Eurovision Song Contest 2016: Winner Is Jamala (Ukraine) With '1944'!

Stockholm, SWEDEN (Top40 Charts) It was an exciting evening at the Globe Arena where in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Jamala from Ukraine won the 2016 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show with the song 1944.

26 terrific acts sang their hearts out on stage, competing for the ultimate prize; the title of winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.

However, in the end there could be just one winner and that was Jamala from Ukraine who took victory with 534 points.
In second place was the favourite of the juries Australia with 511 points, Dami Im's Sound Of Silence, and Russia came third with 491 points, You Are The Only One sung by Sergey Lazarev.

The new voting system brought one of the most thrilling finishes to the contest, as Australia had stormed into the lead with the jury votes, but the public televoting overturned that and edged Ukraine into a 23 point lead, and not even the televoting favourite Russia could overtake either of them.



Eurovision 2016 total results - voting & points:
1 - Ukraine 534
2 - Australia 511
3 - Russia 491
4 - Bulgaria 307
5 - Sweden 261
6 - France 257
7 - Armenia 249
8 - Poland 229
9 - Lithuania 200
10 - Belgium 181
11 - Netherlands 153
12 - Malta 153
13 - Austria 151
14 - Israel 135
15 - Latvia 132
16 - Italy 124
17 - Azerbaijan 117
18 - Serbia 115
19 - Hungary 108
20 - Georgia 104
21 - Cyprus 96
22 - Spain 77
23 - Croatia 73
24 - United Kingdom 62
25 - Czech Republic 41
26 - Germany 11