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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)
Directed bySven Stojanović
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producer
  • Johan Bernhagen
  • Martin Österdahl
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
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.
Winning song
2015 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2017

The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Sweden at the 2015 in Vienna with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. This was the third time the contest had taken place in Stockholm, after 1975 and 2000, the latter also being held at the Globe. The contest consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows were hosted by Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede. The winner of the contest was Ukraine, which won with Jamala's "1944", the second time it had won since 2004 with Ruslana's "Wild Dances". This was the first time since the introduction of the jury votes in 2009 that the eventual winner won neither the jury vote (won by Australia) nor the televote (won by Russia), placing only second on both. It was the first time a song with Crimean Tatar lyrics won the contest.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. Portugal withdrew, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, while Romania had originally planned to participate, but was forced to withdraw due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was also the first to implement a new system for announcing the vote since 1975: each country's professional jury points were announced as before, but televoting votes from all countries were pooled and announced in reverse order.

Twenty-six countries competed in the final, which was the first to be broadcast to the US. After five attempts since their debut in 2007, the Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece both failed to progress out of 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 received its highest placing since starting its participation in 2015, and Bulgaria since starting its participation in 2005. France achieved its highest placing since 2002, Poland since 2003 and Lithuania since 2006. American pop singer Justin Timberlake performed during the interval act.

Location

Further information: Sweden and the host country
The venue of the contest, Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden

Venue

The contest took 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 was 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.

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 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] The EBU announced on 14 March 2016 that Tele2 Arena would host Eurovision The Party, and the results of the Swedish jury vote would be announced live from the event.[15]

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 took place on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016.[16] These were subject to change depending on SVT,[17] but were later confirmed when Stockholm was announced as the host city.[6]

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 are looking into the possibility of the proposal, which was discussed at the ABU General Assembly in 2014.[18]

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.[19] 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.[20]

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 5" and Sweden) would be shown as previews during the semi-final in which they were allocated to vote.[21]

The core team for the contest was announced by SVT and the EBU on 26 October. 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.[22]

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. Televoting votes from all countries are pooled. After viewers have cast their votes, the results of each professional jury are presented, with countries receiving 1-8 and 10 points being displayed on-screen instead of 1-7, which had been the case since 2006, and the national spokesperson only announcing the country to which they award 12 points. After the results of the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries are combined, providing one score for each song. The results of countries finishing between 11th and 26th in the public vote are automatically added to the scoreboard, with only the results of the top ten countries being announced by the hosts. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.[23][24]

As the new voting system gives equal weight to jury and televoting results, a national televoting/jury result cannot be used as backup result for the jury/televoting. Therefore, if a country cannot deliver a valid televoting/jury result, a substitute result is 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.[25][26]

Other Eurovision events

The EBU announced on 14 March 2016 that the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm would host a live event running alongside the final of the contest on 14 May.[15] Eurovision The Party, hosted by Sanna Nielsen, will allow fans to watch the final on a big screen and will feature backstage material from the Ericsson Globe such as Nielsen conducting exclusive interviews and appearing with hosts Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw. The results of the Swedish jury vote will also be announced live from the event by Gina Dirawi. A pre-party and after-party will also be held and will feature performances from former contest winners Carola and Loreen as well as Danny Saucedo, Panetoz and DJ Tim Henri.[27][28] Executive Producer of the contest 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 will become an annual event in the host city of the contest.[15]

Presenters

Måns Zelmerlöv standing next to Petra Mede at a press conference at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede were the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

After his victory in the 2015 contest, Måns Zelmerlöw announced his interest in hosting the 2016 contest.[29] His experience as a television presenter includes Melodifestivalen 2010[30] and SVT sing-along show Allsång på Skansen.[31] Christer Björkman told Expressen on 25 May that Gina Dirawi, Petra Mede and Sanna Nielsen were also being considered as hosts,[32] but it was reported on 1 June that SVT was considering Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren as co-hosts.[33] Expressen reported on 19 August that Mede and Zelmerlöw were SVT's first choice of hosts,[34] with SVT announcing at a press conference on 14 December that they would indeed co-host.[35]

The press conference presenters are Jovan Radomir and Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, on 8 May 2016, the pair also commentated for the red carpet event in-front of the Stockholm Palace, before the official welcome party at Stockholm City Hall.[36][37]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into one of the two semi-finals took place at the Stockholm City Hall on 25 January 2016 and was hosted by Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir.[38] The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the "Big 5" and Sweden would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. The EBU originally announced that the running order would be revealed on 5 April,[39] however for undisclosed reasons this was later put back to 8 April.[40] 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 forced withdrawal of Romania. From each semi-final, ten countries join the "Big 5" 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. Sweden and Germany were pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first and second semi-final respectively due to requests from their respective broadcaster, which were approved by the EBU.[41][42]

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

Opening and interval acts

Justin Timberlake performed "Can't Stop the Feeling!" during the interval of the final.

