Possible Eurovision winners.

Who won Eurovision 2016 in the final and what place Lazarev took at Eurovision became known on the night of May 14-15, during the online broadcast of Eurovision 2016 from Sweden.

The Eurovision 2016 final in Stockholm (Sweden) took place on May 14. Representatives from 26 countries competed in the finals. Sergey Lazarev performed at number 18 with the song You Are The Only One. He became one of the main contenders for victory, but ultimately took third place.

Eurovision 2016, voting results

Eurovision 2016, final results (see table)

Winner of Eurovision 2016

Representative of Ukraine Jamala performed an emotional sad song “1944”, dedicated to deportation Crimean Tatars. According to the results of the jury's voting, Jamala took second place. The jury gave the first position to the singer from Australia, and the third place from the jury went to France.

Jamala, biography

Jamala (accent on the second syllable) - Ukrainian operatic and jazz singer(lyric-dramatic soprano), performing original music at the intersection of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm and blues, electronic music and gospel.

Real name: Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova. Jamal became famous for his performance at the International Competition of Young Performers " New wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.

"Eurovision"

Eurovision has been held annually since 1956. Russia first took part in the competition in 1994 and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, when singer Dima Bilan won first place. According to the rules, Eurovision 2017 will be held in Ukraine, the homeland of the winner of Eurovision in 2016.

The competition is open to countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union or the Council of Europe. Also participating in the competition are states located in Asia: Israel and Cyprus (they send participants to the competition almost every year from the beginning of participation), as well as partially located in Europe and Asia: Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Non-European and not a member of the EMU or CoE, Australia has been participating since 2015.

Ukrainian Jamala took first place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song “1944”, according to the joint decision of the public and professionals.

After the results of the professional jury were announced, Jamala was second after Dami Im (Australia). But the public actively voted for Jamala, and Dami Im took second place in the overall result. Third place went to Sergey Lazarev (Russia). Lazarev received the largest number of votes from the audience, but did not get enough points from the professionals.

As a result, Ukraine scored 534 points, Australia - 511, Russia - 491.

Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Jamala was among the top ten favorites from the start and moved up the list following her semi-final results. During the professional jury voting, Ukraine was almost always in second place after Australia.

When Ukraine received its final points from the public, even more than three hundred points did not help Russia take the lead. This is how it happens - the professionals voted for Australia, the public voted for Russia, and the singer from Ukraine won, who managed to please both of them enough - 323 points from the public, 211 from the international jury.

4 public favorites: Poland, Australia, Russia and Ukraine.

Russia received 361 points from the public, but this was not enough to win.

Jamal with the song “1944”.

3 hours before the winner is announced...

Everything is clear: it’s 5 am in Australia and I’m watching the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Who won will be clear in about 3 hours.

This year everything is much more interesting for me, because not every year you can boast that you know one of the main characters personally. Of course, I'm talking about the Australian Dami Im - she lives very close to me. Although we met in 2013 in Melbourne, quite a long way from our home in Queensland. The photo on the right shows Dami's happy face when she found out that she made it to the finals of the competition.

And although her chances have increased greatly towards the final on sites where money bet hunters compete (Dami is the No. 2 favorite today), I am a little worried. After all, Australia, how can I say this more diplomatically... is not in Europe? Will the Europeans let her win? Besides, it's so surprising talented singers. Dami looks exotic (she was born in Korea). But will this be a plus or a minus?

Yesterday I watched the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and almost all the singers who made it to the finals have a wonderful voice. In my opinion, the second semi-final on May 12 brought together stronger singers than the first.

From countries former USSR, in the finals Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Latvia. Of course, my 2 home countries - Russia and my adopted homeland - have a special place in my heart.

It’s a pity that the “naked singer” Ivan from Belarus did not make it to the finals. He was interesting.

So, who will be the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016? Just 26 performances and a little wait and everything will become clear!

The last time I looked, the odds for Eurovision 2016, the forecast and bookmaker odds, were as follows: Russia in first place, Australia and Ukraine in 2-3 place.

But with regard to Russia, there may be a large number of old bets that influence the numbers. Experienced bettors wait until the last minute to bet money on the winner.

