Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Explained

Eurovision Song Contest
Year:2016
Theme:Come Together
Venue:Globe Arena
Stockholm, Sweden
Exsupervisor:Jon Ola Sand
Host:Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=unset (SVT)
Entries:42
Finalists:26
Debut:None
Map Final:Y
Vote:Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.

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 with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=unset (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 the previous year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw.

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

The winner was with the song "1944", performed and written by Jamala.,, and host country rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 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, 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 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 : 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 for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million.

Location

Venue

The contest took place in the Globe Arena in Stockholm, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 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]

Bidding phase

Host broadcaster Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=unset (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:[2]

An announcement regarding the venue was expected from SVT by midsummer,[3] with the Ericsson Globe announced as the venue on 8 July.[4]

Key Host venue

CityVenueNotes
GothenburgScandinaviumVenue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
UlleviProposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium. The idea was rejected due to costs.[5]
LinköpingSaab Arena
Malmö[6] Malmö ArenaVenue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Withdrew its bid on 11 June 2015, citing unavailability during the rehearsal weeks of the contest.
Örnsköldsvik[7] Fjällräven Center
Sandviken and Gävle[8] Göransson ArenaIf 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.[9]
Stockholm[10]
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 ArenaVenue 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.[11]
Hovet
Tele2 ArenaSVT announced on 24 May 2015 that Tele2 Arena was their first choice venue for the contest.[12] [13] 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.

Other sites

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm, it was open from 6 to 13 May 2016.

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located in a temporary building on the quay next to the water in front of the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

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.[14] 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.[15] [16] 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.

Participating countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide.[17] The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members and associate member .

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.[18] 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 and .[19] However, was disqualified from participation on 22 April 2016, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.

Four countries returned after absences from recent contests: since, and since and since . 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. did not enter, largely due to its national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process,[20] while Romania was disqualified on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU.[21]

+ Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016[22]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
RTSHEneda Tarifa"Fairytale"EnglishOlsa Toqi
AMPTVIveta Mukuchyan"LoveWave"English
SBSDami Im"Sound of Silence"English
ORFZoë"French: [[Loin d'ici]]|i=unset"French
İTVSamra"Miracle"English
BTRCIvan"Help You Fly"English
VRTLaura Tesoro"What's the Pressure"English
BHRTDalal and Deen Ana Rucner and Jala"Bosnian: Ljubav je|i=unset"Bosnian
BNTPoli Genova"If Love Was a Crime"English
HRTNina Kraljić"Lighthouse"English
CyBCMinus One"Alter Ego"English
ČTGabriela Gunčíková"I Stand"English
DRLighthouse X"Soldiers of Love"English
ERRJüri Pootsmann"Play"English
YleSandhja"Sing It Away"English
French: [[France Télévisions]]|i=unsetAmir"French: [[J'ai cherché]]|i=unset"French, English
GPBNika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz"Midnight Gold"English
NDRJamie-Lee"Ghost"English
ERTArgo"Utopian Land"English, GreekVladimiros Sofianides
MTVAFreddie"Pioneer"English
RÚVGreta Salóme"Hear Them Calling"EnglishGreta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
RTÉNicky Byrne"Sunlight"English
IBAHovi Star"Made of Stars"EnglishDoron Medalie
RAIFrancesca Michielin"No Degree of Separation"Italian, English
LTVJusts"Heartbeat"EnglishAminata Savadogo
LRTDonny Montell"I've Been Waiting for This Night"English
MRTKaliopi"Macedonian: Dona|i=unset" (Macedonian: Дона)Macedonian
PBSIra Losco"Walk on Water"English
TRMLidia Isac"Falling Stars"English
RTCGHighway"The Real Thing"English
AVROTROSDouwe Bob"Slow Down"English
NRKAgnete"Icebreaker"English
TVPMichał Szpak"Color of Your Life"English
RTRSergey Lazarev"You Are the Only One"English
SMRTVSerhat"I Didn't Know"English
RTSSanja Vučić Zaa"Goodbye (Shelter)"EnglishIvana Peters
RTVSLOManuElla"Blue and Red"English
RTVEBarei"Say Yay!"English
SVTFrans"If I Were Sorry"English
SRG SSRRykka"The Last of Our Kind"English
UA:PBCJamala"1944"English, Crimean TatarJamala
BBCJoe and Jake"You're Not Alone"English

Returning artists

Seven artists returned after having previously participated in the contest. Deen returned after previously representing in, finishing ninth in the final with the song "In the Disco". Kaliopi returned after previously representing in, finishing 13th in the final with the song "Crno i belo". She was also selected to represent Macedonia in with "Samo ti", but was eliminated in a non-televised pre-qualifying round.[23] Poli Genova returned after previously representing in, finishing 12th in the second semi-final with the song "Na inat".[24] Ira Losco returned after previously representing in, finishing in second place with the song "7th Wonder". Donny Montell returned after previously representing in, finishing 14th in the final with the song "Love Is Blind".[25] Greta Salóme returned after previously representing in with Jónsi, finishing 20th in the final with the song "Never Forget".[26] Bojan Jovović returned for as part of Highway after previously representing in as part of No Name, finishing seventh in the final with the song "Zauvijek moja".

Armenian backing vocalist Monica previously represented Armenia in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Sahlene, who represented Estonia in, 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.

Other countries

Active EBU members

Active EBU member broadcasters in,,, (despite the country's return to the Eurovision Young Dancers in 2015) and confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] broadcaster TL had not ruled out debuting in 2016,[39] but it ultimately did not appear on the final list of participating countries.

Associate EBU members

The EBU announced on 18 December 2015 that broadcaster Khabar Agency would become an associate EBU member on 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.[40]

Non-EBU members

Despite the EBU's positive response to broadcaster Hunan Television's interest in participating,[41] in June 2015 the union denied that China would debut at the contest. That same month, it was reported that broadcaster KVF had applied for active EBU membership in order to take part in the contest; the application was rejected due to the islands' membership of the Danish Realm.[42] [43] Despite not being recognised by 15 states in Europe and its broadcaster RTK having neither active nor associate EBU membership, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi tweeted that the country would debut at the 2016 contest, without further elaboration;[44] this was promptly denied by the EBU.[45] broadcaster 1 FL TV was also unable to debut at the contest due to insufficient funding for EBU membership.[46]

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.[47] These were subject to change depending on SVT,[48] 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.[49]

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.[50] 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.[51]

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.[52]

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.[53]

New voting system

See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. 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, 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.[54] [55]

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.[56] [57]

Presenters

After his victory in the 2015 contest, Måns Zelmerlöw announced his interest in hosting the 2016 contest.[58] His experience as a television presenter includes Melodifestivalen 2010[59] and SVT sing-along show Allsång på Skansen.[60] Christer Björkman told Expressen on 25 May that Gina Dirawi, Petra Mede and Sanna Nielsen were also being considered as hosts,[61] but it was reported on 1 June that SVT was considering Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren as co-hosts.[62] Expressen reported on 19 August that Mede and Zelmerlöw were SVT's first choice of hosts,[63] while it was announced at a press conference on 14 December that they would indeed co-host.[64]

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.[65] [66]

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.[67] The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the "Big Five" and host country 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,[68] however for undisclosed reasons this was later put back to 8 April.[69] 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 . 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. and 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.[70] [71]

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,[72] 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.[73] 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.[74]

The interval acts of both semi-finals were sketches choreographed by Fredrik Rydman: "The Grey People" in the first semi-final and "Man vs 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.[75] He was the first "global megastar" in the contest's 61-year-history to perform during the interval.[76] Other interval acts in the final included a sketch called "Love Love Peace Peace", a pastiche of past entries which featured appearances from Lordi and Alexander Rybak, winners of the contest in and respectively and performed by Zelmerlöw and Mede,[77] 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.[78]

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, while the official DVD release removed it entirely. In an interview with The Guardian, the contest's Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, revealed that this was due to rights restrictions.[79] [80] [81]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final.,, and voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[82]

+ Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016[83]
[84] CountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Sandhja"Sing It Away"5115
2Argo"Utopian Land"4416
3"Falling Stars"3317
4Freddie"Pioneer"1974
5"Lighthouse"13310
6Douwe Bob"Slow Down"1975
7"LoveWave"2432
8Serhat"I Didn't Know"6812
9"You Are the Only One"3421
10"I Stand"1619
11Minus One"Alter Ego"1648
12Zoë"French: [[Loin d'ici]]|i=unset"1707
13"Play"2418
14Samra"Miracle"1856
15Highway"The Real Thing"6013
16Greta Salóme"Hear Them Calling"5114
17Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala"Bosnian: Ljubav je|i=unset"10411
18"Walk on Water"2093

Semi-final 2

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final.,, and the voted in this semi-final.[85] 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.[86]

+ Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016[87]
CountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Justs"Heartbeat"1328
2"Color of Your Life"1516
3Rykka"The Last of Our Kind"2818
4"Made of Stars"1477
5Ivan"Help You Fly"8412
6Sanja Vučić Zaa"Goodbye (Shelter)"10510
7"Sunlight"4615
8Kaliopi"Macedonian: Dona|i=unset"8811
9"I've Been Waiting for This Night"2224
10"Sound of Silence"3301
11ManuElla"Blue and Red"5714
12"If Love Was a Crime"2205
13Lighthouse X"Soldiers of Love"3417
14Jamala"1944"2872
15Agnete"Icebreaker"6313
16 and Young Georgian Lolitaz"Midnight Gold"1239
17"Fairytale"4516
18"What's the Pressure"2743

