The grand show of the 61st international song competition was held on television from May 10 to 14, 2016. The two semi-finals and the final Eurovision final were watched with bated breath by millions of music lovers. The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place in Stockholm, Sweden.
This right to organize the most popular performing competition European countries won for his country, the previous Eurovision winner Måns Zelmerlöw. Sweden is hosting Eurovision for the sixth time, three of which have been held in its capital, Stockholm. Eurovision 2016 went brilliantly. It was a real sensation for all fans and music lovers. The best European performers competed in the 85-meter Ericsson Globe arena, giving viewers an amazing show and at the same time making them seriously worry about their favorite artists.
The Eurovision final ended late at night on May 15th. Everyone waited with tension for the new winner to be announced. Experts made their forecasts. According to the new voting system, first the jury announced their scores, and only then announced the scores of television viewers. When the total votes were counted, the following singers received prizes.
- First place was awarded Ukrainian singer Jamal. She comes from the Kyrgyz city of Osh. Her childhood passed in Crimea. Jamala made her first song recording at the age of 9, and at the age of 15 the big stage became available to her. Jamala is the winner of the Ukrainian awards “Best Album”, “Best Song”, “ Best Singer».
The song, which she herself composed and performed, is very close to her personally. This is the story of deportation Crimean Tatars. The audience listened to her with bated breath. She performed her number in a blue dress against the background of an image of cracked glass. Its fragments, diverging into the rhythm of the music, and the powerful voice of the singer very symbolically complemented the content of the song. In the overall standings, Jamala scored the highest number of points – 534. According to the televoting results, she lost to Lazarev,
scoring 323 points, and surpassed him in the judges' vote, scoring 211 points. - Second place was given to another Eurovision favorite. She was the Australian singer Dami Im of Korean origin. She performed the song "Sound of Silence". Dami performed in a stunning snow-white dress. Sitting on a huge podium, she controlled projection structures that reflected light stripes that changed color at the end of the performance. Dami's amazing voice and energy captivated the audience. She received 511 points, of which 191 points from viewers and 320 points from judges.
- The third prize was awarded to Russian singer Sergei Lazarev. The words spoken on English The songs "You're the One" were written by John Ballard and Ralph Charlie with music by Dmitris Kontopoulos and Philip Kirkorov. Along with performing his song, Sergei performed very complex tricks on stage. The production itself had a lot of visual effects. This is the appearance of huge wings on the singer, 3D effects in which he destroys the screen and it seems to the viewer that he is moving in the very center of it. The artist ends his performance at the very top of the wall, where a star suddenly appears. Lazarev performed amazingly, and the audience appreciated it, awarding him first place. The TV viewer rating was 361 points. However, the jury rated Lazarev's performance at 130 points. In total, he scored 491 points, falling 43 points short of being the winner of the competition. Third place is a very worthy result for Russia; our singers have achieved it for the third time. Sergey Lazarev was chosen to participate in Eurovision 2016 not by popular selection, but by professionals. His hard work and talent were highly appreciated by specialists. Already from childhood he began to study music. Gradually climbing the musical career ladder, he was finally recognized best performer of the year, and the best artist of the year. Here you can watch Lazarev's Eurovision performance online.
- Bulgarian singer Poli Genova took fourth place. Her beautiful, fiery performance was rated at 307 points.
- Sweden, the host of Eurovision 2016, was represented by the young singer France. The room turned out beautiful and stylish. France received 261 points and an honorable 5th place.
- Sixth place was given to the French performer Amir. Not everyone was impressed by his performance, but his score of 257 points took him to this honorable place.
- Seventh place was won by Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan. She confidently and with dignity performed the song she personally wrote, for which she received 249 points.
- Singer Mikhail Shpak, a representative of Poland, performed a touching ballad. The audience applauded his vocals with applause. Mikhail scored 229 points and took eighth place.
- Ninth place was awarded to Lithuanian performer Donnie Montell. The singer's excellent vocals, fiery and beautiful number allowed him to score 200 points.
- Laura Tesoro from Belgium received 181 points for her performance and took 10th place. The number is distinguished by its fiery and precise choreography.
Tracklist
- First place: Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine) Jamala - 1944 ( Ukraine)
- Second place: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence (Australia) Dami Im - Sound Of Silence ( Australia)
- Third place: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One (Russia) Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One ( Russia)
- Fourth place: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime (Bulgaria) Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime ( Bulgaria)
- Fifth place: Frans - If I Were Sorry (Sweden) Frans - If I Were Sorry ( Sweden)
- Sixth place: Amir - J"ai Cherché (France) Amir - J"ai Cherché ( France)
- Seventh place: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave (Armenia) Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave ( Armenia)
- Eighth place: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life (Poland) Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life ( Poland)
- Ninth place: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night (Lithuania) Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night ( Lithuania)
- Tenth place: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure (Belgium) Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure ( Belgium)
The next song festival "Eurovision" 2017 has ended, the results have been summed up, the winners have been announced, passions have subsided... now that everything is behind us, let's once again remember this high-profile event, which we remember more for its scandals than for its performers, and let's talk about the winners.
Eurovision 2017, results: how did countries vote?
Overall points with audience ratings:
Participants from 26 countries presented their compositions. Last year, the voting rules changed; now it consists of two stages - first, the scores of the jury members are announced, and then the audience. Thus, the intrigue remained until the last moment.