I really liked Belgium and Laura Tesoro with a fun dance song, but she is still only 11th in the bookmakers' rankings. Laura, however, opens the finale (#1 on the list of performers). She will be noticed. And since she is very nice, I think she will finish her performance with a result in the top ten.

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All. Russia is third. Jamala from Ukraine won, Australia came in second place

Ukraine is in second place among the spectators, Russia is in first place, but it all depends on the points given by the judges.

But viewers included Poland, Russia and Ukraine in the top three. The number of points is unknown. And the Bulgarians ended up somewhere at the top.

We support you in biathlon, and you give us 12 points in Eurovision. In general, all this should have been brought out live, and not hidden in the depths of statistics after summing up the results.

Things are changing really quickly. But at some point, the top 5 bookmakers emerged, albeit in a different order - Australia was the leader. Let us remind you that these are professional juries of countries, then we are waiting for ratings from the audience. In general, this format is not as exciting as the old one, when a combined score from each country was announced.

Innovations in the voting procedure and announcement of results. The votes of the jury and the audience are taken into account separately, then everything is summed up and taken into account again. The Russian jury includes Gennady Gladkov, Denis Maidanov, Lipa, Oscar Kuchera and Stanislav Duzhnikov. Russia is still in second place, but everything is changing very quickly.

But not so fast. You'll have to listen to everything first best songs Monsa Selmerlev.

Sweden confesses its love for Eurovision. Not for the first time this week.

I must admit Justin Timberlake predictably destroyed the entire Eurovision production in all respects. Well, from him new song“Can't Stop The Feeling” will soon be as nowhere to go as “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, Justin’s co-writer. And that’s a good thing.

Justin Timberlake quickly prepared. And he shows the Eurovision audience completely different music. I wonder if he was also banned from using instruments on stage?

During the repetition of numbers it became clear that Polish number In some places it is also similar to “Green-Eyed Taxi”.

Now the presenters will slowly introduce viewers to the idea of ​​voting for their favorite artists - with the help of a certain amount of jokes. For Russia - translated by Guberniev and Matskevičius. No, everything was fast. Vote. And watch excerpts from the performances of the contestants. They will be shown several times.

AND last number in the program of the current Eurovision. Iveta Mukuchyan from Armenia managed to get into the center of a scandal at the competition: during the first semi-final, when the audience was voting, she showed the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh in the green room (one of the symbols banned by the Eurovision organizing committee). Azerbaijan was naturally indignant (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country will even write a note of protest to the EBU), the Armenian delegation was put on notice and warned that another such prank would lead to disqualification, but the case itself would be sorted out in June, when this year’s competition will become history. Meanwhile, Iveta with the song “Love Wave” is one of the favorites of the competition and claims to high place in the final table.

The British were once very friendly with Eurovision. They have five wins, 15 second places and three thirds. But the last time a victory happened was in 1997, and in modern history During the competition, the representatives of Great Britain did not show any miracles - do not call the last place of the Jemini group in 2003 a miracle, when they did not score a single point at all, which happens very, very rarely at the competition. Even the landings of the honored masters of the pop scene Engelbert Humperdinck (in 2012) and Bonnie Tyler (in 2013) did not help. This time, the honor of standing up for Britain fell to the pop duo Joe & Jake, in which two graduates of the British “Voice” sing. Their composition is called “You"re Not Alone,” and no, it’s not a Michael Jackson song, it’s not even close.

Austria made a splash at Eurovision two years ago by sending Conchita Wurst to the competition, who won due to the lack of clear rivals of comparable caliber. The following year, the Austrians did not claim victory, especially since they reached the final immediately, without preliminary selections. And this year Austria decided to surprise the audience again. The pretty singer Zoe has already released her first album - entirely consisting of songs in French, and came to Eurovision 2016 with a composition from this record called "Loin d"ici". It was possible to surprise - the Austrian, cheerfully singing in French, captivated spectators, and Zoe easily made it to the finals. Here, however, she is not among the favorites, but she will clearly leave a memory of herself.