It was announced on 1 May 2016 that the opening act of the first semi-final would be a performance of "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw,[43] while the opening act of the second semi-final would be a musical theatre comedy song by Matheson Bayley entitled "That's Eurovision", performed by Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede. The opening act of the final was confirmed to be a parade of flags similar to grand final opening ceremonies since 2013. The theme would be 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.[44] The interval acts of both semi-finals were sketches choreographed by Fredrik Rydman: "The grey people" in the first semi-final and "Man meets machine" in the second semi-final.

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.[45] He was the first "global megastar", in the contest's 61-year-history, to pereform in the interval.[46] Other interval acts include a sketch called "Love Love Peace Peace", a pastiche of past Eurovision songs featuring appearances from Charlotte Perrelli, Lordi and Alexander Rybak, winners of the contests in 1999, 2006 and 2009 respectively.[47] There will also be a sketch starring Lynda Woodruff, played by Sarah Dawn Finer, and a performance by Måns Zelmerlöw of "Heroes" and "Fire in the Rain" from his latest album Perfectly Damaged.[48]

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 2015 to withdraw their applications without facing financial sanctions.[49] The EBU had initially announced on 26 November 2015 that 43 countries would participate in the contest, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011.[50] However, Romania were forcefully withdrawn from participation on 22 April 2016, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.[51]

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 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 will enter the second semi-final 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,[52] while Romania were forcefully withdrawn from participation on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU.[51]

Returning artists

Seven artists returned after having previously participated in the contest. Deen returned after previously representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004, finishing ninth in the final with the song "In The Disco".[53] Kaliopi returned after previously representing Macedonia in 2012, finishing 13th in the final with the song "Crno i belo". She was also selected to represent Macedonia in 1996 with "Samo ti", but was eliminated in a non-televised pre-qualifying round.[54] Poli Genova returned after previously representing Bulgaria in 2011, finishing 12th in the second semi-final with the song "Na inat".[55] Bojan Jovović returned for Montenegro as part of Highway after previously representing Serbia and Montenegro in 2005 as part of No Name, finishing seventh in the final with the song "Zauvijek moja".[56] Ira Losco returned after previously representing Malta in 2002, finishing in second place with the song "7th Wonder".[57] Donny Montell returned after previously representing Lithuania in 2012, finishing 14th in the final with the song "Love Is Blind".[58] Greta Salóme returned after previously representing Iceland in 2012 with Jónsi, finishing 20th in the final with the song "Never Forget".[59]

Results

Semi-final 1

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. France, Spain, and Sweden voted in this semi-final.[42][60] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[61]

Draw[62] Country[63] Language Artist[63] Song[63] English translation Place[64] Points
01  Finland English Sandhja "Sing It Away" — 15 51
02  Greece English, Greek3 Argo "Utopian Land" — 16 44
03  Moldova English Lidia Isac "Falling Stars" — 17 33
04  Hungary English Freddie "Pioneer" — 4 197
05  Croatia English Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" — 10 133
06  Netherlands English Douwe Bob "Slow Down" — 5 197
07  Armenia English Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave" — 2 243
08  San Marino English Serhat "I Didn't Know" — 12 68
09  Russia English Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One" — 1 342
10  Czech Republic English Gabriela Gunčíková "I Stand" — 9 161
11  Cyprus English Minus One "Alter Ego" — 8 164
12  Austria French Zoë "Loin d'ici" Far from here 7 170
13  Estonia English Jüri Pootsmann "Play" — 18 24
14  Azerbaijan English Samra "Miracle" — 6 185
15  Montenegro English Highway "The Real Thing" — 13 60
16  Iceland English Greta Salóme "Hear Them Calling" — 14 51
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala "Ljubav je" Love Is 11 104
18  Malta English Ira Losco "Walk on Water" — 3 209

Semi-final 2

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[42][60] Romania were originally planned to perform twelfth in this semi-final, but were forcefully withdrawn 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.[51] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[65]

