Eurovision Song Contest 2016

61st Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Come together (come together)
date	May 10, 2016 (semi-final 1) May 12, 2016 (semi-final 2) May 14, 2016 (final)
Host country	Sweden
venue	Globen Arena , Stockholm
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Måns Zelmerlöw u. Petra Mede
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Måns Zelmerlöw and children's choir: Heroes (Real world version) (Music / Text: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb; arrangement: Moh Denebi; choreography: Fredrik “Benke” Rydman) Semi-final 2: Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw: That's Eurovision (also: Story of ESC, Story of Eurovision) (Music: Matheson Bayley; Text: Matheson Bayley, Edward af Sillén, Daniel Réhn) Finale: Fashion Flag Parade
Pause filler	Semi-final 1: The Gray people (music: Johan Liljedahl, Calle Rasmusson; choreography: Fredrik "Benke" Rydman) Semi-final 2: Man vs Machine (music: Jocke Åhlund, Joakim Jarl; choreography: Fredrik "Benke" Rydman, Jennie Widegren) Final : Justin Timberlake : Rock Your Body (Music / Text: Justin Timberlake, Chad Hugo , Pharrell Williams ) , Can't Stop the Feeling! (Music / Text: Justin Timberlake, Max Martin , Shellback ) ; Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw: Love Love Peace Peace (music: Fredrik Kempe; text: Edward af Sillén, Daniel Réhn) ; Måns Zelmerlöw: Fire In the Rain (Music / Text: Simon Strömstedt) , Heroes (Music / Text: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb)
participating countries	42
winner	Ukraine
Returning participants	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Ukraine
Withdrawn participants	Portugal Romania (disqualification)
Voting rule	Each country awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point / s to the 10 best songs twice. The first set of points comes from the jury, the second from the televoting of the audience.
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The 61st Eurovision Song Contest took place from May 10th to 14th, 2016 in the Globen Arena in the Swedish capital Stockholm . The city hosted the competition for the third time after 1975 and 2000 . After Måns Zelmerlöw won the ESC 2015 in Vienna on May 23, 2015 with the song Heroes , the Swedish broadcaster SVT was commissioned to host the upcoming event.

The competition won for Ukraine Jamala with the song 1944 , which the singer wrote with Arthur Antonyan; Australia came in second .

The winning title is a reference to the year in which Josef Stalin , the Crimean Tatars to Central Asia deport left. The lyrics are in English , the chorus in Crimean Tatar . Ukraine took part again after a year-long absence, having decided not to take part in 2015 for financial reasons and because of the political situation in the country.

The EBU had received numerous complaints against the song in advance, especially from Russia , since ESC contributions are not allowed to contain political statements according to the rules. However, the bodies of the EBU decided that 1944 did not violate the rules of competition. The song had been checked and those responsible came to the conclusion that "the title and lyrics do not contain a political message and that the song does not contradict the rules of the competition". The song describes in detail the events of about 70 years ago; the annexation of Crimea by Russia is not directly addressed.

Bosnia-Herzegovina returned after a three-year break, Croatia and Bulgaria after a two-year break. Portugal withdrew from the competition for the second time in four years after 2013. Romania had been disqualified for unpaid debts. The Czech Republic was able to move into a final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time , while Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina were eliminated in the semifinals for the first time in 2016. 2000 and 2016 are the only years since the turn of the millennium without a Greek contribution in the final. 2016 was the third year in which all Scandinavian countries participating in the semi-finals were eliminated, in contrast to the previous times there were four countries this time, which means that Sweden, pre-qualified as host, was the only Scandinavian country represented in the final.

As in the previous year, the last place in the final went to the contribution from Germany , while the previous year's penultimate Austria reached 13th place. The Switzerland was eliminated already as last year in the second semi-final as the last placed.

A total of 204 million viewers followed the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, five million more than in the previous year.

venue

Örnsköldsvik Gävle / Sandviken Stockholm Linkoping Gothenburg Malmo

Applicant cities: Successful application Unsuccessful application Withdrawn application

On June 1, 2015, Swedish television presented a catalog of requirements for the potential host city:

• The host arena must be covered.
• Sufficient hotels and hotel rooms must be available for the duration of the event in the vicinity of the venue.
• The venue should offer space for possible extensions.
• A press center should be located on the premises.
• The venue should be ready for the stage four to six weeks before the event.
• The host city should be located near a commercial airport.

The following arenas applied for the venue:

city	venue	Capacity (at concerts)	owner	Remarks
Gothenburg	Scandinavium	Max. 14,000	Idrotts- och Kulturcentrum i Göteborg AB (City of Gothenburg)	Host of the Euro Song Contest 1985 , the venue of the Melodifestivalen 2003- 2016 .
Linkoping	Saab Arena	Max. 11,500	Linköpings Sportfastigheter AB	Venue of the Melodifestival 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014.
Örnsköldsvik	Fjallraven Center	Max. 9,800	MODO hockey	Venue of the Melodifestival 2007, 2010 and 2014.
Sandviken and Gävle	Göransson Arena	Max. 10,000	Göransson Arena AB	Wanted to hold the ESC together, the venue for the Melodifestivalen 2010.
Stockholm ( Globen City )	Annexet	Max. 3,950	SGA Fastigheter (City of Stockholm)	Has housed the area for the delegations
	Ericsson Globe	Max. 16,000		Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 , venue of the final of the Melodifestival 2002–2012.
	Hovet	Max. 9,800		Has housed the press center
	Tele2 Arena	Max. 45,000		A public viewing under the name Eurovision The Party took place parallel to the ESC finale . Gina Dirawi announced the jury points from the arena.
Withdrawn applications
Gothenburg	Ullevi	Max. 25,000	Higab (City of Gothenburg)	The plan was to cover the stadium with a roof. This idea was rejected for reasons of cost.
Malmo	Malmo Arena	Max. 15,500	Parkfast Arena AB	Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 , venue of the Melodifestivalen 2009–2016. Application withdrawn on June 11, 2015.
Solna	Friends Arena	Max. 67,500	Svenska Fotbollförbundet , Solna municipality, Jernhusen , PEAB, Fabege	Venue of the final of the Melodifestival 2013–2016. Application withdrawn on June 12, 2015.

On June 11, 2015, the Malmö Arena withdrew its application because it was already booked for concerts for the duration of the event. The city of Stockholm announced a day later that it was applying for the Globen City. The official deadline for submitting an application to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was June 13, 2015. A week later, the host TV broadcaster SVT began viewing the applications. On July 8, 2015 it was decided that the ESC 2016 will be held in the Stockholm Globen. This was the second time that the hall hosted the competition.

On January 8, 2016, additional locations in Stockholm were announced:

• The official opening ceremony with the mayor's reception took place in the town hall.
• The Euroclub , a nightclub where parties were given for the accredited, was a temporary waterfront venue in front of the royal castle .
• The Euro-Village , the official area for fans, was located in the royal garden .

Management and host

On the night of his victory, Måns Zelmerlöw expressed his interest in taking on a role as a moderator.

Christer Björkman also said on May 25, 2015 that Petra Mede , Sanna Nielsen as well as Gina Dirawi and Dolph Lundgren could be possible hosts. Petra Mede had already moderated the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and together with Graham Norton Eurovision Greatest Hits . Sanna Nielsen competed for Sweden in 2014 and moderated the Swedish preliminary decision Melodifestivalen the following year . Gina Dirawi also moderated the Swedish preliminary decision in 2012, 2013 and 2016. On December 14th, 2015 SVT announced that Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw will moderate the ESC.

On September 4th, 2015 the core team of the ESC production was announced:

• Martin Österdahl and Johan Bernhagen - Executive Producers
• Tobias Åberg - Head of Production
• Christer Björkman - Contest Producer
• Sven Stojanović - Show Producer
• Lotta Loosme - Head of Communications
• Sofi Franzén - Head of Events, City and Partners
• Josephine Görander - Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Österdahl, Åberg and Björkman were already involved in the production of the competition in 2013, while Stojanović was a director in 2000 and 2003 to 2005 and 2008.

format

SVT discussed a possible postponement of the start of the events from 9 p.m. ( CEST ) to 8 p.m. (CEST) in order to offer families with children in particular the opportunity to watch the programs in full. Furthermore, they wanted to open up to the Eastern European television audience, where the Eurovision Song Contest begins much later. However, this idea was not realized.

