Eurovision Song contest 2016 - wikipedia Eurovision Song contest 2016 `` Eurovision 2016 '' redirects here. For the Junior Contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Come Together Dates Semi-final 1 10 May 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 10 ) Semi-final 2 12 May 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 12 ) Final 14 May 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 14 ) Host Venue Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden Presenter ( s ) Petra Mede Måns Zelmerlöw Directed by Daniel Jelinek Robin Hofwander Sven Stojanovic Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand Executive producer Johan Bernhagen Martin Österdahl Host broadcaster Sveriges Television ( SVT ) Opening act Semi-final 1 : `` Heroes '' performed by Måns Zelmerlöw Semi-final 2 : `` That 's Eurovision '' ( aka `` Story of ESC '' / `` Story of Eurovision '' ) performed by Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw Final : `` Parade of Flags '' : a tribute to Swedish fashion design and dance music Interval act Semi-final 1 : `` The Grey People '' choreographed by Fredrik Rydman Semi-final 2 : `` Man vs Machine '' choreographed by Fredrik Rydman Final : `` Rock Your Body '' and `` Ca n't Stop the Feeling ! '' performed by Justin Timberlake `` Love Love Peace Peace '', a pastiche of past Eurovision songs `` Lynda Woodruff '' sketch played by Sarah Dawn Finer `` Fire in the Rain '' and `` Heroes '' performed by Måns Zelmerlöw Participants Number of entries 42 Debuting countries None Returning countries Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Ukraine Withdrawing countries Portugal Romania Participation map Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2016 Vote Voting system Each 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. Nul points None Winning song Ukraine `` 1944 '' ← 2015 Eurovision Song Contest 2017 → The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following Måns Zelmerlöw 's win at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria with the song `` Heroes ''. This was the third time the contest had taken place in Stockholm, after 1975 and 2000. The contest was held at the Ericsson Globe and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016, with all three live shows hosted by Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede. The winner of the contest was Ukraine with the song `` 1944 '', written and performed by Jamala. This was Ukraine 's second win and its first since 2004. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 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. It was also the first song with lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win or enter the contest. The win was also controversial as, under the old voting system, Australia would have won the competition on only their second attendance. 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 voting system change since 1975 : 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. Twenty - six countries competed in the final, which was the first to be broadcast on live television in the United States. The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, 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 finished second, improving on its debut in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result at the time since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007. Justin Timberlake performed during the interval act of the final. A record - breaking 204 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. Contents 1 Location 1.1 Venue 1.2 Bidding phase 2 Format 2.1 New voting system 2.2 Other Eurovision events 2.3 Presenters 2.4 Semi-final allocation draw 2.5 Opening and interval acts 3 Participating countries 3.1 Returning artists 3.2 Semi-final 1 3.3 Semi-final 2 3.4 Final 4 Scoreboard 4.1 Semi-final 1 4.1. 1 12 points 4.1. 1.1 Jury 4.1. 1.2 Televoting 4.2 Semi-final 2 4.2. 1 12 points 4.2. 1.1 Jury 4.2. 1.2 Televoting 4.3 Final 4.3. 1 12 points 4.3. 1.1 Jury 4.3. 1.2 Televoting 5 Other countries 5.1 Active EBU members 5.2 Associate EBU members 5.3 EBU non-members 6 Incidents 6.1 Forced Romanian withdrawal 6.2 German artist replacement 6.3 Russian jury votes 6.4 Protests over official flag policy 6.4. 1 Nagorno - Karabakh flag dispute 6.5 Danish jury result 6.6 Petition for cancellation of tender results 6.7 Controversy over winning song release date 7 Other awards 7.1 Marcel Bezençon Awards 7.2 OGAE 7.3 Barbara Dex Award 8 International broadcasts and voting 8.1 Voting and spokespersons 8.2 Commentators 8.2. 1 Non-participating countries 8.3 International sign broadcast 9 Official album 9.1 Charts 10 See also 11 Notes and references 11.1 Notes 11.2 References 12 External links Location Further information on the host country : Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm - host venue of the 2016 contest 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 the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. Bidding phase Stockholm Gothenburg Linköping Sandviken and Gävle Örnsköldsvik Malmö 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 : 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, with the Ericsson Globe announced as the venue on 8 July. Key Host venue City Venue Capacity Notes Gothenburg Scandinavium 14,000 Venue of the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. Ullevi 75,000 Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium. The idea was rejected due to costs. Linköping Saab Arena 11,500 -- Malmö Malmö Arena 15,500 Venue of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. Withdrew its bid on 11 June 2015, citing unavailability during the rehearsal weeks of the contest. Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 9,800 -- Sandviken and Gävle 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. Stockholm Annexet 4,000 -- Ericsson Globe 16,000 Host venue of the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest 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. Hovet 9,000 -- Tele2 Arena 45,000 SVT announced on 24 May 2015 that Tele2 Arena was their first choice venue for the contest. 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. 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. 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. These were subject to change depending on SVT, 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 are looking into the possibility of the proposal, which was discussed at the ABU General Assembly in 2014. 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. 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. 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 Sweden ) would be shown as previews during the semi-final in which they were allocated to vote. 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. 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 the 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 announcing only 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. As the new voting system gives equal weight to jury and televoting results, a national jury result can not be used as backup result for the televoting or vice versa. Therefore, if a country can not 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. 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. Eurovision The Party, hosted by Sanna Nielsen, allowed fans to watch the final on a big screen and featured 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 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. 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 would become an annual event in the host city of the contest. Presenters Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede, hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. After his victory in the 2015 contest, Måns Zelmerlöw announced his interest in hosting the 2016 contest. His experience as a television presenter includes Melodifestivalen 2010 and SVT sing - along show Allsång på Skansen. Christer Björkman told Expressen on 25 May that Gina Dirawi, Petra Mede and Sanna Nielsen were also being considered as hosts, but it was reported on 1 June that SVT was considering Zelmerlöw and Dolph Lundgren as co-hosts. Expressen reported on 19 August that Mede and Zelmerlöw were SVT 's first choice of hosts, with SVT announcing at a press conference on 14 December that they would indeed co-host. 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. 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. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the `` Big Five '' 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, however for undisclosed reasons this was later put back to 8 April. 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 joined the `` Big 5 '' 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. 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. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Latvia Norway Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Russia Ukraine Australia Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Netherlands Czech Republic Ireland Lithuania Malta Poland San Marino Austria Hungary Israel Moldova Romania Switzerland Opening and interval acts Justin Timberlake performed `` Ca n'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, 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. 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. 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 respectively. The EBU announced on 9 May that one of the interval acts of the final would be a world premiere live performance of `` Ca n't Stop the Feeling ! '' and `` Rock Your Body '' by Justin Timberlake. He was the first `` global megastar '' in the contest 's 61 - year - history to perform during the interval. Other interval acts in the final included a sketch called `` Love Love Peace Peace '', a pastiche of past entries such as No Name 's song `` Zauvijek moja '' featuring appearances from Lordi and Alexander Rybak, winners of the contest in 2006 and 2009 respectively, a sketch starring Lynda Woodruff, played by Sarah Dawn Finer, and a performance by `` Fire in the Rain '' and `` Heroes '' by Zelmerlöw, both from his latest album Perfectly Damaged. 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. In an interview with The Guardian, the contest 's Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, revealed that this was due to rights restrictions. Participating countries Participating countries in the first semi-final Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final Participating countries 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. The EBU had initially announced on 26 November that 43 countries would participate in the contest, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011. However, Romania were forcefully withdrawn from participation on 22 April 2016, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42. Four countries returned after absences from recent contests : Bosnia and Herzegovina after a 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia after 2013 and Ukraine after a 2014. 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. Portugal withdrew, largely due to their national broadcaster 's insufficient promotion of their music - based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process, 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. 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 ''. 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. Poli Genova returned after previously representing Bulgaria in 2011, finishing 12th in the second semi-final with the song `` Na inat ''. 