming their participation. Morocco, Tunisia and five other countries did not publish their reasons for declining, however the following countries declined to participate, stating their reasons as shown below.

5.1.Active EBU members.

•  Andorra – Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (RTVA) announced on 2 September 2015 that Andorra would not participate in the contest.
•  Lebanon – Télé Liban (TL) had not ruled out participation as of 15 October 2015, stating in an email: “We are not sure yet, however we are working on it and will keep you updated”. However, Lebanon was not on the final list of participating countries announced by the EBU on 26 November.
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) announced on 4 September 2015 that Luxembourg would not participate in the contest, due to the financial and organisational strain of a potential participation on the channel, especially with a small financial budget.
•  Monaco – Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) announced on 21 July 2015 that Monaco would not participate in the contest.
• 🇵🇹 Portugal – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) had encouraged viewers to suggest changes to their selection process, assuming they had chosen to participate in the contest. Portugal has failed to qualify for the final since 2010, which the majority of the Portuguese public believe is because of RTP’s current selection format, Festival da Canção. Kátia Aveiro, sister of Cristiano Ronaldo, had launched a campaign on Twitter asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal. However, RTP announced on 7 October 2015 that Portugal would not participate in the 2016 contest, adding that they were looking forward to participating in the 2017 contest with a restructured selection process. RTP’s ombudsman, Jaime Fernandes, stated on 7 November during the television show A Voz do Cidadão that the decision was due not only to poor results in previous contests, but also RTP’s rather insufficient promotion of music-related content.
• 🇷🇴 Romania – Romania had originally confirmed their participation in the contest with the song “Moment of Silence“, performed by Ovidiu Anton. However, the EBU announced on 22 April 2016 that Televiziunea Română (TVR) had repeatedly failed to pay debts totalling CHF 16 million (€14.56 million) by 20 April, the deadline set by the EBU. TVR’s failure to repay their debts resulted in their expulsion from the EBU, and consequently Romania’s disqualification from the contest. This has led to strong reactions against the decision.
• 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) returned to the Eurovision Young Dancers in 2015, with RTVS explaining that the return of Slovakia to EYD supported domestic production and promoted national culture at a European level. RTVS announced on 28 September 2015 that Slovakia would not participate in the contest. RTVS’ PR manager, Juraj Kadáš, explained on 12 April 2016 that Slovakia’s absence from the contest since 2012 was not due to poor results, but rather the cost associated with participation.
• 🇹🇷 Turkey – The EBU announced on 2 October 2015 that despite speculation surrounding their participation, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) had yet to make a final decision. However, TRT announced on 3 November that Turkey would not participate in the contest, adding their discontent at the introduction of a mixed voting system to the contest and the pre-qualification of the Big Five for the final. It was later revealed that singer Atiye would have gone to Eurovision 2016.

5.2.Associate EBU members.

•  Kazakhstan – The EBU announced on 18 December 2015 that Khabar Agency would have associate EBU membership from 1 January 2016. However, Kazakhstan would be unable to debut at the contest as eligibility for participation requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership.

5.3.Non-EBU members.

•  China – Hunan Television announced its interest in participating in the contest on 22 May 2015, with the EBU responding, saying that “we are open and are always looking for new elements in each Eurovision Song Contest”. However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that China would debut at the contest as a guest or full participant.
•  Faroe Islands – Faroese publication Portal reported on 9 June 2015 that Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) had applied for active EBU membership, a requisite for participation in the contest. However, it was rejected due to the islands’ membership of the Danish Realm. Faroese Education Minister Bjørn Kalsø supported participation, saying “the justification so far has been that the countries have to be acknowledged by the United Nations as independent in order to participate. But there is no doubt that we could easily overstep those barriers, if we’re absolutely determined to reach this goal … it is completely up to Kringvarpið … to renew the application regularly, and show the EBU that the Faroe Islands are an equal match to other countries when it comes to participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.”
•  Kosovo – Kosovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi tweeted on 23 May 2015 that Kosovo, which is not recognised by 15 states in Europe and does not have a national broadcaster with active EBU membership, would debut at the contest. Selimi tweeted that he knew that Kosovo would participate, but did not elaborate on how it would come about. However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that Kosovo would debut at the contest, as Radio Televizioni i Kosovës (RTK) has neither active nor associate EBU membership.
•  Liechtenstein – 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV) announced on 16 September 2015 that Liechtenstein would be unable to debut at the contest due to insufficient funding for EBU membership.