The Georgian group Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz are also one of those responsible for shocking this year. There is one name from “lolitas”, they usually play rock, but at Eurovision for some reason they decided to insert a disco part into their song “Midnight Gold”, which probably did not add points to them. But a clever trick with mirrors, as well as a provocative name, allowed the Georgian rockers to reach the final - although it was hardly as easy as for the Maltese.

Maltese Ira Losco is also one of the favorites, although she is only in the top ten contenders for victory. She has already performed at Eurovision before - in 2002, she was second, but now her performance of the song “Walk on Water” did not cause much excitement. However, she made it to the finals, it seems, without any particular difficulties.

A lot of things were also said to Jamal about Ukraine and its representative at Eurovision 2016 - both good and bad. Her song “1944” is dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, although only the title directly refers to those events. Someone accused her of trying to politicize the competition, but EBU experts did not find any violations of the rules. After rehearsals last week, Jamala rose to second place in the bookmakers' rankings, but after the second semi-final she dropped to third, losing a head-to-head duel to the Australian. How the competition will end, of course, no one will say now, but the general director of the Ukrainian Channel One has already stated that if Lazarev wins, Ukraine will boycott the competition next year.

To be honest, we don’t remember if someone joked during the second semi-final about the “Eustace to Alex” encryption, but that doesn’t matter. The Latvian singer Yusts was extremely serious on stage, his image was thought out to the smallest detail in its carelessness, and the song “Heartbeat” was too typical for Eurovision - which, on the one hand, is good (Yusts still made it to the final), but on the other hand the other is bad (because it is very difficult to win the final with such a poor composition).

Spain sent a singer to the competition under the pseudonym Barei (her real name is Barbara Reyzabal Gonzalez-Aller) and with the song “Say Yay!” The choice is completely justified - if you don’t get carried away with the national flavor (that is, don’t sing in your own language), then it’s best to send to Eurovision a musician who at least isn’t irritated by English. Barei got two solo album, both are written in English, so from this side everything is in order.

Sergey Lazarev with the song “You Are the Only One”. Over the past weeks, so much has been said about him that it is perhaps even impossible to come up with anything new. He is the clear favorite of the competition, which he refused to attend for a long time, and he has been ranked first in the preferences of all possible experts (except Yuri Loza) for several months now. He has the most complex and most colorful number at this year's show, quite fitting for a song that, by his own admission, has a specific addressee. His leadership at the end of the first semi-final was undeniable, but Sergei and his producer Philip Kirkorov promised to improve it even more - but where else? In general, there is every reason for optimism - Russia can win again, eight years after Dima Bilan’s triumph, and Channel One will have to think about organizing next year’s competition. But the musician himself and his producer take the predictions calmly (although they admit that they are pleased with this opinion), and when asked about who will win Eurovision 2016, they advise waiting for the results of the final voting. That’s what we’ll do.

Croatian Nina Kraljic also didn’t shine much in the semi-finals. Her song “Lighthouse” was practically not remembered, and only echoes of the soloist’s timbre remained in my memory The group Cranberries and a transformable suit. With this baggage, Nina reached the finals.

Lithuanian singer Donny Motell is one of the Eurovision veterans. He already performed at the 2012 competition, reaching the finals, where, however, he did not win. His first trip for first place at Eurovision came across an unbreakable combination of the Swede Loin and our “Buranovsky grandmothers” (although his place was, of course, much lower than third), and here the road to the podium was again blocked for him by our Sergei Lazarev, Ukrainian Jamala, Australian Demi Im and many other musicians. What is bad luck and how to deal with it. His song is called “I"ve Been Waiting for This Night,” and Donnie himself looks a little like Justin Bieber in his Lithuanian reincarnation. But not like the Swede. Just similar.

The Serbian participant was probably also brought to the final by the audience’s desire for diversity. Sanya Vulich usually sings punk rock in the group ZAA, which is not the Sex Pistols, of course, but still looks good, and came to Eurovision in the guise of a pop singer. True, she didn’t want to completely get rid of her usual image and went on stage in Stockholm in a leather dress, and while performing the song “Goodbye” she very actively gesticulated. And, most likely, the discrepancy between the image and music played a role in the preferences of the audience. In the finale, however, this will no longer work, but the prank, one might say, was a success.

