eurovision 2016
Dami Im
Dami Im represented Australia at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with “Sound of Silence”, finishing 2nd of 26.
- who
- Australian singer
- born
- 17 October 1988, Seoul
- contest
- 2016
- best result
- 2nd, 2016
- music
- pop
- voice
- soprano
- active
- since 2010
- record labels
- Sony Music Australia
- studied at
- University of Queensland, Griffith University, John Paul College
- sang for
- Australia
Biography
Dami Im is an Australian-Korean singer and songwriter, born in South Korea. “Sound of Silence” finished second in Stockholm in 2016, with the highest score Australia has had at the contest.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Dami Im”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2016 Stockholm
“Sound of Silence”
2nd of 26 Finished 2nd of 26 in the final, with 511 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci
- Running order
- 13th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 18, 330 points
- Age on the night
- 27
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
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- 2016 The result
Neither won the contest. Ukraine's Jamala was second with the juries and second with the public, and that was enough: 534 points, to 511 for Australia's Dami Im and 491 for Russia's Sergey Lazarev.
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