In addition, the Big 5 countries and hosts Sweden played a bigger role in the semi-finals. In the semifinals, in which these countries were entitled to vote, they presented their song out of competition. As before, however, they were directly qualified for the final evening.

Live shows

There were two more audience shows before each live TV show. The day before the jury shows took place, after which the national juries submitted their votes. They were recorded and would have been used if the live TV show had a broadcast failure. The afternoon family shows were the final runs before the live TV show. Their name comes from the fact that they are particularly suitable for families with children who want to see the show live but do not want to stay up late at night.

show	Semi-final 1	Semi-final 2	final
Jury show	Mon. May 9, 9 p.m.	Wed 11 May, 9 p.m.	Fri May 13th, 9pm
Family show	Tuesday May 10th, 3 p.m.	Thursday May 12th, 3 p.m.	Sa. May 14, 1 p.m.
Tv show	Tuesday May 10th, 9 p.m.	Thursday May 12th, 9 p.m.	Saturday May 14th, 9 p.m.

Official album

The official album with all 42 songs on the show was released in German-speaking countries as follows:

• April 15, 2016 - iTunes and Google Play Store release
• April 15, 2016 - Publication on all other digital platforms
• April 22nd, 2016 - Released as a physical CD

Due to the late disqualification of Romania, Moment of Silence is included on all releases. The official DVD , which contains the recordings of the three live shows as well as bonus material, was released on June 17, 2016.

Change of scoring

On February 18, 2016, the EBU announced a change in the awarding of points. This year, the points of the juries and the telephone vote were not combined for each country, but awarded separately. Each country thus awarded twelve points twice, twice as much as has been customary since 1975. The representatives of the federal states only presented the 12 points of the best-placed song to the jury, points 1 to 8 and 10 points were only faded in, as in some cases in previous years. After all points of the jury had been awarded, all points from the televoting of all countries were combined. The rankings 26–11 of the public voting were displayed. The moderators then presented these combined points, starting with the country that received the fewest points in 10th place.

National juries

The national juries awarded half of all points in the Eurovision Song Contest. For this purpose, the members met and saw the dress rehearsal of the shows together. Each member then created a ranking list of all contributions for the evening based on the voice, composition and originality of the song. Everyone should do this independently of the others. All lists were completed, they were checked by the EBU and converted into points.

Belgium

country	Members	Known as
Belgium	Tom Helsen	Singer
	Axel Hirsoux	Participant for Belgium 2014
	Aurélie Van Rompay	singer
	Jo Lemaire	Singer
	Leen Demaré	Radio presenter

Germany

country	Members	Known as
Germany	Namika	singer
	Sarah Connor	singer
	Alec Völkel	Singer from The BossHoss
	Sascha Vollmer
	Anna Loos	Singer, actress

Austria

country	Members	Known as
Austria	Sankil Jones	Participants in the 2016 preliminary round
	Dorothee Freiberger	Music producer
	Franz Pleterski	Product Manager at Warner Music Austria
	Lukas Hillebrand	Singer, music producer
	Peter Pansky	Musician

Switzerland

country	Members	Known as
Switzerland	Ramon Rey	music producer
	Viola Tami	Presenter, singer
	luca Haenni	Singer
	Tshanda Sangwa	Singer
	Romina Bruschi	singer

Attendees

countries

Countries that participated in the finals

Countries that did not qualify for the finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2016

On November 17th, the EBU announced that Australia would participate for the second time in a row. This time it had to qualify for the final in a semi-final. In addition, the EBU pointed out that the decision was still pending as to whether Australia would be allowed to participate permanently as an associate member with a large Eurovision fan base. As the 41st country, Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed its first participation since 2012. The registration deadline was September 15, 2015. Until October 10, 2015, the previously announced countries could withdraw without paying a fine to the EBU. On November 26, 2015, the final list of 43 nations was announced, including Bulgaria and Croatia, which last took part in 2013.

This meant that as many countries were originally supposed to participate as in 2008 and 2011 . Romania was excluded from the EBU on April 22, 2016 because of outstanding payments of ten million euros, which directly resulted in the disqualification of Romania's contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest. That is why 42 countries took part in 2016, as many as in 2007 , 2009 and 2012 . The relatively late decision of the EBU to disqualify Romania means that the Romanian contribution is included on the CDs already produced for the ESC 2016.

Returning participants

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deen	2004
Bulgaria	Poli Genova	2011
Denmark	Johannes Nymark (member of Lighthouse X )	2014 (accompaniment vocals by Emma Marrone , for Italy )
Iceland	Greta Salome	2012 (with Jónsi )
Lithuania	Donny Montell	2012
Malta	Ira Losco	2002
Macedonia	Kaliopi	1996 (qualifying round), 2012
Montenegro	Bojan Jovović (member of Highway )	2005 (member of No Name , for Serbia and Montenegro )

Cancellation and thus no return to the ESC

country	Reason and remarks	last participation
Andorra	For economic reasons, RTVA did not take part in the ESC 2016.	2009
Luxembourg	On June 4, 2015, RTL announced that it would not participate in 2016.	1993
Morocco	Morocco was not on the official list of participants.	1980
Monaco	TMC expressed no interest in participating again.	2006
Portugal	On October 7, 2015, RTP announced that it would not participate in 2016. The reason given is restructuring at the station due to the poor results.	2015
Romania	Ovidiu Anton was originally supposed to represent Romania with Moment of Silence , but the country was disqualified by the EBU on April 22, 2016 due to debts of 14.5 million francs.	2015
Slovakia	On September 28, 2015, RTVS announced that it would not participate in 2016. A specific reason was not given.	2012
Turkey	Despite the confirmation of a return planned for 2016 at the beginning of 2015, the Turkish broadcaster TRT announced on November 3, 2015 that the changes requested by the broadcaster had not occurred (with regard to the Big Five rule and jury voting), so that 2016 was also not taken.	2012

Cancellation and thus no debut at the ESC

country	Reason and remarks
Kosovo	On May 31, 2015, the Kosovar Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi declared that Kosovo would definitely take part in the upcoming song contests. Since Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations , it could not legally take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. When asked by the EBU, it was announced that Kosovo would not be allowed to participate in the ESC without membership in the EBU.
Liechtenstein	1 FL TV announced on September 16, 2015 that Liechtenstein will not take part in the ESC in 2016 either.
People's Republic of China	Hunan TV expressed interest in the Eurovision Song Contest, which was initially openly accepted by the EBU, since it was positive to include new elements in the contest. On June 4, 2015, however, the country was canceled via Twitter, which meant that China was unable to participate in 2016.

National preliminary decisions

 Belgium

→ Main article: Eurosong 2016

For 2016, five artists who were previously unknown in Belgium were determined internally and presented on November 16, 2015 in the morning radio show by Peter Van der Veire.

On January 3, 2016, the five participants demonstrated their singing talent and their stage presence in a show, before the respective contributions were presented on January 10. The final took place a week later on January 17, 2016, when the Belgian callers and an international jury from ten other European countries each had half to decide on the Belgian representative.

The winner was Laura Tesoro with her title What's the Pressure .

 Germany

→ Main article : Our song for Stockholm

On November 19, 2015, Xavier Naidoo was announced as the German representative for Stockholm. A preliminary decision was planned for February 18, 2016 called Our Song for Xavier . Due to the immense public criticism of Naidoo's nomination, the Mannheim artist's participation was withdrawn on November 21st to prevent the ESC from being damaged.

On January 5, it was announced that the preliminary decision would be Our Song for Stockholm and that it would take place on February 25, 2016 in Cologne. A week later the list with the artists and their songs was published. Jamie-Lee Kriewitz won the preliminary round with her song Ghost .