This year's competition turned out to be too stingy with any performances that could be classified as freak. There are, one might say, no hits, the singers are too similar to seriously choose between them, and the audience demands a show. As a result, the rockers had to take the rap for the show. The first were the Cypriots from the group Minus One with the song “Alter Ego”, who sang covers on dance floors for a long time, and now began to develop their own repertoire. They look alien at Eurovision, but for a change that's not bad.

By the way, you shouldn’t count on the fact that if Demi Im wins, Eurovision 2017 will be held in Australia. Last year, the European Broadcasting Union clarified that the competition would still remain in Europe, but did not outline the procedure for choosing a venue. But let’s hope that officials have everything ready to resolve this hypothetical (or not so hypothetical?) situation.

Australia benefited from the second semi-final. The performance of the Korean Demi Im, representing this country farthest from Europe, turned out to be bright enough for her to move from fifth to second place in the list of favorites, displacing Jamala from Ukraine, France from Sweden and Amir from France. However, she has not yet managed to catch up with Sergei Lazarev, but the final provides a chance to try again. The singer performs a song called “Sound of Silence”.

Russian commentators continue to joke that the chorus of the composition is similar to a similar part of the Lyube group’s song “Come on for.” There really are similarities and once again proves how much Russia sets trends at the European Song Contest.

So much so that even the graceful Polish barbel feels like a fish in water in Igor Matvienko’s melodic solutions.

The Russian presenters of the competition, Guberniev and Matskevichyus, spent the entire second semi-final joking about the Polish singer and his namesake from Gaidaev’s comedy “Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession.” It is unlikely that they intended to offend him, it’s just that everyone who is familiar with this film from the golden fund of Soviet cinema associates Shpak exclusively with a robbed apartment, from which a bunch of very valuable things disappeared. But it is clear that 26-year-old Michal Szpak has nothing to do with that movie character. Viewers of the show compared him with Conchita Wurst, with other celebrities - solely for their external resemblance, but it seems that few people noticed his song “Color of Your Life”. Now there is a chance to correct this and listen to the ballad more carefully, no longer paying attention to what the performer looks like.

France is represented by 31-year-old Amir Haddad with the song “J"ai cherché.” This is the second song in French in this competition (Austrian Zoe also used this language for her composition) and the second Israeli citizen - in addition to Howie Star representing this country. Amir was born in France and repatriated with his parents at the age of eight, but, apparently, he has not forgotten the country where he was born. Let us remind you that he is among the top 5 favorites of the competition according to bookmakers.

Jamie-Lee performs on a stage decorated with trees, and her head is crowned with some kind of gingerbread horns. The song sounds a little boring, but combined with the number, it really does sound like an anime video that ends many manga films. It’s even interesting how European viewers will evaluate the artist.

Apparently, the Big Five countries and Sweden, which joined them, decided to test their youth at this Eurovision, and youth that deserves the attention of the audience. If German singer Jamie-Lee, fan korean ass and the owner of a specific stage image and a fairly strong voice, performed in any of the semi-finals, she would confidently make it to the finals without even thinking about it. True, bookmakers have little faith in her abilities, and therefore predict Jamie-Lee one of last places for her performance of the song "Ghost".

And the song he performed at the competition (“If I Were Sorry”) is very bright - it is more reminiscent of the work of Justin Bieber than the composition of the Lithuanian Donnie Motell, who is also clearly working in the territory of the Canadian prodigy. But the Lithuanian will speak later.

A very young Swede, France, is 17 years old. This year he is deciding to perform in such a way that Sweden will not be ashamed of him. The country that has won the competition six times and gave the world ABBA, of course, does not want to disgrace itself, and France has every chance to justify the trust of his fellow citizens. Firstly, he did not have to go through the crucible of the semi-finals - thanks to last year's victory by Måns Selmerlöw and as the host of the current competition, Sweden goes straight to the final. And secondly, because France, despite young age, can already be called a professional. At the age of eight, he recorded the football anthem “Who's da Man” with the group Elias as a soloist. Since then, he has released several singles, and to become a Eurovision participant, he won the traditional Swedish festival Melodifestivalen.