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.[88]

+ Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016[89]
CountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1"What's the Pressure"18110
2"I Stand"4125
3Douwe Bob"Slow Down"15311
4Samra"Miracle"11717
5Freddie"Pioneer"10819
6"No Degree of Separation"12416
7"Made of Stars"13514
8"If Love Was a Crime"3074
9Frans"If I Were Sorry"2615
10Jamie-Lee"Ghost"1126
11Amir"French: [[J'ai cherché]]|i=unset"2576
12"Color of Your Life"2298
13"Sound of Silence"5112
14Minus One"Alter Ego"9621
15Sanja Vučić Zaa"Goodbye (Shelter)"11518
16"I've Been Waiting for This Night"2009
17"Lighthouse"7323
18"You Are the Only One"4913
19Barei"Say Yay!"7722
20Justs"Heartbeat"13215
21Jamala"1944"5341
22"Walk on Water"15312
23 and Young Georgian Lolitaz"Midnight Gold"10420
24Zoë"French: [[Loin d'ici]]|i=unset"15113
25Joe and Jake"You're Not Alone"6224
26"LoveWave"2497

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[90]

  1. Kati Bellowitsch
  2. Unnsteinn Manúel Stefánsson
  3. Tural Asadov
      1. Sinéad Kennedy
  4. Nina Sublatti
  5. Ivana Crnogorac
  6. Ben Camille
      1. Sebalter
  7. Ulla Essendrop
  8. Élodie Gossuin
  9. Olivia Furtună
  10. Arman Margaryan
  11. Loukas Hamatsos
  12. Anna Angelova
  13. Trijntje Oosterhuis
    1. Ofer Nachshon
  14. Uzari
  15. Barbara Schöneberger
  16. Nyusha
  17. Elisabeth Andreassen
  18. Lee Lin Chin
    1. Richard Osman
  19. Nevena Rendeli
  20. Constantinos Christoforou
  21. Ugnė Galadauskaitė
  22. Dragana Kosjerina
  23. Dijana Gogova
  24. Andri Xhahu
    1. Verka Serduchka
  25. Claudia Andreatti
    1. Marjetka Vovk
  26. Csilla Tatár
  27. Danijel Alibabić
  28. Gina Dirawi

Detailed voting results

Semi-final 1

+
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1342155194
2243148133
3209127119
4197120116
519710295
61859293
71708093
81647878
91617154
101334653
111043749
12683541
13602724
14512622
15512416
16442215
17331914
182499
+ Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1[91] [92]
Jury vote
scope="col"
Finland5135164 2 8 7 2 5 3 4
Greece4422223 7 3 6 3
Moldova332493 6 6 5 4
Hungary197781197 3 8 3 4 12 6 5 8 1 2 4 5 10
Croatia13380535 5 3 12 2 1 1 6 7 7 3 7 7 5 6 3
Netherlands1971029512 1 4 6 2 4 12 10 6 12 2 12 1 8 4 6
Armenia2431271167 10 10 5 5 5 12 10 5 2 12 5 7 12 3 12 5
San Marino6819493 10 6
Russia3421481946 12 12 10 6 1 7 3 12 8 1 12 8 10 8 10 2 8 12
Czech Republic1611204110 8 8 12 4 5 4 5 5 10 6 2 4 8 12 3 1 6 7
Cyprus16471938 7 2 10 10 8 1 10 1 8 4 1 1
Austria170371333 2 6 5 2 4 1 12 2
Estonia249151 2 2 1 1 2
Azerbaijan18592932 5 7 3 7 6 10 3 4 4 7 5 3 6 7 5 8
Montenegro6046146 10 10 3 7 3 7
Iceland5127244 1 1 7 4 1 3 4 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina10426781 4 1 2 2 10 6
Malta209155548 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
Televote
scope="col"
Finland5135161 7 2 6
Greece4422227 3 12
Moldova332495 2 2
Hungary197781194 7 6 8 6 6 7 6 6 6 8 5 7 6 6 1 8 7 5 4
Croatia13380532 4 2 5 3 4 2 1 6 8 12 1 2 1
Netherlands197102956 2 6 5 4 6 3 4 10 8 4 10 7 4 6 10
Armenia2431271161 8 8 2 3 12 8 12 12 7 4 1 3 3 3 4 12 10 3
San Marino6819493 6 4 5 4 5 4 10 2 1 5
Russia3421481948 10 10 10 10 8 12 12 8 10 7 12 12 10 12 7 12 8 8 8
Czech Republic161120413 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 7
Cyprus16471937 12 7 2 3 8 5 8 4 2 6 1 5 5 2 6 5 3 2
Austria1703713310 5 7 8 7 10 5 3 10 5 3 10 6 8 6 1 10 12 7
Estonia2491512 1 2
Azerbaijan185929312 12 10 7 10 8 7 7 10 10
Montenegro6046146 8
Iceland5127245 1 3 3 3 4 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina104267812 7 1 4 7 12 5 12 6 12
Malta209155541 5 4 1 1 10 2 1 5 2 8 4 4 5 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. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

+ 12 points awarded by juries
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
5,,,,
4,, ,
,,,
3,,
2,
1
+ 12 points awarded by televoting
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6, ,,,,
4,,,
,,,
2,
1

Semi-final 2

+
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1330188152
2287139142
3274135135
4222127131
5220104122
615198118
71478468
81326454
91235552
101054950
11883439
12843235
13632934
14572531
15462024
16451520
1734108
1828103
+ Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2[93] [94]
Jury vote
scope="col"
Latvia13264686 6 7 4 2 7 10 3 6 2 5 1 5
Poland151201311 3 3 1 4 3 2 3
Switzerland282531 5 1 7 2 7 1 1
Israel147127202 8 10 1 7 7 6 6 10 4 5 5 7 5 6 4 10 12 8 4
Belarus8432521 4 1 2 6 2 6 5 2 3
Serbia 10555505 1 3 5 12 3 8 3 8 2 5
Ireland4615312 4 2 3 2 2
Macedonia8834548 12 2 12
Lithuania22210411812 3 8 4 10 5 3 5 7 1 3 10 8 8 2 3 3 1 8
Australia3301881428 10 12 12 8 4 6 4 12 5 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 7 12 10
Slovenia574983 6 8 7 1 4 1 6 7 6
Bulgaria220981227 5 4 3 4 2 10 8 2 8 6 7 10 7 6 4 5
Denmark3410243 4 3
Ukraine28713515210 12 5 10 7 10 10 8 8 4 1 6 12 5 5 6 10 6
Norway6329342 6 4 5 6 1 4 1
Georgia12384396 7 5 2 3 1 1 10 7 4 1 8 10 7 12
Albania4510358 2
Belgium2741391354 2 7 6 12 12 3 5 12 12 10 8 10 7 10 8 4 7
+ Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2
Televote
scope="col"
Latvia13264685 5 7 7 12 5 2 3 3 8 3 3 5
Poland151201314 7 6 6 1 10 1 7 4 6 6 12 10 7 12 12 10 10
Switzerland282533
Israel147127201 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
Belarus8432527 8 3 5 1 6 4 1 10 6 1
Serbia105555012 10 2 12 5 2 1 6
Ireland4615311 2 2 1 1 7 4 2 4 7
Macedonia8834544 2 12 4 10 8 12 2
Lithuania22210411810 3 5 10 12 8 3 7 6 12 10 4 8 4 4 12
Australia3301881428 10 6 12 7 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 4 6 10 10 3 6
Slovenia574984 3 1
Bulgaria220981223 4 3 10 8 8 5 8 3 10 5 3 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 8
Denmark3410242 1 1 4 3 1 5 2 5
Ukraine28713515212 12 5 7 12 6 4 6 10 3 8 12 5 4 12 5 6 8 12 3
Norway6329343 3 2 2 2 1 10 1 10
Georgia12384395 7 2 2 8 1 8 5 1
Albania45103510 12 3 2 8
Belgium2741391356 6 8 8 4 10 6 5 4 12 7 10 12 4 7 3 8 6 5 4

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the second semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

+ 12 points awarded by juries
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
9,,, ,,,,,
4,,,
2,
,
1
+ 12 points awarded by televoting
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6,, ,,,
3,,
,,
2,
,
,
1