6.Broadcasts. Most countries sent commentators to Stockholm or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. 

It was reported by the EBU that the contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of over 200 million viewers, beating the 2015 record which was viewed by 197 million.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇱 Albania	All shows	TVSH, RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	Andri Xhahu	–
🇦🇲 Armenia	All shows	Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia	Avet Barseghyan	–
🇦🇺 Australia	All shows	SBS, SBS Radio 4	Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang	–
🇦🇹 Austria	All shows	ORF eins	Andi Knoll	–
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	All shows	İTV	Azer Suleymanli	–
Belarus	All shows	Belarus-1, Belarus 24	Evgeny Perlin	–
🇧🇪 Belgium	All shows	één	Dutch: Peter Van de Veire	–
		La Une	French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys	–
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	All shows	BHT 1, BHT HD, BH Radio 1	Dejan Kukrić	–
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	All shows	BNT 1, BNT HD	Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev	–
🇭🇷 Croatia	All shows	HRT 1	Duško Ćurlić	–
		HR 2	Zlatko Turkalj
🇨🇾 Cyprus	All shows	RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD, RIK Triton	Melina Karageorgiou	–
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Semi-finals	ČT2	Libor Bouček	–
	Final	ČT1
🇩🇰 Denmark	All shows	DR1	Ole Tøpholm	–
🇪🇪 Estonia	All shows	ETV	Estonian: Marko Reikop	–
		ETV+	Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov	–
	SF1/Final	Raadio 2	Estonian: Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk	–
🇫🇮 Finland	All shows	Yle TV2, TV Finland	Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen	–
		Yle Radio Suomi	Finnish: Sanna Pirkkalainen and Jorma Hietamäki
		Yle TV2, TV Finland, Yle Radio Vega	Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos	–
🇫🇷 France	Semi-finals	France 4	Marianne James and Jarry	–
	Final	France 2	Marianne James and Stéphane Bern
🇬🇪 Georgia	All shows	1TV	Tuta Chkheidze and Nika Katsia	–
🇩🇪 Germany	Semi-finals	Einsfestival, Phoenix	Peter Urban	–
	Final	Das Erste
🇬🇷 Greece	All shows	ERT1, ERT HD, ERT World	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	–
		Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece
🇭🇺 Hungary	All shows	Duna	Gábor Gundel Takács	–
🇮🇸 Iceland	All shows	RÚV, Rás 2	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	–
🇮🇪 Ireland	Semi-finals	RTÉ2	Marty Whelan	–
	Final	RTÉ One
	SF2/Final	RTÉ Radio 1	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
🇮🇱 Israel	All shows[j]	Channel 1	No commentary; Hebrew subtitles	–
	SF2/Final	Channel 33	No commentary; Arabic subtitles
		IBA 88FM	Kobi Menora, Or Vaxman and Nancy Brandes
🇮🇹 Italy	Semi-finals	Rai 4	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello	–
	Final	Rai 1	Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo
	All shows	Rai Radio 2	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello
🇱🇻 Latvia	All shows	LTV1	Valters Frīdenbergs	–
	Final		Toms Grēviņš
🇱🇹 Lithuania	All shows	LRT, LRT HD, LRT Radijas	Darius Užkuraitis	–
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	All shows	MRT 1	Karolina Petkovska	–
🇲🇹 Malta	All shows	TVM	Arthur Caruana	–
🇲🇩 Moldova	All shows	Moldova 1	Gloria Gorceag	–
		Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret
🇲🇪 Montenegro	All shows	TVCG 1, TVCG SAT	Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković	–
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	All shows	NPO 1, BVN	Cornald Maas and Jan Smit	–
	SF2		Douwe Bob	–
🇳🇴 Norway	All shows	NRK1	Olav Viksmo-Slettan	–
	Final	NRK3	Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby	–
	SF2/Final	NRK P1	Ole Christian Øen	–
🇵🇱 Poland	All shows[k]	TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka, TVP HD	Artur Orzech	–
🇷🇺 Russia	All shows	Russia-1, Russia HD	Dmitry Guberniev and Ernest Mackevičius	–
🇸🇲 San Marino	All shows	San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo	–
🇷🇸 Serbia	SF1	RTS1, RTS HD, RTS SAT	Dragan Ilić	–
	SF2/Final		Duška Vučinić	–
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Semi-finals	TV SLO 2	Andrej Hofer	–
	Final	TV SLO 1
	SF2/Final	Radio Val 202
	All shows	Radio Maribor
🇪🇸 Spain	Semi-finals	La 2	José María Íñigo and Julia Varela	–
	Final	La 1
🇸🇪 Sweden	All shows	SVT1	Lotta Bromé	–
		SR P4	Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman	–
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Semi-finals	SRF zwei	German: Sven Epiney	–
	Final	SRF 1
		SRF 1, Radio SRF 3	German: Peter Schneider and Gabriel Vetter
	SF2/Final	RTS Deux	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	–
	SF2	RSI La 2	Italian: Clarissa Tami	–
	Final	RSI La 1	Italian: Clarissa Tami and Michele “Cerno” Carobbio	–
🇺🇦 Ukraine	All shows	UA:First	Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova	–
		Ukrainian Radio	Olena Zelinchenko	–
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Semi-finals	BBC Four	Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc	–
	Final	BBC One	Graham Norton
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country/Territory	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
China	All shows	Hunan Television	Kubert Leung and Wu Zhoutong	–
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	All shows	Khabar TV	Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay	–
Kosovo	All shows	RTK	Unknown	–
New Zealand	Final	BBC UKTV	Graham Norton	–
🇵🇹 Portugal	All shows	RTP1	Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim	–
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Final	RTVS	Unknown	–
United States	Final	Logo TV	Carson Kressley and Michelle Collins	–

