However, it was not possible to use the venue due to the 4–6 week organisation requirement, which would impact on the pre-scheduled home games of Hammarby Fotboll. SVT announced on that Tele2 Arena was their first choice venue for the contest. However, it was reportedly not part of Stockholm's bid. Friends Arena is the biggest football stadium and indoor venue in Sweden and the Nordic countries. Venue of the final of Melodifestivalen since 2013. Host venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and the final of Melodifestivalen in 1989 and between 20 inclusive. If this option were chosen, Sandviken would have hosted the three live shows in the Göransson Arena, while Gävle would have hosted satellite events such as smaller concerts and shows. Withdrew its bid on 11 June 2015, citing unavailability during the rehearsal weeks of the contest. Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Proposal was dependent on the construction of a roof to cover the stadium. Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 The host city had to be near a major airport.Īn announcement regarding the venue was expected from SVT by midsummer, with the Ericsson Globe announced as the venue on 8 July.A specific number of hotels and hotel rooms had to be made available in the vicinity of the venue.A press centre with a specific size had to be made available at the venue.SVT had to have access to the venue at least 4–6 weeks before the contest to build the stage and rig up lighting and technology.SVT announced on 1 June the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest: However, other cities and arenas were invited to apply, and those making a bid had approximately three weeks to submit their offer to SVT. Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced on 24 May, the day after winning the 2015 contest, that the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm was their first choice venue. Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.
7.7 Controversy over winning song release date.7.4.2 Russian protests on Crimean Tatars flag.6 Broadcasters, commentators and spokespersons.It was also the first contest to be broadcast on live television in the United States, and the EBU recorded a record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. The contest was the first to implement a voting system change since 1975: each country's professional jury points were announced largely as before, while the results of each national televote were combined and announced in reverse order. In the final, Australia's second place finish was an improvement on its fifth place finish in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007. The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, while both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever, the latter being absent from the final for the first time since 2000. Furthermore, this was the first winning song to be performed in one of the Turkic languages. It was also the first song with lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win or enter the contest.
This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 that the overall winner won neither the jury vote, which was won by Australia, nor the televote, which was won by Russia, with Ukraine placing second in both. Australia, Russia, Bulgaria and host country Sweden rounded out the top five. The winner was Ukraine with the song " 1944", performed and written by Jamala. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, while Romania had planned to participate, but was disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw.įorty-two countries participated in the contest.
Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and the final on. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2015 contest with the song " Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.