The Norwegian participant and the winner of Eurovision 2009 Alexander Rybak recorded his own cover version of 1944 by Jamala.

Thus, one winner of the contest contributed to even greater popularity of the other winner’s song; as is known, it was 1944 song that brought the Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar origin victory in the last year’s Eurovision.

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