Final

+
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1534320361
2511211323
3491148222
4307137191
5261130180
6257130139
7249127134
8229124120
9200122109
1018111596
1115311480
1215310473
131519063
141358056
151326953
161246751
171175439
181155234
191084433
201044324
21964116
22774011
23733510
24623110
254178
261110
+ Detailed jury voting results of the final[95] [96]
Jury vote
scope="col"
Belgium181130515 3 2 12 10 10 8 4 10 4 6 4 5 5 12 5 4 10 8 3
Czech Republic414104 5 2 6 3 1 1 10 4 2 3
Netherlands1531143912 4 7 8 3 10 5 7 7 2 3 4 6 3 4 5 2 6 4 1 6 5
Azerbaijan11744731 2 2 1 2 10 1 1 7 7 10
Hungary10852564 2 10 10 4 1 5 3 1 2 3 7
Italy124903410 6 8 5 2 2 12 3 6 3 12 10 3 8
Israel135124113 4 3 1 1 7 8 2 5 7 2 12 3 10 2 3 7 6 7 5 3 6 8 7 2
Bulgaria3071271808 10 3 10 1 6 10 7 1 7 1 8 8 6 5 2 4 10 4 1 3 10 2
Sweden2611221398 6 12 5 6 12 4 5 6 10 8 8 10 12 4 2 4
Germany111101
France2571481097 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
Poland22972222 1 3 1
Australia51132019112 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
Cyprus9643535 5 2 6 4 7 1 8 4 1
Serbia11535808 5 2 2 7 5 6
Lithuania200104961 5 3 5 6 7 5 4 1 10 1 10 1 2 7 4 8 5 12 2 3 2
Croatia7340336 7 8 2 4 1 1 3 1 1 6
Russia4911303613 8 12 7 5 4 4 1 7 2 12 6 7 12 6 12 1 7 8 6
Spain7767101 2 1 3 8 3 4 4 7 5 6 12 5 5 1
Latvia13269631 1 7 3 5 2 3 7 3 8 8 6 7 8
Ukraine53421132310 12 12 12 6 12 12 3 12 12 7 7 4 2 3 10 2 8 12 12 7 10 12 12
Malta1531371610 4 6 3 6 6 5 4 3 8 6 7 4 5 8 4 10 2 2 5 10 12 7
Georgia10480246 10 3 8 5 7 12 5 10 3 3 8
Austria151311201 1 4 4 8 8 5
625488 4 7 12 3 6 4 2 5 3
Armenia2491151342 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
Televote
scope="col"
Belgium181130513 8 4 12 1 2 12 5 4
Czech Republic41410
Netherlands153114396 6 3 7 3 10 2 2
Azerbaijan11744731 6 7 8 6 8 1 3 2 8 6 10 7
Hungary10852567 1 3 2 1 5 3 4 3 3 2 2 10 1 6 3
Italy12490347 3 7 1 1 10 1 4
Israel135124116 3 2
Bulgaria3071271805 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
Sweden2611221397 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
Germany111102 8
France2571481091 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
Poland229722212 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
Australia5113201913 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
Cyprus9643531 6 7 7 2 12 3 3 6 1 5
Serbia11535804 12 12 12 12 4 12 12
Lithuania200104964 8 12 5 6 3 3 8 12 1 12 4 5 3 2 2 6
Croatia73403310 4 5 8 6
Russia4911303618 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
Spain7767102 1 2 4 1
Latvia13269636 7 6 2 1 5 1 3 3 12 7 5 5
Ukraine53421132310 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
Malta153137165 5 6
Georgia10480241 8 2 4 6 3
Austria151311202 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
625483 1 4
Armenia2491151342 8 12 6 12 7 8 8 8 6 7 2 12 7 8 2 7 2 7 1 2

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

+ 12 points awarded by juries
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
11,,,,,,, , ,,
9,,,,,,, ,
4, ,,
3, ,
,,
2,
,
1
+ 12 points awarded by televoting
N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
10, , ,,,,,,,
6,,,,,
,,,, ,
3,,
,,
,,
-2,
,
,
,
1

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,[97] [98] beating the 2015 record which was viewed by 197 million.[99]

+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)
RTSHTVSH, RTSH HDAll showsAndri Xhahu[100] [101]
RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana
AMPTVArmenia 1, Public Radio of ArmeniaAll showsAvet Barseghyan[102] [103]
SBSSBS, SBS Radio 4All showsJulia Zemiro and Sam Pang[104] [105]
ORFGerman: [[ORF 1|ORF eins]]|i=unsetAll showsAndi Knoll[106]
İTVAll showsAzer Suleymanli[107] [108]
BTRCBelarus-1, Belarus 24All showsEvgeny Perlin[109]
VRTDutch; Flemish: [[Eén|één]]|i=unsetAll showsPeter Van de Veire[110]
RTBFFrench: [[La Une]]|i=unset and Maureen Louys[111] [112]
BHRTBHT 1, BHT HD, BH Radio 1All showsDejan Kukrić[113]
BNTBNT 1, BNT HDAll showsElena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev[114] [115]
HRTHRT 1All showsDuško Ćurlić[116]
HR 2
CyBCRIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD, RIK TritonAll showsMelina Karageorgiou[117]
ČTČT2Semi-finals[118]
ČT1Final
DRDR1All showsOle Tøpholm[119]
ERRETVAll showsMarko Reikop[120]
ETV+Aleksandr Hobotov[121]
Raadio 2SF1/FinalMart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk[122]
YleYle TV2, TV FinlandAll shows[123] [124]
Yle Radio SuomiSanna Pirkkalainen and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega and Johan Lindroos[125]
French: [[France Télévisions]]|i=unsetFrance 4Semi-finalsMarianne James and [126]
France 2FinalMarianne James and Stéphane Bern
GPB1TVAll showsTuta Chkheidze and Nika Katsia[127] [128]
ARDEinsfestival, PhoenixSemi-finalsPeter Urban[129] [130]
Das ErsteFinal
ERTERT1, ERT HD, ERT WorldAll showsMaria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis[131]
Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece
MTVADunaAll shows[132]
RÚVRÚV, Rás 2All showsGísli Marteinn Baldursson[133]
RTÉRTÉ2Semi-finalsMarty Whelan[134]
RTÉ OneFinal
RTÉ Radio 1SF2/FinalNeil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
IBAChannel 1All showsNo commentary; Hebrew subtitles[135] [136]
Channel 33SF2/FinalNo commentary; Arabic subtitles
IBA 88FMKobi Menora, Or Vaxman and
RAIRai 4Semi-finals and [137] [138] [139]
Rai 1FinalFlavio Insinna and Federico Russo
Rai Radio 2All showsMarco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello
LTVLTV1All showsValters Frīdenbergs[140] [141]
Final
LRTLRT, LRT HD, LRT RadijasAll shows[142]
MRTMRT 1All showsKarolina Petkovska[143]
PBSTVMAll showsArthur Caruana[144] [145]
TRMMoldova 1All showsGloria Gorceag[146] [147]
Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret
RTCGTVCG 1, TVCG SATAll showsDražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković[148] [149]
NPONPO 1, BVNAll showsCornald Maas and Jan Smit[150] [151]
SF2Douwe Bob[152]
NRKNRK1All showsOlav Viksmo-Slettan[153]
NRK3Final, and [154]
NRK P1SF2/FinalOle Christian Øen[155]
TVPTVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka, TVP HDAll showsArtur Orzech[156]
RTRRussia-1, Russia HDAll showsDmitry Guberniev and Ernest Mackevičius[157]
SMRTVSan Marino RTV, Radio San MarinoAll showsLia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo[158]
RTSRTS1, RTS HD, RTS SATSF1Dragan Ilić[159]
SF2/FinalDuška Vučinić[160] [161]
RTVSLOSemi-finals[162]
Final
Radio Val 202SF2/Final
All shows
RTVESpanish; Castilian: [[La 2 (Spanish TV channel)|La 2]]|i=unsetSemi-finalsJosé María Íñigo and Julia Varela[163]
Spanish; Castilian: [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]]|i=unsetFinal
SVTSVT1All showsLotta Bromé[164]
SR P4Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman[165]
SRG SSRSRF zweiSemi-finalsSven Epiney[166]
SRF 1Final
SRF 1, Radio SRF 3Peter Schneider and
French: [[RTS 2 (Swiss TV channel)|RTS Deux]]|i=unsetSF2/FinalJean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner[167]
Italian: [[RSI La 2]]|i=unsetSF2[168]
Italian: [[RSI La 1]]|i=unsetFinalClarissa Tami and Michele "Cerno" Carobbio[169]
UA:PBCUkrainian: [[Pershyi|UA:Pershyi]]|i=unsetAll showsTimur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova[170]
UROlena Zelinchenko[171]
BBCBBC FourSemi-finalsScott Mills and Mel Giedroyc[172] [173]
BBC OneFinalGraham Norton
BBC Radio 2Ken Bruce
+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)
HBSHunan TelevisionAll showsKubert Leung and Wu Zhoutong[174]
KhabarKhabar TVAll showsDiana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay[175]
RTKAll shows[176]
BBC UKTVFinalGraham Norton[177]
RTPRTP1All shows and Nuno Galopim[178] [179] [180] [181]
RTVSFinal[182]
Logo TVFinalCarson Kressley and Michelle Collins[183] [184]

International sign broadcast

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.[185] The performances of competing entries were interpreted by ten sign language performers and the dialogue of hosts were interpreted by three sign language performers:[186] [187] [188]

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

Incidents

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.[193] [194] 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.[195] [196] 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".[197]

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.[198]

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.[199] [200] [201] [202]

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."[203]

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.[204] 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.[205]

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".[206]

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.[207] [208] Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) also expressed their concern to the EBU and requested a rectification,[209] 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.[210] [211]

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.[212] [213] [214]

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.[215]

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,[216] during the first voting recap of the first semi-final on 10 May, the Armenian representative Iveta Mukuchyan was filmed in the green room holding the flag of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, sparking condemnation from the Azerbaijani press.[217] [218] 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. Responding to a question on the incident from a journalist from Aftonbladet, Mukuchyan stated: "My thoughts are with my Motherland. I want peace everywhere."[219] Commenting on the situation, the Azerbaijani representative Samra stated that "Eurovision is a song contest and it's all about music."[220]

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.[221] 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".[222]

Danish jury result

BT revealed on 15 May 2016 that Danish professional jury member Hilda Heick had submitted her ranking for the second semi-final and the final the wrong way round,[223] ranking her favourite entry 26th while ranking her least-favourite entry first, in direct opposition to what she had intended to do.[224] As a result of Heick's mistake, the points of the Danish jury would have been different:[225]

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.[226]

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.[227] [228] [229] Jamala's song was considered by Russian media and lawmakers to be critical of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the war in Donbas.[230] [231] A petition was started on Change.org the day after the final, which called on the EBU to void the results in view of Ukraine winning overall despite placing second in both the jury and televote,[232] but the EBU reaffirmed Ukraine's win in response.[233] 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.[234]

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.