6.1.International broadcasts. SVT announced on 22 April 2016 that they would offer International Sign broadcasts of all three live shows for the hearing impaired. All three broadcasts were produced by Julia Kankkonen. The performances of competing entries were interpreted by ten sign language performers and the dialogue of hosts were interpreted by three sign language performers:

• Markus Aro (Finland)
• Ebru Bilen Basaran (Denmark)
• Vivien Batory (Denmark)
• Laith Fathulla (Sweden)
• Rafael-Evitan Grombelka (Germany)
• Amadeus Lantz (Sweden)
• Georg Marsh (Austria)
• Amina Ouahid (Sweden)
• Tommy Rangsjö (Sweden)
• Pavel Rodionov (Russia)
• Laura Levita Valytė (Lithuania)
• Kolbrún Völkudóttir (Iceland)
• Xuejia Rennie Zacsko (Sweden)

The international sign broadcasts was streamed online alongside the three live shows, with the following countries also televising the broadcasts:

7.Incidents. 

7.1.Disqualification of Romania. Romania’s participation was reported to be in danger on 19 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by Televiziunea Română (TVR) to the EBU, totalling CHF 16 million (€14.56 million) dating back to January 2007. The EBU had requested the Romanian government to repay the debt before 20 April or face exclusion from the contest. The EBU announced on 22 April that after the Romanian government had failed to repay the debt by the deadline, TVR were expelled from the EBU, consequently disqualifying Romania from the contest. The Director General of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, said that while “it is regrettable that we are forced to take this action […] The continued indebtedness of TVR jeopardizes the financial stability of the EBU itself”.

However, because the official album of the contest had been produced before the disqualification, the planned Romanian entry, “Moment of Silence”, performed by Ovidiu Anton, would remain on both digital and physical copies of the album. The song had been written following the Colectiv nightclub fire in October 2015.

