(14 May 2016) Ukrainians reacted with jubilation at the news that their country had won this year's Eurovision Song Contest held in Stockholm early on Sunday, with a melancholic tune about the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities.
Singer 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.
In "1944", Jamaladinova recalls how Crimean Tatars, including her great-grandmother, were deported to central Asia in 1944 by Josef Stalin's regime during World War II.
Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014 with opposition from its Tatar minority.
The focus on Crimea could be considered a swipe at Moscow, but Jamala insisted there was no political subtext, and contest officials agreed.
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