Overall result table (total points from the jury and from TV viewers):
Eurovision 2017, results: who took the prizes?
At number 11 was another favorite of Eurovision 2017 - Portuguese performer Salvador Sobral, performing a ballad in his native language.
His bets rose so much after the first semi-final that the bookmakers predicted victory for him.
Salvador Sobral, the Portuguese singer who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, performed the song "Amar pelos dois". His song in Portuguese was performed with soul, the song stood out from the crowd, and the energy of the performer was transmitted to the audience.
Salvador was born in Lisbon, but he teenage years took place in the USA and Barcelona.
Sobral studied psychology at the Institute of Applied Psychology in Lisbon, but his passion for music won out. While living in Barcelona, he studied jazz in the famous music school"Taller de Musics", took part in several musical projects. In 2017, Sobral was announced as one of the participants in the "Festival da Cancao 2017", the Portuguese national selection.
On March 5, 2017, Salvador won the final show of the "Festival da Cancao 2017" and received the right to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
1st place (758 points).
penultimate number competitive program The representative of Bulgaria, Christian Kostov, performed with the song “Beautiful Mess”.
Christian Kostov was born in the capital of Russia, the young vocalist’s mother is a native of Kazakhstan, and his father is Bulgarian.
Already in early age the boy was drawn to the art of music.
So, by the age of 14, Kostov could boast of participating in a concert in the Kremlin with Yulia Nachalova, various performances as part of “Fidgets” both in Russia and abroad, as well as at the opening of Eurovision 2010, which took place in Moscow.
In 2012, Kostov, being a participant from Bulgaria, took the place in the popular music competition “Children’s New wave» seventh place.
In 2013, at the age of 13, Christian Kostov took part in the debut season of the television project “Voice.Children” in Russia.
In 2017, Bulgaria nominated Christian Kostov as its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest.
2nd place (615 points)
At number 07 were the fiery Moldovan guys from the group "Sunstroke Project".
Sunstroke Project is a symbiosis of violin, saxophone, live vocals and fashionable house music.
The project already has several official remakes of world hits, and its own singles, which occupy leading positions in the hit parades of Europe. The group included violinist Anton Ragoza and saxophonist Sergei Stepanov.
In 2009, the group performed for the first time at the National Final of Eurovision 2009, where the group took third place with the song “No Crime”.
In February 2017, the group won the national selection for Eurovision 2017 and will represent Moldova in Kyiv with the song "Hey, Mamma!"
3rd place (374 points).
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The debut year for Russia at Eurovision was 1994. The singer received the honor of becoming the first participant in the competition representing our country Masha Katz, also known by the pseudonym Judith. In Irish Dublin, she performed the song “Eternal Wanderer” and took 9th place.
Masha Katz was a member of such groups as "Quarter" And "Blues League", as well as a backing vocalist for many famous Russian performers. She performs in concerts, teaches vocals, and takes part in scoring films and cartoons. Has the title “Voice of Russia”.
In the next 1995, at Eurovision, which was again held in Dublin, Russia was represented by a popular pop singer Philip Kirkorov. With the song “Lullaby for a Volcano” he took 17th place.
Philip Kirkorov is one of the most famous Russian performers, People's Artist of Russia, winner of many prestigious awards, ex-husband famous singer Alla Pugacheva. Today, Kirkorov produces and performs concert programs.
IN 1996 a singer and composer was supposed to attend the competition Andrey Kosinsky, however, his song “I am I” did not pass the additional qualifying round.
Andrey Kosinsky is a composer from St. Petersburg who has written songs for many famous pop performers, such as Valery Leontyev, group "A" Studio, Alena Apina, Laima Vaikule, Mikhail Boyarsky.
IN 1997 represented the country Alla Pugacheva. Having performed the song “Primadonna”, she took 15th place. Initially it was supposed to be performed Valery Meladze, however, he fell ill.
Alla Pugacheva began her singing career back in the 1960s, and subsequently became famous throughout the country. Her repertoire includes more than 500 songs. She is a People's Artist of the USSR, has many awards, in particular, she was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
The next time Russia participated in the competition only in 2000. A young singer from Tatarstan participated from our country in Eurovision Alsou, who at that time was not yet 17 years old. Alsou was waiting for triumph - her song “Solo” took 2nd place in the competition.
Alsou, daughter of a businessman and former senator of the Federation Council Ralifa Safina, started musical career at the age of 15 and almost immediately became popular. Until 2006, no one could repeat her achievement at Eurovision.
IN 2001 went to Eurovision Russian rock band "Mumiy Troll" with the song “Lady Alpine Blue” (“Lady of the Blue Alps”). She took 12th place in the competition.
The Mumiy Troll group was created Ilya Lagutenko in Vladivostok back in 1983, but became popular and widely known only in the late 1990s after the release of the album “Morskaya”. Today the group continues to tour.
IN 2002 A Russian pop group performed at a song competition "Prime Minister". Having performed the song “Northern Girl” (“Girl from the North”), the quartet became tenth.
The group "Prime Minister" was formed in 1998, and gained popularity in 2000. It included Zhan Grigoriev-Milimerov, Pete Jason, Vyacheslav Bodolika, Marat Chanyshev. Since 2005 they are known as "PM Group". A new composition was recruited to the “Prime Minister” group.
In Eurovision 2003 a group popular both in Russia and abroad participated "t.A.T.u.". At a competition in Latvia, the group performed the song “Don’t believe, don’t be afraid, don’t ask” and took 3rd place.