Bulgarian Poli Genova has a standard dance song “If Love Was a Crime” and a funny costume with lights, a little national flavor in her performance - and this was enough to reach the finals. In the final, everything is not so simple, according to the rules of the competition there is only one winner, and Polya’s chances are not so high according to all possible ratings and polls, and it is unlikely that she will be able to overcome the prevailing opinion.

With the Israeli Howie Star (Star is also a pseudonym) everything is more or less clear. He made it to the final on the basis of shocking behavior: Howie is openly gay, has bright makeup and, in general, is not the worst song in relation to the current Eurovision. All in all, Wurst doesn’t look like Conchita, but she looks at least unusual – again, in the context of the current, slightly refined competition.

The song is not outstanding, but the scene is designed coolly. Francesca stands on an island in the middle of magical trees and flowers, with water all around and clouds floating. In general, a fairy tale. Well, after San Remo, perhaps.

Italy goes directly to the final as one of the Big Five countries, and this privilege allows for greater freedom in choosing its representative. 21-year-old Francesca Michielin won the local version of the X Factor show, was second at the Sanremo festival, and came to Stockholm with the song “No Degree of Separation,” which, despite the name, is mainly in Italian. Eurovision, of course, is not San Remo, but there are fans of lyrical and sad Italian songs among the audience of the competition, so Francesca’s number will certainly find its fans.

Hungarian Freddy, of course, is not Freddy at all, he has a normal Hungarian first and last name, and he took this pseudonym literally on the eve of the national selection for Eurovision, and it brought good luck to the singer. Well, in any case, he came to Stockholm and even made it to the finals. Here everything depends not only on luck, but also on the opponents and on the number itself. And the artistic whistle with which the backing vocalists accompany Freddie’s song “Pioneer” may help the singer take a higher place. But not the first, in this case pioneer does not mean “first”.

The Azerbaijani singer’s performance features many flames, geometric fire patterns on the floor, back-up dancers in white and a snake costume on Samra herself. This is an almost typical set for Eurovision, appearing here no less often than boys in jackets and with guitars.

Like the representatives of the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the singer Samra from Azerbaijan is not very memorable. She performed in the first semi-final, sang a regular song called “Miracle” - “Miracle” and somehow ended up in the final, beating more unlucky competitors. Even before the start of the competition, the bookmakers did not consider her a favorite, and even now they predict her one of the last places - and we will find out which one exactly after the voting results are summed up.

The Dutch singer Dawe Bob is such a sweet-voiced young man with a burning gaze and in a decent suit, which is always present at every Eurovision, despite the fact that this type wins very rarely (or even never). His entry into the finals is not at all surprising: he is also cute, which almost certainly gave him a lot of votes from viewers of the “housewives competition.” Well, his song is like a song. It's called "Slow Down", and that's all you need to know about it.

The next finalist is Gabriela Guncikova from the Czech Republic with the song “I Stand”. Unlike the presentation clip, where the singer even allowed herself to lie on the grass, in the first semi-final (she performed right behind Sergei Lazarev) she simply stood - in accordance with the name of her composition. She stood solemnly, as if on stage Bolshoi Theater or in some other pretentious place, and this favorably set off the performance of the Russian singer. She was remembered, perhaps, only for this, but something similar can be said about the vast majority of this year’s contestants, and even about the finalists. So this is hardly a bad thing - after all, at least something in her room was unique.

In the final, the fact that she had to go on stage first should be written down as a drawback of the draw - for the same reasons. The performance of such an artist must be at least outstanding in order to be remembered, and this happened at Eurovision. But this, of course, is not the case at all - the number looks like a performance by backing vocalists, one of whom, due to a misunderstanding, put on a different costume. Although Laura screams great.

Belgian Laura Tesoro had the least time to prepare for the final. She performed her song “What's the Pressure?” last in the second semi-final on Thursday, and today a ruthless lot put her first. However, it is possible that it was her 18th position in the semi-final that became the ticket to the final - it is well known that spectators best remember those performances that they saw at the end. , and are more likely to be voted for than those who came first, and the 19-year-old blonde's energetic disco number was funny, but not at all outstanding.