 Austria

→ Main article : Eurovision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria? (2016)

Under the title Eurovision Song Contest - Who sings for Austria? the national preliminary decision took place again. On February 12, 2016, ten candidates were evaluated by a jury and the audience via televoting and the winner was allowed to represent Austria in Stockholm. Nine of the ten candidates were selected directly by the ORF . The tenth artist was selected by wildcard through a Facebook vote.

Austria was represented by Zoë Straub with Loin d'ici in Stockholm.

 Switzerland

→ Main article : The big decision show 2016

The finale of the show The Big Decision Show 2016 took place on February 13, 2016 at 8:10 p.m. ( CET ) in the Bodensee-Arena in Kreuzlingen and was broadcast by SRF 1 . Six performers prevailed in a pre-selection and presented their own song in the finale and a cover version of a previously selected song in the second round.

The winner was Rykka with The Last of Our Kind .

Other countries

The following table shows the mode in which the participating countries have chosen their interpreters. A total of 26 countries opted for a national preliminary decision and 17 for an internal selection.

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 54
Armenia	internal selection
Azerbaijan	internal selection
Australia	internal selection
Bosnia and Herzegovina	internal selection
Bulgaria	internal selection
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2016
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 (UMK)
France	internal selection
Georgia	internal selection (artist) and communicatori (song)
Greece	internal selection
Ireland	internal selection
Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2016
Israel	HaKokhav HaBa L'Eirovizion (הַכּוֹכָב הַבָּא)
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2016
Croatia	internal selection
Latvia	Supernova 2016
Lithuania	“Eurovizijos” dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka
Malta	Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Macedonia	internal selection
Moldova	O melody Pentru Europe
Montenegro	internal selection
Netherlands	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2016
Poland	Krajowe Eliminacje 2016
Romania	Selecția Nationăla 2016
Russia	internal selection
San Marino	internal selection
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2016
Serbia	internal selection
Slovenia	EMA 2016
Spain	Objetivo Eurovisión
Czech Republic	internal selection
Ukraine	Jewrobachenya 2016
Hungary	A Dal 2016
United Kingdom	Eurovision: You Decide
Belarus	Eurofest 2016
Cyprus	internal selection

Semifinals

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

draw

The semi-final draw took place on January 25, 2016 in Stockholm City Hall, moderated by Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir. There it was decided in which semifinals the countries will compete. It was also determined in which semifinals the Big Five countries and the host Sweden will be eligible to vote. Due to a request from ARD , Germany was assigned voting rights in the second semifinals without a draw. Sweden was also assigned to the first semifinals in advance via the SVT broadcaster . The other countries were drawn. In addition, the official motto and logo was announced on January 25th.

Based on the voting pattern of the past eleven years, the 37 countries in the semi-finals were divided into six pots. The German company Digame came to the following distribution:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Serbia  Slovenia	Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Latvia  Norway	Armenia  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Greece  Netherlands  Cyprus	Ireland  Lithuania  Malta  Poland  San Marino  Czech Republic	Israel  Moldova  Austria  Romania  Switzerland  Hungary

Israel could not take part in the first semifinals due to celebrations on the national holiday and therefore appeared in the second semifinals.

First semi-final

Måns Zelmerlöw during the opening act

The first semi-final with 18 participants took place on May 10, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.

Last year's winner and presenter this year, Måns Zelmerlöw, opened the competition with an interpretation of his winning title Heroes . Together with an artist and a children's choir, he presented a real world version of the title. The artist took on the role of the stick figure, which was integrated in Måns Zelmerlöw's performance last year.

During the televoting, the dance performance The Gray People was performed, which addressed the current situation of refugees in Europe .

 France , Sweden , Spain and the countries participating in the first semi-final were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
							jury	spectator	total
01.	09	Russia	Sergei Lazarev Сергей Лазарев	You Are the Only One M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard, Ralph Charlie	English	You are the only one	148	194	342
02.	07th	Armenia	Iveta Mukuchyan Իվետա Մուկուչյան	LoveWave M: Lilith Nawasardjan, Levon Nawasardjan; T: Iveta Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield	English	Love wave	127	116	243
03.	18th	Malta	Ira Losco	Walk on Water M / T: Molly Pettersson-Hammar , Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Ira Losco	English	Walking on the water	155	54	209
04th	04th	Hungary	Freddie	Pioneer M: Szabó Zé; T: Borbála Csarnai	English	pioneer	78	119	197
05.	06th	Netherlands	Douwe Bob	Slow Down M: Douwe Bob Posthuma, Jan-Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman, Matthijs van Duijvenbode; T: Douwe Bob Posthuma, Jan-Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman	English	Slow down	102	95	197
06th	14th	Azerbaijan	Samra	Miracle M / T: Amir Aly, Jakke "TI Jakke" Erixson, Henrik Wikström	English	wonder	92	93	185
07th	12	Austria	ZOË	Loin d'ici M / T: Christof Straub , Zoë Straub	French	Far away from here	37	133	170
08th.	11	Cyprus	Minus one	Alter Ego M / T: Thomas G: son , Minus One	English	alter ego	71	93	164
09.	10	Czech Republic	Gabriela Gunčíková	I Stand M: Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert; T: Aidan O'Connor, Sara Biglert	English	I stand	120	41	161
10.	05	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse M / T: Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla	English	lighthouse	80	53	133
11.	17th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala	Ljubav je… M: Almir Ajanović; T: Almir Ajanović, Jasmin Fazlić Jala	Bosnian	love is	26th	78	104
12.	08th	San Marino	Serhat	I Didn't Know M: Olcayto Ahmed Tuğsuz; T: Nektarios Tyrakis	English	I did not know	19th	49	68
13.	15th	Montenegro	Highway	The Real Thing M: Srđan Sekulović Skansi, Luka Vojvodić; T: Srđan Sekulović Skansi	English	The real thing	46	14th	60
14th	16	Iceland	Greta Salome	Hear Them Calling M / T: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir	English	Hear them calling	27	24	51
15th	01	Finland	Sandhja	Sing It Away M: Heikki Korhonen, Markus Savijoki, Milos Rosas, Petri Matara, Sandhja Kuivalainen; T: Sandhja Kuivalainen, Petri Matara, Milos Rosas, Markus Savijoki	English	Sing it away	35	16	51
16.	02	Greece	Argo Αργό	Utopian Land M / T: Vladimiros Sofianides	Greek , Pontic , English	Utopian land	22nd	22nd	44
17th	03	Moldova	Lidia Isac	Falling Stars M / T: Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg, Leonid Gutkin	English	Shooting stars	24	9	33
18th	13	Estonia	Jüri Pootsmann	Play M / T: Stig Rästa , Vallo Kikas, Fred Krieger	English	Games	9	15th	24

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semi-final 1)

Countries in bold have reached the final.

jury number country received from 5  Russia Azerbaijan, Greece, Moldova, Sweden, Cyprus 4th  Armenia Malta, Montenegro, Russia, Spain  Netherlands Estonia, Finland, Iceland, San Marino 3  Malta Armenia, Austria, Hungary 2  Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 1  Croatia Netherlands  Austria France  Hungary Czech Republic

spectator number country received from 6th  Russia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Iceland, Malta, San Marino 4th  Armenia France, Netherlands, Russia, Czech Republic  Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia, Montenegro, Austria, Sweden 2  Azerbaijan Moldova, Hungary 1  Estonia Finland  Greece Cyprus  Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina  Austria Spain  Cyprus Greece

Second semi-final

The Interval Act of the second semi-final: Man vs. Machine

The second semi-final took place with 18 participants on May 12, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.

Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw opened the second semi-final with the piece That's Eurovision .

During the televoting, three dancers performed the dance performance Man vs. Machine on. At times they danced parallel to three robots.

