EuroMusic Song Contest 16

The EuroMusic Song Contest 16 was the sixteenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was Malta, that won the last edition, with the song Not my soul. The contest took place in Ta' Qali. It was the first time that Malta hosted the contest.

Germany won the contest for the fourth time in the history of the contest, a record. Armenia obtained their best result so far by finishing at the second place. Sweden completed the top three.

Location
Straight after the Maltese victory in the previous edition, TVM announced that they were planning to host this edition. The broadcaster said that they already planned a possible hosting after their second place in the 12th edition.

At the official press conference after their victory, the Maltese broadcaster said to be proud that the EuroMusic was comming to Malta. They directly announced that they selected the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre as venue, in Ta' Qali. This venue has a capacity of 13.000 seats.

This will be the first time that Malta will host a EuroMusic-event.

Number of participants
Since the seventh edition the EBU announced to put a maximum at the number of participants. In the seventh and eighth edition, eighteen countries were able to participate.

Because the introduction of the semi finals, there is no maximum of participating countries.

Running order
There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

The host country will have a random number. The rest of the countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. After, a team will create a running order.

Song
Each country sends one song to the contest. There are no rules about the language of the song, but the song can't be longer than five minutes.

Voting rules
After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the mst countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

Returning artists
The contest featured one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same country.

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Grand Final
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/300639/euromusic-song-contest-16--grand-final

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Debuting countries

 * Azerbaijan.jpg Azerbaijan - Although Azerbaijan tried to debut in the previous edition, they postponed it for one edition.
 * Belarus.jpg Belarus - The Belarussian broadcaster observed the previous edition in Madrid, there were rumors that they would make their debut. This rumors turned out to be correct.
 * Moldova.jpg Moldova - TRM, the Moldovan broadcaster, announced that they would take part in this edition.

Returning countries

 * Cyprus.jpg Cyprus - However, the Cypriotic broadcaster planned to return in the previous edition, Cyprus was not on the official list of participating countries. After the fifteenth edition it was clear that Cyprus would take part in this edition.


 * Finland.jpg Finland - The Finnish broadcaster announced that they were returning to the contest.

Withdrawing countries

 * Bosnia and Herzegovina.jpg Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Bosnian head of delegation announced at the end of the second semi final that they were considering to withdraw from the contest due the disappointing results.


 * Denmark.jpg Denmark - The Danish broadcaster announced that they were not taking part in this edition. The bad results of the country in the history was the main reason of their withdrawal.


 * Italy.jpg Italy - RAI decided to withdraw from the competition because of the bad results. Also the popularity of the contest decreased a lot in the country.


 * Greece.jpg Greece - The Greek broadcaster announced that Greece would not take part in Malta. They gave no further information why they made their decision.


 * United States.jpg United States - NBC, the American broadcaster decided no to take part in this edition due to changes made by the broadcaster.