Draw[62] Country[66] Language Artist[66] Song[66] English translation Place[67] Points
01  Latvia English Justs "Heartbeat" — 8 132
02  Poland English Michał Szpak "Color of Your Life" — 6 151
03   Switzerland English Rykka "The Last of Our Kind" — 18 28
04  Israel English Hovi Star "Made of Stars" — 7 147
05  Belarus English Ivan "Help You Fly" — 12 84
06  Serbia English Sanja Vučić ZAA "Goodbye (Shelter)" — 10 105
07  Ireland English Nicky Byrne "Sunlight" — 15 46
08  Macedonia Macedonian Kaliopi "Dona" (Дона) — 11 88
09  Lithuania English Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" — 4 222
10  Australia English Dami Im "Sound of Silence" — 1 330
11  Slovenia English ManuElla "Blue and Red" — 14 57
12  Bulgaria English, Bulgarian Poli Genova "If Love Was a Crime" — 5 220
13  Denmark English Lighthouse X "Soldiers of Love" — 17 34
14  Ukraine English, Crimean Tatar Jamala "1944" — 2 287
15  Norway English Agnete "Icebreaker" — 13 63
16  Georgia English Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz "Midnight Gold" — 9 123
17  Albania English Eneda Tarifa "Fairytale" — 16 45
18  Belgium English Laura Tesoro "What's the Pressure" — 3 274

Final

The running order was revealed after the semi-final 2 qualifiers' press conference.[68]

Though Eurovision has a "no politics" rule, Ukraine's winning song about the 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars was more political than most. Russia, the successor state to the Soviet Union who deported the Crimean Tatars, occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and there have been claims that Crimean Tartars were worse off after that annexation.[69] Ukraine ended up narrowly winning over Australia and the bookmaker favourite Russia.[70] Ukraine's narrow win over Russia obviously has a symbolic significance to some; Ukraine is also currently in an armed conflict with Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Draw Country[71] Language Artist[71] Song[71] English translation Place Jury Points Televoting Points Total Points
01  Belgium English Laura Tesoro "What's the Pressure" – 10 130 51 181
02  Czech Republic English Gabriela Gunčíková "I Stand" – 25 41 0 41
03  Netherlands English Douwe Bob "Slow Down" – 11 114 39 153
04  Azerbaijan English Samra "Miracle" – 17 44 73 117
05  Hungary English Freddie "Pioneer" – 19 52 56 108
06  Italy Italian, English Francesca Michielin "No Degree of Separation" – 16 90 34 124
07  Israel English Hovi Star "Made of Stars" – 14 124 11 135
08  Bulgaria English, Bulgarian Poli Genova "If Love Was a Crime" – 4 127 180 307
09  Sweden English Frans "If I Were Sorry" – 5 122 139 261
10  Germany English Jamie-Lee "Ghost" – 26 1 10 11
11  France French, English Amir "J'ai cherché" I have searched 6 148 109 257
12  Poland English Michał Szpak "Color of Your Life" – 8 7 222 229
13  Australia English Dami Im "Sound of Silence" – 2 320 191 511
14  Cyprus English Minus One "Alter Ego" – 21 43 53 96
15  Serbia English Sanja Vučić ZAA "Goodbye (Shelter)" – 18 35 80 115
16  Lithuania English Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" – 9 104 96 200
17  Croatia English Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" – 23 40 33 73
18  Russia English Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One" – 3 130 361 491
19  Spain English Barei "Say Yay!" – 22 67 10 77
20  Latvia English Justs "Heartbeat" – 15 69 63 132
21  Ukraine English, Crimean Tatar Jamala "1944" – 1 211 323 534
22  Malta English Ira Losco "Walk on Water" – 12 137 16 153
23  Georgia English Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz "Midnight Gold" – 20 80 24 104
24  Austria French Zoë "Loin d'ici" Far from here 13 31 120 151
25  United Kingdom English Joe & Jake "You're Not Alone" – 24 54 8 62
26  Armenia English Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave" – 7 115 134 249

12 points

Jury

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country's professional jury awarded to another in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
11 Ukraine Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Georgia, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia
9 Australia Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland
4 Russia Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, Greece
3 Armenia Bulgaria, Russia, Spain
Sweden Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland
2 Belgium Australia, Ireland
Italy France, Norway
1 France Armenia
Georgia United Kingdom
Israel Germany
Lithuania Ukraine
Malta Montenegro
Netherlands Iceland
Spain Italy
United Kingdom Malta
Televoting

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country's televoting awarded to another in the final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
10 Russia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine
6 Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland
Ukraine Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, San Marino
3 Armenia France, Georgia, Russia
Australia Albania, Malta, Sweden
Lithuania Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
2 Belgium Australia, Netherlands
Bulgaria Cyprus, Spain
Poland Austria, Belgium
Sweden Denmark, Iceland
1 Cyprus Greece
France Israel
Latvia Lithuania

While no country received nul points when the two sets of points were combined, the Czech Republic received nul points in televoting.