Everyone passed, and now Petra and Mons greet the audience - not only in the hall, but also with those who are watching all this on the broadcast. There is also China there, which automatically increases the Eurovision audience by several hundred million. China, unlike the United States, is not watching this for the first time, so you can rest assured about the rating.

All this, of course, does not contribute to the festive atmosphere, but the organizers are trying their best. For example, in the final we can expect a performance from Justin Timberlake - not as a participant, of course, but as a guest from the USA, where Eurovision is broadcast for the first time this year. It is broadcast, however, not on national networks, but on the LogoTV portal, which is designed for an LGBT audience.

Another scandal was the demonstration of the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh by the singer from Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan - it happened in the green room before the announcement of the results of the first semi-final. Due to prohibited symbols (and on the eve of the competition, the EBU published a whole list of what cannot be shown in order to prevent further politicization of the show), she was also threatened with disqualification - all the more offensive since Iveta made it to the finals and is one of the favorites (she is now ranked in sixth place in the bookmakers' rankings, although with a large gap from Sweden). But things worked out well here too - the Armenian delegation was strictly warned about any violations of the rules in the future, and the EBU itself will look into the situation in June.

But in general, Eurovision 2016 may be remembered not for its musical or stage achievements (of which there have always been few at the competition), but for the scandals that occur around it and have nothing to do with the music or performances. Then a member of the Russian jury, Anastasia Stotskaya, decides to conduct a video broadcast of the voting, which is strictly prohibited by the rules - it all ends with her disqualification and replacement with actor Stanislav Duzhnikov (he is known from the TV series “Voronin” and “Kamenskaya” and the films “DMB” and “DMB 002”). It could have ended much worse - for example, with the complete exclusion of Russia from Eurovision 2016, but the EBU decided not to take such drastic steps - after all, literally on the eve of the start of the competition, Romania was disqualified due to debts on fees.

And, by the way, the general director of the national Ukrainian broadcaster of Ukraine “UA: Pershiy” Zurab Alasania said on Facebook that Ukraine will refuse to participate in the 2017 competition if Sergey Lazarev wins this year. He explained that the reason for this decision would be relations with Russia. Ukraine did not participate in Eurovision 2015 due to difficult situation in the country (official explanation), but broadcast the competition itself.

Russia has already hosted Eurovision - in 2009, after the victory of Dima Bilan. Then it cost $40 million, part of which was allocated by the European Broadcasting Union; but about a third had to be paid to Channel One. If Lazarev wins, Channel One will also have to organize Eurovision 2017 in Moscow, which in turn with the Rossiya channel (VGTRK) will broadcast the competition in our country. According to experts, this organization will cost about the same as it did seven years ago. True, according to sources of the Daily Mirror newspaper, the EBU is afraid of Russia's victory and can help other participants - however, what exactly this help will be expressed in, the publication did not disclose.

Lazarev performs the song “You Are the Only One,” which translated means “You are the only one.” It was written by the Greek composer Dmitris Kontopoulos and Russian singer Philip Kirkorov, and the text was invented by John Ballard and Ralph Charlie. Kirkorov also became a producer Russian participant and one of the authors of the issue, which is quite unusual and stands out at this year’s competition.

Now the favorite of Eurovision 2016 is Sergey Lazarev - bookmakers consider his chances of winning so high that betting on him will not bring any profit. In second place is the representative of Australia, Korean Dami Im - she moved to it after the second semi-final and a head-to-head dispute with Ukrainian Jamala. Jamala's chances dropped a little just after the semi-final performances; she is now in third place. Bookmakers place Amir from France in fourth place, and Swede France in fifth place; they have not yet performed in the competition, and the opinion about their potential is formed by presentation clips and rehearsals.

Where Russian participant Polina Gagarina flashed and took second place, the 29-year-old singer from Sweden, Måns Selmerlöw, won. The rules of the competition give the winning country the right to be the host of Eurovision 2016, which will be held for the 61st time. Preparations for the new stage of the competition began in November 2015. From the article you will find out who will go to Eurovision from Russia, where the competition will be held and who will ultimately win. The results of Eurovision 2016 will be published here immediately after the final of the competition.