Group "t.A.T.u." was created in 1999 by producer Ivan Shapovalov. The group included Yulia Volkova And Elena Katina. Originally "t.A.T.u." shocked the public with the image of girls with unconventional orientation, but later abandoned it. This group has achieved recognition far beyond the borders of our country, however, since 2010, Volkova and Katina began performing solo, although they performed together in 2012.
IN 2004 A graduate of the TV project “Star Factory - 2” went to the most popular music competition in Europe Yulia Savicheva. Her song "Believe Me" took 11th place.
Singer Yulia Savicheva became famous after she reached the final of “Star Factory 2” in 2003, and although she did not become the winner, her career was quite successful. Today she continues to record albums, act in films, and participate in television projects.
Another participant in the “Star Factory”, singer Natalia Podolskaya, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2005. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" she became 15th.
Belarusian pop singer Natalya Podolskaya actively performed at various music festivals, such as “Slavic Bazaar” in Vitebsk, and in 2004 she got to the “Star Factory - 5”, after which she became famous in Russia. Podolskaya is the wife of the famous pop singer singer Vladimir Presnyakov and often performs with him.
IN 2006 Eurovision participant from Russia Dima Bilan Just a little bit was not enough to win the famous competition. Having performed the song “Never Let You Go” (“I will never let you go”), he became second. That year, Europeans liked the costumed rock band more Lordi from Finland.
Singer Dima Bilan (real name - Victor Belan) began his career in pop music in the 2000s and gained immense popularity. He was already going to Eurovision famous performer and continues to tour today.
IN 2007 went to defend the honor of Russia at that moment little-known group "Silver"(SEREBRO), which performed quite successfully with the song “Song #1” - it became third.
The group "Silver" (SEREBRO) was formed in 2006 by producer Maxim Fadeev and a participant in the “Star Factory” Elena Temnikova. In addition to Temnikova herself, the group included Olga Seryabkina And Marina Lizorkina. The group had not performed anywhere before Eurovision, but thanks to their bright start they immediately became quite popular. In 2009, Marina Lizorkina left the team and was replaced by Anastasia Karpova.
IN 2008 went to Eurovision again Dima Bilan and this time he returned home triumphant. His song “Believe” (“Believe”) took 1st place—Russia won the competition for the first time. Bilan did not perform alone on stage; a figure skater took part in the performance Evgeni Plushenko and Hungarian violinist and composer Edwin Marton.
IN 2009 Eurovision was held in Moscow for the first time. Russia was represented at the competition by another graduate of the “Star Factory” - singer Anastasia Prikhodko. She performed the song “Mamo” in Russian and Ukrainian and ended up in 11th place.
Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko participated in the TV show “Star Factory - 7”, after which she gained fame.
IN 2010 The singer's musical group passed the national qualifying round Peter Nalich. Nalich went to Eurovision with the song “Lost and Forgotten” (“Lost and Forgotten”) and took 11th place.
Petr Nalich did not participate in the TV show and did not have famous producers. He became famous thanks to the Internet after he posted on YouTube in 2007 a video he made for his own song “Guitar.” The video entered the Top 20 most viewed Russian clips on the portal in November 2007. After this, the musical group began giving concerts and recording studio albums.
IN 2011 A singer participated in Eurovision from Russia Alexey Vorobiev with the song “Get You” (“Conquer you”). Vorobyov's participation in the competition was accompanied by a number of scandalous incidents; in the end, his performance was far from successful, taking 16th place.
Alexey Vorobyov began his musical and acting career in the mid-2000s. In 2005, he reached the finals of the “Secret of Success” competition on the Rossiya TV channel, and in 2006 he starred in the television series “Alice’s Dreams” on MTV. A year later, he received the MTV Discovery Award 2007.
IN 2012 The team went to Eurovision "Buranovsky grandmothers". Singing grandmothers in national costumes were considered favorites even before the start of the competition. They made a huge impression on the audience and took second place with the song “Party for Everybody”.
“Buranovskie Babushki” is a folk music group from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Grandmothers perform songs in Udmurt and Russian, including re-covering famous hits.
In 2013, Russia was represented by singer Dina Garipova- winner of the TV show “The Voice” on Channel One.
The very first to be sent to the main European music competition was Maria Katz, performing under the pseudonym Judith. It was thanks to her that Russia immediately managed to enter the top ten; in the final standings, Maria Katz took ninth place.
In 1995 and 1997, Philip Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva entered the competition from Russia, taking 17th and 15th places, respectively. Commenting on his performance at that time, producer and musician Philip Kirkorov during “ Live broadcast" on the TV channel "Russia 1" he stated that he was young, but performed the song well, "did not sing a single false note."
Next European musical Olympus The singer Alsou went to conquer. Until now, her performance is considered one of the most successful in the history of Russia at Eurovision. She performed the song Solo, with which she took second place in Stockholm.
After the not very successful performances of the groups “Mumiy Troll” and “Prime Minister”, the duo t.A.T.u managed to get closer to Alsou’s results, winning bronze at the competition in Riga.
In 2004, Russia was represented at the competition by Yulia Savicheva with the song Believe Me, and the next year by Natalya Podolskaya, but the girls managed to win only 11th and 15th places for the country, respectively. But the very next year, Dima Bilan entered the competition from Russia with the song Never Let You Go. In 2006, the singer took second place, losing to the Finnish band Lordi, but Bilan’s popularity and support was so high that he already decided to set off to conquer Europe again. But before Bilan, Europe was still waiting for the performance of the Russian trio Serebro, the girls won third place.
