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Revision as of 20:56, 27 February 2016

"Eurovision 2016" redirects here. For the Junior Contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Come Together
Dates
Semi-final 110 May 2016
Semi-final 212 May 2016
Final14 May 2016
Host
VenueEricsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter(s)
Executive producer
  • Martin Österdahl
  • Johan Bernhagen
DirectorSven Stojanović
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries43
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.[1]
2015 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2017

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 in Vienna with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. This will be the third time the contest has taken place in Stockholm, after 1975 and 2000, the latter also being held at the Globe. The contest will consist of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows will be hosted by Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede.

Forty-three countries will participate, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine will return after absences from recent contests, while Australia will also return after débuting as a special guest in 2015. However, Portugal will withdraw. The contest will also be the first to implement a new voting system since 1975, with each country now awarding two sets of points: one from their professional jury and another from televoting.

Location

Further information: Sweden and the host country

The contest will take place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 Contest in Vienna with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. The Ericsson Globe has a capacity of approximately 16,000 attendees, and this will be the second time the contest has been staged at the venue, after 2000.[2]

Bidding phase

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Locations of the six candidate cities; with the chosen host city marked in blue, and the remaining cities in red.

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

The Ericsson Globe, Stockholm; venue of the 2016 contest

SVT announced on 1 June the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest:[3]

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

An announcement regarding the venue was expected from SVT by midsummer,[4][5] with the Ericsson Globe announced as the venue on 8 July.[6]

Key  †   Host venue

City[3] Venue Capacity Notes
Gothenburg Scandinavium 14,000 Venue of the 1985.
Ullevi Stadium 75,000 Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium. The idea was rejected due to costs.[7]
Linköping Saab Arena 11,500 —
Malmö[8] Malmö Arena 15,500 Venue of the 2013. Withdrew its bid on 11 June 2015, citing unavailability during the rehearsal weeks of the contest.[8]
Örnsköldsvik[9] Fjällräven Center 9,800 —
Sandviken and Gävle[10] Göransson Arena 10,000 If this option were chosen, Sandviken would have hosted the three live shows in the Göransson Arena, while Gävle would have hosted satellite events such as smaller concerts and shows.[11]
Stockholm[12] Annexet 4,000 —
Ericsson Globe † 16,000 Venue of the 2000 and the final of Melodifestivalen in 1989 and between 2002 and 2012 inclusive.
Friends Arena 65,000 Venue of the final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Friends Arena is the biggest football stadium and indoor venue in Sweden and the Nordic countries. However, it was reportedly not part of Stockholm's bid.[12][13]
Hovet 9,000 —
Tele2 Arena 45,000 SVT announced on 24 May 2015 that Tele2 Arena was their first choice venue for the contest.[4][14] 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.[13]

Format

The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 16 March 2015 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Vienna, with the semi-finals taking place on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016.[15] These were subject to change depending on SVT,[16] but were later confirmed when Stockholm was announced as the host city.[6] Discussions were held in 2014 between the European Broadcasting Union (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 are looking into the possibility of the proposal, which was discussed at the ABU General Assembly in 2014.[17]

On 9 September, SVT proposed a change of the start time of the contest from 21:00 CEST to 20:00 CEST, 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.[18] 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.[19]

The core team for the contest was announced on 26 October by SVT and the EBU. Johan Bernhagen and Martin Österdahl will be Executive Producers, while Tobias Åberg will be Head of Production. The three live shows will be directed by Sven Stojanović and the contest will be produced by Christer Björkman, who is also Head of Delegation for Sweden.[20] 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 will be shown as previews during the semi-final in which they are allocated to vote.[21]

New voting system

The EBU announced on 18 February 2016 that a new voting system would be implemented at the contest for the first time since 1975. The new system, inspired by the voting system of Melodifestivalen, involves each country now awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. After viewers have cast their votes, each national spokesperson will announce the points of their professional jury. After the points from the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries will be combined, providing one score from each song. These results will then be announced by the host, starting with the country receiving the fewest points from the public and ending with the country receiving the highest number of points. For countries that are not able to deliver a valid televote, a substitute result will be calculated based on a statistical analysis of the audience of a pre-selected group of countries approved by the Reference Group.[22]

As the new voting system gives equal weight to both jury and televoting results, a national televoting result cannot be used as backup result for the jury. Therefore, if a country cannot deliver a valid jury result, a substitute result is calculated by the jury result of a pre-selected group of countries. 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.[23][24]