When is Eurovision 2016

The most important song competition traditionally takes place in mid-May; the dates move annually either closer to the beginning or closer to the end of the month.

In 2016, the dates for the Eurovision semi-finals and final are as follows:

• May 10- first semi-final
• 12 May- second semi-final
• May 14- the final

All stages will be held at 10 pm European time. The Russians will find out the name of the winner long after midnight.

Where will Eurovision 2016 take place?

This year, the host of Eurovision 2016 will be Sweden, namely the capital Stockholm.

Location: Ericsson Globe, a huge spherical arena, a futuristic building located in a specially built area of ​​Globe City.

The Ericsson Globe Arena is the largest hemisphere in the world, accommodating up to 16,000 guests.

How to get there

The Globe City area, where Eurovision 2016 will take place, is just 5-6 km from the center. You can get here either on foot or by public transport. or taxi.

If you prefer the metro:

• use the green branch №19 (next to stations Hagsätra And Högdalen), you need to get off at the station Globen
• branches will also work №17 And 18 , going towards the terminal stations Skarpnäck And Farsta Strand, accordingly, you need to exit at Gullmarsplan
• Metro stations Skärmarbrink, Blåsut, Sandsborg And Enskede Gard are within radius 1 km from the arena

There are tram and bus stops near the arena.

If you don't want to get into the system public transport Stockholm, take advantage taxi services. A Russian-speaking team will help you order a taxi.

Eurovision 2016: Sergey Lazarev and song

The Russian organizing committee of Eurovision 2016 confirmed that Russia will be represented this year by an experienced and well-known singer in Europe Sergey Lazarev. He will perform at number 9, and bookmakers are already predicting Russia's victory this year. Philip Kirkorov, who has trained more than one star for international competition and knowing all the intricacies of Eurovision.

Russia first entered the charts long before the start of Eurovision. Bookmakers predict Sergei Lazarev and Russia to win the competition.

Sergey Lazarev was chosen by the VGTRK channel independently, without audience voting and qualifying rounds.

Rumors have already spread that Sergey Lazarev agreed to participate in Eurovision 2016 only because he was delighted with the song offered to him. Worked on it:

• Greek composer Dimitris Condopolous
• Philip Kirkorov
• Greek director Fokas
• vocal coach Alex Panayi
• backing vocalists and dancers from Sweden Johan, Daniel, Alvaro, Marcus, Jennie and Adam

Miss Universe 2015 Vladislav Yevtushenko took part in the video.

The title of the song is "You are the only one". You can listen on YouTube.

Opinions regarding the possibility of Sergei Lazarev winning Eurovision 2016 are different. Some bookmakers say that the political situation will not allow the Russian participant to win. But even before the start of the competition, Sergei Lazarev’s song occupies a leading position in the charts.

At the rehearsal, Sergei Lazarev tripped and fell, but this only added to his strength and desire to win.

This year the Eurovision organizers will present new system counting of votes, which will add unpredictability and competition to the show. Now at the very last moment the winner may not be the one determined by the jury.

First, the professional jury gives its 10 votes (from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points) to the most liked performers. In the final, the results of the jury will be read out by the leading countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, as usual.

At the same time, viewers will have the opportunity to give their 10 votes (from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points) to any 10 participants.

They will start with the country that received the fewest jury votes. Thus, the result of the jury's voting can be greatly adjusted at the end of the program.

The winner will ultimately be known only at the very end of the show.

Participants

This year they will take part 43 countries, four more than in the past.

In 2016, 4 countries decided to resume their participation: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine. Portugal, on the contrary, will leave the ranks of participants this time.

Let us recall the rules of the game.

• The five regular participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Spain) and last year's winning country, Sweden, automatically qualify for the finals.
• All other countries will take part in two semi-finals, after which voting will take place. It will determine 20 countries to participate in the final (10 countries from each semi-final).