 Germany , Italy , the United Kingdom and the countries participating in the second semi-final were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
							jury	spectator	total
01.	10	Australia	Dami Im	Sound of Silence M / T: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii)	English	Sound of silence	188	142	330
02.	14th	Ukraine	Jamala Джамала / Camala	1944 M / T: Jamala	English, Crimean Tatar	1944	135	152	287
03.	18th	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	What's the Pressure M: Sanne Putseys , Birsen Uçar; T: Sanne Putseys, Louis Favre, Yannick Werther	English	What's the matter?	139	135	274
04th	09	Lithuania	Donny Montell	I've Been Waiting for This Night M / T: Jonas Thander, Beatrice Robertsson	English	I've been waiting for this night	104	118	222
05.	12	Bulgaria	Poli Genova Поли Генова	If Love Was a Crime M: Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Joachim Persson; T: Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Joachim Persson, Poli Genowa	English, Bulgarian	If love was a crime	98	122	220
06th	02	Poland	Michał Szpak	Color of Your Life M: Andy Palmer; T: Kamil Varen	English	Color of your life	20th	131	151
07th	04th	Israel	Hovi Star חובי סטאר	Made of Stars M / T: Doron Medal	English	Made from stars	127	20th	147
08th.	01	Latvia	Justs	Heartbeat M / T: Aminata Savadogo	English	Heartbeat	64	68	132
09.	16	Georgia	Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz	Midnight Gold M: Kote Kalandadze, Thomas G: son; T: Kote Kalandadze	English	Midnight gold	84	39	123
10.	06th	Serbia	ZAA Sanja Vučić Сања Вучић	Goodbye (Shelter) M / T: Ivana Peters	English	Farewell (protection)	55	50	105
11.	08th	Macedonia	Kaliopi Калиопи	Dona M: Romeo Grill; T: Kaliopi	Macedonian	lady	34	54	88
12.	05	Belarus	Ivan Иван	Help You Fly M: Wiktor Drobysch; T: Alexander Ivanov , Timofei Leontjew, Mary Susan Applegate	English	Help you fly	32	52	84
13.	15th	Norway	Agnete	Icebreaker M / T: Agnete K. Johnsen, Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow	English	Icebreaker	29	34	63
14th	11	Slovenia	ManuElla	Blue and Red M: Manuella Brečko, Marjan Hvala; T: Leon Oblak	English	Blue and red	49	8th	57
15th	07th	Ireland	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight M / T: Nicky Byrne, Ronan Hardiman , Wayne Hector	English	sunlight	15th	31	46
16.	17th	Albania	Eneda Tarifa	Fairytale M / T: Olsa Toqi	English	fairy tale	10	35	45
17th	13	Denmark	Lighthouse X	Soldiers of Love M / T: Søren Bregendal, Johannes Nymark, Martin Skriver, Sebastian Owens, Daniel Durn, Katrine Klith Andersen	English	Soldiers of love	10	24	34
18th	03	Switzerland	Rykka	The Last of Our Kind M / T: Christina Maria Rieder, Mike James, Jeff Dawson, Warne Livesey	English	The last of our kind	25th	3	28

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (semi-final 2)

Countries in bold have reached the final.

jury number country received from 9  Australia Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine 4th  Belgium Australia, Ireland, Slovenia, Belarus 2  Macedonia Albania, Serbia  Ukraine Georgia, Poland 1  Georgia United Kingdom  Israel Germany  Lithuania Latvia  Serbia Macedonia

spectator number country received from 6th  Ukraine Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Belarus 4th  Poland Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine 3  Lithuania Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom 2  Belgium Australia, Denmark  Macedonia Albania, Serbia  Serbia Switzerland, Slovenia 1  Albania Macedonia  Australia Israel

Distribution of places of the countries eliminated in the semi-finals

Based on the number of points in the respective semifinals, the countries eliminated in the semifinals can also be classified as follows:

space	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Semifinals	Place in the HF	Points in the HF
								jury	spectator	total
27.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala	Ljubav je… M: Almir Ajanović; T: Almir Ajanović, Jasmin Fazlić Jala	Bosnian	Love is…	1	11	28	78	104
28.	Macedonia	Kaliopi Калиопи	Dona M: Romeo Grill; T: Kaliopi	Macedonian	lady	2	11	34	54	88
29	Belarus	Ivan Иван	Help You Fly M: Wiktor Drobysch; T: Alexander Ivanov , Timofei Leontjew, Mary Susan Applegate	English	Help you fly	2	12	32	52	84
30th	San Marino	Serhat	I Didn't Know M: Olcayto Ahmed Tuğsuz; T: Nektarios Tyrakis	English	I did not know	1	12	19th	49	68
31.	Norway	Agnete	Icebreaker M / T: Agnete K. Johnsen, Gabriel Alares, Ian Curnow	English	Icebreaker	2	13	29	34	63
32.	Montenegro	Highway	The Real Thing M: Srđan Sekulović Skansi, Luka Vojvodić; T: Srđan Sekulović Skansi	English	The real thing	1	13	46	14th	60
33.	Slovenia	ManuElla	Blue and Red M: Manuella Brečko, Marjan Hvala; T: Leon Oblak	English	Blue and red	2	14th	49	8th	57
34.	Iceland	Greta Salome	Hear Them Calling M / T: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir	English	Hear them calling	1	14th	27	24	51
35.	Finland	Sandhja	Sing It Away M: Heikki Korhonen, Markus Savijoki, Milos Rosas, Petri Matara, Sandhja Kuivalainen; T: Sandhja Kuivalainen, Petri Matara, Milos Rosas, Markus Savijoki	English	Sing it away	1	15th	35	16	51
36.	Ireland	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight M / T: Nicky Byrne, Ronan Hardiman , Wayne Hector	English	sunlight	2	15th	15th	31	46
37.	Albania	Eneda Tarifa	Fairytale M / T: Olsa Toqi	English	fairy tale	2	16	10	35	45
38.	Greece	Argo Αργό	Utopian Land M / T: Vladimiros Sofianides	Greek , Pontic , English	Utopian land	1	16	22nd	22nd	44
39.	Denmark	Lighthouse X	Soldiers of Love M / T: Søren Bregendal, Johannes Nymark, Martin Skriver, Sebastian Owens, Daniel Durn, Katrine Klith Andersen	English	Soldiers of love	2	17th	10	24	34
40.	Moldova	Lidia Isac	Falling Stars M / T: Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg, Leonid Gutkin	English	Falling stars	1	17th	24	9	33
41.	Switzerland	Rykka	The Last of Our Kind M / T: Christina Maria Rieder, Mike James, Jeff Dawson, Warne Livesey	English	The last of our kind	2	18th	25th	3	28
42.	Estonia	Jüri Pootsmann	Play M / T: Stig Rästa , Vallo Kikas, Fred Krieger	English	Games	1	18th	9	15th	24

final

Winner Jamala at the press conference after the final

The final took place on May 14, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The Big Five countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the host country Sweden qualified directly for the final. In addition, there were ten countries each from the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries competed in the final. All 42 participating countries were entitled to vote.

The Netherlands , Malta and Ukraine took part in the finals for the first time after two years, Croatia after seven years and Bulgaria after nine years, and the Czech Republic for the first time ever. This is the first time since the introduction of the semi-final system that Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to qualify for the final. With the exception of the automatically seeded host country Sweden , no Scandinavian country qualified for the final in 2016.          

As in previous years, the finale opened with a flag parade of the 26 participating artists. However, there were no physical flags that year; Instead, the flags of the participating countries were projected onto the clothing of 26 dancers. The Fashion Flag Parade was accompanied by songs by well-known Swedish DJs . These included: Antidote ( Swedish House Mafia ), One (Swedish House Mafia), Save The World (Swedish House Mafia), Wake Me Up ( Avicii ), Waiting for Love (Avicii), Silhouettes (Avicii), Levels (Avicii ), Greyhound (Swedish House Mafia), Runaway ( Galantis ), Years ( Alesso feat. Matthew Koma ), Don't You Worry Child (Swedish House Mafia).

During the televoting, the American singer Justin Timberlake performed with the songs Can't Stop the Feeling! and Rock Your Body , the moderators with the play Love Love Peace Peace and Måns Zelmerlöw with last year's winning song, Heroes , and Fire in the Rain .