In 2008, the Rossiya TV channel broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, and this year became the most successful for the country. Dima Bilan, again going to the competition, won the competition in Belgrade for the first time in the history of the country. The winning song was called Believe.
Then Anastasia Prikhodko, Musical group Petra Nalich, Alexey Vorobyov. And in 2012, a broadcast on the Rossiya 1 TV channel again brought good luck to the country. The folk group from Udmurtia “Buranovsky Babushki” received silver in the competition. Their song Party for Everybody was so loved by the audience that they received only 13 votes less than Dima Bilan the year he won the competition.
In 2013, Russia was represented at the competition by Dina Garipova, who ultimately took fifth place. And the next year the touching duet of the Tolmachev sisters went to represent the country. 17-year-old Nastya and Masha performed the song Shine by Philip Kirkorov and Dimitris Konotopoulos with lyrics by John Ballard, Ralph Charlie and Gerard James Borg. According to the results of the European voting, our girls took seventh place.
In 2015, just a little was not enough to win Russian singer Polina Gagarina. She performed the song A Million Voices, which brought her 303 votes from all over Europe, and this is Russia's highest result in the voting.
The Eurovision Song Contest was last held in Stockholm, Sweden in 2000 and ended with an excellent result for Russia by Alsou.
The results of the Eurovision music competition can be called a miracle
This opinion was expressed in his video blog by Ukrainian media expert Anatoly Shariy.
Video: Anatoly Shariy/YouTube
“I can’t help but say a few words, and my few words concern the miracle - because Eurovision has turned into a competition of miracles. It’s wonderful when bookmakers, who can “hit” hundreds of millions of euros, put certain people as winners, and then it all doesn’t add up. It’s wonderful when audiences all over Europe vote like this, but the jury – that is, a professional jury, which is very “professional” – votes differently from the audience. It's a miracle"
– he emphasized.
The blogger noted the obvious politicization of the competition. In his opinion, the jury's decision was based not on the performance of the performers, but on the attitude towards the countries they represented.
“I liked Jamala’s song, and I still like it. I like the performance, I like Jamala herself, let’s take away the politics - and it’s great. But it’s a miracle when the jury of all countries gives zero and minimal results to a country that has problems with Ukraine. It’s a miracle when two countries make it to the finals, and the whole world is watching, who is this one or that one? AND miraculously one country breaks out, as if we are seeing a written script"
– he noted.
Shariy also suggested that the organizers change the name of the competition to a more truthful one.
“If you turned your competition into a political competition, just call it Political Vision. And it will be honest and objective. And if you consider all thinking people to be a herd that does not understand what happened today in your wonderful competition, then you underestimate the mental development of people."
The winner of Eurovision in 2016 was Ukrainian Jamala with the song “1944”. Australian Demi Im took second place, Russian Sergey Lazarev took third. Spectators criticized the jury's voting results, and many of them admitted that the decision to award a prize to a musician from Ukraine was politically motivated.
The Internet is begging Russia not to give money to Kyiv for Eurovision 2017.
How Europe “leaked” Lazarev
In 2016, the rules for announcing the results of the competition were changed - if previously the points from spectators and professionals were summed up, now the results are announced separately.
At the same time, despite the boycott of the Russian performance by the Ukrainian jury, television viewers consider Lazarev the winner. Sergey became the first, receiving 361 points from the Europeans, and the Ukrainian Jamala was second.
Despite the success of the 33-year-old Russian ( according to bookmaker rates and iTunes charts, Sergey took first place), many jury representatives ignored his speech. Russia did not receive a single point from 20 out of 41 countries: Czech Republic, Ireland, Georgia, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Israel, Germany, Norway, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Lithuania, Macedonia, Estonia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Ukraine.
The Russian singer was given the highest rating by representatives of four countries: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Belarus and Greece.
Russophobic sanctions of Eurovision 2016
You don’t have to be a music lover, just an open mind is enough to understand: “Eurovision” is a show for the mass fooling of people all over the world.
More precisely, another quite successful “soft power” of the West, used under the guise of mass musical culture to shape public opinion in the direction desired by the West.
The usual propaganda poison of the West
But this action began to stall. Just as Western propaganda no longer works when the average person is lied to about the participation of the Russian Armed Forces in civil war in Ukraine, when they falsify the history of the Great Patriotic War and World War II in favor of growing neo-Nazism, they lie about the “seizure” of Crimea, whose people have proven through elections their desire to return to Russia.
So, at first glance, the results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, which ended in Stockholm, were favorable to the West, clearly revealed the hypocrisy and, as most observers and commentators on the Internet write, the politicization of the current “Political Vision”. And this is a gross violation of the rules (apoliticality) of this competition. That's it. And yet, taking a closer look at the voting results, you discover: behind everything is banal Russophobia, which has become the main propaganda poison of the West, used against Russia and to brainwash its own “golden billion”.
And yet the incompetence of... the jury?
Mikhail Tverskoy’s Estonian project “We Speak Russian” organized a vote to determine the professional suitability of members of the Estonian “professional” jury, which gave Russian performer Sergei Lazarev only 18th place out of 26 finalist countries at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. As you know, the performer from Russia received a total of first place from the audience, and 5th-6th place from the jury of other countries (the overall result was third place!).