Presenters

After his victory in the 2015 Contest, Måns Zelmerlöw announced his interest in hosting the 2016 Contest.[25] His experience as a television presenter includes Melodifestivalen 2010[26] and SVT sing-along show Allsång på Skansen.[27] Christer Björkman told Expressen on 25 May that Gina Dirawi, Petra Mede and Sanna Nielsen were also being considered as hosts,[28] but it was reported on 1 June that SVT was considering Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren as co-hosts.[29] Expressen reported on 19 August that Mede and Zelmerlöw were SVT's first choice of hosts,[30] with SVT announcing at a press conference on 14 December that they would indeed co-host.[31]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine which country will participate in which semi-final took place in Stockholm City Hall on 25 January 2016, hosted by Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir.[32] The first part of the draw determined which of the Big Five and Sweden will have to vote and perform in which semi-final. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country will perform, with the exact running order to be determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Eighteen countries will participate in the first semi-final, while nineteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the Big Five and Sweden in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

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. Israel, who had been allocated to pot six, were pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final as the first semi-final coincides with Yom Hazikaron, while Sweden and Germany were respectively pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first and second semi-final for scheduling reasons.[33][34]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Participating countries

  Competing in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Competing in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

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.[35] The EBU announced on 26 November that forty-three countries would participate in the contest, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011.[36]

Four countries will return after absences from recent contests: Bosnia and Herzegovina after a 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia after 2013 and Ukraine after a 2014. Australia will also return after débuting 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 will enter one of the semi-finals and vote only in that semi-final and the final. Portugal will withdraw, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process.[citation needed]

Returning artists

Thus far, the 2016 contest will feature six artists who had previously competed in the Eurovision Song Contest. Deen will return after previously representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 with the song "In The Disco", finishing ninth in the final.[37] Kaliopi will return after previously representing Macedonia in 2012 with the song "Crno i belo", finishing 13th in the final. She was also selected to represented Macedonia in 1996 with "Samo ti", but was eliminated in a pre-qualifying round held prior to the contest.[38] Poli Genova will return after previously representing Bulgaria in 2011 with the song "Na inat", finishing 12th in the second semi-final and failing to qualify for the final.[39] Bojan Jovović will return for Montenegro as part of Highway after previously representing Serbia and Montenegro in 2005 as part of No Name with the song "Zauvijek moja", finishing seventh in the final.[40] Ira Losco will return after previously representing Malta in 2002 with the song "7th Wonder", finishing in second place.[41] Greta Salóme will return after previously representing Iceland in 2012 with Jónsi, placing 20th in the final with the song "Never Forget".[42]

Semi-final 1

Eighteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. France, Spain and Sweden will vote and perform in this semi-final.[34][43]

Country[36] Language Artist[44] Song[44] English translation
First half
 Armenia English Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave"1 —
 Croatia Nina Kraljić TBA 9 March 2016[45]
 Finland English Sandhja "Sing It Away" —
 Greece Greek2, English[46] Argo[47] "Utopian Land"6[46] —
 Hungary English Freddie "Pioneer" —
 Moldova English Lidia Isac[48] "Falling Stars"[48] —
 Netherlands Douwe Bob TBA 4 March 2016[45]
 Russia Sergey Lazarev TBA 5 March 2016[45]
 San Marino Serhat
Second half
 Austria French Zoë "Loin d'ici" Far from here
 Azerbaijan TBA 14 March 2016[45] TBA 14 March 2016[45]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala "Ljubav je" Love is
 Cyprus English Minus One "Alter Ego" —
 Czech Republic TBA February 2016[49] TBA February 2016[49]
 Estonia TBD 5 March 2016[45] TBD 5 March 2016[45]
 Iceland English Greta Salóme "Hear Them Calling" —
 Malta English Ira Losco TBD March 2016[50] —
 Montenegro English[51] Highway "Real Thing"5[52] —

Semi-final 2

Nineteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom will vote and perform in this semi-final.[34][43]

Country[36] Language Artist[53] Song[53] English translation
First half
 Australia English TBA 3 March 2016[45] TBA 3 March 2016[45]
 Belarus English Ivan "Help You Fly" —
 Ireland English Nicky Byrne "Sunlight" —
 Israel TBD 3 March 2016[54]
 Latvia English TBD 28 February 2016[45] TBD 28 February 2016[45]
 Lithuania TBD 12 March 2016[45] TBD 12 March 2016[45]
 Macedonia Macedonian[55] Kaliopi "Dona" (Дона)4 —
 Poland TBD 5 March 2016[45] TBD 5 March 2016[45]
 Serbia
  Switzerland English Rykka "The Last of Our Kind" —
Second half
 Albania English[56] Eneda Tarifa "Fairytale Love"3[56] —
 Belgium English Laura Tesoro "What's the Pressure" —
 Bulgaria English[57] Poli Genova TBA March 2016[58]
 Denmark English Lighthouse X "Soldiers of Love" —
 Georgia English Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz "Midnight Gold" —
 Norway English[59] TBD 27 February 2016[45] TBD 27 February 2016[45] —
 Romania TBD 6 March 2016[45] TBD 6 March 2016[45]
 Slovenia TBD 27 February 2016[45] TBD 27 February 2016[45]
 Ukraine English, Crimean Tatar Jamala "1944" —

Finalists

Country[36] Language Artist[60] Song[60] English translation
 France French, English[61] TBA 12 March 2016[45] TBA 12 March 2016[45]
 Germany English Jamie-Lee Kriewitz "Ghost" —
 Italy Francesca Michielin
 Spain English[62] Barei "Say Yay!" —
 Sweden TBD 12 March 2016[45] TBD 12 March 2016[45]
 United Kingdom English Joe & Jake[63] "You're Not Alone"[63] —

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network.[64] The EBU issued an invitation of participation in the contest to all fifty-six active members and associate member Australia, with forty-three countries confirming their participation.[36] Morocco, Tunisia and five other countries did not publish their reasons for declining, however the following countries declined to participate, stating their reasons as shown below.

