- The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place on May 10-14 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- The Swedish organisation went for a humoristic approach (the hosts sang a song about how to win the song contest), decided to scale-up (world famous star Justin Timberlake performed as the interval act) and to promote 'awareness' (with a dance performance representing the fate of refugees, for instance ).
- A new voting system was introduced: at first the professional jury's points for each country were announced, and finally - in order from lowest to highest - the combined points given by all televoters were revealed, making it impossible to discern the winner until the very last minute. Which is exactly what happened: in a thrilling finale it became clear that the winner would not be Russia (winner of the televoting votes) nor Australia (winner of the professional juries' votes), but Ukraine.
- Russia gave the festival a temporary highlight when it comes to an act driven by technology, when singer Sergey Lazarev 'climbed' a virtual wall of wooden blocks during his song.
- Romania was supposed to participate and had already chosen a song (Moment of silence by Ovidiu Anton) but was excluded from the contest by the EBU in April, due to a growing debt.

Stockholm 2016
Number of participants: 42
Venue: Ericsson Globe (‘Globen’)
Hosts: Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw
Check the final here.
Final – 14/05/2016
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1
Laura Tesoro — What's the pressure
(Sanne Putseys/Louis Favre/Yannick Werther/Birsen Uçar)
10th
181
2
Gabriela Gunčíková — I stand
(Christian Schneider/Sara Biglert/Aidan O'Connor)
25th
41
3
Douwe Bob — Slow down
(Douwe Bob Posthuma/Jan-Peter Hoekstra/Jeroen Overman/Matthijs van Duijvenbode)
11th
153
6
Francesca Michielin — No degree of separation
(Fabio Gargiulo/Federica Abbate/Cheope/Francesca Michielin/Norma Jean Martine)
16th
124
8
Poli Genova — If love was a crime
(Borislav Milanov/Sebastian Arman/Joacim Persson/Poli Genova)
4th
307
9
Frans — If I were sorry
(Frans Jeppsson Wall/Fredrik Andersson/Michael Saxell/Oscar Fogelström)
5th
261
16
Donny Montell — I've been waiting for this night
(Jonas Thander/Beatrice Robertsson)
9th
200
18
Sergey Lazarev — You are the only one
(Dimitris Kontopoulos/Philipp Kirkorov/John Ballard/Ralph Charlie)
3rd
491
22
Ira Losco — Walk on water
(Lisa Desmond/Tim Larsson/Tobias Lundgren/Molly Pettersson-Hammar/Ira Losco)
12th
153
23
Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz — Midnight gold
(Kote Kalandadze/Thomas G:Son)
20th
104
26
Iveta Mukuchyan — LoveWave
(Lilith Navasardyan/Levon Navasardyan/Iveta Mukuchyan/Stephanie Crutchfield)
7th
249
Points per starting position
First semi final – 10/05/2016
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1
Sandhja — Sing it away
(Heikki Korhonen/Markus Savijoki/Milos Rosas/Petri Matara/Sandhja Kuivalainen)
15th
51
3
Lidia Isac — Falling stars
(Gabriel Alares/Sebastian Lestapier/Ellen Berg/Leonid Gutkin)
17th
33
6
Douwe Bob — Slow down
(Douwe Bob Posthuma/Jan-Peter Hoekstra/Jeroen Overman/Matthijs van Duijvenbode)
5th
197
7
Iveta Mukuchyan — LoveWave
(Lilith Navasardyan/Levon Navasardyan/Iveta Mukuchyan/Stephanie Crutchfield)
2nd
243
9
Sergey Lazarev — You are the only one
(Dimitris Kontopoulos/Philipp Kirkorov/John Ballard/Ralph Charlie)
1st
342
10
Gabriela Gunčíková — I stand
(Christian Schneider/Sara Biglert/Aidan O'Connor)
9th
161
17
Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala — Ljubav je
(Almir Ajanović/Jasmin Fazlić)
11th
104
18
Ira Losco — Walk on water
(Lisa Desmond/Tim Larsson/Tobias Lundgren/Molly Pettersson-Hammar/Ira Losco)
3rd
209
Points per starting position
Second semi final – 12/05/2016
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3
Rykka — The last of our kind
(Christina Maria Rieder/Mike James/Jeff Dawson/Warne Livesey)
18th
28
5
Ivan — Help you fly
(Victor Drobysh/Alexander Ivanov/Timofei Leontiev/Mary Susan Applegate)
12th
84
9
Donny Montell — I've been waiting for this night
(Jonas Thander/Beatrice Robertsson)
4th
222
12
Poli Genova — If love was a crime
(Borislav Milanov/Sebastian Arman/Joacim Persson/Poli Genova)
5th
220
13
Lighthouse X — Soldiers of love
(Søren Bregendal/Johannes Nymark/Martin Skriver/Sebastian Owens/Daniel Durn/Katrine Klith Andersen)
17th
34
16
Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz — Midnight gold
(Kote Kalandadze/Thomas G:Son)
9th
123
18
Laura Tesoro — What's the pressure
(Sanne Putseys/Louis Favre/Yannick Werther/Birsen Uçar)
3rd
274