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 ''. Ira Losco returned after previously representing Malta in 2002, finishing in second place with the song `` 7th Wonder ''. Donny Montell returned after previously representing Lithuania in 2012, finishing 14th in the final with the song `` Love Is Blind ''. Greta Salóme returned after previously representing Iceland in 2012 with Jónsi, finishing 20th in the final with the song `` Never Forget ''. Semi-final 1 Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. France, Spain, and Sweden voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points 01 Finland Sandhja `` Sing It Away '' English 15 51 02 Greece Argo `` Utopian Land '' English, Greek 16 44 03 Moldova Lidia Isac `` Falling Stars '' English 17 33 04 Hungary Freddie `` Pioneer '' English 197 05 Croatia Nina Kraljić `` Lighthouse '' English 10 133 06 Netherlands Douwe Bob `` Slow Down '' English 5 197 07 Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan `` LoveWave '' English 243 08 San Marino Serhat `` I Did n't Know '' English 12 68 09 Russia Sergey Lazarev `` You Are the Only One '' English 342 10 Czech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková `` I Stand '' English 9 161 11 Cyprus Minus One `` Alter Ego '' English 8 164 12 Austria Zoë `` Loin d'ici '' French 7 170 13 Estonia Jüri Pootsmann `` Play '' English 18 24 14 Azerbaijan Samra `` Miracle '' English 6 185 15 Montenegro Highway `` The Real Thing '' English 13 60 16 Iceland Greta Salóme `` Hear Them Calling '' English 14 51 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala `` Ljubav je '' Bosnian 11 104 18 Malta Ira Losco `` Walk on Water '' English 209 Semi-final 2 Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Romania were originally planned to perform twelfth in this semi-final, but were forced to withdraw 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. Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points 01 Latvia Justs `` Heartbeat '' English 8 132 02 Poland Michał Szpak `` Color of Your Life '' English 6 151 03 Switzerland Rykka `` The Last of Our Kind '' English 18 28 04 Israel Hovi Star `` Made of Stars '' English 7 147 05 Belarus Ivan `` Help You Fly '' English 12 84 06 Serbia Sanja Vučić ZAA `` Goodbye ( Shelter ) '' English 10 105 07 Ireland Nicky Byrne `` Sunlight '' English 15 46 08 Macedonia Kaliopi `` Dona '' ( Дона ) Macedonian 11 88 09 Lithuania Donny Montell `` I 've Been Waiting for This Night '' English 222 10 Australia Dami Im `` Sound of Silence '' English 330 11 Slovenia ManuElla `` Blue and Red '' English 14 57 12 Bulgaria Poli Genova `` If Love Was a Crime '' English, Bulgarian 5 220 13 Denmark Lighthouse X `` Soldiers of Love '' English 17 34 14 Ukraine Jamala `` 1944 '' English, Crimean Tatar 287 15 Norway Agnete `` Icebreaker '' English 13 63 16 Georgia Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz `` Midnight Gold '' English 9 123 17 Albania Eneda Tarifa `` Fairytale '' English 16 45 18 Belgium Laura Tesoro `` What 's the Pressure '' English 274 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. Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points 01 Belgium Laura Tesoro `` What 's the Pressure '' English 10 181 02 Czech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková `` I Stand '' English 25 41 03 Netherlands Douwe Bob `` Slow Down '' English 11 153 04 Azerbaijan Samra `` Miracle '' English 17 117 05 Hungary Freddie `` Pioneer '' English 19 108 06 Italy Francesca Michielin `` No Degree of Separation '' Italian, English 16 124 07 Israel Hovi Star `` Made of Stars '' English 14 135 08 Bulgaria Poli Genova `` If Love Was a Crime '' English, Bulgarian 307 09 Sweden Frans `` If I Were Sorry '' English 5 261 10 Germany Jamie - Lee `` Ghost '' English 26 11 11 France Amir `` J'ai cherché '' French, English 6 257 12 Poland Michał Szpak `` Color of Your Life '' English 8 229 13 Australia Dami Im `` Sound of Silence '' English 511 14 Cyprus Minus One `` Alter Ego '' English 21 96 15 Serbia Sanja Vučić ZAA `` Goodbye ( Shelter ) '' English 18 115 16 Lithuania Donny Montell `` I 've Been Waiting for This Night '' English 9 200 17 Croatia Nina Kraljić `` Lighthouse '' English 23 73 18 Russia Sergey Lazarev `` You Are the Only One '' English 491 19 Spain Barei `` Say Yay ! '' English 22 77 20 Latvia Justs `` Heartbeat '' English 15 132 21 Ukraine Jamala `` 1944 '' English, Crimean Tatar 534 22 Malta Ira Losco `` Walk on Water '' English 12 153 23 Georgia Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz `` Midnight Gold '' English 20 104 24 Austria Zoë `` Loin d'ici '' French 13 151 25 United Kingdom Joe and Jake `` You 're Not Alone '' English 24 62 26 Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan `` LoveWave '' English 7 249 Scoreboard Semi-final 1 show Semi-final 1 Place Televoting Points Jury Points Russia 194 Malta 155 Austria 133 Russia 148 Hungary 119 Armenia 127 Armenia 116 Czech Republic 120 5 Netherlands 95 Netherlands 102 6 Cyprus 93 Azerbaijan 92 7 Azerbaijan 93 Croatia 80 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 Hungary 78 9 Malta 54 Cyprus 71 10 Croatia 53 Montenegro 46 11 San Marino 49 Austria 37 12 Czech Republic 41 Finland 35 13 Iceland 24 Iceland 27 14 Greece 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 15 Finland 16 Moldova 24 16 Estonia 15 Greece 22 17 Montenegro 14 San Marino 19 18 Moldova 9 Estonia 9 Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Jury vote ) Televoting Score Finland 51 16 8 7 5 Greece 44 22 7 6 Moldova 33 9 6 6 5 Hungary 197 119 7 8 12 6 5 8 5 10 Croatia 133 53 5 5 12 6 7 7 7 7 5 6 Netherlands 197 95 12 6 12 10 6 12 12 8 6 Armenia 243 116 7 10 10 5 5 5 12 10 5 12 5 7 12 12 5 San Marino 68 49 10 6 Russia 342 194 6 12 12 10 6 7 12 8 12 8 10 8 