Stockholm 2016

At Eurovision 2016, the myth of the influence of so called “bloc voting” was debunked once again. From Scandinavia, only host nation Sweden was in the grand final. Frans gave the reigning country another top 5 result with “If I were sorry”.

In Aftermath we look back at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, covering the biggest and most newsworthy stories the contest gave us. Today we take a look at the French revival, with a top 10 placing thanks to Amir’s “J’ai Cherché”.

In this series of articles we are not only looking at the stories of succes at Eurovision 2016. We also focus on the disappointments. In today’s episode, we write about the reactions after Nikcy Byrne’s failure to reach the final for Ireland.

In the Aftermath, we take a look at the results at Eurovision 2016 and the way the countries have reacted on their result. Today we focus on Armenia, which got a seventh place in Stockholm thanks to Iveta Mukuchyan.

We take a look back at Eurovision 2016 one more time, with the aftermath of the great result for Michal Szpak from Poland. One of the biggest shockers of the 2016 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was the moment when the televoters lifted Poland [read more…]

With 42 countries taking part in Stockholm, at least 32 of them are bound to get disappointed with their result in the contest. But for Germany, it was a big blow, ending up in last place for the second year in a row. We look [read more…]

The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest was seen by more than 200 million viewers. The 3 live shows from Stockholm, Sweden on 10th, 12th and 14th May reached 204 million people across 42 countries – 5 million more than in 2015.

Eurovision 2016 is over, but we look back one last time. We take a look at the disappointments and at the successes. For instance, the top 10 result of Lithuania, which is almost a unique achievement.