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.[235] The awards were divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[236] The winners were revealed shortly before the final on 14 May.[237]

CategoryCountrySongPerformer(s)Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award"1944"JamalaJamala
Composers Award"Sound of Silence"Dami Im
Press Award"You Are the Only One"Sergey Lazarev

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,[238] 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.[239] [240] [241]

CountrySongPerformer(s)OGAE result
"French: [[J'ai cherché]]|i=unset"Amir425
"You Are the Only One"Sergey Lazarev392
"Sound of Silence"Dami Im280
"If Love Was a Crime"Poli Genova175
"No Degree of Separation"Francesca Michielin170

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 20 editions, this was the final poll organised by the fansite House of Eurovision,[242] as they handed the reins to the fansite Songfestival.be shortly after the 2016 contest.[243]

PlaceCountryPerformer(s)Votes
1Nina Kraljić770
2Jamie Lee335
3Rykka201
4Poli Genova140
5Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala127

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 Group digitally on 15 April and physically on 22 April 2016.[244] The album features all 42 participating entries including the semi-finalists that fail to qualify for the final, as well as the disqualified Romanian entry.[245]

Charts

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stockholm to host 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision.tv. 8 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Malmö to host Eurovision again?. esctoday,com. ESCToday. 1 June 2015. 1 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Preparations in full swing in Sweden. esctoday.com. 29 May 2015. 26 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Granger. Anthony. ESC'16: Stockholm To Host Eurovision 2016. eurovoix.com. 8 July 2015. 8 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Inget Eurovision på Ullevi. Göteborgs-Posten. 13 June 2015. 12 June 2015. sv. No Eurovision at Ullevi. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614032337/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2744807-inget-eurovision-pa-ullevi. 14 June 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: ESC'16: Malmö Withdraws Its Bid To Host. eurovoix.com. 11 June 2015. 11 June 2015.
  7. Web site: Örnsköldsvik enters the race with Fjällräven Center. 12 June 2015.
  8. Web site: Eurovision Eurovision 2016: Sandviken enters the host city race with Göransson Arena!. 2 June 2015.
  9. Web site: ESC '16: Gävle & Sandviken Submit Joint Bid. 9 June 2015 . 9 June 2015.
  10. News: Eurovision 2016 Host City: Stockholm applies with Globen Area, not Friends Arena. wiwibloggs.com. 12 June 2015. 12 June 2015. Xifaras. Billy. Wiwibloggs .
  11. News: Friends och Tele2 ute ur Eurovision-leken. Dagens Nyheter. 5 July 2015. 2 June 2015. sv. Friends and Tele2 out of the Eurovision-game.
  12. Web site: Selåker. Johannes. Olausson. Mathilda. Här är arenan där SVT vill anordna Eurovision. Expressen. 29 May 2015. sv. This is the arena where the SVT want to organize Eurovision. 24 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Eurovision 2016: What do we know so far?. escdaily.com. 26 June 2015. 26 May 2015.
  14. Web site: Stockholm's Tele2 Arena to host Eurovision The Party . 15 March 2016 . Eurovision.tv . en-GB.
  15. Web site: 14 March 2016 . Sanna Nielsen leder Mellon – vid sidan av . 14 March 2016 . Expressen.
  16. Web site: 14 March 2016 . Sanna Nielsens nya jobb under Eurovision . Sanna Nielsen's new jobs over Eurovision . 14 March 2016 . Expressen . sv.
  17. Web site: Which countries? FAQs . eurovision.tv . EBU . 22 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522144052/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/about/which-countries-can-take-part . 22 May 2014 .
  18. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Stockholm 2016: How many countries will join us in Stockholm?. esctoday.com. 11 September 2015. 10 September 2015.
  19. Web site: Paul. Jordan. 43 countries represented in Stockholm!. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 26 November 2015. 26 November 2015.
  20. Web site: Kiernan. Emma. Portuguese websites call for changes to Portugal's 2016 Eurovision selection. escreporter.com. 19 July 2015. 9 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721191505/http://escreporter.com/portuguese-websites-call-changes-2016-eurovision-selection/. 21 July 2015. dead.
  21. Web site: TVR (Romania) no longer entitled to take part in Eurovision 2016. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  22. Web site: Participants of Stockholm 2016 . 7 June 2023 . Eurovision.tv . EBU.
  23. Web site: Jordan . Paul . Kaliopi returns for FYR Macedonia! . 24 November 2015 . eurovision.tv.
  24. Web site: Brey . Marco . 19 February 2016 . Bulgaria: Poli Genova returns to Eurovision . 19 February 2016 . eurovision.tv . European Broadcasting Union.
  25. Web site: Leon . Jakov . 12 March 2016 . It's Donny Montell for Lithuania! . 12 March 2016 . eurovision.tv . European Broadcasting Union.
  26. Web site: Escudero . Victor . 20 February 2016 . Greta Salome to represent Iceland! . 20 February 2016 . eurovision.tv . European Broadcasting Union.
  27. Web site: Mirror — Cristiano Ronaldo's sister launches bid to represent Portugal in Eurovision Song Contest. . 13 August 2015 . 28 November 2015.
  28. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Portugal: Withdraws From Eurovision 2016. 7 October 2015 . Eurovoix.com. 7 October 2015.
  29. Web site: Carrilho. Nuno. [VÍDEO] Retirada da RTP do Festival da Eurovisão em destaque no 'A Voz da Cidadão']. ESC Portugal. 7 November 2015.
  30. Web site: TVR (Romania) no longer entitled to take part in Eurovision 2016. European Broadcasting Union. eurovision.tv. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  31. Web site: Efter uteslutningen av Rumänien i Eurovision – nu rasar fansen. Albinsson. Mathilde. 22 April 2016. Sveriges Television. sv. After the Romanian disqualification – the fans are raging. 17 May 2016.
  32. Web site: Andorra: RTVA will not return to Eurovision in 2016. 2 September 2015. Jiandani. Sanjay. 2 September 2015. esctoday.com.
  33. News: Jiandani. Sanjay. Luxembourg: RTL will not return to Eurovision in 2016. 4 September 2015. esctoday.com. 4 September 2015.
  34. Web site: Monaco: TMC will not return to Eurovision in 2016. 21 July 2015. Jiandani. Sanjay. 21 July 2015. esctoday.com.
  35. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Slovakia: RTVS will not participate in Eurovision 2016. esctoday.com. 28 September 2015. 28 September 2015.
  36. Web site: Slovakia: "Eurovision is an attractive Project". Eurovoix. 13 April 2016 . 13 April 2016.
  37. Web site: It's now official: Turkey will not be in Eurovision 2016. Eurovoix. 14 December 2015. Mustafa Fidan • 1 month. ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20151110222655/http://eurovoix.com/2015/11/03/its-now-official-turkey-will-not-be-in-eurovision-2016. 10 November 2015. dead.
  38. Web site: Eurovision Turkey: TRT confirms non participation in Eurovision 2016. esctoday.com. 14 December 2015. en-US.
  39. Web site: Lebanon: Not Ruled Out 2016 Participation. Eurovoix. 15 October 2015 . 30 October 2015.
  40. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Kazakhstan: Khabar Agency becomes EBU associate member. esctoday.com. 24 December 2015. 18 December 2015.
  41. Web site: China: Exclusive: China'S Hunan TV exploring Eurovision participation. wiwibloggs. Lee Adams. William. 22 May 2015. 22 May 2015.
  42. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Faroe Islands: Wants To Participate In The Eurovision Song Contest. eurovoix.com. 10 June 2015. 10 June 2015.
  43. Web site: The Faroe Islands want to participate in Eurovision. wiwibloggs. Kristjans. Kristian. 10 June 2015. 9 June 2015.
  44. Web site: Milani. Nash. Let's kick of June with highlights of Eurovision news. Oikotimes. fotiskonstantopoulos/. 1 June 2015. 1 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150602133302/http://oikotimes.com/2015/06/01/lets-kick-of-june-with-highlights-of-eurovision-news/. 2 June 2015. dmy-all.
  45. Web site: Muldoon. Padraig. Eurovision 2016: EBU denies Kosovo and China rumours. wiwibloggs.com. 4 June 2015. 3 June 2015.
  46. Web site: Jiandani. Sanjay. Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Stockholm. esctoday.com. 16 September 2015. 16 September 2015.
  47. Web site: Corner. Natalie. When is Eurovision 2016? Date, location, entry details. Daily Mirror. 24 May 2015. 24 May 2015.
  48. Web site: Brey. Marco. Heads of Delegations meet in Vienna. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 16 March 2015. 16 March 2015.
  49. Web site: Granger. Anthony. EBU to look at possibility of Asian guest star. eurovoix.com. 8 August 2015. 16 July 2015.
  50. News: SVT kapar Eurovisionbudget. 19 September 2015. Dagens Nyheter. sv. SVT cuts Eurovision Budget.
  51. Web site: Public Rules of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest . 28 October 2015 . 21 January 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160122040331/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2016/2015-10-28_2016_ESC_rules_PUBLIC_EN.pdf . 22 January 2016 .
  52. Web site: 'Big Five' and host country more prominently in the Semi-Finals. Eurovision.tv. 23 September 2015.
  53. Web site: Escudero. Victor M. Meet the core team for 2016. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2015. 26 October 2015.
  54. Web site: Jordan. Paul. Biggest change to Eurovision Song Contest voting since 1975. eurovision.tv. 18 February 2016. 18 February 2016.
  55. Web site: Barbara Schöneberger verliest ESC-Punkte. Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 7 April 2016. eurovision.de. de. 7 April 2016. Die Punkte für die Länder, die in der Zuschauer-Wertung die Plätze 11 bis 26 belegen, werden auf der Tafel eingeblendet. Die Top Ten des Publikums-Votings werden von den ESC-Moderatoren – in diesem Jahr Måns Zelmerlöw und Petra Mede – verkündet.. ESC: Barbara Schöneberger is the Spokesperson.
  56. Web site: ESC 2016: Press Release: Serhat & San Marino go Disco in Stockholm!. SMTV San Marino. 27 February 2016. 27 February 2016.
  57. Web site: Gallagher. Robin. San Marino: SMRTV claims new voting system is "unacceptable". Wiwibloggs. 23 February 2016 . Wiwibloggs.com. 27 February 2016.
  58. Web site: Lindqvist. Anton. Måns Zelmerlöw öppnar för att leda Eurovision Song Contest 2016. svt.se. Sveriges Television. 24 May 2015. sv. Mans Zelmerlöw opens for leading Eurovision 2016. 24 May 2015.
  59. Web site: Linndqvist . Anton . Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes . svt.se . . 25 May 2015 . sv . 21 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150509143639/http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/artister/2015/mans-zelmerlow-heroes . 9 May 2015 .
  60. Web site: Lindqvist. Anton. Följ med på Allsångshistoria. svt.se. Sveriges Television. 25 May 2015. sv. Follow on song history. 17 June 2013.
  61. Web site: Selåker. Johannes. Färsjö. Therese. Måns öppnar för nytt jobb efter ESC-succén. Expressen. 25 May 2015. sv. Mans opens for a new job after the ESC success. 24 May 2015.
  62. Web site: Eurovision 2016: Dolph Lundgren to host alongside Måns Zelmerlöw. William Lee Adams. Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs. 2 June 2015 . 2 June 2015.
  63. Web site: SVT vill att Mede och Zelmerlöw leder ESC. Expressen. 19 August 2015 . 26 August 2015.
  64. Web site: Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw to host in Stockholm!. Eurovision.tv. 14 December 2015.
  65. Web site: Få mer av Eurovision – se presskonferenserna live. Get more out of Eurovision – watch the press conference live. Albinsson. Mathilde. 2 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv. 8 May 2016.
  66. Web site: Details of opening ceremony revealed. Davies. Megan. 19 April 2016. Eurovoix. 8 May 2016.
  67. Web site: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed. Jordan. Paul. 21 January 2016. Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 21 January 2016.
  68. Web site: EBU confirms semi-final running order to be revealed on Tuesday. Gallagher. Robyn. wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs. 1 April 2016. 1 April 2016.
  69. Web site: Van Eersel. Dennis. Eurovision 2016 running order revealed this Friday. ESCDaily. 5 April 2016. 4 April 2016.
  70. Web site: Van Eersel . Dennis . Eurovision 2016: Semi-finals Allocation Draw on 25th of January . ESCDaily.com . 2 January 2016 . 23 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225063105/http://www.escdaily.com/eurovision-2016/ . 25 December 2015 .
  71. Web site: Allocation Draw: The results!. Eurovision.tv. 25 January 2016.
  72. Web site: Eurovision 2016: Sneak peek of first rehearsals inside Globen Arena. Kavaler. Ron. 1 May 2016. wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs. 1 May 2016.
  73. Web site: Bayley. Matheson. That's Eurovision – Music by Matheson Bayley, Lyric by Matheson Bayley, Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn. 13 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120338/http://www.mathesonbayley.com/thats_eurovision.php. 14 May 2016. dead.
  74. Web site: Så blir öppningsnumret i finalen av Eurovision 2016 – en hyllning till svensk design och dansmusik. Albinsson. Mathilde. 13 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv-SE. Here is the opening number for Eurovision 2016 - a tribute to Swedish design and house music. svt.se. 17 May 2016.
  75. Web site: Jordan. Paul. Justin Timberlake makes world premiere live performance in the Eurovision Song Contest!. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 9 May 2016. 9 May 2016.
  76. Web site: Justin Timberlake was too slick and soulless at Eurovision - review. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/14/why-is-justin-timberlake-at-eurovision-and-what-will-he-perform/ . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live. Vincent. Alice. 15 May 2016. telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. 15 May 2016.
  77. Web site: Rybak, tanter och hamsterhjul – bombastiskt humornummer driver med Eurovision. Ågrahn. Emma. 12 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv-SE. Rybak, grannies and hamster wheel - bombastic parody meets Eurovision. svt.se. 17 May 2016.
  78. Web site: Så blir finalen i Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – minut för minut. Petterson. Emma. 13 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv-SE. Here is the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - minute by minute. svt.se. 14 May 2016.
  79. Web site: How Eurovision finally cracked America. Qvist. Bella. 12 May 2016. The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 16 May 2016.
  80. Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final. 16 May 2016. Logo TV. 15 May 2016. 02:17:36. 61. Eurovision Song Contest. 18 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160518063633/http://www.logotv.com/full-episodes/51pift/eurovision-song-contest-2016-the-61st-annual-eurovision-song-contest-grand-final-ep-1. dead.
  81. Web site: Justin Timberlake's Eurovision Performance WILL NOT Air in the USA!. Lewis. Lisa Jayne. 12 May 2016. eurovisionireland.com. Eurovision Ireland. 17 May 2016.
  82. Web site: Roxburgh. Gordon. We have our first ten finalists. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 10 May 2016. 10 May 2016.
  83. Web site: First Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163701/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/first-semi-final . 8 May 2021 . live.
  84. Web site: Jordan. Paul. Running order of the Semi-Finals revealed. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 April 2016. 8 April 2016.
  85. Web site: Granger. Anthony. ESC'16: Big 5 & Sweden Will Perform in the Semi Finals. eurovoix.com. 23 September 2015. 23 September 2015.
  86. Web site: Roxburgh. Gordon. 10 more finalists through to the Grand Final. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 12 May 2016. 12 May 2016.
  87. Web site: Second Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163702/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/second-semi-final . 8 May 2021 . live.
  88. Web site: Running order for the 2016 Grand Final revealed. Brey. Marco. 13 May 2016. Eurovision.tv. 13 May 2016.
  89. Web site: Grand Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163718/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final . 8 May 2021 . live.
  90. Web site: Roxburgh. Gordon. The 42 spokespersons for the 2016 Grand Final. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 14 May 2016. 14 May 2016.
  91. Web site: Results of the First Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508183500/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/first-semi-final/results . 8 May 2021 . live.
  92. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 First Semi-Final – Scoreboard . European Broadcasting Union . 6 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603130358/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=2123#Scoreboard . 3 June 2016 . dead.
  93. Web site: Results of the Second Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508183458/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/second-semi-final/results . 8 May 2021 . live.
  94. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Second Semi-Final – Scoreboard . European Broadcasting Union . 6 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603130404/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=2133#Scoreboard . 3 June 2016 . dead.