Split Voting

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.[73] 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.[50] 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.[74]
  •  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".[75] 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.[76]
  •  Monaco – Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) announced on 21 July 2015 that Monaco would not participate.[77]
  •  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.[52] Kátia Aveiro, sister of Cristiano Ronaldo, had launched a campaign on Twitter asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal.[78] However, 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.[79] 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 poor results in previous contests, but also RTP's rather insufficient promotion of music-related content.[80]
  •  Romania – Romania had originally confirmed their participation in the contest with the song "Moment of Silence", performed by Ovidiu Anton. However, the EBU announced on 22 April 2016 that Televiziunea Română (TVR) had failed to repeatedly pay debts totalling CHF 16 million by 20 April, the deadline set by the EBU. TVR's failure to pay their debts resulted in Romania's forced withdrawal from the contest.[81] This has led to strong reactions against the decision.[82]
  •  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.[83] RTVS' PR manager, Juraj Kadáš, explained on 12 April 2016 that Slovakia's absence from the contest since 2012 was not due to poor results, but rather the cost associated with participation.[84]
  •  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.[85] 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.[86][87]

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 debut at the contest as eligibility for participation requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership.[88]

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".[89] However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that China would debut at the contest as a guest or full participant.[90]
  •  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."[91][92]
  •  Kosovo – Kosovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi tweeted on 23 May 2015 that Kosovo, which is not recognised by 15 states in Europe and does not have a national broadcaster with active EBU membership, would debut at the contest. Selimi tweeted that he knew that Kosovo would participate, but did not elaborate on how it would come about.[93] However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that Kosovo would debut at the contest, as Radio Televizioni i Kosovës (RTK) has neither active nor associate EBU membership.[90]
  •  Liechtenstein – 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV) announced on 16 September 2015 that Liechtenstein would be unable to debut at the contest due to insufficient funding for EBU membership.[94]

Incidents

Forced Romanian withdrawal

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.[95][96] 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 forced to withdraw from the EBU, subsequently forcing the withdrawal of Romania from the contest.[97][98] The Director General of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, said that "it is regrettable that we are forced to take this action […] The continued indebtedness of TVR jeopardizes the financial stability of the EBU itself".[99] However, because the official album of the contest has already been produced, the planned Romanian entry, "Moment of Silence", performed by Ovidiu Anton, would remain on both digital and physical copies of the album.[51] The song had been written following the Colectiv nightclub fire tragedy. [100].

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.[101][102][103][104]

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."[102][105]

Russian jury votes

The EBU announced on 10 May 2016 that they were investigating reports of possible rule violations after Russian professional jury member Anastasia Stotskaya livestreamed footage through the live-streaming social media site Periscope, showing the Russian jury's deliberation during the jury rehearsal of the first semi-final on 9 May.[106] The video showed a jury member not paying attention to the Dutch performance, as well as a glimpse of Stotskaya's jury voting form showing notes evaluating performances. Another jury member states during the Armenian performance that she will support Armenia "because [her] husband is Armenian". The video also shows jury members on their phones during other 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.[107]

The EBU released a statement stating that following talks with the RTR, the jury member who produced the video recording was to be withdrawn and a replacement judge provided before the Grand Final on 14 May. As a result the EBU declared the voting results of the judge in question invalid.[108][better source needed]

Protests over official flag policy

In ensuring the apoliticality of the contest and the safety of attendees, the EBU released an official flag policy on 29 April 2016, including a list of flags which would be banned from the Ericsson Globe. 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 matter.[109][110] Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) also expressed their concern to the EBU and requested a rectification,[111] 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 the European Union and the rainbow flag were permitted.[112][113]