Results list

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points			image
							jury	spectator	total
01.	21st	Ukraine	Jamala Джамала / Camala	1944 M / T: Jamala, Art Antonyan	English , Crimean Tatar	1944	211	323	534
02.	13	Australia	Dami Im	Sound of Silence M / T: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii)	English	Sound of silence	320	191	511
03.	18th	Russia	Sergei Lazarev Сергей Лазарев	You Are the Only One M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Filipp Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard, Ralph Charlie	English	You are the only one	130	361	491
04th	08th	Bulgaria	Poli Genova Поли Генова	If Love Was a Crime M: Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Joachim Persson; T: Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Joachim Persson, Poli Genowa	English, Bulgarian	If love was a crime	127	180	307
05.	09	Sweden (hosts)	Frans	If I Were Sorry M / T: Frans Jeppsson Wall, Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell, Oscar Fogelström	English	If I were sorry	122	139	261
06th	11	France	Amir	J'ai cherché M: Nazim Khaled, Amir Haddad, Johan Errami; T: Nazim Khaled, Amir Haddad	French , English	I was looking for	148	109	257
07th	26th	Armenia	Iveta Mukuchyan Իվետա Մուկուչյան	LoveWave M: Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan; T: Iveta Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield	English	Love wave	115	134	249
08th.	12	Poland	Michał Szpak	Color of Your Life M: Andy Palmer; T: Kamil Varen	English	Color of your life	7th	222	229
09.	16	Lithuania	Donny Montell	I've Been Waiting for This Night M / T: Jonas Thander, Beatrice Robertsson	English	I've been waiting for this night	104	96	200
10.	01	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	What's the Pressure M: Sanne Putseys , Birsen Uçar; T: Sanne Putseys, Louis Favre, Yannick Werther	English	What's the matter?	130	51	181
11.	03	Netherlands	Douwe Bob	Slow Down M: Douwe Bob Posthuma, Jan-Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman, Matthijs van Duijvenbode; T: Douwe Bob Posthuma, Jan-Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman	English	Slow down	114	39	153
12.	22nd	Malta	Ira Losco	Walk on Water M / T: Molly Pettersson-Hammar , Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Ira Losco	English	Walking on the water	137	16	153
13.	24	Austria	ZOË	Loin d'ici M / T: Christof Straub , Zoë Straub	French	Far away from here	31	120	151
14th	07th	Israel	Hovi Star חובי סטאר	Made of Stars M / T: Doron Medal	English	Made from stars	124	11	135
15th	20th	Latvia	Justs	Heartbeat M / T: Aminata Savadogo	English	Heartbeat	69	63	132
16.	06th	Italy	Francesca Michielin	No Degree of Separation M: Fabio Gargiulo, Federica Abbate , Cheope; T: Francesca Michielin, Federica Abbate, Norma Jean Martine	Italian , English	No degree of separation	90	34	124
17th	04th	Azerbaijan	Samra	Miracle M / T: Amir Aly, Jakke "TI Jakke" Erixson, Henrik Wikström	English	wonder	44	73	117
18th	15th	Serbia	ZAA Sanja Vučić Сања Вучић	Goodbye (Shelter) M / T: Ivana Peters	English	Farewell (protection)	35	80	115
19th	05	Hungary	Freddie	Pioneer M: Szabó Zé; T: Borbála Csarnai	English	pioneer	52	56	108
20th	23	Georgia	Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz	Midnight Gold M: Kote Kalandadze, Thomas G: son; T: Kote Kalandadze	English	Midnight gold	80	24	104
21st	14th	Cyprus	Minus one	Alter Ego M / T: Thomas G: son , Minus One	English	alter ego	43	53	96
22nd	19th	Spain	Barely	Say yay! M / T: Barei, Rubén Villanueva, Víctor Púa	English	Say hurray!	67	10	77
23.	17th	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse M / T: Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla	English	lighthouse	40	33	73
24.	25th	United Kingdom	Joe and Jake	You're Not Alone M / T: Matt Schwartz, Justin J. Benson, Siva Kaneswaran	English	You're not alone	54	08th	62
25th	02	Czech Republic	Gabriela Gunčíková	I Stand M: Christian Schneider, Sara Biglert; T: Aidan O'Connor, Sara Biglert	English	I stand	41	00	41
26th	10	Germany	Jamie-Lee	Ghost M: Anna Leyne, Thomas Burchia , Conrad Hensel; T: Anna Leyne	English	ghost	01	10	11

Scoreboard final

In the following table all 26 participants of the final are listed in the starting order line by line from top to bottom. The 42 voting countries are listed in columns from left to right.

The points received for each participant are shown in two lines. The jury points are shown in the first line (white background). The second line (apricot background) shows the televoting points.

Each line with the individual points starts with the total number of jury or televoting points received; to the left of this is the total number of points received across both lines and the placement achieved. At the end of each line is the total number of jury or televoting votes received; to the right of this is the total number of votes received across both lines.