Active EBU members

  •  Andorra – Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced on 2 September 2015 that Andorra would not participate.[65]
  •  Lebanon – Télé Liban (TL) had not ruled out participation as of 15 October 2015, stating in an email: "We are not sure yet, however we are working on it and will keep you updated".[66] However, Lebanon was not on the final list of participating countries announced by the EBU on 26 November.
  •  Luxembourg – RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) announced on 4 September 2015 that Luxembourg would not participate due to the financial and organisational strain of a potential participation on the channel, especially with a small financial budget.[67]
  •  Monaco – Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) announced on 21 July 2015 that Monaco would not participate.[68]
  •  Portugal – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) had encouraged viewers to suggest changes to their selection process, assuming they had chosen to participate in the contest. Portugal has failed to qualify for the final since 2010, which the majority of the Portuguese public believe is because of RTP's current selection format, Festival da Canção.[69] Kátia Aveiro, sister of Cristiano Ronaldo, had launched a campaign on Twitter asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal,[70] but RTP announced on 7 October 2015 that Portugal would not participate, adding that they were looking forward to participating in 2017 with a restructured selection process.[71] RTP's viewer provider Jaime Fernandes stated on 7 November during the television show A Voz do Cidadão that the withdrawal was due not only to shallow results in previous contests, but also RTP's rather insufficient promotion of music-related content.[72]
  •  Slovakia – Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) returned to the Eurovision Young Dancers in 2015, with RTVS explaining that the return of Slovakia to EYD supported domestic production and promoted national culture at a European level. RTVS announced on 28 September 2015 that Slovakia would not participate.[73]
  •  Turkey – The EBU announced on 2 October 2015 that despite speculation surrounding their participation, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) had yet to make a final decision.[74] However, TRT announced on 3 November that Turkey would not participate, adding their discontent at the introduction of a mixed voting system to the contest and the pre-qualification of the Big Five for the final.[75][76]

Associate EBU members

  •  Kazakhstan – The EBU announced on 18 December 2015 that Khabar Agency will have associate EBU membership from 1 January 2016. However, Kazakhstan would be unable to début at the contest as eligibility for participation requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership.[77]

EBU non-members

  •  China – Hunan Television announced its interest in participating in the contest on 22 May 2015, with the EBU responding, saying that "we are open and are always looking for new elements in each Eurovision Song Contest".[78] However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that China would début at the contest as a guest or full participant.[79]
  •  Faroe Islands – Faroese publication Portal reported on 9 June 2015 that Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) had applied for active EBU membership, a requisite for participation in the contest. However, it was rejected due to the islands' membership of the Danish Realm. Faroese Education Minister Bjørn Kalsø supported participation, saying "the justification so far has been that the countries have to be acknowledged by the United Nations as independent in order to participate. But there is no doubt that we could easily overstep those barriers, if we’re absolutely determined to reach this goal ... it is completely up to Kringvarpið ... to renew the application regularly, and show the EBU that the Faroe Islands are an equal match to other countries when it comes to participation in the Eurovision Song Contest."[80][81]
  •  Kosovo – Kosovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi tweeted on 23 May 2015 that Kosovo, which is not recognised by fifteen states in Europe and does not have a national broadcaster with active EBU membership, would début at the contest. Selimi tweeted that he knew that Kosovo would participate, but did not elaborate on how it would come about.[82] However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that Kosovo would début at the contest, as Radio Televizioni i Kosovës (RTK) has neither active nor associate EBU membership.[79]
  •  Liechtenstein – 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV) announced on 16 September 2015 that Liechtenstein would be unable to début at the contest due to insufficient funding for EBU membership.[83]

Incidents

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 exists 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.[84][85][86][87]

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."[88][85]

International broadcasts and voting

Commentators

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Mukuchyan's song "LoveWave" will be presented on Wednesday, 2 March 2016.[45]
  2. ^ The song contains also words in Pontic Greek, a dialect of Greek spoken in Northern Greece.[100]
  3. ^ The Albanian version of the song, "Përrallë", has already been released. The English version of the song will be released on 15th March 2016.[101]
  4. ^ Kaliopi's song "Dona" will be presented on Monday, 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ Highway's song "Real Thing" will be presented on Friday, 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ Argo's song "Utopian Land" will be presented sometimes in March 2016.

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