Buzz·Posted on 14 May 2016Ukraine Are The Winners Of Eurovision 2016But for a while it looked like it would be Australia.by Ellie BateBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Ukraine's contestant Jamala has won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. She won with this emotional ballad, "1944", the lyrics of which she said were very personal to her. View this video on YouTube youtube.com The lyrics of the song referred to Stalin's rule, the war in Crimea, and ethnic cleansing in Ukraine. The results announcement was insanely tense. It looked like Australia was going to win for a very, very long time. Which people weren't all that happy about, tbh. Jono Yates @jonoBLITZ Everyone in the UK watching Australia in #Eurovision 08:06 PM - 14 May 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite It ended up being a race between Russia and Ukraine. Patrick Ness @Patrick_Ness So? Who's going to win? Will it be Russia? Or Ukraine? Or Russia? Or Ukraine? Or Russia? #eurovision 09:04 PM - 14 May 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Even J.K. Rowling was in support of Ukraine! J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling GO UKRAINE! #Eurovision 10:35 PM - 14 May 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite And ultimately, they won! Everyone was majorly surprised – and slightly relieved. jack @dashausofjack When everyone thought Australia was going to win for a moment then Ukraine came out like... #Eurovision 10:50 PM - 14 May 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite Huge congrats to Ukraine, and here's until next year! 💙💛