Eurovision Song Contest 2016: Hangover & Results

Yesterday evening we assisted to one of the most rare and surprising editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. We could see 26 entries from the 20 qualifiers of the semifinals, those ones from the Big Five and another one from last year's winner and current host, Sweden.

Also, during the interval act we could see the international singer and actor Justin Timberlake presenting his new work on stage. Last year's winner and host Måns Zelmerlöw sang last year's winning song 'Heroes' and his new title 'Fire in the Rain'. The other host, Petra Mede, went on stage with Zelmerlöw and performed 'Love Love Peace Peace', showing the main steps to create a song to win Eurovision, with the special starring of the winner in 2009, Alexander Rybak.

The show seemed to go as usual until we got to the voting part. The voting was divided in two halves, one for the Jury voting and the other for the Viewers Televoting. This voting structure was applied this year for the first time in Eurovision history. As a result, the viewer kept his expectation till the end of the procedure.

In the following scoreboard you can see the points received by each country in both voting:

Jury Voting Results
Australia	320	Georgia	80
Ukraine	211	Latvia	69
France	148	Spain	67
Malta	137	United Kingdom	54
Russia	130	Hungary	52
Belgium	130	Azerbaijan	44
Bulgaria	127	Cyprus	43
Israel	124	Czech Republic	41
Sweden	122	Croatia	40
Armenia	115	Serbia	35
The Netherlands	114	Austria	31
Lithuania	104	Poland	7
Italy	90	Germany	1
Total: 2436 points

Televoting Results
Russia	361	Hungary	56
Ukraine	323	Cyprus	53
Poland	222	Belgium	51
Australia	191	The Netherlands	39
Bulgaria	180	Italy	34
Sweden	139	Croatia	33
Armenia	134	Georgia	24
Austria	120	Malta	16
France	109	Israel	11
Lithuania	96	Spain	10
Serbia	80	Germany	10
Azerbaijan	73	United Kingdom	8
Latvia	63	Czech Republic	0
Total: 2436 points

We could see Australia getting several points from each jury, but the winner of the televoting was Russia. However, Ukraine reached the second place in both votings. Finally, here there are the results combining both results:

Combined Voting Results
Ukraine	534	Israel	135
Australia	511	Latvia	132
Russia	491	Italy	124
Bulgaria	307	Azerbaijan	117
Sweden	261	Serbia	115
France	257	Hungary	108
Armenia	249	Georgia	104
Poland	229	Cyprus	96
Lithuania	200	Spain	77
Belgium	181	Croatia	73
The Netherlands	153	United Kingdom	62
Malta	153	Czech Republic	41
Austria	151	Germany	11
Total: 4872 points

Finally, Jamala from Ukraine won with her song 1944 and gave to Ukraine the opportunity to host the future Eurovision Song Contest 2017. During the Winner's Press Conference after the show, Jamala gave thanks to everyone who had voted for her song and made reference to the emotional message of her song, remembering her grandmother's suffering during the Crimean Offensive in 1944, when the soviet Red Army attacked the German-held Crimea.

Jamala after winning holding the Eurovision trophy

Source: theguardian.com

By the end of the Press Conference, the Executive Supervisor of the EBU, Mr. Jon Ola Sand, offered the Head of Delegation of Ukraine and the local broadcaster NTU a 'welcome pack' in order to prepare next year's edition. Within the next days, we will know more details about the place of the venue, but it's expected to be held on Kiev according to the comments during the Press Conference.