Purogiramu yekupedzisira, zita rekupedzisira rakakunda preselection yechiUkreniya yeEurovision Song Contest 2016 yakazozivikanwa. Nhau dzekupedzisira dzekuti Ukraine ichafananidzirwa naJamal nerwiyo "1944" pamusoro pekudzingwa kweTatars munguva yeGreat Patriotic War kubva kuCrimea kwave ichikakavhiringidzwa pamusoro peInternet kwemazuva akawanda kare.
Vakawanda vanoziva kuti rwiyo urwu rwemhando yezvematongerwo enyika, uye, naizvozvo, mutambi wekugadzirisa kwemaitiro anofanira kunge asina kukodzera maererano nemitemo yemakwikwi enyika. Zvinotarisa kuti zvinangwa zvezvematongerwo enyika zveimwe nhengo dzejeri zvakabatanidzwa mumagumo emakwikwi akakodzera.
Zuva rakatevera kukundwa mujekiti yechiUkraine kwakapiwa Jamal, muvezi Konstantin Meladze akapa hurukuro kuvanyori venhau. Mutori wenhau anozivikanwa akataura kuti kusvika pakupedzisira zvose zvakafamba zvakatendeseka uye pachena, asi panguva yekupindira kwakasununguka mutongerwo enyika akapindira achiti:
Dzimwe nguva mukuvhota zvachose zvisingatarisirwi, uye izvi zvinogona kudanwa kushoma kwangu kwekugadzira.
Nguva pfupi usati wasvika pakuguma kweInternet yatanga kunyatsomirira kwevatungamiri veboka reSunSay. Ichokwadi kuti boka racho hazvizivikanwi muUkraine chete, asiwo rinozivikanwa muRussia, kwaakamboita. Mutungamiriri weboka anotenda kuti mimhanzi inofanira kunge isina zvematongerwo enyika. Nzvimbo yomuimbi yakasangana nevamwe vekuUkraine vane utsinye.
Dare racho raive raidiwa, uye muchikamu chechipiri chaiva nemavhoti mavhoti saJamal, saka pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu akaenzana shoko rekupedzisira rakasara kune vateereri. Kutaura zvazviri, jeri racho rakaronga nemaune zvikwereti zvekushanda kweSasSay, izvo zvakaita kuti Jamala ave mukundi. Muimba wokuUkraine Ruslana, anozivikanwa nokuda kwekuda kwake nyika kubvira kuMaidan wokutanga, akanga ari nhengo yejeri pamwe naKonstantin Meladze uye Andrei Danilko. Pamusana pekushanda kweboka SunSay muimbi akaisa bhora rakaderera-imwe chete, apo Meladze akaratidza nhamba yechitanhatu, uye Danilko - nokuda kwevatatu vatatu.
Konstantin Meladze akataura kuti Ruslana munyaya iyi haana kutungamirirwa nebasa:
Ichi chaive chimiro chehurumende chakajeka chaRuslana. Ndiyo imwe nhau iyo nzvimbo yangu semuchimi wemimhanzi uye maonero evanhu vevanhu vasina kufanana. Ruslana neni tiri kutarisa munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana ...