Eurovision Song Contest winner Jamala says she is overjoyed about her triumph at the competition with her song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union in 1944. Political songs are banned from featuring at the Eurovision Song Contest. However, Geneva-based EBU bosses allowed "1944" as it is based on historical fact.
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Jamala reacts after winning the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm on May 14. Jamala performed \u201c1944,\u201d a song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944. The victory means that the contest will take place in Ukraine in 2017.