7.2.German artist replacement. Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) announced on 19 November 2015 that Xavier Naidoo would represent Germany in the contest. However, his selection was criticised due to his history of expressing far-right political views in his actions and lyrics, including a speech made at a protest in 2014 supporting the assertion that the German Reich continues to exist within its pre-World War II borders, his propagation of conspiracy theories surrounding the September 11 attacks and the 2008 financial crisis, and a song in which he referred to Baron Rothschild as “Baron Deadschild” and a “schmuck”, as well as a collaboration with Kool Savas titled “Wo sind sie jetzt?”, which contained homophobic lyrics which were interpreted as associating homosexuality with paedophilia. Critics of his selection included Johannes Kahrs, who branded the decision “unspeakable and embarrassing”, the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and Bild.

In light of the negative response and the need to quickly decide a new selection process, NDR withdrew its proposal to send Naidoo on 21 November. ARD co-ordinator Thomas Schreiber stated that “Xavier Naidoo is a brilliant singer who is, according to my own opinion, neither racist nor homophobe. It was clear that his nomination would polarise opinions, but we were surprised about the negative response. The Eurovision Song Contest is a fun event, in which music and the understanding between European people should be the focus. This characteristic must be kept at all costs.”^[

7.3.Russian jury votes. The EBU announced on 10 May 2016 that they were investigating reports of possible rule violations after Russian jury member Anastasia Stotskaya streamed footage of the Russian jury deliberation during the dress rehearsal of the first semi-final on 9 May on the live-streaming social media site Periscope. The video showed one jury member not paying attention to the Dutch performance, while another jury member was filmed during the Armenian performance stating that she will support Armenia “because [her] husband is Armenian”. The video also shows jury members on their phones during other performances, as well as a glimpse of Stotskaya’s voting result, which also included notes evaluating performances. The rules of the contest stipulate that all jury members are to evaluate performances individually, without discussing the results with other jury members, a stipulation that was clearly violated by the Russian jury.

The EBU released a statement later on 10 May, stating that following talks with Russia-1, the broadcaster proposed to withdraw Stotskaya, declaring her voting results to be invalid, and provide a replacement judge for the final on 14 May. The statement also clarified that the other four jury members submitted a valid jury vote. The EBU also stated that while streaming a video online from the jury deliberation is not considered to be a breach of the rules of the contest, so long as individual rankings, combined rankings or jury points are kept confidential until after the final, it regards Stotskaya’s actions “as not in keeping with the spirit of the contest and potentially prejudicial as it imposes a potential risk of accidentally revealing results”.

7.4.Protests over official flag policy. In ensuring the apolitical nature of the contest and the safety of attendees, the EBU released an official flag policy on 29 April 2016, which included a list of flags which would be banned from the three live shows. The President of the Basque Country, Iñigo Urkullu, and the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García-Margallo, protested at the specific inclusion of the flag of the Basque Country alongside other flags such as those of some unrecognised nations and the Islamic State, and called on the organisers of the contest to rectify the issue. Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) also expressed their concern to the EBU and requested a rectification, with the EBU responding, saying that while the flag of the Basque Country is not specifically forbidden, it is an example of a banned flag, adding that only the “official national flags of the 42 participating countries, or from one of the countries that have recently taken part”, “official national flags of any of the other United Nations member states”, the flag of Europe and the rainbow flag were permitted.

The EBU issued a statement later on 29 April, clarifying that it was not their intention to publish such a document, while acknowledging that the decision to publish a selection of flags of organisations and territories, each of which were “of a very different nature”, was an insensitive one, and apologised for any offence caused by the publication of the original flag policy. The EBU also called on both the Avicii Arena and the contest’s official ticketing partner AXS to publish an updated flag policy which did not include examples of banned flags.

The EBU released another statement on 6 May, stating that after discussing the matter with several participating delegations, the organisers of the contest had “agreed to relax the flag policy, and to allow national, regional and local flags of the participants” such as the Welsh flag (as Joe Woolford, representing the United Kingdom as part of Joe and Jake, is Welsh) and the Sami flag (as Agnete, representing Norway, is of Sami heritage), as well as the flags of all UN member states, the flag of the EU and the rainbow flag, as stated in the original flag policy. The EBU also proposed a more tolerant approach to other flags as long as attendees respect the apolitical nature of the contest and do not attempt to deliberately obstruct the camera views. Such a proposal was approved by the contest’s Reference Group.