  95. Web site: Results of the Grand Final of Stockholm 2016 . European Broadcasting Union . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508183505/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final/results . 8 May 2021 . live.
  96. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final – Scoreboard . European Broadcasting Union . 6 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603130315/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=2113#Scoreboard . 3 June 2016 . dead.
  97. Web site: McMillen. Steve. Eurovision Song Contest attracts 204 million viewers. www.eurovision.tv. 24 May 2016.
  98. Web site: Goodman. Dave. Ukraine wins 61st Eurovision Song Contest. ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 16 May 2016. 14 May 2016.
  99. Web site: Storvik-Green. Simon. Nearly 200 million people watch Eurovision 2015. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 June 2015. 3 June 2015.
  100. Web site: Albania: Andri Xhahu is Eurovision 2016 Spokesperson. Granger. Anthony. 24 April 2016. Eurovoix. 24 April 2016.
  101. Web site: Lako. Niko. Andri Xhahu konfirmohet si komentues dhe prezantues i pikëve të Shqipërisë në Eurovision 2016. imalbania.com. Infomedia Albania. 24 April 2016. sq. Andri Xhahu confirmed as Albanian commentator and spokesperson for Eurovision 2016. 24 April 2016.
  102. Web site: Հետևեք #եվրատեսիլ 2016-ի ընթացքին Առաջին ալիքի և.... facebook.com. AMPTV. 10 May 2016. hy. 10 May 2016.
  103. Web site: Իվետա Մուկուչյանը "Եվրատեսիլ"-ի եզրափակչում ելույթ կունենա 26-րդ համարի ներքո. eurovision.am. 13 May 2016. hy. Iveta Mukuchyan will perform under the number 26 in the final of Eurovision. 13 May 2016.
  104. Web site: Dami Im named as Australia's 2016 Eurovision Artist. sbs.com.au. SBS. 3 March 2016. 3 March 2016.
  105. Web site: SBS Eurovision Radio Launches on 1 May. sbs.com.au. SBS. 26 April 2016. 26 April 2016. 14 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120411/http://www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/news-media-releases/view/id/1071/h/SBS-Eurovision-Radio-Launches-on-1-May. dead.
  106. Web site: Startnummer 12 für Österreich im ersten ESC-Semifinale am 10. Mai. ots.at. Austria Press Agency. 29 April 2016. de. 8 April 2016.
  107. Web site: "Eurovision 2016" yarışmasının 1-ci yarımfinalı İTV-də canlı yayımlanacaq. trend.az. Trend News Agency. 10 May 2016. az. 10 May 2016. 13 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513021635/http://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/culture/2531336.html. dead.
  108. Web site: Cavadsoy. Şahin. Azərbaycan dilində "Eurovision"u o, şərh edəcək. primetime.az. PrimeTime. 12 May 2016. az. 9 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910132429/http://www.primetime.az/news,4949,92dccb8c/page,1/lang,az/. 10 September 2016. dmy-all.
  109. Web site: IVAN выступит на "Евровидении" во втором полуфинале под 5-м номером. tvr.by. BTRC. 19 April 2016. ru. IVAN will perform fifth in the second semi final of Eurovision. 8 April 2016.
  110. Web site: Eurovisiesongfestival: tegen wie neemt Laura het op?. vrt.be. VRT. 28 April 2016. nl. 28 April 2016.
  111. Web site: Eurovision de la chanson Demi-finale 1. rtbf.be. RTBF. 28 April 2016. fr.
  112. Web site: Eurovision de la chanson Demi-finale 2. rtbf.be. RTBF. 28 April 2016. fr.
  113. Web site: BH EUROSONG – Danas je važan dan za učesnike prvog polufinala na.... facebook.com. BHRT. 9 May 2016. bs. 9 May 2016.
  114. Web site: Поли Генова: ЗАВРЪЩАНЕТО МИ НА ЕВРОВИЗИЯ ПРИЕМАМ... - BNT Eurovision Bulgaria. facebook.com. BNT. 9 May 2016. bg. 8 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120431/https://www.facebook.com/eurovision.bnt.bg/posts/1172577079442334:0. 14 May 2016. dmy-all.
  115. Web site: От тази вечер Европа е музика! Евровизия 2016... - BNT Eurovision Bulgaria. facebook.com. BNT. 10 May 2016. bg. 10 May 2016.
  116. Web site: Otkriveni posljednji detalji uoči odlaska na Eurosong: "Nina Kraljić stvorena za velike pozornice". index.hr. 25 April 2016. hr. 25 April 2016.
  117. Web site: Στην τελική ευθεία οι προετοιμασίες για τον διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού της Eurovision. foni-lemesos.com. I Foni tis Lemesou. 6 May 2016. el. 5 May 2016.
  118. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 opět s účastí České republiky. satcentrum.com. satCentrum. 19 April 2016. cs. Eurovision Song Contest 2016, again with representation from the Czech Republic. 12 March 2016.
  119. Web site: Christensen. Kasper Madsbøll. Uventet afgørelse giver Danmark fordel i Melodi Grand Prix. dr.dk. DR. 10 May 2016. da. 3 May 2016.
  120. Web site: Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus 2016: Finaal. err.ee. ERR. 1 May 2016. et. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506065816/http://etv.err.ee/v/meelelahutus/eurovisioon/saated/e011b3c3-31f1-4dec-b07f-07c06fcfa40e/eurovisiooni-lauluvoistlus-2016-finaal. 6 May 2016. dead.
  121. Web site: Евровидение вместе с ETV+. err.ee. ERR. 1 May 2016. ru. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810111704/http://etvpluss.err.ee/v/eurovision/008204ee-5938-484f-9e85-bd9d01b76b91/evrovidenie-vmeste-s-etv. 10 August 2016. dead.
  122. Web site: Raadio 2 – Eurovisioon & Juur & Kivirähk = klassika! Teisipäeval,.... facebook.com. ERR. 9 May 2016. et. 9 May 2016.
  123. Web site: Viisukommentaattori Mikko Silvennoinen. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016. yle.fi. Yle. fi.
  124. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Semifinaali 1. yle.fi. Yle. 29 April 2016. fi. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428051254/http://areena.yle.fi/1-3257835. 28 April 2016. dead.
  125. Web site: Eklund. Monica. Sandhja sätter ribban högt. yle.fi. Yle. 9 May 2016. sv. 4 May 2016.
  126. Web site: Omelyanchuk. Olena. Amir is the French choice for Stockholm!. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 29 February 2016. 29 February 2016.
  127. Web site: 2016 წლის ევროფესტივალის პირდაპირ ეთერს პირველ არხზე თუთა ჩხეიძე გაუძღვება. eurovision-georgia.ge. Georgian Public Broadcaster. 5 May 2016. ka. 27 April 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120507/http://eurovision-georgia.ge/?page=news&id=124278. 14 May 2016. dmy-all.
  128. Web site: ევროვიზია 2016. პირველი ნახევარფინალი. eurovision-georgia.ge. Georgian Public Broadcaster. 13 May 2016. ka. 10 May 2016.
  129. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Phoenix to broadcast both semi-finals. eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. 6 April 2016. 5 April 2016.
  130. Web site: ESC 2016: Sendetermine im Fernsehen und Online. eurovision.de. ARD. 24 April 2016. de. ESC 2016: broadcast dates on television and online. 22 April 2016.
  131. Web site: Zacharis. Thomas. Eurovision 2016: Οι Ημιτελικοί και ο Τελικός στην ΕΡΤ. ert.gr. ERT. 12 May 2016. el. 10 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516184623/http://www.ert.gr/eurovision-2016-i-imiteliki-ke-o-telikos-stin-ert/. 16 May 2016. dead.
  132. Web site: Jövő héten kezdetét veszi az Eurovíziós Dalfesztivál! Kattints bővebb infókért!. music-daily.hu. Music Daily. 9 May 2016. hu. 5 May 2016. 4 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045118/http://music-daily.hu/2016/05/05/jovo-heten-kezdetet-veszi-az-eurovizios-dalfesztival-kattints-bovebb-infokert/. dead.
  133. Web site: Gísli Marteinn kynnir Eurovision á ný. 15 April 2016. RÚV.is. Ríkisútvarpið. is. Gísli Marteinn presents Eurovision again. 22 April 2016.
  134. Web site: TV Preview: TEN shows you shouldn't miss. rte.ie. RTÉ. 10 May 2016. 6 May 2016.
  135. Web site: http://www.iba.org.il/spokesman/spokesman.aspx?entity=1157916&type=1. he:נבחרו חברי צוות השיפוט הישראלי לאירוויזיון. 3 May 2016. iba.org.il. Israel Broadcasting Authority. 5 May 2016. he.
  136. Web site: בהצלחה ל-Hovi Star הערב ב-Eurovision Song... - 88 FM - הדף הרשמי. facebook.com. Kol Yisrael. 12 May 2016. he. 12 May 2016.
  137. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Italy: Rai 4 to broadcast both semi finals. Eurovoix. eurovoix.com. 10 February 2016. 10 February 2016.
  138. Web site: Muldoon. Padraig. Movin' on up: Italy migrates Eurovision to main channel RAI 1. wiwibloggs.com. 2 October 2015. 2 October 2015.
  139. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Italy: Flavio Insinna & Federico Russo Announced As Commentators. 4 April 2016. 4 April 2015. Eurovoix.com.
  140. Web site: TIEŠRAIDE! Starptautiskais Eirovīzijas dziesmu konkurss. 1. pusfināls. ltv.lsm.lv. Latvijas Televīzija. 10 May 2016. lv. 3 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603062347/http://ltv.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/10.05.2016-tiesraide-starptautiskais-eirovizijas-dziesmu-konkurss.-1.-pusfi.id71333/. dead.
  141. Web site: Zināmi pirmie desmit 'Eirovīzijas' finālisti; Igaunija no cīņas izstājas. delfi.lv. Delfi. 11 May 2016. lv. 10 May 2016.