You can talk as much as you like about the professionalism of the members of any jury, each of whom can boast of personal achievements in musical world, but such a blatant discrepancy between the Estonian jury and the overall opinion of the other juries makes one doubt, no, not the competence of the mass audience who does not understand anything, but the jury itself in Estonia. And this even takes into account different taste preferences and characteristics of national cultures.
Five members of the Estonian jury gave Sergei Lazarev the following places: 10th (Els Himma), 11th (Kadri Koppel), 16th (Priit Pajusaar), 18th (Taavi Paomets) and the last 26th (Hanna Parman) . You involuntarily turn your finger at your temple. But it’s a fact: the younger the member of this jury, the worse he assessed the performance of the representative of the Russian Federation. The same correlation of Russophobia is observed among the population of Estonia - than younger man, the more he is poisoned by xenophobia and Russophobia produced by the school, the media, and the state machine.
NATO, it is also at Eurovision NATO
If we recognize the work of the Estonian jury as objective, then the question arises about the professionalism of the jury of other countries (42 in total), who on average rated the work of singer Sergei Lazarev quite highly (remember: 5th-6th place, although with a lag of 2.5 times from the leader - Australia).
The loyalty of the jury of a particular country to speakers from neighboring countries, which gave rise to serious indignation in past years, is becoming a thing of the past. Fewer and fewer national characteristics can be seen in the works of the contestants, although they still leave their mark today.
But another trend became obvious - Russophobic. The jury of 18 (!) countries out of 36 did not give Russia a single point. And, above all, these are NATO countries, known even for state Russophobia. Russia received the steering wheel from Denmark, Holland, Germany, Norway, Belgium, Great Britain, Lithuania, Macedonia, Estonia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Friends of NATO - Australia and Ireland, and even Israel and Ukraine voted similarly. Serbia, which shyly recalled its love for Russia, almost fell into this system of countries loyal to Brussels and Washington. She received 1 (?!) point from the “brotherly Slavic people”, and Ukraine - 12 (?!). And what is characteristic is that almost all of the named countries gave the maximum points to Kyiv. Interestingly, several countries compromised by not awarding even one point to either Russia or Ukraine. These are the Czech Republic, Ireland, Finland, Hungary. France decided to show (in order not to be accused of obscenity) objectivity (Russia - 1 point, Ukraine - 0) and Holland (0 and 3, respectively).
Nothing musical, just Russophobia
Proud Poland became the victim of an undocumented but obvious behind-the-scenes game. The organizers chose Australia to act as a bridge between Russia and Ukraine in order to mitigate the inevitable scandal - a direct clash of interests between them. It would still be that kind of politics! Because of this, those who counted the votes bitterly offended the representative of the Green Continent. Having taken first place by a large margin (320 points against second-placed Ukraine with 211 points and third - France with 148 points), Australia received fewer votes from the audience than Poland. The jury of other countries “for some reason” forgot about it - only 7 points (?!) and 229 points from the audience (!). Alas, the cheaters had to sacrifice someone.
In general, Russia’s victory, which was given to it by viewers in many countries around the world (despite the facts of refusal to accept calls in Tallinn, as some commentators on the Internet wrote about), became, figuratively speaking, a powerful nationwide exposure of the head-on and vulgar Russophobia of the West. But also the disagreement of representatives of the “golden billion” with the rulers of their countries, who are more and more threatening to Russia and are shamelessly throwing themselves into trouble.
So nothing personal or musical, just politics and Russophobia!
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Ukraine is in second place among the spectators, Russia is in first place, but it all depends on the points given by the judges.
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The British were once very friendly with Eurovision. They have five wins, 15 second places and three thirds. But the last time a victory happened was in 1997, and in modern history During the competition, the representatives of Great Britain did not show any miracles - do not call the last place of the Jemini group in 2003 a miracle, when they did not score a single point at all, which happens very, very rarely at the competition. Even the landings of the honored masters of the pop scene Engelbert Humperdinck (in 2012) and Bonnie Tyler (in 2013) did not help. This time, the honor of standing up for Britain fell to the pop duo Joe & Jake, in which two graduates of the British “Voice” sing. Their composition is called “You"re Not Alone,” and no, it’s not a Michael Jackson song, it’s not even close.
Austria made a splash at Eurovision two years ago by sending Conchita Wurst to the competition, who won due to the lack of clear rivals of comparable caliber. The following year, the Austrians did not claim victory, especially since they reached the final immediately, without preliminary selections. And this year Austria decided to surprise the audience again. The pretty singer Zoe has already released her first album - consisting entirely of songs on French, and came to Eurovision 2016 with a composition from this record called “Loin d'ici”. It was possible to surprise - the Austrian, cheerfully singing in French, captivated the audience, and Zoe easily made it to the final. Here, however, she is not in among the favorites, but he will clearly leave a memory of himself.
The Georgian group Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz are also one of those responsible for shocking this year. There is one name from “lolitas”, they usually play rock, but at Eurovision for some reason they decided to insert a disco part into their song “Midnight Gold”, which probably did not add points to them. But a clever trick with mirrors, as well as a provocative name, allowed the Georgian rockers to reach the final - although it was hardly as easy as for the Maltese.
Maltese Ira Losco is also one of the favorites, although she is only in the top ten contenders for victory. She has already performed at Eurovision before - in 2002, she was second, but now her performance of the song “Walk on Water” did not cause much excitement. However, she made it to the finals, it seems, without any particular difficulties.