country
	space	Points		AL	AT THE	AU	AT	AZ	BY	BE	BA	BG	MR	CY	CZ	DK	EE	MK	FI	FR	GE	DE	GR	HU	IS	IE	IL	IT	LV	LT	MT	MD	ME	NO	PL	RU	SM	RS	SI	IT	SE	CH	NL	UA	UK	Voting
Belgium	10	181	130	-	4th	12	5	-	4th		-	10	-	-	2	8th	-	4th	-	-	10	5	-	-	3	12	6th	-	-	5	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	10	4th	10	-	20th	29
			51	-	-	12	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	4th	-	4th	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	9
Czech Republic	25th	41	41	-	1	-	4th	-	-	1	6th	-	10	-		-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	11	11
			0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Netherlands	11	153	114	-	-	3	-	-	-	4th	-	2	-	-	7th	7th	6th	2	10	7th	-	4th	-	6th	12	8th	-	4th	3	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	4th	5	1	3	5	5		-	-	22nd	30th
			39	-	-	-	6th	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-		-	-	8th
Azerbaijan	17th	117	44	-	-	-	-		2	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	2	10	-	1	7th	-	11	24
			73	-	-	-	-		8th	-	8th	1	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	3	-	6th	8th	7th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	13
Hungary	19th	108	52	1	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	5	4th	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	1	2	-	3	10	-	-	-	2	-	12	28
			56	1	3	-	-	7th	3	-	1	-	3	4th	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2		-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	3	-	6th	-	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Italy	16	124	90	8th	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	12	-	3	-	-	-	6th	-		-	-	8th	-	-	12	-	-	10	-	-	5	-	2	6th	-	-	14th	22nd
			34	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	7th	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	7th	-	-	-	8th
Israel	14th	135	124	3	-	10	-	3	-	2	-	-	7th	5	-	2	-	5	7th	-	3	12	-	-	-	4th		8th	2	6th	1	-	-	3	7th	-	-	7th	2	1	-	8th	7th	6th	3	25th	28
			11	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Bulgaria	4th	307	127	4th	7th	8th	-	8th	1	6th	3		-	-	-	6th	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	7th	-	1	2	10	-	2	8th	3	-	-	4th	10	-	-	1	-	1	5	23	57
			180	8th	-	10	5	8th	4th	5	2		1	12	5	-	-	10	4th	5	3	4th	7th	4th	-	5	7th	7th	1	-	8th	2	5	5	3	-	3	8th	2	12	4th	-	1	2	8th	34
Sweden	5	261	122	-	-	-	8th	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	12	4th	12	-	12	5	6th	10	-	4th	6th	5	-	2	8th	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	10	4th	-	17th	46
			139	3	2	-	7th	-	2	1	-	3	7th	1	2	12	10	-	10	2	-	8th	-	7th	12	2	-	-	7th	7th	-	-	-	7th	10	2	4th	1	5	1		-	2	1	1	29
Germany	26th	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
			10	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	2
France	6th	257	148	10	12	6th	7th	-	-	8th	7th	-	8th	7th	5	-	1	-	1		4th	-	6th	-	2	3	8th	7th	-	1	6th	-	5	-	1	7th	-	-	-	7th	8th	-	5	-	6th	26th	52
			109	-	7th	7th	1	4th	-	8th	4th	-	2	6th	-	2	2	-	3		-	-	4th	1	5	-	12	5	-	3	2	6th	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	10	3	3	4th	-	-	26th
Poland	8th	229	7th	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	39
			222	5	1	-	12	3	6th	12	-	6th	4th	2	7th	5	1	2	5	7th	4th	10	3	8th	10	10	4th	10	5	6th	-	-	-	10		5	7th	-	4th	5	10	5	10	8th	10	35
Australia	2	511	320	12	5		12	7th	6th	12	10	8th	12	10	-	10	10	8th	8th	6th	8th	6th	7th	12	10	-	10	6th	5	12	3	10	4th	10	10	2	-	6th	6th	8th	12	12	12	5	8th	38	75
			191	12	-		3	2	1	4th	3	5	5	5	1	10	4th	3	7th	-	1	5	5	3	8th	6th	5	-	6th	5	12	5	-	8th	7th	4th	5	6th	3	4th	12	1	5	4th	6th	37
Cyprus	21st	96	43	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	4th	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	10	21st
			53	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-		-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7th	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11
Serbia	18th	115	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	5	2	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-		5	-	-	-	-	-	2	7th	15th
			80	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-		12	-	-	12	-	-	-	8th
Lithuania	9	200	104	-	-	7th	1	5	10	-	-	1	-	-	3	5	5	-	6th	-	5	1	-	3	-	-	1	-	10		-	4th	-	2	2	-	-	8th	-	-	2	7th	-	12	4th	22nd	39
			96	4th	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6th	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4th	12	-	2	8th		-	3	2	12	-	-	8th	-	-	-	6th	-	-	3	12	17th
Croatia	23	73	40	-	-	1	6th	-	-	-	4th	-		1	8th	-	-	6th	-	-	2	-	-	-	7th	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	16
			33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-		-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	4th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Russia	3	491	130	7th	2	-	3	12	12	-	5	6th	6th	12	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	-	8th	-	-	-	7th	-	4th	7th	8th	-	-		7th	1	-	4th	6th	-	-	-	-	20th	61
			361	7th	12	5	8th	12	12	6th	6th	12	8th	10	10	4th	12	8th	8th	6th	8th	12	10	10	7th	8th	10	8th	12	8th	10	12	10	6th	8th		10	12	10	8th	8th	6th	3	12	7th	41
Spain	22nd	77	67	6th	3	5	-	1	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	4th	12	-	-	2	8th	-	7th	5	-	-	-	-		1	-	-	-	-	15th	20th
			10	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1	2	-	-	4th	5
Latvia	15th	132	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	8th	3	-	-	7th	2	-	8th	-	1	5	-		7th	-	-	-	-	6th	3	-	-	7th	-	-	3	-	8th	-	14th	27
			63	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	2	-	6th	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-		12	-	1	-	3	5	1	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	13
Ukraine	1	534	211	-	-	2	-	10	7th	3	12	-	-	-	-	12	7th	12	-	-	12	7th	2	-	-	-	12	10	12	8th	-	12	-	4th	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	6th	3		10	24	64
			323	6th	10	8th	10	10	10	2	7th	10	10	7th	12	3	8th	6th	12	10	10	6th	6th	12	-	4th	8th	12	10	10	4th	10	8th	4th	12	10	12	7th	7th	7th	7th	4th	7th		5	40
Malta	12	153	137	2	8th	-	10	6th	5	-	-	7th	-	6th	6th	-	2	-	5	4th	-	-	4th	10	4th	-	-	5	4th	-		3	12	-	-	8th	3	10	-	6th	7th	-	-	-	-	23	26th
			16	-	5	6th	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Georgia	20th	104	80	-	10	-	-	-	-	7th	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8th	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	8th	5	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	12	18th
			24	-	8th	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	6th
Austria	13	151	31	-	-	-	-		-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	8th	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4th	8th	-	-	7th	34
			120	-	4th	3	-		-	3	5	4th	6th	-	4th	1	6th	-	6th	8th	-	7th	1	6th	2	1	3	-	4th	1	-	4th	-	-	4th	8th	-	-	6th	2	5	10	6th	-	-	27
United Kingdom	24	62	54	5	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	6th	8th	2	-	-	-	-	-	-		10	13
			8th	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
Armenia	7th	249	115	-		-	2	-	3	-	2	12	4th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	10	1	-	-	2	-	6th	4th	7th	5	10	-	-	12	-	3	4th	12	4th	-	2	-	-	21st	42
			134	2		-	-	-	7th	7th	-	8th	-	8th	8th	-	-	7th	-	12	12	2	8th	-	-	-	6th	1	-	-	-	7th	-	-	2	12	2	2	-	6th	-	-	8th	7th	-	21st

The table also shows the lowest (red background) and highest (green background) total values.

• Fewest jury votes: 1 - Germany
• Fewest televoting votes: 0 - Czech Republic
• Fewest overall votes: 3 - Germany
• Fewest jury points: 1 - Germany
• The fewest televoting points: 0 - Czech Republic
• The fewest total points: 11 - Germany
• Most jury votes: 38 - Australia
• Most televoting votes: 41 - Russia
• Most total votes: 75 - Australia
• Most jury points: 320 - Australia
• Most televoting points: 361 - Russia
• Most total points: 534 - Ukraine

Voting error by Danish juror

Hours after the final, the Danish daily Berlingske reported that the 69-year-old Danish juror Hilda Heick had given her points in the wrong order due to her misunderstanding. So she did not put Australia in first place, as intended, but in last place, conversely, Ukraine in second place instead of 25. In the Danish jury's decision, Australia would have received 12 instead of 10 points, Ukraine 0 instead of 12 and Russia instead of 3 0; overall, Ukraine would have only won by 9 instead of 23 points.

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

jury

Jury points for the winning song from Ukraine

number	country	received from
11	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Georgia, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia
09	Australia	Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary
04th	Russia	Azerbaijan, Greece, Belarus, Cyprus
03	Armenia	Bulgaria, Russia, Spain
	Sweden	Estonia, Finland, Czech Republic
02	Belgium	Australia, Ireland
	Italy	France, Norway
01	France	Armenia
	Georgia	United Kingdom
	Israel	Germany
	Lithuania	Ukraine
	Malta	Montenegro
	Netherlands	Iceland
	Spain	Italy
	United Kingdom	Malta

spectator

The audience scores for the winning song from Ukraine

number	country	received from
10	Russia	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus
6th	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Slovenia
	Ukraine	Finland, Italy, Poland, San Marino, Czech Republic, Hungary
3	Australia	Albania, Malta, Sweden
	Armenia	France, Georgia, Russia
	Lithuania	Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
2	Belgium	Australia, Netherlands
	Bulgaria	Spain, Cyprus
	Poland	Belgium, Austria
	Sweden	Denmark, Iceland
1	France	Israel
	Latvia	Lithuania
	Cyprus	Greece

Comparison of old vs. new point system

If the old system had been scored in previous years, Australia would have won the competition. Germany would have reached the penultimate place. If the old voting system had been used and the order of submission of points had remained the same, the winner would only have been determined after the 40th voting - Hungary - Australia.

Points speaker

The points spokesperson announced the results of the jury vote in their countries.