10 8 12 Czech Republic 161 41 10 8 8 12 5 5 5 10 6 8 12 6 7 Cyprus 164 93 8 7 10 10 8 10 8 Austria 170 133 6 5 12 Estonia 24 15 Azerbaijan 185 93 5 7 7 6 10 7 5 6 7 5 8 Montenegro 60 14 6 10 10 7 7 Iceland 51 24 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 104 78 10 6 Malta 209 54 8 6 12 7 8 12 5 8 8 8 12 8 10 6 10 7 10 Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Televoting vote ) Jury Score Finland 51 35 7 6 Greece 44 22 7 12 Moldova 33 24 5 Hungary 197 78 7 6 8 6 6 7 6 6 6 8 5 7 6 6 8 7 5 Croatia 133 80 5 6 8 12 Netherlands 197 102 6 6 5 6 10 8 10 7 6 10 Armenia 243 127 8 8 12 8 12 12 7 12 10 San Marino 68 19 6 5 5 10 5 Russia 342 148 8 10 10 10 10 8 12 12 8 10 7 12 12 10 12 7 12 8 8 8 Czech Republic 161 120 7 Cyprus 164 71 7 12 7 8 5 8 6 5 5 6 5 Austria 170 37 10 5 7 8 7 10 5 10 5 10 6 8 6 10 12 7 Estonia 24 9 12 Azerbaijan 185 92 12 12 10 7 10 8 7 7 10 10 Montenegro 60 46 6 8 Iceland 51 27 5 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 104 26 12 7 7 12 5 12 6 12 Malta 209 155 5 10 5 8 5 12 points Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points ( 12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting ) to the specified entrant. Jury Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country 's professional jury in the first semi-final : N. Contestant Nation ( s ) giving 12 points 5 Russia Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Greece, Moldova, Sweden Armenia Malta, Montenegro, Russia, Spain Netherlands Estonia, Finland, Iceland, San Marino Malta Armenia, Austria, Hungary Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia Austria France Croatia Netherlands Hungary Czech Republic Televoting Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country 's televote in the first semi-final : N. Contestant Nation ( s ) giving 12 points 6 Russia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Iceland, Malta, San Marino Armenia Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria, Croatia, Montenegro, Sweden Azerbaijan Hungary, Moldova Austria Spain Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Greece Estonia Finland Greece Cyprus Semi-final 2 show Semi-final 2 Place Televoting Points Jury Points Ukraine 152 Australia 188 Australia 142 Belgium 139 Belgium 135 Ukraine 135 Poland 131 Israel 127 5 Bulgaria 122 Lithuania 104 6 Lithuania 118 Bulgaria 98 7 Latvia 68 Georgia 84 8 Macedonia 54 Latvia 64 9 Belarus 52 Serbia 55 10 Serbia 50 Slovenia 49 11 Georgia 39 Macedonia 34 12 Albania 35 Belarus 32 13 Norway 34 Norway 29 14 Ireland 31 Switzerland 25 15 Denmark 24 Poland 20 16 Israel 20 Ireland 15 17 Slovenia 8 Denmark 10 18 Switzerland Albania 10 Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Jury vote ) Televoting Score Latvia 132 68 6 6 7 7 10 6 5 5 Poland 151 131 Switzerland 28 5 7 7 Israel 147 20 8 10 7 7 6 6 10 5 5 7 5 6 10 12 8 Belarus 84 52 6 6 5 Serbia 105 50 5 5 12 8 8 5 Ireland 46 31 Macedonia 88 54 8 12 12 Lithuania 222 118 12 8 10 5 5 7 10 8 8 8 Australia 330 142 8 10 12 12 8 6 12 5 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 7 12 10 Slovenia 57 8 6 8 7 6 7 6 Bulgaria 220 122 7 5 10 8 8 6 7 10 7 6 5 Denmark 34 24 Ukraine 287 152 10 12 5 10 7 10 10 8 8 6 12 5 5 6 10 6 Norway 63 34 6 5 6 Georgia 123 39 6 7 5 10 7 8 10 7 12 Albania 45 35 8 Belgium 274 135 7 6 12 12 5 12 12 10 8 10 7 10 8 7 Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Televoting vote ) Jury Score Latvia 132 64 5 5 7 7 12 5 8 5 Poland 151 20 7 6 6 10 7 6 6 12 10 7 12 12 10 10 Switzerland 28 25 Israel 147 127 6 Belarus 84 32 7 8 5 6 10 6 Serbia 105 55 12 10 12 5 6 Ireland 46 15 7 7 Macedonia 88 34 12 10 8 12 Lithuania 222 104 10 5 10 12 8 7 6 12 10 8 12 Australia 330 188 8 10 6 12 7 7 8 5 6 7 8 7 8 6 10 10 6 Slovenia 57 49 Bulgaria 220 98 10 8 8 5 8 10 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 8 Denmark 34 10 5 5 Ukraine 287 135 12 12 5 7 12 6 6 10 8 12 5 12 5 6 8 12 Norway 63 29 10 10 Georgia 123 84 5 7 8 8 5 Albania 45 10 10 12 8 Belgium 274 139 6 6 8 8 10 6 5 12 7 10 12 7 8 6 5 12 points Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points ( 12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting ) to the specified entrant. Jury Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points award by each country 's professional jury in the second semi-final : N. Contestant Nation ( s ) giving 12 points 9 Australia Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine Belgium Australia, Belarus, Ireland, Slovenia Macedonia Albania, Serbia Ukraine Georgia, Poland Georgia United Kingdom Israel Germany Lithuania Latvia Serbia Macedonia Televoting Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country 's televote in the second semi-final : N. Contestant Nation ( s ) giving 12 points 6 Ukraine Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Latvia, Poland Poland Belgium, Germany, Ukraine Lithuania Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom Belgium Australia, Denmark Macedonia Albania, Serbia Serbia Slovenia, Switzerland Albania Macedonia Australia Israel Latvia Lithuania Final show Final Place Televoting Points Jury Points Russia 361 Australia 320 Ukraine 323 Ukraine 211 Poland 222 France 148 Australia 191 Malta 137 5 Bulgaria 180 Russia 130 6 Sweden 139 Belgium 130 7 Armenia 134 Bulgaria 127 8 Austria 120 Israel 124 9 France 109 Sweden 122 10 Lithuania 96 Armenia 115 11 Serbia 80 Netherlands 114 12 Azerbaijan 73 Lithuania 104 13 Latvia 63 Italy 90 14 Hungary 56 Georgia 80 15 Cyprus 53 Latvia 69 16 Belgium 51 Spain 67 17 Netherlands 39 United Kingdom 54 18 Italy 34 Hungary 52 19 Croatia 33 Azerbaijan 44 20 Georgia 24 Cyprus 43 21 Malta 16 Czech Republic 41 22 Israel 11 Croatia 40 23 Spain 10 Serbia 35 24 Germany 10 Austria 31 25 United Kingdom 8 Poland 7 26 Czech Republic 0 Germany Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Jury vote ) Televoting Score Belgium 181 51 5 12 10 10 8 10 6 5 5 12 5 10 8 Czech Republic 41 0 5 6 10 Netherlands 153 39 12 7 8 10 5 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 Azerbaijan 117 73 10 7 7 10 Hungary 108 56 10 10 5 7 Italy 124 34 10 6 8 5 12 6 12 10 8 Israel 135 11 7 8 5 7 12 10 7 6 7 5 6 8 7 Bulgaria 307 180 8 10 10 6 10 7 7 8 8 6 5 10 10 Sweden 261 139 8 6 12 5 6 12 5 6 10 8 8 10 12 Germany 11 10 France 257 109 7 5 7 6 7 12 7 5 8 7 6 8 6 8 6 10 7 5 8 Poland 229 222 Australia 511 191 12 10 7 8 10 8 8 12 10 6 10 5 10 8 12 5 10 6 6 10 12 8 12 7 12 6 8 12 10 5 6 10 6 12 12 Cyprus 96 53 5 5 6 7 8 Serbia 115 80 8 5 7 5 6 Lithuania 200 96 5 5 6 7 5 10 10 7 8 5 12 Croatia 73 33 6 7 8 6 Russia 491 361 8 12 7 5 7 12 6 7 12 6 12 7 8 6 Spain 77 10 8 7 5 6 12 5 5 Latvia 132 63 7 5 7 8 8 6 7 8 Ukraine 534 323 10 12 12 12 6 12 12 12 12 7 7 10 8 12 12 7 10 12 12 Malta 153 16 10 6 6 6 5 8 6 7 5 8 10 5 10 12 7 Georgia 104 24 6 10 8 5 7 12 5 10 8 Austria 151 120 8 8 5 United Kingdom 62 8 8 7 12 6 5 Armenia 249 134 7 12 5 8 12 6 12 10 10 Voting procedure used : 100 % Televoting 100 % Jury vote Voting results ( Televoting vote ) Jury Score Belgium 181 130 8 12 12 5 Czech Republic 41 41 Netherlands 153 114 6 6 7 10 Azerbaijan 117 44 6 7 8 6 8 8 6 10 7 Hungary 108 52 7 5 10 6 Italy 124 90 7 7 10 Israel 135 124 6 Bulgaria 307 127 5 8 5 5 8 12 5 12 7 5 10 5 8 7 8 10 8 7 5 Sweden 261 122 7 12 10 12 7 8 7 7 7 10 10 5 7 Germany 11 8 France 257 148 5 10 6 7 6 12 7 8 5 Poland 229 7 12 10 7 7 10 5 5 5 5 7 6 10 5 6 10 5 10 12 10 6 5 8 10 8 10 Australia 511 320 8 5 6 12 7 10 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 6 5 5 5 6 12 7 12 Cyprus 96 43 6 7 7 12 6 5 Serbia 115 35 12 12 12 12 12 12 Lithuania 200 104 8 12 5 6 8 12 12 5 6 Croatia 73 40 10 5 8 6 Russia 491 130 8 7 12 10 10 8 8 6 10 8 8 6 6 12 12 10 12 12 10 12 12 6 5 6 7 8 10 8 12 8 7 12 12 8 8 10 10 10 8 Spain 77 67 Latvia 132 69 6 7 6 5 12 7 5 5 Ukraine 534 211 10 10 12 12 10 7 7 12 10 10 10 7 10 7 10 8 10 6 10 8 5 10 6 10 7 6 6 8 12 12 7 12 8 7 Malta 153 137 5 5 6 Georgia 104 80 8 6 Austria 151 31 5 6 10 8 6 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 United Kingdom 62 54 Armenia 249 115 8 12 6 12 7 8 8 8 6 7 12 7 8 7 7 12 points Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points ( 12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting ) to the specified entrant. Jury Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country 's professional jury 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 Russia Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, Greece Armenia Bulgaria, Russia, Spain Sweden Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland Belgium Australia, Ireland Italy France, Norway 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 awarded by each country 's televote 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&Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland Ukraine Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, San Marino Armenia France, Georgia, Russia Australia Albania, Malta, Sweden Lithuania Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom Belgium Australia, Netherlands Bulgaria Cyprus, Spain Poland Austria, Belgium Sweden Denmark, Iceland 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. 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 would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. 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. 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 in the contest. 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 ''. 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 in the contest, due to the financial and organisational strain of a potential participation on the channel, especially with a small financial budget. Monaco -- Télé Monte Carlo ( TMC ) announced on 21 July 2015 that Monaco would not participate in the contest. 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. Kátia Aveiro, sister of Cristiano Ronaldo, had launched a campaign on Twitter asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal. However, RTP announced on 7 October 2015 that Portugal would not participate in the 2016 contest, adding that they were looking forward to participating in the 2017 contest with a restructured selection process. RTP 's ombudsman, 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. 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 repeatedly failed to pay debts totalling CHF 16 million ( € 14.56 million ) by 20 April, the deadline set by the EBU. TVR 's failure to repay their debts resulted in their withdrawal from the EBU, and consequently Romania 's withdrawal from the contest. This has led to strong reactions against the decision. 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 in the contest. 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. 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. However, TRT announced on 3 November that Turkey would not participate in the contest, 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. It was later revealed that singer Atiye would have gone to Eurovision 2016. Associate EBU members Kazakhstan -- The EBU announced on 18 December 2015 that Khabar Agency would 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. 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 ''. However, on 3 June, the EBU denied that China would debut at the contest as a guest or full participant. 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. '' 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, consequently forcing the withdrawal of Romania from the contest. 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 ''. However, because the official album of the contest had been produced before the withdrawal, 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. 