Salvador Sobral from Portugal has won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Amar Pelos Dois'. Thousands enjoyed three spectacular live shows at Kyiv's International Exhibition Centre this week, with an expected 200 million viewers tuning in on television. On YouTube, the Grand Final was watched by some 4 million people, breaking records. It was the second time Ukraine hosted the contest, the first time was in 2005, also in Kyiv.
The night is finally here! The grand final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest takes place this evening in which a total of 26 countries will be competing to be crowned the winner of this year’s competition. Where will we be flying to in 2018?
How to watch
The grand final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest will air from 21:00 CEST on the following channels:
The show can be viewed through the participating national, as well as associate, broadcasters
Millions watch Jamala take the coveted trophy!2016 Eurovision Song Contest Winner Andres Putting (EBU)
Jamala is a Ukrainian singer, composer and actor. She performs music that includes elements of such styles as soul, jazz, funk, folk and electronic. The singer became popular after her participation at The New Wave in 2009. In 2011, she performed her cheerful song Smile in the Ukrainian selection but didn’t win the final. In this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala will perform her own composition, 1944. 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 c Favourite TV Show with the song 1944.
What an evening it has been!! 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.
Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine) Winning Performance at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine wins the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest!
Final scoreboard of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest EBU
This is how Europe decided
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.
Sweden and the city of Stockholm have proven to be worthy hosts of Europe's favourite TV show for the third time with a great evening of entertainment put on by host broadcaster SVT.
Tonight, we also enjoyed Justin Timberlake as a special guest performing two songs, including an exclusive live performance of his latest song Can't Stop This Feeling.
There was also the ultimate Eurovision song... Love Love Peace Peace performed by hosts Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede, with cameo appearances from former winners Alexander Rybak and Mr Lordi.
The show was broadcast to some 50 countries around the world, including the USA and China.
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The running order of the Semi-Finals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest has been unveiled by Host Broadcaster SVT. Following the same format that has been in place since 2013, producers decided the running order to ensure that each song stands out and to create a more exciting television show. The decision was approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr. Frank Dieter Freiling.
After the producers reviewed all entries, the following running order was decided on for the Semi-Finals in 2016:
sunt norocoşii finalişti desemnaţi în urma televotingului şi notelor juriului în cadrul celei de-a doua semifinale naţionale Eurovision 2016. Show-ul LIVE a fost transmis, în direct, la Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Actualităţi, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret şi pe portalul TRM.MD.
Cel de-al 8-lea finalist urmează să fie desemnat în urma unui televoting, care va fi deschis pe parcursul dezbaterilor post-Eurovision de la Moldova 1. Astfel din cei cinci concurenți doar unul va fi salvat. Diana Brescan, Felicia Dunaf, Anna Gulko, Beatrice, Vitalie Todiraşcu mai au o șansă să intre în marea finală Eurovision 2016.