The EBU issued a statement clarifying their intention not to have published the document, acknowledging that the decision to publish a selection of flags of organisations and territories, each of which were "of a very different nature", was insensitive, and apologised for any offence caused by the publication of the original list. The EBU also called on both the Ericsson Globe and the contest's official ticketing partner AXS to remove the flag policy which specified examples of banned flags, replacing it with one which did not include examples of banned flags.[111]

The EBU subsequently released a statement on 6 May, stating that after discussing the matter with several participating delegations, the organisers of the contest "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 apoliticality of the contest and do not attempt to deliberately obstruct the camera views. Such a proposal was approved by the contest's Reference Group.[114][115][116]

Nagorno-Karabakh flag dispute

Further information: Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest

Despite the EBU allowing only the flags of the full UN member states to be displayed at the 2016 contest, and banning the flag of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,[117] during the first semi-final on 10 May 2016, the Armenian representative was seen holding the flag of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking backlash from the Azeri press.[118][119] The situation further escalated during the semi-final winner's press conference shortly after, where an Azeri press member criticised the Armenian delegation and the EBU for allowing the flag to be shown during the show.[120] The Armenian representative responded stating: "My thoughts are with my Motherland. I want peace everywhere."[121] The Azeri representative also commented on this situation stating that "Eurovision is a song contest and it's all about music."[122]

The EBU and the reference group released a statement the following day explaining that they "strongly condemn the brandishing of the Nagorno-Karabakh flag" during the live transmission of the first semi final, and consider the appearance "harmful" to the contest brand. The reference group has consequently sanctioned the Armenian broadcaster AMPTV, with the nature of the sanction to be determined citing a breach of the rule stating "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 year's event or any successive editions.[123] Hikmet Hajiyev, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Azerbaijan called the action of Mukuchyan "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”.[124]

Other awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, the OGAE voting poll and the Barbara Dex Awards are awards that were contested by the entries competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, in addition to the main winner’s trophy.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and the current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys and the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[125] The awards were divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the final on 14 May.[126]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
Artistic Award  Ukraine "1944" Jamala Jamala
Composer Award  Australia "Sound of Silence" Dami Im Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci
Press Award  Russia "You Are the Only One" Sergey Lazarev Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos, John Ballard, Ralph Charlie

OGAE

Further information: OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.[127] The organisation consists of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company.[128] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll runs prior to the main Eurovision Song Contest allowing members from over 40 clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2016 contest. The 2016 OGAE Poll began on 4 April 2016 and finished on 2 May 2016. The table below shows the top 5 results.[129]

Country Performer(s) Song OGAE result[130]
 France Amir "J'ai cherché" 425
 Russia Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One" 392
 Australia Dami Im "Sound of Silence" 280
 Bulgaria Poli Genova "If Love Was a Crime" 175
 Italy Francesca Michielin "No Degree of Separation" 170

*Table reflects the final voting result from the 45 OGAE member clubs, with two clubs (OGAE Bulgaria and OGAE Moldova) abstaining from voting in this 2016 poll.

Barbara Dex Award

Further information: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993, in which she wore her own self designed dress.[131]

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[132]

  1.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  2.  Iceland – Unnsteinn Manúel Stefánsson
  3.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
  4.  San Marino – Irol MC
  5.  Czech Republic – Daniela Písařovicová
  6.  Ireland – Sinéad Kennedy
  7.  Georgia – Nina Sublatti (Georgian representative in the 2015)
  8.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivana Crnogorac
  9.  Malta – Ben Camille
  10.  Spain – Jota Abril
  11.  Finland – Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
  12.   Switzerland – Sebalter (Swiss representative in the 2014)
  13.  Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
  14.  France – Élodie Gossuin
  15.  Moldova – Olivia Furtună
  16.  Armenia – Arman Margaryan
  17.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  18.  Bulgaria – Anna Angelova
  19.  Netherlands – Trijntje Oosterhuis (Dutch representative in the 2015)
  20.  Latvia – Toms Grēviņš
  21.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  22.  Belarus – Uzari (Belarusian representative in the 2015)
  23.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  24.  Russia – Nyusha
  25.  Norway – Elisabeth Andreassen (Norwegian representative in the 1985, 1994 and 1996 contest; winner of the 1985 contest as part of Bobbysocks!; Swedish representative in the 1982 as part of Chips)
  26.  Australia – Lee Lin Chin
  27.  Belgium – Umesh Vangaver
  28.  United Kingdom – Richard Osman
  29.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  30.  Greece – Constantinos Christoforou (Cypriot representative in the 1996, 2002 as part of One and the 2005)
  31.  Lithuania – Ugnė Galadauskaitė
  32.  Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
  33.  Macedonia – Dijana Gogova
  34.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  35.  Estonia – Daniel Levi Viinalass
  36.  Ukraine – Verka Serduchka (Ukrainian representative in the 2007)
  37.  Italy – Claudia Andreatti
  38.  Poland – Anna Popek
  39.  Slovenia – Marjetka Vovk (Slovenian representative in the 2015 as part of Maraaya)
  40.  Hungary – Csilla Tatár
  41.  Montenegro – Danijel Alibabić (Serbian and Montenegrin representative in the 2005 as part of No Name)
  42.  Sweden – Gina Dirawi