The Spanish Embassy in Stockholm filed a formal complaint to Swedish police on 15 May after a Spanish citizen carrying the flag of the Basque Country had his flag confiscated by security personnel and was asked along with two of his compatriots to leave the venue. After an urgent intervention by the Spanish Consul, who was present in the arena, the flag was returned to the attendees and they were permitted to return to the venue.

7.4.1.Nagorno-Karabakh flag dispute. Despite the official flag policy published by the EBU allowing only “national, regional and local flags of the participants” and banning the flag of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, during the first voting recap of the first semi-final on 10 May, Armenian artist Iveta Mukuchyan was filmed in the green room holding the flag of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, sparking condemnation from the Azerbaijani press. The situation further escalated during the semi-final qualifiers’ press conference afterwards, where a member of the Azerbaijani press criticised the Armenian delegation and the EBU for allowing the flag to be shown during the show.^[224] Responding to a question on the incident from a journalist from Aftonbladet, Mukuchyan stated: “My thoughts are with my Motherland. I want peace everywhere.”^[225] Commenting on the situation, Azerbaijani artist Samra Rahimli stated that “Eurovision is a song contest and it’s all about music.”

The EBU and the contest’s Reference Group released a joint statement on 11 May, strongly condemning Mukuchyan’s actions during the first voting recap of the first semi-final and considering it “harmful” to the overall image of the contest. The Reference Group consequently sanctioned Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), citing a breach of the rule stating that “no messages promoting any organisation, institution, political cause or other causes shall be allowed in the shows”. Furthermore, the Reference Group has pointed out that a further breach of the rules of the contest could lead to disqualification from the contest or future contests. The spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hikmet Hajiyev, called Mukuchyan’s actions “provocative” and unacceptable, claiming that “the Armenian side deliberately resorts to such steps to encourage and promote the illegal formation created in the occupied Azerbaijani territories”.

7.5.Danish jury result. BT revealed on 15 May 2016 that Danish professional jury member Hilda Heick, wife of Keld Heick who co-wrote eight Danish entries, had submitted her ranking for the final and the semifinal 2 the wrong way round, ranking her favourite entry 26th while ranking her least-favourite entry first, in direct opposition to what she had intended to do. As a result of Heick’s mistake, the points of the Danish jury would have been different:

• Instead of 10 points, Australia would have received 12.
• Instead of 7 points, the Netherlands would have received 10.
• Instead of 5 points, Lithuania would have received 1.
• Instead of 4 points, Sweden would have received 7.
• Instead of 2 points, Israel would have received 4.
• Instead of 1 point, Spain would have received 5.
• Instead of not receiving points at all, France and Russia would have received 2 and 3 points respectively.

The United Kingdom and Ukraine both would have failed to receive any points from the Danish jury. While the overall result was not affected, the margin between second-placed Australia and first-placed Ukraine would have been reduced from 23 points to 9 points.

7.6.Protests against the winner. The Ukrainian winning song, “1944” by Jamala, is about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 and particularly about the singer’s great-grandmother, who lost her daughter while being deported to Central Asia. Jamala’s song was considered by Russian media and lawmakers to be critical of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ongoing war in Donbas

A petition was started on Change.org on 15 May 2016, which called on the EBU to void the final results in view of the fact that the overall winner only placed second in both the jury and televote. The EBU responded that Ukraine “is, and will remain, the winner” of the contest, and that the result was “valid in accordance with the rules”.

Later on, a video surfaced depicting Jamala performing “1944” four months before the eligibility date for commercial releases. However, the EBU concluded that “the song was eligible to compete”, citing past relaxations of the rule.

8.Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, “General Organisation of Eurovision Fans” voting poll also took place before the contest.

8.1.Marcel Bezençon Awards. The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden’s then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest’s final. The awards were divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the final on 14 May.

