STOCKHOLM—Ukraine’s Jamala was declared the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday for a melancholic tune that recalled the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities.
Susana Jamaladinova, who uses the stage name Jamala, received the highest score for her song “1944,” after votes from juries and TV viewers across Europe were tallied up following performances Saturday night by the 26 finalists at Stockholm’s Globe Arena.
Her song received received 534 points. Australia’s Dami Im was second with 511 points and Russia’s Sergey Lazarev third with 491.
The show was broadcast live in Europe, China, Kazakhstan, Australia, New Zealand and, …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