Commentators

Non-participating countries

International sign language broadcast

SVT announced on 22 April 2016 that they will offer international sign language broadcasts of all three live shows for the hearing impaired. All three broadcasts will be produced by Julia Kankkonen.[218] The performances of competing entries will be interpreted by ten sign language performers and the dialogue of hosts will be interpreted by three sign language performers:[219][220][221]

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

The international sign language broadcasts will be streamed online alongside the three live shows,[219] with the following countries also televising the broadcasts:

Official album

Untitled

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.[226] The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that fail to qualify for the final.[227] The album also features the Romanian entry which was withdrawn from the contest by the EBU due to non-payment of debts.[51]

CD 1
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Fairytale" (Albania)Eneda Tarifa3:00
2."LoveWave" (Armenia)Iveta Mukuchyan2:58
3."Loin d'ici" (Austria)Zoë3:00
4."Sound of Silence" (Australia)Dami Im3:03
5."Miracle" (Azerbaijan)Samra3:00
6."Ljubav je" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala3:00
7."What's the Pressure" (Belgium)Laura Tesoro2:52
8."If Love Was a Crime" (Bulgaria)Poli Genova2:59
9."Help You Fly" (Belarus)Ivan3:02
10."The Last of Our Kind" (Switzerland)Rykka3:00
11."Alter Ego" (Cyprus)Minus One3:00
12."I Stand" (Czech Republic)Gabriela Gunčíková3:00
13."Ghost" (Germany)Jamie-Lee2:55
14."Soldiers of Love" (Denmark)Lighthouse X3:00
15."Play" (Estonia)Jüri Pootsmann3:00
16."Say Yay!" (Spain)Barei2:57
17."Sing It Away" (Finland)Sandhja2:59
18."J'ai cherché" (France)Amir3:00
19."You're Not Alone" (United Kingdom)Joe & Jake2:50
20."Midnight Gold" (Georgia)Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz2:56
21."Utopian Land" (Greece)Argo2:55
22."Lighthouse" (Croatia)Nina Kraljić3:00
Total length:65:26
CD 2
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Pioneer" (Hungary)Freddie2:59
2."Sunlight" (Ireland)Nicky Byrne2:59
3."Made of Stars" (Israel)Hovi Star3:01
4."Hear Them Calling" (Iceland)Greta Salóme2:57
5."No Degree of Separation" (Italy)Francesca Michielin3:08
6."I've Been Waiting for This Night" (Lithuania)Donny Montell3:03
7."Heartbeat" (Latvia)Justs2:57
8."Falling Stars" (Moldova)Lidia Isac2:57
9."The Real Thing" (Montenegro)Highway3:01
10."Dona" (Macedonia)Kaliopi3:01
11."Walk on Water" (Malta)Ira Losco3:03
12."Slow Down" (Netherlands)Douwe Bob2:45
13."Icebreaker" (Norway)Agnete2:54
14."Color of Your Life" (Poland)Michał Szpak3:00
15."Moment of Silence" (Romania)Ovidiu Anton2:59
16."Goodbye (Shelter)" (Serbia)Sanja Vučić ZAA3:03
17."You Are the Only One" (Russia)Sergey Lazarev3:06
18."If I Were Sorry" (Sweden)Frans3:04
19."Blue and Red" (Slovenia)ManuElla2:57
20."I Didn't Know" (San Marino)Serhat3:01
21."1944" (Ukraine)Jamala3:01
Total length:62:56

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Romania, who had been originally allocated to perform in the second semi-final, were forcefully withdrawn due to repeated non-payment of debts to the EBU.
  3. ^ The song contains some words in Pontic Greek, a dialect of Greek spoken in Northern Greece.[228]

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