Eurovision 2016 results. Places by country. Final table

On May 11, it became known that Russia had passed the semi-finals, and Sergey Lazarev would compete for first place in the final.

The first Eurovision results began to appear on May 11, when it became clear who from the first semi-final would advance to the final. We will monitor the progress of the competition and post the results in this part of the article. 26 countries will compete in the final.

Results of the first semi-final of Eurovision 2016

10 countries that passed 1st semi-final of Eurovision 2016: Russia, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Armenia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta.

8 countries that did not pass 1 semi-final: Estonia, San Marino, Iceland, Finland, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Bosnia.

Results of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2016

10 countries that qualified for the final based on the results of the second semi-final: Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Israel, Lithuania, Belgium.

Didn't make it to the finals: Switzerland, Belarus, Ireland, Macedonia, Slovenia, Denmark, Norway, Albania.

Interesting facts about Eurovision 2016 participants

• Amir, the participant from France, began his career as a dental surgeon. And only many years later was he able to start life with clean slate as a singer.
• More than half of the Eurovision 2016 participants are winners of the talent show “The Voice” and others in their countries.
• The youngest Eurovision singer is from Germany - Jamie-Lee Krivitz only 18 years old. Her look inspired by Japanese style Decorah Kay, makes the young singer look even younger. No doubt all eyes will be on her.
• The most experienced performer is from San Marino. Serhatu 51 years old. But age suits him. Before a performance, Serhat always drinks mint tea.
• Sergey Lazarev, for whom the whole of Russia will root, successfully combines the roles of singer, presenter and actor. Prince Arthur sings in his voice in “Shrek”; he also took part in the voice acting of many Disney cartoons. Last year, Sergey Lazarev launched a business selling sweets for pets.
• Countries that have never won the competition: San Marino, Armenia, Moldova, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Iceland, Malta, Hungary, Cyprus, Croatia, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, etc.
• Singer from Lithuania, Donny Montell, has already participated in Eurovision 2011.
• Participant from Belarus, Ivan, will go on stage naked. For the first time in the history of the competition, a live wolf will participate in his performance. The image of the singer and the participation of a wild animal are dictated by the idea of ​​the song - Ivan sings about the unity of nature and man.

Watch the broadcast online

The broadcast of Eurovision 2016 will be shown on official channel YouTube, Russia channel and Channel One.

Channel One in Russia is the only official partner of Eurovision; it is part of the European Broadcasting Union. Thanks to membership in this organization, Russia has the right to send its participants to the competition.

Residents of Crimea will be able to watch Eurovision 2016 on Crimean Channel 1.

Live broadcast schedule (Moscow time):

• May 10 - first semi-final at 22:00
• May 12 - second semi-final at 22:00
• May 14 - final at 22:00

Presenters

The hosts of Eurovision 2016 will be:

• Petra Mede, 45 years. The most famous female comedian in Sweden, she has a bright temperament and charisma. She was the host of Eurovision 2013, which was also held in Stockholm. You can expect witty comments, apt characterizations and inexhaustible optimism from her.
• Mons Selmerlöw, 29 years. The winner of the previous competition, who knows all the subtleties and details of Eurovision from his own experience.

Symbols

Slogan of the competition - “Come together”, which means “Unite,” is visually embodied in the image of a dandelion on the logo.

In our difficult times, only the joint efforts of European countries can overcome the difficulties that have arisen.

Illuminated in purple hues, dandelion seeds strive to recreate a durable balloon, flying to infinity.

The slogan was borrowed from the competition Junior Eurovision 2015.

• The process of selecting a performer in Germany was not without scandal. It was supposed to be 44-year-old Xavier Naidu, originally from South Africa. But his candidacy has been heavily criticized for promoting homosexuality and extremist right-wing ideas.
• Eurovision in Sweden is far from a premiere. The country is hosting the competition for the sixth time. Last time was in 2013, when a performer from Denmark won.

From the article you learned when and where Eurovision 2016 will be held. Plan your trip to Stockholm by reading the materials on our website. As soon as the results of Eurovision 2016 become known, we will post them on this page. Information about the participants and their songs is constantly updated. Follow the news.