Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2016.^[1] Forty two countries participated, and Australia participated for the second time. The winner was Jamala with the song 1944 representing Ukraine.

People around the world watched the contest on television, and people in the participating countries could vote on their telephones for their favourite song. Each country added up their votes, and gave 1-8, 10 and 12 points to their favourite countries.

Results

Semi-final 1

  Qualifiers

R/O[2]	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place[3]
1	Finland	Sandhja	"Sing It Away"	English	51	15
2	Greece	Argo	"Utopian Land"	English, Greek	44	16
3	Moldova	Lidia Isac	"Falling Stars"	English	33	17
4	Hungary	Freddie	"Pioneer"	English	197	4
5	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	"Lighthouse"	English	133	10
6	Netherlands	Douwe Bob	"Slow Down"	English	197	5
7	Armenia	Iveta Mukuchyan	"LoveWave"	English	243	2
8	San Marino	Serhat	"I Didn't Know"	English	68	12
9	Russia	Sergey Lazarev	"You Are the Only One"	English	342	1
10	Czech Republic	Gabriela Gunčíková	"I Stand"	English	161	9
11	Cyprus	Minus One	"Alter Ego"	English	164	8
12	Austria	Zoë	"Loin d'ici"	French	170	7
13	Estonia	Jüri Pootsmann	"Play"	English	24	18
14	Azerbaijan	Samra	"Miracle"	English	185	6
15	Montenegro	Highway	"The Real Thing"	English	60	13
16	Iceland	Greta Salóme	"Hear Them Calling"	English	51	14
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala	"Ljubav je"	Bosnian	104	11
18	Malta	Ira Losco	"Walk on Water"	English	209	3

Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers

R/O[2]	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place[4]
1	Latvia	Justs	"Heartbeat"	English	132	8
2	Poland	Michał Szpak	"Color of Your Life"	English	151	6
3	Switzerland	Rykka	"The Last of Our Kind"	English	28	18
4	Israel	Hovi Star	"Made of Stars"	English	147	7
5	Belarus	Ivan	"Help You Fly"	English	84	12
6	Serbia	Sanja Vučić Zaa	"Goodbye (Shelter)"	English	105	10
7	Ireland	Nicky Byrne	"Sunlight"	English	46	15
8	Macedonia	Kaliopi	"Dona" (Дона)	Macedonian	88	11
9	Lithuania	Donny Montell	"I've Been Waiting for This Night"	English	222	4
10	Australia	Dami Im	"Sound of Silence"	English	330	1
11	Slovenia	ManuElla	"Blue and Red"	English	57	14
12	Bulgaria	Poli Genova	"If Love Was a Crime"	English, Bulgarian	220	5
13	Denmark	Lighthouse X	"Soldiers of Love"	English	34	17
14	Ukraine	Jamala	"1944"	English, Crimean Tatar	287	2
15	Norway	Agnete	"Icebreaker"	English	63	13
16	Georgia	Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz	"Midnight Gold"	English	123	9
17	Albania	Eneda Tarifa	"Fairytale"	English	45	16
18	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	"What's the Pressure"	English	274	3

Final

  Winner

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place[5]
1	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	"What's the Pressure"	English	181	10
2	Czech Republic	Gabriela Gunčíková	"I Stand"	English	41	25
3	Netherlands	Douwe Bob	"Slow Down"	English	153	11
4	Azerbaijan	Samra	"Miracle"	English	117	17
5	Hungary	Freddie	"Pioneer"	English	108	19
6	Italy	Francesca Michielin	"No Degree of Separation"	Italian, English	124	16
7	Israel	Hovi Star	"Made of Stars"	English	135	14
8	Bulgaria	Poli Genova	"If Love Was a Crime"	English, Bulgarian	307	4
9	Sweden	Frans	"If I Were Sorry"	English	261	5
10	Germany	Jamie-Lee	"Ghost"	English	11	26
11	France	Amir	"J'ai cherché"	French, English	257	6
12	Poland	Michał Szpak	"Color of Your Life"	English	229	8
13	Australia	Dami Im	"Sound of Silence"	English	511	2
14	Cyprus	Minus One	"Alter Ego"	English	96	21
15	Serbia	Sanja Vučić Zaa	"Goodbye (Shelter)"	English	115	18
16	Lithuania	Donny Montell	"I've Been Waiting for This Night"	English	200	9
17	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	"Lighthouse"	English	73	23
18	Russia	Sergey Lazarev	"You Are the Only One"	English	491	3
19	Spain	Barei	"Say Yay!"	English	77	22
20	Latvia	Justs	"Heartbeat"	English	132	15
21	Ukraine	Jamala	"1944"	English, Crimean Tatar	534	1
22	Malta	Ira Losco	"Walk on Water"	English	153	12
23	Georgia	Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz	"Midnight Gold"	English	104	20
24	Austria	Zoë	"Loin d'ici"	French	151	13
25	United Kingdom	Joe and Jake	"You're Not Alone"	English	62	24
26	Armenia	Iveta Mukuchyan	"LoveWave"	English	249	7