  142. Web site: Pabiržis. Dovaidas. "Eurovizija": loterija be pralaimėjimo. veidas.lt. Veidas. 10 May 2016. lt. 9 May 2016.
  143. Web site: Официјален почеток на "Избор за песна на Евровизија"- Стокхолм 2016. mrt.com.mk. MRT. 10 May 2016. mk. 10 May 2016.
  144. Web site: Segwi b'mod DIRETT l-ewwel semi-finali... - Television Malta. facebook.com. TVM. 11 May 2016. mt. 10 May 2016.
  145. Web site: Flask. Wayne. Ira Losco takes Malta to the Eurovision Song Contest finals. maltatoday.com.mt. Malta Today. 11 May 2016. 11 May 2016.
  146. Web site: Ceremonia de deschidere a Eurovision 2016: Lidia Isac a strălucit pe covorul roşu. trm.md. TRM. 9 May 2016. ro. 9 May 2016.
  147. Web site: PRIMA Semifinală Internaţională "Euvision Song Contest" 2016. Partea I-a. trm.md. TRM. 12 May 2016. ro. 10 May 2016. 31 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200731035436/http://www.trm.md/ro/eurovision-2016/prima-semifinala-internationala-quot-euvision-song-contest-quot-2016-partea-i-a/. dead.
  148. Web site: Eurosong 2016. rtcg.me. RTCG. 10 May 2016. cnr. 10 May 2016.
  149. Web site: "Highway" bez finala. rtcg.me. RTCG. 11 May 2016. cnr. 11 May 2016.
  150. Web site: Week van het Eurovisie Songfestival bij NPO. spreekbuis.nl. 9 May 2016. nl. 9 May 2016.
  151. Web site: Eurovisie Songfestival 2016 finale. bvn.tv. BVN. 3 May 2016. nl. dead. https://archive.today/20160510142935/http://www.bvn.tv/programma/Eurovisie_Songfestival_2016_finale. 10 May 2016. dmy-all.
  152. Web site: Douwe Bob zorgt voor commentaar bij Songfestival. telegraaf.nl. De Telegraaf. 13 May 2016. nl. 12 May 2016.
  153. News: NRK TV – Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – Finale – 14.05.2016. nrk.no. NRK. no. NRK TV – Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – Final – 14 May 2016. 24 April 2016.
  154. News: NRK TV – P3morgens store Eurovision-fest – 14.05.2016. nrk.no. NRK. no. P3morgen's great Eurovision party. 24 April 2016.
  155. News: NRK Radio – Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – semifinale – 12.05.2016. nrk.no. NRK. no. 9 May 2016. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806173523/https://radio.nrk.no/serie/eurovision-song-contest-radio/MUHR42770116/12-05-2016. dead.
  156. Web site: Eurowizyjna rywalizacja w TVP. 29 April 2016. 6 May 2015. tvp.pl. TVP. pl. Eurovision rivalry in TVP.
  157. Web site: Belikova. Ekaterina. Лайфу стали известны имена российских комментаторов конкурса "Евровидение-2016". life.ru. 6 May 2016. ru. 5 May 2016.
  158. News: Eurovision 2016: San Marino RTV conferma al commento il duo Fiorio-Restivo. 13 January 2016. eurofestivalnews.com. Eurofestival News. it. 19 April 2016. Eurovision 2016: San Marino RTV confirms the commentary duo Fiorio-Restivo.
  159. Web site: Pesma Evrovizije 2016, polufinale 1, prenos. rts.rs. RTS. 10 May 2016. sr.
  160. Web site: Pesma Evrovizije 2016, polufinale 2, prenos. rts.rs. RTS. 10 May 2016. sr.
  161. Web site: Pesma Evrovizije 2016, Finale, prenos. rts.rs. RTS. 13 May 2016. sr.
  162. Web site: Evrovizijski teden na Televiziji Slovenija. rtvslo.si. Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 26 April 2016. sl. Eurovision week at Televizija Slovenija. 25 April 2016.
  163. Web site: José María Iñigo y Julia Varela repiten como comentaristas de Eurovisión 2016 para TVE. es. José María Iñigo and Julia Varela return as commentators of Eurovision 2016 for TVE. rtve.es. 13 April 2016 . 13 April 2016.
  164. Web site: Lotta Bromé kommenterar Eurovision Song Contest 2016: "Det är lite av en dröm". sv. Lotta Bromé to commentate on Eurovision Song Contest 2016: "This is a bit of a dream". sverigesradio.se. 13 April 2016.
  165. News: Eurovisionfesten kan börja – här är Sveriges Radios bevakning. Sveriges Radio. 28 April 2016. sv. 20 April 2016.
  166. Web site: "Eurovision Song Contest" 2016 – Der Countdown. srf.ch. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 19 April 2016. de. «Eurovision Song Contest» 2016 – the countdown. 18 April 2016.
  167. Web site: Eurosong 2016 Finale internationale . srf.ch . . 3 May 2016 . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120554/http://tvprogramm.srf.ch/details/1964076089 . 14 May 2016 . dmy .
  168. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 La semifinale . srf.ch . . 3 May 2016 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120558/http://tvprogramm.srf.ch/details/1952833898 . 14 May 2016 . dmy .
  169. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Spettacoli . srf.ch . . 3 May 2016 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160514120601/http://tvprogramm.srf.ch/details/1954458265 . 14 May 2016 . dmy .
  170. Web site: Джамала виступить 15-ю у другому півфіналі Євробачення-2016. 1tv.com.ua. NTU. 19 April 2016. uk. Jamala will perform fifteenth in the second semi-final of Eurovision 2016. 8 April 2016. 25 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425161825/http://1tv.com.ua/news/channel/78211. dead.
  171. Web site: Українське радіо транслюватиме Міжнародний пісенний конкурс "Євробачення-2016". nrcu.gov.ua. Radio Ukraine. 6 May 2016. uk. 4 May 2016.
  172. Web site: Palmer. Siobhan. When is Eurovision 2016 and how can I watch it?. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/04/when-is-eurovision-2016-and-how-can-i-watch-it/ . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live. telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. 21 April 2016. 4 April 2016.
  173. Web site: Radio 2 info and Q&A with Ken Bruce. bbc.co.uk. BBC. 28 April 2016. 25 April 2016.
  174. Web site: Granger. Anthony. China: Hunan Television to broadcast Eurovision live on TV. 25 April 2016. 26 April 2016. Eurovoix.com.
  175. Web site: "Хабар" покажет прямую трансляцию первого полуфинала конкурса Eurovision-2016. khabar.kz. Khabar Agency. 11 May 2016. ru. 11 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525222415/http://khabar.kz/ru/news/kultura/item/54877-khabar-pokazhet-pryamuyu-translyatsiyu-pervogo-polufinala-konkursa-eurovision-2016. 25 May 2017. dead.
  176. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Kosovo: Broadcasting 61st Eurovision Song Contest. 5 May 2016. 5 May 2016. Eurovoix.com.
  177. Web site: It's time! Join us for the Eurovision Song... - UKTV New Zealand. facebook.com. BBC UKTV. 25 May 2016. 14 May 2016.
  178. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Portugal: RTP will now broadcast Eurovision 2016. 15 April 2016. 15 April 2016. Eurovoix.com.
  179. Web site: RTP volta atrás. Afinal, "habemus" Eurovisão!. 15 April 2016 . RTP turn back. After all that, "we have" Eurovision!.
  180. Web site: Hélder Reis será o comentador da RTP. Hélder Reis will be the commentator for RTP.
  181. Web site: ESC2016: Saiba como acompanhar a Final do Festival da Eurovisão 2016.
  182. Web site: EBU - Ukraine wins 61st Eurovision Song Contest. www.ebu.ch. 14 May 2016 .
  183. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – About the Show. logotv.com. Logo TV. 2 May 2016. 2 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602193932/http://www.logotv.com/shows/eurovision-song-contest-2016. dead.
  184. Web site: See Kim Chi, Bob the Drag Queen, and Naomi Smalls Serve 'Realness' in Exclusive 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Music Video Preview. Parker. Lyndsey. 9 May 2016. Yahoo!. 11 May 2016.
  185. Web site: Jordan. Paul. Eurovision 2016 to be broadcast with international sign performances. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 10 May 2016. 22 April 2016.
  186. Web site: Martinsson. Niclas. Dansande händer i Eurovision. dovastidning.se. Dövas Tidning. 10 May 2016. sv. 6 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017222841/http://www.dovastidning.se/kultur/item/685-dansande-hander-i-eurovision. 17 October 2017. dead.
  187. Web site: Vivien Batory: Ser frem til at tolke den internationale Eurovision Song Contest. loud.land. Lound.land. 14 May 2016. da. 9 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510040122/http://loud.land/2016/05/vivien-batory-ser-frem-til-at-tolke-den-internationale-eurovision-song-contest/. 10 May 2016. dead.
  188. Web site: Deaf Performer #10: Amadeus Lantz, Sweden... - Julia & Juli Kommunikation AB. facebook.com. Julia & Juli Kommunikation AB. 14 May 2016. 11 May 2016.
  189. Web site: "Eurovision Song Contest": ZOE glänzt in mintgrüner Traumrobe am Roten Teppich. ots.at. Austria Press Agency. 10 May 2016. de. 9 May 2016.
  190. Web site: Dohrmann. Jan. Grand Prix-fest for døve på Ramasjang. dr.dk. DR. 10 May 2016. da. 9 May 2016.
  191. Web site: LRT KULTŪRA transliuos "Euroviziją" kurtiesiems. lrt.lt. LRT. 10 May 2016. lt. 28 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017222505/http://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/eurovizija_2016/31/134968. 17 October 2017. dead.
  192. Web site: NRK Tegnspråk. facebook.com. NRK. 10 May 2016. no. 4 May 2016.
