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Ukraine wins Eurovision 2016: Armenia comes in 7th

Jamala from Ukraine became the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with 534 points.

In the second place was the favourite of the juries Australia with 511 points, and Russia came third with 491 points. Armenia came 7th with 249 points.

The final outcome was decided by a 50:50 split between professional juries and televoting from all 42 participants. The jury votes were decided during the Jury Final last night and the televotes decided during tonight’s show.

The 26 finalists were made up of 20 qualifiers from the first and second Semi-Finals held on the 10th and 12th of May and six automatic qualifiers including the Big 5 countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), and host country Sweden.

 

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