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award	🇺🇦 Ukraine	“1944”	Jamala	Jamala
Composers Award	🇦🇺 Australia	“Sound of Silence”	Dami Im	Anthony Egizii David Musumeci
Press Award	🇷🇺 Russia	“You Are the Only One”	Sergey Lazarev	Philipp Kirkorov Dimitris Kontopoulos John Ballard Ralph Charlie

8.2.OGAE. OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. The 2016 poll ran from 4 April to 2 May with votes from 45 clubs while Bulgaria and Moldova’s ones abstained, and after all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry was France’s “J’ai cherché” performed by Amir; the top five results are shown below.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	OGAE result
🇫🇷 France	“J’ai cherché“	Amir	425
🇷🇺 Russia	“You Are the Only One”	Sergey Lazarev	392
🇦🇺 Australia	“Sound of Silence”	Dami Im	280
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	“If Love Was a Crime”	Poli Genova	175
🇮🇹 Italy	“No Degree of Separation”	Francesca Michielin	170

8.3.Barbara Dex Award. The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium’s representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed since 1997. After twenty editions, this was the final poll organised by the fansite House of Eurovision, as they handed the reins to the fansite Songfestival.be not long after the 2016 contest.

Place	Country	Performer(s)	Votes
1	🇭🇷 Croatia	Nina Kraljić	770
2	🇩🇪 Germany	Jamie Lee	335
3	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Rykka	201
4	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Poli Genova	140
5	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala	127

9.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Stockholm 2016 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Groupdigitally on 15 April and physically on 22 April 2016.^[250] The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that fail to qualify for the final. The album also features the disqualified Romanian entry, meaning that the tracks on the CD are actually 43.

9.1.Charts. Eurovision Song Contest: Stockholm 2016 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Groupdigitally on 15 April and physically on 22 April 2016. The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that fail to qualify for the final. The album also features the disqualified Romanian entry, meaning that the tracks on the CD are actually 43.

10.Notes.

• [a] While no countries finished the competition with 0 points, the Czech Republic failed to score points from the public televote in the final.
• [b] Israel, who had been allocated to pot six, were pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final as the first semi-final coincided with Yom Hazikaron.
• [c] Romania, who had been originally allocated to perform in the second semi-final, were forcefully withdrawn due to repeated non-payment of debts to the EBU.
• [d] The song contains some words in Pontic Greek, a dialect of Greek spoken in Northern Greece.
• [e] Despite finishing with the same number of points as The Netherlands, Hungary is deemed to have finished in fourth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
• [f] Despite finishing with the same number of points as Finland, Iceland is deemed to have finished in fourteenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
• [g] ^a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as the Netherlands, Hungary is deemed to have finished in fourth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
• [h] ^a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Finland, Iceland is deemed to have finished in fourteenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
• [i] ^a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Malta, the Netherlands is deemed to have finished in eleventh place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
• [j] The first semi-final was broadcast on Channel 1 delayed; the second semi-final and the final were broadcast live.
• [k] The three shows were broadcast on TVP Rozrywka and TVP HD with a one day delay.
• [l] Nika Kocharov and the Young Georgian Lolitaz was internally selected to represent Georgia at Eurovision 2016. The song “Midnight Gold” that the band performed at Eurovision was selected through a national final. From more than 100 submitted songs a jury selected five songs for the competition. The five songs were presented and the public could vote from 5 to 15 February 2016 via internet and telephone/SMS. The voting was combined with the votes from a four-member professional jury.

