Contest year
- Host City
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Venue
- Globe Arena
- Final Date
- January 1, 2016
- Entries
- 43
- The 2016 contest introduced the biggest voting overhaul since 1975, separating jury points from a combined, reverse-order televote reveal, and was also the first edition broadcast live on US television; the EBU reported a record 204 million viewers.
- Romania was disqualified shortly before the shows for unpaid EBU debts, while Australia returned under altered participation rules.
- An official flag policy sparked protests and was later relaxed, yet Armenia was sanctioned after displaying the banned Nagorno-Karabakh flag.
- Ukraine’s Jamala won with “1944,” prompting political and eligibility complaints.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Petra Mede, Måns Zelmerlöw
Ukraine – 1944 
Sweden 