A lot of things were also said to Jamal about Ukraine and its representative at Eurovision 2016 - both good and bad. Her song “1944” is dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, although only the title directly refers to those events. Someone accused her of trying to politicize the competition, but EBU experts did not find any violations of the rules. After rehearsals last week, Jamala rose to second place in the bookmakers' rankings, but after the second semi-final she dropped to third, losing a head-to-head duel to the Australian. How the competition will end, of course, no one will say now, but the general director of the Ukrainian Channel One has already stated that if Lazarev wins, Ukraine will boycott next year’s competition.
To be honest, we don’t remember if someone joked during the second semi-final about the “Eustace to Alex” encryption, but that doesn’t matter. The Latvian singer Yusts was extremely serious on stage, his image was thought out to the smallest detail in its negligence, and the song “Heartbeat” was too typical for Eurovision - which, on the one hand, is good (Yusts still made it to the final), but on the other hand the other is bad (because it is very difficult to win the final with such a poor composition).
Spain sent a singer to the competition under the pseudonym Barei (her real name is Barbara Reyzabal Gonzalez-Aller) and with the song “Say Yay!” The choice is completely justified - if you don’t get carried away with the national flavor (that is, don’t sing in your own language), then it’s best to send to Eurovision a musician who at least isn’t irritated by English. Barei has released two solo albums, both recorded in English, so from this side everything is in order.
Sergey Lazarev with the song “You Are the Only One”. Over the past weeks, so much has been said about him that it is perhaps even impossible to come up with anything new. He is the clear favorite of the competition, which he refused to attend for a long time, and he has been ranked first in the preferences of all possible experts (except Yuri Loza) for several months now. He has the most complex and most colorful number at this year's show, quite fitting for a song that, by his own admission, has a specific addressee. His leadership at the end of the first semi-final was undeniable, but Sergei and his producer Philip Kirkorov promised to improve it even more - but where else? In general, there is every reason for optimism - Russia can win again, eight years after Dima Bilan’s triumph, and Channel One will have to think about organizing next year’s competition. But the musician himself and his producer take the predictions calmly (although they admit that they are pleased with this opinion), and when asked about who will win Eurovision 2016, they advise waiting for the results of the final voting. That’s what we’ll do.
Croatian Nina Kraljic also didn’t shine much in the semi-finals. Her song “Lighthouse” was practically not remembered, and only echoes of the soloist’s timbre remained in my memory The group Cranberries and a transformable suit. With this baggage, Nina reached the finals.
Lithuanian singer Donny Motell is one of the Eurovision veterans. He already performed at the 2012 competition, reaching the finals, where, however, he did not win. His first trip for first place at Eurovision came across an unbreakable combination of the Swede Loin and our “Buranovsky grandmothers” (although his place was, of course, much lower than third), and here the road to the podium was again blocked for him by our Sergei Lazarev, Ukrainian Jamala, Australian Demi Im and many other musicians. What is bad luck and how to deal with it. His song is called “I"ve Been Waiting for This Night,” and Donnie himself looks a little like Justin Bieber in his Lithuanian reincarnation. But not like the Swede. Just similar.
The Serbian participant was probably also brought to the final by the audience’s desire for diversity. Sanya Vulich usually sings punk rock in the group ZAA, which is not the Sex Pistols, of course, but still looks good, and came to Eurovision in the guise of a pop singer. True, she didn’t want to completely get rid of her usual image and went on stage in Stockholm in a leather dress, and while performing the song “Goodbye” she very actively gesticulated. And, most likely, the discrepancy between the image and music played a role in the preferences of the audience. In the finale, however, this will no longer work, but the prank, one might say, was a success.
This year's competition turned out to be too stingy with any performances that could be classified as freak. There are, one might say, no hits, the singers are too similar to seriously choose between them, and the audience demands a show. As a result, the rockers had to take the rap for the show. The first were the Cypriots from the group Minus One with the song “Alter Ego”, who sang covers on dance floors for a long time, and now began to develop their own repertoire. They look alien at Eurovision, but for a change that's not bad.
By the way, you shouldn’t count on the fact that if Demi Im wins, Eurovision 2017 will be held in Australia. Last year, the European Broadcasting Union clarified that the competition would still remain in Europe, but did not outline the procedure for choosing a venue. But let’s hope that officials have everything ready to resolve this hypothetical (or not so hypothetical?) situation.
Australia benefited from the second semi-final. The performance of Korean Demi Im, representing this country farthest from Europe, turned out to be bright enough for her to move from fifth to second place in the list of favorites, displacing Jamala from Ukraine, France from Sweden and Amir from France. However, she has not yet managed to catch up with Sergei Lazarev, but the final provides a chance to try again. The singer performs a song called “Sound of Silence”.
Russian commentators continue to joke that the chorus of the composition is similar to a similar part of the Lyube group’s song “Come on for.” There really are similarities and once again proves how much Russia sets trends at the European Song Contest.
So much so that even the graceful Polish barbel feels like a fish in water in Igor Matvienko’s melodic solutions.