No.	country	Points speaker	Known as
01	Austria	Kati Bellowitsch	Points spokesperson 2011–2015
02	Iceland	Unnsteinn Manuel Stefansson
03	Azerbaijan	Tural Azadov	Points speaker 2015
04th	San Marino	Irol MC
05	Czech Republic	Daniela Písařovicová	Points spokeswoman 2015
06th	Ireland	Sinéad Kennedy
07th	Georgia	Nina Sublatti	Participant 2015
08th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ivana Crnogorac
09	Malta	Ben Camille	Moderator of the Maltese preliminary round Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2016
10	Spain	Iota of April
11	Finland	Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
12	Switzerland	Sebalter	Participant 2014
13	Denmark	Ulla Essendrop
14th	France	Élodie Gossuin
15th	Moldova	Olivia Furtuna	Points spokesperson 2012–2015
16	Armenia	Arman Margarjan
17th	Cyprus	Loukas Hamatsos	Points speaker 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011–2015
18th	Bulgaria	Anna Angelova	Points spokeswoman 2012
19th	Netherlands	Trijntje Oosterhuis	Participant 2015
20th	Latvia	Toms Grēviņš	Moderator of the Latvian preliminary decision on Supernova
21st	Israel	Ofer Nachshon	Points speaker 2009–2015
22nd	Belarus	Uzari	Participant 2015
23	Germany	Barbara Schöneberger	Points spokeswoman 2015, moderator of the German preliminary decision Our song for Stockholm
24	Russia	Nyusha
25th	Norway	Elisabeth Andreassen	Participant for Sweden in 1982 and for Norway in 1985, 1994 and 1996
26th	Australia	Lee Lin Chin	Points spokeswoman 2015
27	Belgium	Umesh Vangaver
28	United Kingdom	Richard Osman
29	Croatia	Nevena Rendeli	Points spokeswoman 2011/2012
30th	Greece	Constantinos Christoforou	Participant for Cyprus in 1996, 2002 (as a member of One ) and 2005
31	Lithuania	Ugnė Galadauskaitė	Points spokeswoman 2015
32	Serbia	Dragana Kosjerina
33	Macedonia	Dijana Gogova
34	Albania	Andri Xhahu	Points speaker 2012–2015
35	Estonia	Daniel Levi	Second in the Estonian preliminary round Eesti Laul 2015
36	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	Participant 2007
37	Italy	Claudia Andreatti
38	Poland	Anna Popek	Points spokeswoman for the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
39	Slovenia	Marjetka Vovk	Participant 2015 as part of the duo Maraaya
40	Hungary	Csilla Tatar	Points speaker 2015, moderator of the Hungarian preliminary decision A Dal
41	Montenegro	Danijel Alibabić	Participant in 2005 as a member of No Name for Serbia-Montenegro
42	Sweden	Gina Dirawi	Moderator of the Swedish preliminary round Melodifestivalen 2012, 2013 and 2016

Marcel Bezençon Prize

This year's winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize , which has been awarded since 2002, are:

• Press award for the best song: Russia - You Are the Only One - Sergei Lasarew 
• Artist Prize for the best female artist: Ukraine - Jamala - 1944 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text: Australia - David Musumeci and Anthony Egizi - Sound of Silence 

Others

• Petra Mede is the first presenter since Katie Boyle , who has presented the Eurovision Song Contest several times.
• For the first time since 2009 , two moderators again led the event.
• With 43 countries, as many countries were originally supposed to participate as in 2008 and 2011 . However, due to Romania's disqualification, there were only 42 countries.
• For the first time, a public viewing party took place in the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm parallel to the ESC. Sanna Nielsen , who represented Sweden in Copenhagen in 2014 , moderated them.
•  Australia : After 2015 , Australia took part again in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016. A permanent possibility of participation is still being discussed.

Australia was also originally drawn into the first half of its semi-finals. Due to the disqualification of Romania, there were only eight participants in the already smaller second half. Since Australia had the starting position 10, but this is in the first half with 19 participants, Australia was now de facto in the second half.

•  Armenia : The Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan took part in the German casting show The Voice of Germany in 2012 and also grew up in Germany . She is the first representative for Armenia with German connections. Mukuchyan showed up after her appearance in the first semifinals in the Green Room with a flag of the internationally unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh . Armenia was then warned by the EBU . For the DVD, which was released later, the scenes in which the flag could be seen were censored.
•  Belgium : Laura Tesoro was the last to appear in the semi-finals, but first in the final.
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina : For the first time since the introduction of the semi-finals, Bosnia-Herzegovina was eliminated in the semi-finals.
•  Bulgaria : The Bulgarian participant Poli Genova was also the Bulgarian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 . She also moderated the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia .
•  Germany : The eleven points received for Ghost (one from the Georgian jury, eight from the Swiss and two from the Austrian viewers) mean a deterioration compared to the 2015 performance, as the German contribution from the previous year would have received 29 points had it been evaluated separately. However, if the combined rating that existed until 2015 was applied to 2016, Germany would have received eight points, which would represent an improvement over 2015.
•  Estonia : Stig Rästa , who represented Estonia in Vienna in 2015 together with Elina Born , returned to the competition as the composer of the Estonian contribution Play .
•  Finland : The singer Krista Siegfrids , who represented Finland in 2013 , moderated the Finnish preliminary decision Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 and also took part in the Swedish preliminary decision Melodifestivalen 2016 . She also awarded the Finnish points in 2015.
•  Georgia : For the second time in a row, the Swede Thomas G: son contributed to the Georgian contribution as an author. In addition, they had the same start numbers as in the previous year (semi-finals: 16, final: 23).
•  Greece : For the first time since 2004 , Greece selected the contribution internally, and also for the first time a contribution was sung in Pontic . In addition, Greece was eliminated in the semifinals for the first time since the introduction of the semifinals.
•  Italy : The winners of the Sanremo Festival 2016 , the band Stadio , declined to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, the TV company RAI decided on the runner-up Francesca Michielin .
•  Croatia : Nina Kraljić from Croatia received the 20th and last Barbara Dex Award. The ESC "honors" the worst outfit with the award.
•  Latvia : Aminata , who represented Latvia in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, returned to the competition as the composer of the Latvian contribution Heartbeat by Justs Sirmais .
•  Malta : Although Ira Losco won the Maltese preliminary decision for the ESC with the song Chameleon (Invincible) , the contribution was changed two months later. The Swedish singer Molly Pettersson Hammar , who took part in the Melodifestivalen in 2015 and 2016 , is one of the authors of the contribution. Pettersson Hammar supported Losco as an accompanist.
•  Netherlands : Douwe Bob is the first male solo performer for the Netherlands since 1992 .
•  Austria : For the first time, the Austrian contribution was sung entirely in French. After the Cypriot contribution in 2007 , it is the second contribution from a non-French-speaking country that was sung entirely in French.
•  Poland : The Polish contribution took 25th place in the jury evaluation with just seven points, while the audience voted the song in third place with 222 points. This was the biggest difference between jury and audience voting.
•  Russia : The Russian juror Anastassija Alexandrovna Stozkaja was suspended from the broadcaster RTR at the instigation of the EBU because she published a video on the Internet that the jury showed while watching the live stream of the second dress rehearsal for the first semifinals. Stozkaja's scoring for the semi-finals has been declared invalid. RTR nominated a substitute judge for the final.
•  San Marino : For San Marino joined with the Turks Serhat an interpreter at no connection to the represented country. In addition, a male solo performer for San Marino appeared for the first time .
•  Sweden : At 17, Frans is the youngest representative of Sweden since Carola in 1983 .
•  Switzerland : Rykka is the third Canadian to represent Switzerland at the ESC and the first since 1993 .
•  Spain : The Spanish contribution Say Yay! is the first in the country to contain only an English text.
•  Czech Republic : With Gabriela Gunčíková and her song I Stand , the Czech Republic made it into the finals for the first time in 2016.
•  Ukraine : In 1944 , at least part of an article was written in Crimean Tatar for the first time . It is also the first winning song since 2007 that contains non-English text and the first winning entry that won neither the jury voting nor the televoting, but only came second in both. It was also the first entry from the number 21 to win the competition.
•  United Kingdom : After rather modest success over the past five years, the United Kingdom returned to a large-scale public preliminary ruling.

transmission

German-speaking countries

Germany

This year, Phoenix and Einsfestival broadcast the two semifinals. The finale was broadcast on Das Erste und Einsfestival, before and after there were broadcasts from Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg. At the same time, all programs were broadcast live on the eurovision.de Internet platform .

The broadcast of the final was the most successful Eurovision Song Contest in five years , with 9.33 million viewers . With a younger audience alone, 4.59 million viewers and a brand share of 46%, a new record compared to previous years.

Broadcasts on German television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 10, 2016	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban	0.35 million (Phoenix)	0.17 million (Phoenix)	01.4% (Phoenix)	01.7% (Phoenix)
May 12, 2016	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.			0.46 million (Phoenix) 0.25 million (Einsfestival)	0.23 million (Phoenix)	01.7% (Phoenix) 0 1.3% (Einsfestival)	02.3% (Phoenix) 0 3.1% (Einsfestival)
May 14, 2016	Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Countdown to Stockholm	8:15 pm		Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger	4.48 million	2.03 million	16.3%	27.3%
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban Points spokesperson: Barbara Schöneberger	9.33 million	4.59 million	36.8%	46%
	Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Grand Prix Party	0:45 am		Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger	2.24 million		24.3%	25%

Austria

The semi-finals and the final were broadcast on ORF one .

