Ukraine is the winner this time with the song 1944 by the singer Jamala. This is how the 61st Eurovision spectacle took place in the Eurovision Hall in Stockholm, and this year's motto was "Come together!" This is not the first victory for Ukraine, as in 2004 they celebrated Ruslan with the song Wild Dances.
The hosts of the 61st musical spectacle were Eurovision veterans Peter Meda and last year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw. This year's voting was slightly different - they only awarded their points live national juries, and the two presenters then separately presented the combined points of the telephone votes of all countries. Points were awarded just like that twice as much. The Slovenian jury was formed Marjetka Vovk from the duo Maraaya, singer Eva Hren, a singer Clemens, Tadej Košir from the group Muff and the author of the lyrics Urša Vlašič. Marjetka Vovk came from Slovenia and awarded the most points (12). Ukraine.
For the first time in the history of the Eurovision contest, however, it happened that it was world star american descent Justin Timberlake, shares the stage with Eurovision contestants. He premiered the song Can't Stop the Feeling, which he wrote for the animated film Troll.
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The winning song of Eurovision 2016 she made such a contribution Ukraine and a singer Jamala with the song 1944. She placed second Australia with a song Sound of Silence, and on the third Russia with a song You Are The Only One. Although after the voting of the national juries it appeared that Australia's points would not be exceeded (it is more than 100 points ahead of the second-placed Ukraine), audience voting changed that. They allocated the most points to Russia, but the latter unfortunately failed to overcome the triumph of Ukraine.