  193. Web site: Romania's Eurovision dream buried by mounting debt. ABC News. 19 April 2016. 19 April 2016.
  194. Web site: Breaking news: Romania will not participate in the Eurovision 2016.. escXtra. Matteo. Manta. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  195. Web site: Romania: TVR will not participate in Eurovision 2016. esctoday. Jiandani. Sanjay. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  196. Web site: Romania expelled from the Eurovision Song Contest. Metro. Benny. Royston. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  197. Web site: EBU withdraws member services from Televiziunea Română (TVR) following repeated non-payment of debt. European Broadcasting Union. 22 April 2016. 22 April 2016.
  198. Web site: Eurovision 2016: Ovidiu Anton a castigat Selectia nationala, reactia dura a lui Mihai Traistariu la adresa juriului. 7 March 2016. Știrile Pro TV. ro-RO. Eurovision 2016: Ovidiu Anton has won the national selection, harsh reaction from Mihai Traistariu towards the jury. 17 May 2016. stirileprotv.ro.
  199. Controversial Contestant Xavier Naidoo Withdrawn As Germany's Contestant for 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. 14 February 2016. Billboard.
  200. News: Germany drops its pick for Eurovision 2016 over allegations of anti-Semitism and homophobia. 14 February 2016. The Washington Post.
  201. News: Germany Will Not Send the Singer Xavier Naidoo to Eurovision. 14 February 2016. The New York Times. 23 November 2015 .
  202. News: Germany's pick for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 causes controversy. 14 February 2016. DW.
  203. Web site: Escudero. Victor M. Xavier Naidoo withdrawn to represent Germany. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 21 November 2015. 21 November 2015.
  204. Web site: Russisk juryskandale i anmarsj? EBU etterforsker. Hagen. Eirik. 10 May 2016. escNorge. no-NO. Russian jury scandal approaching? EBU to investigate. 10 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610045005/http://escnorge.net/esc2016/russisk-juryskandale-i-anmarsj-ebu-etterforsker. 10 June 2016. dmy-all.
  205. Web site: EBU to investigate Russian jury vote video. Gallagher. Robyn. 10 May 2016. wiwibloggs. 10 May 2016.
  206. Web site: EBU - Official Statement:The EBU has been investigating... - Facebook. 14 May 2016. Official EBU Facebook Page.
  207. Web site: Eurovision bans Basque flag alongside that of Isis terrorists. Jones. Jessica. thelocal.es. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016.
  208. Web site: Urkullu y García-Margallo instan a Eurovisión a rectificar la prohibición de la ikurriña. Segovia. Mikel. elmundo.es. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016. es. Urkullu and García-Margallo urge Eurovision to rectify the prohibition of Ikurriña.
  209. Web site: Eurovisión rectifica tras las explicaciones solicitadas por RTVE y pide disculpas. RTVE.es. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016. es. Eurovision rectifies after the explanations requested by RTVE and issues an apology.
  210. Web site: Eurovisión dice que todas las banderas locales están prohibidas y la ikurriña solo "es un ejemplo". Segovia. Mikel. elmundo.es. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016. es. Eurovision says that all local flags are prohibited and Ikurriña "is [only] an example".
  211. Web site: ESC'16 Kosovo and Spain challenge flag rules. Granger. Anthony. eurovoix.com. 29 April 2016. 29 April 2016.
  212. Web site: ESC'16: Sami Flag No Longer Banned From Audience. Granger. Anthony. 6 May 2016. Eurovoix. 6 May 2016.
  213. Web site: Sameflagget er et respektert flagg. Pettersen. Monica Falao. Andersen. Johnny. 6 May 2016. Norsk rikskringkasting. no. The Sami flag is a respected flag. 6 May 2016.
  214. Web site: Official statement on amendment to Eurovision Song Contest flag policy. 6 May 2016. Facebook. 6 May 2016.
  215. News: España denuncia a Eurovisión por impedir el acceso con la ikurriña. Orzamabal. Mikel. 15 May 2016. El País. es-ES. Spain denounces Eurovision for impeding entry with the flag of the Basque Country. 15 May 2016.
  216. Web site: Palestinians condemn Eurovision Song Contest for flag ban. 2 May 2016. Euronews.net. Euronews. 13 May 2016.
  217. Web site: Armenia faces Eurovision ban for flag-waving. 12 May 2016. Euronews.net. Euronews. 13 May 2016.
  218. Web site: Iveta från Armenien med känsliga flaggan i Eurovision 2016 – kan vara regelbrott. Dahlander. Gustav. 11 May 2016. Sveriges Television. sv-SE. Iveta from Armenia with sensitive flag at Eurovision 2016 - may be violations. svt.se. 14 May 2016.
  219. Web site: Iveta Mukuchyan Commented on Why She Raised Artsakh Flag . 168.am . 11 May 2016 . 11 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603133045/http://en.168.am/2016/05/11/6809.html . 3 June 2016 .
  220. Web site: wiwibloggs. Twitter. 14 May 2016.
  221. Web site: Official statement on use of Nagorno-Karabakh flag at Eurovision Song Contest. Facebook. 13 May 2016.
  222. Web site: Armenian provocation prevented at Eurovision Song Contest. Shirinov. Rashid. 11 May 2016. azernews.az. AzerNews. 17 May 2016.
  223. Web site: Grædefærdig Hilda Heick efter Eurovision-bommert: Slut med grandprix!. Madsen. Fie West. 15 May 2016. bt.dk. BT. da. Hilda Heick cries after Eurovision blunder: no more Grand Prix!. 15 May 2016.
  224. Web site: Danish jury member gave wrong points. 15 May 2016. Eurovisionworld. 15 May 2016.
  225. Web site: Denmark: Incorrect 12 Points To Ukraine. Granger. Anthony. 15 May 2016. Eurovoix. 15 May 2016.
  226. Web site: Denmark: Incorrect 12 Points To Ukraine. Anthony. Granger. 15 May 2016. 19 September 2019.
  227. Web site: Veselova. Viktoria. Melnykova. Oleksandra. 11 February 2016. Crimean singer in line to represent Ukraine at Eurovision. 11 February 2016. The Guardian.
  228. News: 26 January 2016. Jamala entered Eurovision-2016 national selection. QHA.com.ua. dead. 23 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303054406/http://qha.com.ua/en/culture-art/jamala-entered-eurovision2016-national-selection/135789/. 3 March 2016.
  229. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35630395 Eurovision: Ukraine's entry aimed at Russia
  230. News: Telegraph Reporters. 15 May 2016. Eurovision 2016: Furious Russia demands boycott of Ukraine over Jamala's 'anti-Kremlin' song. The Telegraph. live. subscription. 15 May 2016. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/15/eurovision-2016-furious-russia-demands-boycott-of-ukraine-over-j/. 12 January 2022.
  231. News: Heidi Stephens. 15 May 2016. Eurovision 2016: Ukraine's Jamala wins with politically charged 1944. the Guardian. 15 May 2016.
  232. Eurovision Confirms Ukraine as Winner After Petition Prompts Review. Billboard.
  233. Web site: Weaver. Jessica. 17 May 2016. Eurovision 2016: EBU responds to results revision petition. 17 May 2016. ESCToday.
  234. Web site: EBU: Jamala's "1944" does not breach Eurovision rules. 19 May 2016.
  235. Web site: Marcel Bezençon Award – an introduction. Poplight.se. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017033001/http://poplight.zitiz.se/marcelbezenconaward/en . 17 October 2013. 15 July 2012.
  236. Web site: Marcel Bezençon Awards–Eurovision Song Contest . eurovision.tv . July 2019 . 19 March 2021.
  237. Web site: Albinsson. Mathilde. De prisades redan innan Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – vann Marcel Bezençon Award. svt.se. Sveriges Television. 14 May 2016. sv. 14 May 2016.
  238. Web site: Eurovision Fanclub Network. ogae.net. OGAE. OGAE. 15 June 2012. 15 June 2012.
  239. Web site: Klubi-info: Mikä ihmeen OGAE?. OGAE Finland. 17 June 2012. 5 June 2012. fi. The club info: What on Earth is OGAE?. 27 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130827125746/http://euroviisuklubi.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=41. dead.
  240. Web site: OGAE International. OGAE International ESC Poll Results 2016. 15 March 2016.
  241. News: OGAE Poll Results 2016. 6 April 2016. OGAE. Google Docs.
  242. Web site: Barbara Dex Award . Thillo . Edwin . Eurovision House . 24 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826110418/http://www.eurovisionhouse.nl/bdaward.php . 26 August 2014 .
  243. Web site: Roxburgh. Gordon. Nina Kraljić wins the Barbara Dex Award 2016. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 May 2016. 22 May 2016.
  244. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Stockholm by Various Artists on iTunes. iTunes. 13 April 2016.
  245. Web site: Official Eurovision Song Contest 2016 CD + FREE Coaster Set. eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 29 March 2016. 29 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402112500/https://shop.eurovision.tv/default/collectibles/cd/the-official-eurovision-song-contest-cd-2016.html. 2 April 2016. dead.