The Russian presenters of the competition, Guberniev and Matskevichyus, spent the entire second semi-final joking about the Polish singer and his namesake from Gaidaev’s comedy “Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession.” It is unlikely that they intended to offend him, it’s just that everyone who is familiar with this film from the golden fund of Soviet cinema associates Shpak exclusively with a robbed apartment, from which a bunch of very valuable things disappeared. But it is clear that 26-year-old Michal Szpak has nothing to do with that movie character. Viewers of the show compared him with Conchita Wurst, with other celebrities - solely for their external resemblance, but it seems that few people noticed his song “Color of Your Life”. Now there is a chance to correct this and listen to the ballad more carefully, no longer paying attention to what the performer looks like.
France is represented by 31-year-old Amir Haddad with the song “J"ai cherché.” This is the second song in French in this competition (Austrian Zoe also used this language for her composition) and the second Israeli citizen - in addition to Howie Star representing this country. Amir was born in France, at the age of eight he repatriated with his parents, but, apparently, he has not forgotten the country where he was born. Let us remind you that he is among the top 5 favorites of the competition according to bookmakers.
Jamie-Lee performs on a stage decorated with trees, and her head is crowned with some kind of gingerbread horns. The song sounds a little boring, but combined with the number, it really does sound like an anime video that ends many manga films. It’s even interesting how European viewers will evaluate the artist.
Apparently, the Big Five countries and Sweden, which joined them, decided to test their youth at this Eurovision, and youth that deserves the attention of the audience. If the German singer Jamie-Lee, a fan of Korean pop and the owner of a specific stage image and a rather strong voice, had performed in any of the semi-finals, she would have confidently qualified for the final without even thinking about it. True, bookmakers have little faith in her abilities, and therefore predict Jamie-Lee one of the last places for her performance of the song “Ghost”.
And the song he performed at the competition (“If I Were Sorry”) is very bright - it is more reminiscent of the work of Justin Bieber than the composition of the Lithuanian Donnie Motell, who is also clearly working in the territory of the Canadian prodigy. But the Lithuanian will speak later.
A very young Swede, France, is 17 years old. This year he is deciding to perform in such a way that Sweden will not be ashamed of him. The country that has won the competition six times and gave the world ABBA, of course, does not want to disgrace itself, and France has every chance to justify the trust of his fellow citizens. Firstly, he did not have to go through the crucible of the semi-finals - thanks to last year's victory by Måns Selmerlöw and as the host of the current competition, Sweden goes straight to the final. And secondly, because France, despite his young age, can already be called a professional. At the age of eight, he recorded the football anthem “Who's da Man” with the group Elias as a soloist. Since then, he has released several singles, and to become a Eurovision participant, he won the traditional Swedish festival Melodifestivalen.
Bulgarian Poli Genova has a standard dance song "If Love Was a Crime" and a funny costume with lights, a little national color in the performance - and this was enough to reach the finals. In the final, everything is not so simple, according to the rules of the competition there is only one winner, and Polya’s chances are not so high according to all possible ratings and polls, and it is unlikely that she will be able to overcome the prevailing opinion.
With the Israeli Howie Star (Star is also a pseudonym) everything is more or less clear. He made it to the final on the basis of shocking behavior: Howie is openly gay, has bright makeup and, in general, is not the worst song in relation to the current Eurovision. All in all, Wurst doesn’t look like Conchita, but she looks at least unusual – again, in the context of the current, slightly refined competition.
The song is not outstanding, but the scene is designed coolly. Francesca stands on an island in the middle of magical trees and flowers, with water all around and clouds floating. In general, a fairy tale. Well, after San Remo, perhaps.
Italy goes directly to the final as one of the Big Five countries, and this privilege allows for greater freedom in choosing its representative. 21-year-old Francesca Michielin won the local version of the X Factor show, was second at the Sanremo festival, and came to Stockholm with the song “No Degree of Separation,” which, despite the name, is mainly in Italian. Eurovision, of course, is not San Remo, but there are fans of lyrical and sad Italian songs among the audience of the competition, so Francesca’s number will certainly find its fans.
Hungarian Freddy, of course, is not Freddy at all, he has a normal Hungarian first and last name, and he took this pseudonym literally on the eve of the national selection for Eurovision, and it brought good luck to the singer. Well, in any case, he came to Stockholm and even made it to the finals. Here everything depends not only on luck, but also on the opponents and on the number itself. And the artistic whistle with which the backing vocalists accompany Freddie's song “Pioneer” may help the singer take a higher place. But not the first, in in this case pioneer does not mean “first”.
The Azerbaijani singer’s performance features many flames, geometric fire patterns on the floor, back-up dancers in white and a snake costume on Samra herself. This is an almost typical set for Eurovision, appearing here no less often than boys in jackets and with guitars.
Like the representatives of the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the singer Samra from Azerbaijan is not very memorable. She performed in the first semi-final, sang a regular song called “Miracle” - “Miracle” and somehow ended up in the final, beating more unlucky competitors. Even before the start of the competition, the bookmakers did not consider her a favorite, and even now they predict her one of the last places - and we will find out which one exactly after the voting results are summed up.
The Dutch singer Dawe Bob is such a sweet-voiced young man with a burning gaze and in a decent suit, which is always present at every Eurovision, despite the fact that this type wins very rarely (or even never). His entry into the finals is not at all surprising: he is also cute, which almost certainly gave him a lot of votes from viewers of the “housewives competition.” Well, his song is like a song. It's called "Slow Down", and that's all you need to know about it.