11.Trivial. —

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Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Belgium ⦁ Czech Republic ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Italy ⦁ Israel ⦁ Bulgaria ⦁ Sweden • Germany ⦁ France ⦁ Poland • Australia • Cyprus ⦁ Serbia • Lithuania ⦁ Croatia ⦁ Russia ⦁ Spain ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Ukraine (winner) ⦁ Malta ⦁ Georgia ⦁ Austria ⦁ United Kingdom ⦁ Armenia
First Semi-Final	Finland ⦁ Greece ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Croatia ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Armenia ⦁ San Marino  ⦁ Russia (winner) ⦁ Czech Republic • Cyprus ⦁ Austria • Estonia • Azerbaijan ⦁ Montenegro ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⦁ Malta
Second Semi-Final	Latvia ⦁ Poland ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Israel ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Ireland ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ Lithuania • Australia (winner) ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Bulgaria ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Ukraine • Norway • Georgia • Albania ⦁ Belgium
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Laura Tesoro ⦁ Gabriela Gunčíková ⦁ Douwe Bob ⦁ Samra ⦁ Freddie ⦁ Francesca Michielin ⦁ Hovi Star ⦁ Poli Genova ⦁ Frans ⦁ Jamie-Lee ⦁ Amir ⦁ Michał Szpak • Dami Im ⦁ Minus One ⦁ Sanja Vučić ZAA ⦁ Donny Montell • Nina Kraljić ⦁ Sergey Lazarev ⦁ Barei • Justs ⦁ Jamala (winner) ⦁ Ira Losco • Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz ⦁ Zoë • Joe and Jake • Iveta Mukuchyan
First Semi-Final	Sandhja ⦁ Argo ⦁ Lidia Isac ⦁ Freddie ⦁ Nina Kraljić ⦁ Douwe Bob ⦁ Iveta Mukuchyan ⦁ Serhat ⦁ Sergey Lazarev (winner) ⦁ Gabriela Gunčíková • Zoë ⦁ Jüri Pootsmann ⦁ Samra • Highway • Greta Salóme ⦁ Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala ⦁ Ira Losco
Second Semi-Final	Justs ⦁ Michał Szpak ⦁ Rykka ⦁ Hovi Star ⦁ Ivan ⦁ Sanja Vučić Zaa ⦁ Nicky Byrne ⦁ Kaliopi ⦁ Donny Montell ⦁ Dami Im (Winner) • ManuElla ⦁ Poli Genova ⦁ Lighthouse X • Jamala • Agnete ⦁ Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz ⦁ Eneda Tarifa • Laura Tesoro
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“What’s the Pressure” ⦁ “I Stand” ⦁ “Slow Down” ⦁ “Miracle” ⦁ “Pioneer” ⦁ “No Degree of Separation” ⦁ “Made of Stars” ⦁ “If Love Was a Crime” ⦁ “If I Were Sorry” • “Ghost” • “J’ai cherché” • “Color of Your Life” ⦁ “Sound of Silence” ⦁ “Alter Ego” ⦁ “Goodbye (Shelter)” • “I’ve Been Waiting for This Night” • “Lighthouse” • “You Are the Only One” • “Say Yay!” • “Heartbeat” • “1944” (Winner) ⦁ “Walk on Water” • “Midnight Gold” • “Loin d’ici” • “You’re Not Alone” • “LoveWave”
First Semi-Final	“Play” ⦁ “Falling Stars” ⦁ “Utopian Land” ⦁ “Sing It Away” ⦁ “Hear Them Calling” ⦁ “The Real Thing” ⦁ “I Didn’t Know” ⦁ “Ljubav je” ⦁ “Lighthouse” • “I Stand” • “Alter Ego” • “Loin d’ici” • “Slow Down” • “Pioneer” • “Walk on Water” ⦁ “LoveWave” • “You Are the Only One” (winner)
Secon Semi-Final	“Heartbeat” ⦁ “Color of Your Life” ⦁ “The Last of Our Kind” ⦁ “Made of Stars” ⦁ “Goodbye (Shelter)” ⦁ “Sunlight” ⦁ “Dona” (Дона) ⦁ “I’ve Been Waiting for This Night” ⦁ “Sound of Silence” (Winner) • “Blue and Red” • “If Love Was a Crime” • “Soldiers of Love” • “1944” • “Icebreaker” • “Midnight Gold” ⦁ “Fairytale” • “”What’s the Pressure”
Non-participating entries: Germany: Xavier Naidoo – “?” • Malta: Ira Losco – “Chameleon (Invincible)” • Romania: Ovidiu Anton – “Moment of Silence”