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. 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. '' 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. 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. 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 ''. 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. Radiotelevisión Española ( RTVE ) also expressed their concern to the EBU and requested a rectification, 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. 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 Ericsson Globe 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. 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. Nagorno - Karabakh flag dispute Further information : Armenia -- Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 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, during the first voting recap of the first semi-final on 10 May, Armenian artist Iveta Mukuchyan was filmed in the green room holding the flag of the Nagorno - Karabakh Republic, sparking condemnation from the Azerbaijani press. 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. '' Commenting on the situation, Azerbaijani artist Samra Rahimli stated that `` Eurovision is a song contest and it 's all about music. '' 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. 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 ''. Danish jury result BT revealed on 15 May 2016 that Danish professional jury member Hilda Heick had submitted her ranking for the final and the semifinal 2 the wrong way round, ranking her favourite entry 26th while ranking her least - favourite entry first, in direct opposition to what she had intended to do. As a result of Heick 's mistake, the points of the Danish jury would have been different : Instead of 10 points, Australia would have received 12. Instead of 7 points, the Netherlands would have received 10. Instead of 5 points, Lithuania would have received 1. Instead of 4 points, Sweden would have received 7. Instead of 2 points, Israel would have received 4. Instead of 1 point, Spain would have received 5. Instead of not receiving points at all, France and Russia would have received 2 and 3 points respectively. 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 nine. Petition for cancellation of tender results `` Ukraine is, and will remain, the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Whether you agree or disagree, we call upon those who signed this petition to embrace the result, valid in accordance with the rules, and to continue a constructive dialogue about how to further strengthen and improve the Eurovision Song Contest. '' -- EBU A petition was started on Change.org on 15 May 2016 calling on the EBU and the contest 's organisers to void the final results in view of the fact that the overall winner only placed second in both the jury and televote. The EBU later responded to the petition by stating that Jamala 's win was decided upon by juries made up of professionals of the music industry and by the viewing public. The EBU went on to say that Ukraine will remain the winner, regardless of the petition 's view. Controversy over winning Song Release date A video surfaced depicting Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala performing 1944 four months before the eligibility date for prior commercial releases. However, the European Broadcasting Union `` concluded that the song was eligible to compete '', citing past relaxations of the rule. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Country Performer ( s ) Song OGAE result 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 was 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. After twenty editions, 2016 ended up being the final edition that the Barbara Dex Award was organised by House of Eurovision, as they handed the reigns to another website, songfestival.be not long after the contest. Place Country Performer ( s ) Votes Croatia Nina Kraljić 770 Germany Jamie Lee 335 Switzerland Rykka 201 Bulgaria Poli Genova 140 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala 127 International broadcasts and voting It was reported by the EBU that the contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of over 200 million viewers, beating the 2015 record which was viewed by 197 million. Voting and spokespersons The spokespersons announced the 12 - point score from their respective country 's national jury in the following order : Austria -- Kati Bellowitsch Iceland -- Unnsteinn Manúel Stefánsson Azerbaijan -- Tural Asadov San Marino -- Irol MC Czech Republic -- Daniela Písařovicová Ireland -- Sinéad Kennedy Georgia -- Nina Sublatti ( Georgian representative in 2015 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Ivana Crnogorac Malta -- Ben Camille ( Co-presenter of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 ) Spain -- Jota Abril Finland -- Jussi - Pekka Rantanen Switzerland -- Sebalter ( Swiss representative in 2014 ) Denmark -- Ulla Essendrop France -- Élodie Gossuin Moldova -- Olivia Furtună Armenia -- Arman Margaryan Cyprus -- Loukas Hamatsos Bulgaria -- Anna Angelova Netherlands -- Trijntje Oosterhuis ( Dutch representative in 2015 ) Latvia -- Toms Grēviņš Israel -- Ofer Nachshon Belarus -- Uzari ( Belarusian representative in 2015 ) Germany -- Barbara Schöneberger Russia -- Nyusha Norway -- Elisabeth Andreassen ( Norwegian representative in 1985, 1994 and 1996 contest ; winner of the 1985 contest as part of Bobbysocks ! ; Swedish representative in the 1982 as part of Chips ) Australia -- Lee Lin Chin Belgium -- Umesh Vangaver United Kingdom -- Richard Osman Croatia -- Nevena Rendeli Greece -- Constantinos Christoforou ( Cypriot representative in 1996, 2002 as part of One and in 2005 ) Lithuania -- Ugnė Galadauskaitė Serbia -- Dragana Kosjerina Macedonia -- Dijana Gogova Albania -- Andri Xhahu Estonia -- Daniel Levi Viinalass Ukraine -- Verka Serduchka ( Ukrainian representative in 2007 ) Italy -- Claudia Andreatti Poland -- Anna Popek Slovenia -- Marjetka Vovk ( Slovenian representative in 2015 as part of Maraaya ) Hungary -- Csilla Tatár Montenegro -- Danijel Alibabić ( Serbia and Montenegro representative in 2005 as part of No Name ) Sweden -- Gina Dirawi from Eurovision The Party in Tele2 Arena Commentators 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. Albania -- Andri Xhahu ( TVSH, RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë and Radio Tirana, all shows ) Armenia -- Avet Barseghyan ( Armenia 1 and Public Radio of Armenia, all shows ) Australia -- Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang ( SBS and SBS Radio 4, all shows ) Austria -- Andi Knoll ( ORF eins, all shows ) Azerbaijan -- Azer Suleymanli ( İTV, all shows ) Belarus -- Evgeny Perlin ( Belarus - 1 and Belarus 24, all shows ) Belgium -- Dutch : Peter Van de Veire ( één, all shows ) ; French : Jean - Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys ( La Une, all shows ) Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Dejan Kukrić ( BHT 1, BHT HD and BH Radio 1, all shows ) Bulgaria -- Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev ( BNT 1 and BNT HD, all shows ) Croatia -- Duško Čurlić ( HRT 1, all shows ) ; Zlatko Turkalj Turki ( HR 2, all shows ) Cyprus -- Melina Karageorgiou ( RIK 1, RIK SAT, RIK HD and Trito Programma, all shows ) Czech Republic -- Libor Bouček ( ČT2, semi-finals ; ČT1, final ) Denmark -- Ole Tøpholm ( DR1, all shows ) Estonia -- Estonian : Marko Reikop ( ETV, all shows ) ; Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk ( Raadio 2, first semi-final and final ) ; Russian : Aleksandr Hobotov ( ETV+, all shows ) Finland -- Finnish : Mikko Silvennoinen ( Yle TV2 and TV Finland, all shows ) ; Sanna Pirkkalainen and Jorma Hietamäki ( Yle Radio Suomi, all shows ) ; Swedish : Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos ( Yle TV2, TV Finland, Yle Radio Vega, all shows ) France -- Marianne James and Jarry ( France 4, semi-finals ) ; Marianne James and Stéphane Bern ( France 2, final ) Georgia -- Tuta Chkheidze and Nika Katsia ( GPB First Channel, all shows ) Germany -- Peter Urban ( EinsFestival and Phoenix, semi-finals ; Das Erste, final ) Greece -- Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis ( ERT1, ERT HD, ERT World, ERA 2 and Voice of Greece, all shows ) Hungary -- Gábor Gundel Takács ( Duna, all shows ) Iceland -- Gísli Marteinn Baldursson ( RÚV and Rás 2, all shows ) Ireland -- Marty Whelan ( RTÉ2, semi-finals ; RTÉ One, final ) ; Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski ( RTÉ Radio 1, second semi-final and final ) Israel -- Hebrew : Subtitles ( Channel 1, second semi-final and final ( live ), first semi-final ( delayed ) ) ; Kobi Menora, Or Vaxman and Nancy Brandes ( 88 FM, second semi-final and final ) ; Arabic : Subtitles ( Channel 33, second semi-final and final ) Italy -- Filippo Solibello and Marco Ardemagni ( Rai 4, semi-finals ; Rai Radio 2, all shows ) ; Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo ( Rai 1, final ) Latvia -- Valters Frīdenbergs ( LTV1, all shows ) ; Toms Grēviņš ( LTV1, final ) Lithuania -- Darius Užkuraitis ( LRT, LRT HD and LRT Radijas, all shows ) Macedonia -- Karolina Petkovska ( MRT 1, all shows ) Malta -- Arthur Caruana ( TVM, all shows ) Moldova -- Gloria Gorceag ( Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical and Radio Moldova Tineret, all shows ) Montenegro -- Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković ( TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT, all shows ) Netherlands - Jan Smit and Cornald Maas ( NPO 1 and BVN, all shows ) ; Douwe Bob ( NPO 1 and BVN, second semi-final ) Norway -- Olav Viksmo - Slettan ( NRK1, all shows ) ; Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Reiten Nordnes and Markus Ekrem Neby ( NRK3, final ) ; Ole Christian Øen ( NRK P1, second semi-final and final ) Poland -- Artur Orzech ( TVP 1 and TVP Polonia ( live ) ; TVP Rozrywka and TVP HD ( one - day delay ), all shows ) Russia -- Dmitry Guberniev and Ernest Mackevičius ( Russia - 1 and Russia HD, all shows ) San Marino -- Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo ( SMtv San Marino and Radio San Marino, all shows ) Serbia -- Dragan Ilić ( RTS 1, RTS HD and RTS Sat, first semi-final ) ; Duška Vučinić ( RTS 1, RTS HD and RTS Sat, second semi-final and final ) Slovenia -- Andrej Hofer ( RTV SLO2, semi-finals ; RTV SLO1, final ; Radio Val 202, second semi-final and final ; Radio Maribor, all shows ) Spain -- José María Íñigo and Julia Varela ( La 2, semi-finals ; La 1, final ) Sweden -- Lotta Bromé ( SVT1, all shows ) ; Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman ( SR P4, all shows ) Switzerland -- German : Sven Epiney ( SRF zwei, semi-finals ; SRF 1, final ) ; Peter Schneider and Gabriel Vetter ( SRF 1 and Radio SRF 3, final ) French : Jean - Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner ( RTS Deux, second semi-final and final ) ; Italian : Clarissa Tami ( RSI La 2, second semi-final ) ; Clarissa Tami and Michele `` Cerno '' Carobbio ( RSI La 1, final ) Ukraine -- Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova ( UA : Pershyi, all shows ) ; Olena Zelinchenko ( Radio Ukraine, all shows ) United Kingdom -- Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc ( BBC Four, semi-finals ) ; Graham Norton ( BBC One, final ) ; Ken Bruce ( BBC Radio 2, final ) Non-participating countries China -- Kubert Leung and Wu Zhoutong ( Hunan TV, all shows ) Kazakhstan -- Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay ( Khabar, all shows ) Kosovo -- TBA ( RTK, all shows ) New Zealand -- Graham Norton ( BBC UKTV, final ) Portugal -- Hélder Reis and Nuno Galopim ( RTP, all shows ) Slovakia -- TBA ( RTVS, final ) United States -- Carson Kressley and Michelle Collins ( Logo TV, final ) 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. The performances of competing entries were interpreted by ten sign language performers and the dialogue of hosts were interpreted by three sign language performers : Markus Aro ( Finland ) Ebru Bilen Basaran ( Denmark ) Vivien Batory ( Denmark ) Laith Fathulla ( Sweden ) Rafael - Evitan Grombelka ( Germany ) Amadeus Lantz ( Sweden ) Georg Marsh ( Austria ) Amina Ouahid ( Sweden ) Tommy Rangsjö ( Sweden ) Pavel Rodionov ( Russia ) Laura Levita Valytė ( Lithuania ) Kolbrún Völkudóttir ( Iceland ) Xuejia Rennie Zacsko ( Sweden ) The international sign broadcasts was streamed online alongside the three live shows, with the following countries also televising the broadcasts : Austria -- ORF 2 ( final ) Denmark -- DR Ramasjang ( all shows ) Lithuania -- LRT Kultūra ( all shows ) Norway -- NRK Tegnspråk ( all shows ) Sweden -- SVT24 ( all shows ) Official album Eurovision Song Contest : Stockholm 2016 Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest Released 15 April 2016 Genre Pop Length 65 : 26 ( CD 1 ) 62 : 56 ( CD 2 ) Label Universal Eurovision Song Contest chronology Eurovision Song Contest : Vienna 2015 ( 2015 ) Eurovision Song Contest : Stockholm 2016 ( 2016 ) Eurovision Song Contest : Kyiv 2017 ( 2017 ) 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. The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that fail to qualify for the final. The album also features the Romanian entry which was withdrawn from the contest by the EBU due to non-payment of debts. CD 1 No. Title Artist Length 1. `` Fairytale '' ( Albania ) Eneda Tarifa 3 : 00 2. `` LoveWave '' ( Armenia ) Iveta Mukuchyan 2 : 58 3. `` Loin d'ici '' ( Austria ) Zoë 3 : 00 4. `` Sound of Silence '' ( Australia ) Dami Im 3 : 03 5. `` Miracle '' ( Azerbaijan ) Samra 3 : 00 6. `` Ljubav je '' ( feat. Ana Rucner & Jala ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Dalal & Deen 3 : 00 7. `` What 's the Pressure ? '' ( Belgium ) Laura Tesoro 2 : 52 8. `` If Love Was a Crime '' ( Bulgaria ) Poli Genova 2 : 59 9. `` Help You Fly '' ( Belarus ) Ivan 3 : 02 10. `` The Last of Our Kind '' ( Switzerland ) Rykka 3 : 00 11. `` Alter Ego '' ( Cyprus ) Minus One 3 : 00 12. `` I Stand '' ( Czech Republic ) Gabriela Gunčíková 3 : 00 13. `` Ghost '' ( Germany ) Jamie - Lee 2 : 55 14. `` Soldiers of Love '' ( Denmark ) Lighthouse X 3 : 00 15. `` Play '' ( Estonia ) Jüri Pootsmann 3 : 00 16. `` Say Yay ! '' ( Spain ) Barei 2 : 57 17. `` Sing It Away '' ( Finland ) Sandhja 2 : 59 18. `` J'ai cherché '' ( France ) Amir 3 : 00 19. `` You 're Not Alone '' ( United Kingdom ) Joe & Jake 2 : 50 20. `` Midnight Gold '' ( Georgia ) Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz 2 : 56 21. `` Utopian Land '' ( Greece ) Argo 2 : 55 22. `` Lighthouse '' ( Croatia ) Nina Kraljić 3 : 00 Total length : 65 : 26 CD 2 No. Title Artist Length 1. `` Pioneer '' ( Hungary ) Freddie 2 : 59 2. `` Sunlight '' ( Ireland ) Nicky Byrne 2 : 59 3. `` Made of Stars '' ( Israel ) Hovi Star 3 : 01 4. `` Hear Them Calling '' ( Iceland ) Greta Salóme 2 : 57 5. `` No Degree of Separation '' ( Italy ) Francesca Michielin 3 : 08 6. `` I 've Been Waiting for This Night '' ( Lithuania ) Donny Montell 3 : 03 7. `` Heartbeat '' ( Latvia ) Justs 2 : 57 8. `` Falling Stars '' ( Moldova ) Lidia Isac 2 : 57 9. `` The Real Thing '' ( Montenegro ) Highway 3 : 01 10. `` Dona '' ( Macedonia ) Kaliopi 3 : 01 11. `` Walk on Water '' ( Malta ) Ira Losco 3 : 03 12. `` Slow Down '' ( Netherlands ) Douwe Bob 2 : 45 13. `` Icebreaker '' ( Norway ) Agnete 2 : 54 14. `` Color of Your Life '' ( Poland ) Michał Szpak 3 : 00 15. `` Moment of Silence '' ( Romania ) Ovidiu Anton 2 : 59 16. `` Goodbye ( Shelter ) '' ( Serbia ) Sanja Vučić ZAA 3 : 03 17. `` You Are the Only One '' ( Russia ) Sergey Lazarev 3 : 06 18. `` If I Were Sorry '' ( Sweden ) Frans 3 : 04 19. `` Blue and Red '' ( Slovenia ) ManuElla 2 : 57 20. `` I Did n't Know '' ( San Marino ) Serhat 3 : 01 21. `` 1944 '' ( Ukraine ) Jamala 3 : 01 Total length : 62 : 56 Charts Chart ( 2016 ) Peak position Australian Albums ( ARIA ) 9 Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria ) Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 10 French Albums ( SNEP ) 81 German Compilation Albums ( Offizielle Top 100 ) Greek Albums ( IFPI ) 14 Norwegian Albums ( VG - lista ) 30 Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Compilation Albums ( OCC ) 9 See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eurovision Song Contest 2016. ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 Eurovision Young Musicians 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Türkvizyon Song Contest 2016 Notes and references Notes ^ Israel, who had been allocated to pot six, were pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final as the first semi-final coincided with Yom Hazikaron. ^ 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. ^ The song contains some words in Pontic Greek, a dialect of Greek spoken in Northern Greece. References Jump up ^ `` Stockholm to host 2016 Eurovision Song Contest ''. Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2015. ^ Jump up to : Jiandani, Sanjay ( 1 June 2015 ). `` Malmö to host Eurovision again ? ''. esctoday, com. ESCToday. Retrieved 1 June 2015. ^ Jump up to : Selåker, Johannes ; Olausson, Mathilda ( 24 May 2015 ). `` Här är arenan där SVT vill anordna Eurovision '' ( This is the arena where the SVT want to organize Eurovision ). 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Question: who won the eurovision song contest in 2016
Answer: Ukraine with the song "1944", written and performed by Jamala