Broadcasts on Austrian television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 10, 2016	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Andi Knoll	0.706 million		41%
May 12, 2016	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.			0.419 million		16%
May 14, 2016	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Andi Knoll Points spokesperson: Kati Bellowitsch	1.264 million

Switzerland

Broadcasts on Swiss television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	language
May 10, 2016	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German
May 12, 2016	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German
		9:00 p.m.		Comment: Jean-Marc Richard u. Nicolas Tanner	French
		9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Clarissa Tami	Italian
May 14, 2016	Aeschbacher Special - With the Swedes	8:10 pm		Moderator: Kurt Aeschbacher	German
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator 1: Sven Epiney Commentary 2: Peter Schneider , Gabriel Vetter
		9:00 p.m.		Comment: Jean-Marc Richard u. Nicolas Tanner	French
		9:00 p.m.		Comment: Clarissa Tami u. Michele "Cerno" Carobbio Point Spokesman: Sebalter	Italian

Other countries

Television broadcast

country	Moderation / comment	Sender semifinals	Channel finale
participating countries
Albania	Andri Xhahu	TVSH , RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë	TVSH, RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë
Armenia	Avet Barseghyan	ARMTV	ARMTV
Azerbaijan	Azer Suleymanli	İTV	İTV
Australia	Julia Zemiro u. Sam Pang	SBS One	SBS One
Belgium	Peter Van de Veire ( Dutch )	Eén	Eén
	Jean-Louis Lahaye et al. Maureen Louys ( French )	La Une	La Une
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dejan Kukrić	BHT 1	BHT 1
Bulgaria	Elena Rosberg u. Georgi Kushvaliev	BNT 1	BNT HD
Denmark	Ole Tøpholm	DR1	DR1
Estonia	Marko Reikop ( Estonian )	ETV	ETV
	Aleksandr Hobotov ( Russian )	ETV +	ETV +
Finland	Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish )	Yle TV2 , TV Finland	Yle TV2, TV Finland
	Eva Frantz et al. Johan Lindroos ( Swedish )	Yle TV2	Yle TV2
France	Marianne James et al. Jarry	France 4	-
	Marianne James et al. Stéphane Bern	-	France 2
Georgia	Tuta Cheidze	GPB First Channel	GPB First Channel
Greece	Maria Kozakou u. Giorgos Kapoutzidis	ERT , ERT HD, ERT World	ERT, ERT HD, ERT World
Ireland	Marty Whelan	RTÉ Two	RTÉ One
Iceland	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	RÚV	RÚV
Israel	Hebrew subtitles	Channel 1 (only broadcast of the second semifinal)	Channel 1
	Arabic subtitles	Channel 33 (only broadcast of the second semifinal)	Channel 33
Italy	Filippo Solibello et al. Marco Ardemagni	Rai 4	-
	Flavio Insinna et al. Federico Russo	-	Rai 1
Croatia	Duško Ćurlić	HRT 1	HRT 1
Latvia	Valters Frīdenbergs	LTV1	LTV1
	Toms Grēviņš	LTV1
Lithuania	Darius Užkuraitis	LTV	LTV
Malta	Arthur Caruana	TVM	TVM
Macedonia	Karolina Petkovska	MRI 1	MRI 1
Moldova	Gloria Gorceag	Moldova 1	Moldova 1
Montenegro	Dražen Bauković u. Tijana Mišković	TVCG 1 , TVCG SAT	TVCG 1 , TVCG SAT
Netherlands	Jan Smit et al. Cornald Maas	NPO 1	NPO 1
Norway	Olav Viksmo Slettan	NRK1	NRK1
	Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Riding Nordnes u. Markus Ekrem Neby	-	NRK3
Poland	Artur Orzech	TVP1 , TVP Polonia , TVP Rozrywka (one day later)	TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka (one day later)
Russia	Dmitri Gubernijew u. Ernestas Mackevičius	Rossiya 1	Rossiya 1
San Marino	Lia Fiorio et al. Gigi Restivo	SMtv San Marino	SMtv San Marino
Sweden	Lotta Bromé	SVT 1	SVT 1
Serbia	Dragan Ilić	RTS 1 , RTS HD , RTS SAT (first semi-final)
	Duška Vučinić	RTS 1, RTS HD, RTS SAT (second semifinals)	RTS 1, RTS HD, RTS SAT
Slovenia	Andrej Hofer	RTV SLO2	RTV SLO1
Spain	José María Íñigo u. Julia Varela	La 2	La 1
Czech Republic	Libor Bouček	ČT2	ČT1
Ukraine	Timur Miroshnychenko	Perschyj Nazionalnyj	Perschyj Nazionalnyj
Hungary	Gábor Gundel Takács	Duna	Duna
United Kingdom	Scott Mills et al. Mel Giedroyc	BBC Four	-
	Graham Norton	-	BBC One
Belarus	Jauhen Perlin	Belarus 1, Belarus 24	Belarus 1, Belarus 24
Cyprus	Melina Karageorgiou	RIK 1, RIK SAT , RIK HD, Trito Programma	RIK 1, RIK SAT , RIK HD, Trito Programma
Countries not participating
People's Republic of China	Kubert Leung et al. Wu Zhoutong	Hunan TV	Hunan TV
Kazakhstan	Diana Snegina u. Kaldybek Shaisanbai	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
Kosovo	NN	RTK	RTK
New Zealand	Graham Norton	BBC UKTV	BBC UKTV
Portugal	Hélder Reis	RTP1, RTP Internacional	RTP1, RTP Internacional
United States	Carson Kressley et al. Michelle Collins	Logo TV	Logo TV

Radio broadcast

country	Moderation / comment	Sender semifinals	Channel finale
Albania	Andri Xhahu	Radio Tirana	Radio Tirana
Finland	Sanna Pirkkalainen u. Jorma Hietamäki ( Finnish )	Yle Radio Suomi	Yle Radio Suomi
	Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos ( Swedish )	Yle Radio Vega	Yle Radio Vega
Ireland	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski	RTÉ Radio 1	RTÉ Radio 1
Israel	Hebrew and Arabic subtitles	88 FM , Kol Israel (only broadcast of the second semi-final)	88 FM, Kol Israel
Italy	Filippo Solibello et al. Marco Ardemagni	Rai Radio 2	Rai Radio 2
Croatia	Zlatko Turkalj Turki	HR 2	HR 2
Moldova	Gloria Gorceag	Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret	Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret
San Marino	Lia Fiorio et al. Gigi Restivo	Radio San Marino RTV	Radio San Marino RTV
Slovenia	Andrej Hofer	Radio Maribory, Radio Val 202 (Second semi-final)	Radio Maribor, Radio Val 202
Sweden	Carolina Norén et al. Bjorn Kjellman	Sveriges radio P4	Sveriges radio P4
Switzerland	Peter Schneider u. Gabriel cousin	-	Radio SRF 3
Ukraine	Olena Zelintschenko ( Олена Зелінченко )	Ukrainian Radio ( Ukrainian Radio )	Ukrainian Radio ( Ukrainian Radio )
United Kingdom	Ken Bruce	-	BBC Radio 2

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2016  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest (English)
• SVT website for the Eurovision Song Contest (Swedish)
• ARD website for the Eurovision Song Contest
• ORF website for the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Pop singer Jamala - Ukraine sends Crimean Tatar to the ESC. Spiegel Online , February 22, 2016, accessed May 15, 2016 . 
3. ↑ http://www.aufrechtgehn.de/2016/04/wegen-schulden-ebu-schliesst-rumaenien-vom-contest-aus/
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31. ^ Andorra no participara en Eurovisión 2016 ni en Eurovisión Junior 2015
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66. ↑ Thanks to new rules? «ESC» stronger than since Lena
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