Charged with historical and current political tensions, Ukrainian singer Jamala’s song about the 1944 deportation of Tatars from now Russia-annexed territory of Crimea, was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday.
The 32-year-old Susana Jamaladinova, who is a trained opera singer and uses the stage name Jamala, received 534 points for the song titled ‘1944′ for her late Saturday night performance in the glitzy musical event that has over the past five decades morphed into the most watched music contest in the world. Last year, 200 million viewers tuned in.
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Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