The next finalist is Gabriela Guncikova from the Czech Republic with the song “I Stand”. Unlike the presentation clip, where the singer even allowed herself to lie on the grass, in the first semi-final (she performed right behind Sergei Lazarev) she simply stood - in accordance with the name of her composition. She stood solemnly, as if on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater or in some other pathetic place, and this favorably set off the performance of the Russian singer. She was remembered, perhaps, only for this, but something similar can be said about the vast majority of this year’s contestants, and even about the finalists. So this is hardly a bad thing - after all, at least something in her room was unique.
In the final, the fact that she had to go on stage first should be written down as a drawback of the draw - for the same reasons. The performance of such an artist must be at least outstanding in order to be remembered, and this happened at Eurovision. But this, of course, is not the case at all - the number looks like a performance by backing vocalists, one of whom, due to a misunderstanding, put on a different costume. Although Laura screams great.
Belgian Laura Tesoro had the least time to prepare for the final. She performed her song “What's the Pressure?” last in the second semi-final on Thursday, and today a ruthless lot put her first. However, it is possible that it was her 18th position in the semi-final that became the ticket to the final - it is well known that spectators best remember those performances that they saw at the end. , and are more likely to be voted for than those who came first, and the 19-year-old blonde's energetic disco number was funny, but not at all outstanding.
Everyone passed, and now Petra and Mons greet the audience - not only in the hall, but also with those who are watching all this on the broadcast. There is also China there, which automatically increases the Eurovision audience by several hundred million. China, unlike the United States, is not watching this for the first time, so you can rest assured about the rating.
This is the beginning, live broadcast from Stockholm. The Ericsson Globe will be hosted by last year's winner Måns Selmerlöw and Swedish comedian Petra Mede. They entertained the audience as best they could in the semi-finals. It all begins with a parade of participants, who are accompanied by models in paper.
The Eurovision 2016 final will begin in an hour. In our country, this year it is shown by the Rossiya channel, on which the live broadcast will begin at 21.30 - with inclusions from the studio and from Stockholm. The Russian broadcast will be commentated by Ernest Matskevichyus and Dmitry Guberniev.
All this, of course, does not contribute to the festive atmosphere, but the organizers are trying their best. For example, in the final we can expect a performance from Justin Timberlake - not as a participant, of course, but as a guest from the USA, where Eurovision is broadcast for the first time this year. It is broadcast, however, not on national networks, but on the LogoTV portal, which is designed for an LGBT audience.
Another scandal was the demonstration of the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh by the singer from Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan - it happened in the green room before the announcement of the results of the first semi-final. Due to prohibited symbols (and on the eve of the competition, the EBU published a whole list of what cannot be shown in order to prevent further politicization of the show), she was also threatened with disqualification - all the more offensive since Iveta made it to the finals and is one of the favorites (she is now ranked in sixth place in the bookmakers' rankings, although with a large gap from Sweden). But things worked out well here too - the Armenian delegation was strictly warned about any violations of the rules in the future, and the EBU itself will look into the situation in June.
But in general, Eurovision 2016 may be remembered not for its musical or stage achievements (of which there have always been few at the competition), but for the scandals that occur around it and have nothing to do with the music or performances. Then a member of the Russian jury, Anastasia Stotskaya, decides to conduct a video broadcast of the voting, which is strictly prohibited by the rules - it all ends with her disqualification and replacement with actor Stanislav Duzhnikov (he is known from the TV series “Voronin” and “Kamenskaya” and the films “DMB” and “DMB 002”). It could have ended much worse - for example, the complete exclusion of Russia from Eurovision 2016, but the EBU decided not to take such drastic steps - after all, literally on the eve of the start of the competition, Romania was disqualified due to debts on fees.
And, by the way, the general director of the national Ukrainian broadcaster of Ukraine “UA: Pershiy” Zurab Alasania said on Facebook that Ukraine will refuse to participate in the 2017 competition if Sergey Lazarev wins this year. He explained that the reason for this decision would be relations with Russia. Ukraine did not participate in Eurovision 2015 due to the difficult situation in the country (official explanation), but it broadcast the competition itself.
Russia has already hosted Eurovision - in 2009, after the victory of Dima Bilan. Then it cost $40 million, part of which was allocated by the European Broadcasting Union; but about a third had to be paid to Channel One. If Lazarev wins, Channel One will also have to organize Eurovision 2017 in Moscow, which in turn with the Rossiya channel (VGTRK) will broadcast the competition in our country. According to experts, this organization will cost about the same as it did seven years ago. True, according to sources of the Daily Mirror newspaper, the EBU is afraid of Russia's victory and can help other participants - however, what exactly this help will be expressed in, the publication did not disclose.
Lazarev performs the song “You Are the Only One,” which translated means “You are the only one.” It was written by the Greek composer Dmitris Kontopoulos and Russian singer Philip Kirkorov, and the text was invented by John Ballard and Ralph Charlie. Kirkorov also became the producer of the Russian participant and one of the authors of the issue, which was quite unusual and stood out at this year’s competition.
Now the favorite of Eurovision 2016 is Sergey Lazarev - bookmakers consider his chances of winning so high that betting on him will not bring any profit. In second place is the representative of Australia, Korean Dami Im - she moved to it after the second semi-final and a head-to-head dispute with Ukrainian Jamala. Jamala's chances dropped slightly after the semi-final performances; she is now in third place. Bookmakers place Amir from France in fourth place, and Swede France in fifth place; they have not yet performed in the competition, and the opinion about their potential is formed by presentation clips and rehearsals.
