Iveki yokugqibela, igama lomgcini wokugqibela owaphumelela ukhetho lokuqala lwase-Ukraine kwi-Eurovision Song Contest 2016 yaziwa. Iindaba eziza kutshanje ukuba i-Ukraine iya kumelwa nguJamal ngengoma ethi "1944" malunga nokuxoshwa kwamaTatars ngexesha leMfazwe Enkulu yePatriotic eCrimea iye yaxutyushwa kakhulu kwi-intanethi iintsuku eziliqela.
Abaninzi bayaqiniseka ukuba ingoma yinto enobungqina bezopolitiko, kwaye ngoko ke, umenzi wezinto ezikhuselekileyo kufuneka angakufanelekanga ngokwemiqathango yokhuphiswano lwamazwe ngamazwe. Kuye kwenzeka ukuba iinjongo zezopolitiko zenye yamalungu ejaji zadlala indima ekupheleni komncintiswano ofanelekileyo.
Ngomhla emva kokuphumelela kwiprojekthi yaseUkraine kwanikezelwa kuJamal, umlimi uKonstantin Meladze wanika udliwano-ndlebe kwiintatheli. Umqambi othandwayo wachaza ukuba kude kube yinto yokuphela kwayo yonke into yayihamba ngokunyanisekileyo kwaye ivulekileyo, kodwa ngexesha lokungenelela ngokugqithiseleyo, upolitiki wangenela:
Ezinye izihlandlo zokuvota zazingalindelekanga, kwaye oku kungabizwa ngokuba yintsebenziswano yam encinane.
Kungekudala ngaphambi kokuphela kwe-intanethi kwi-intanethi iqalile ukukhwela kwangempela kwenkokeli yeqela leSunSay. Inyaniso yokuba iqela liyazi nje kuphela e-Ukraine, kodwa liyaziwayo eRussia, apho litshatyalaliswe kungekudala. Inkokheli yeqela ikholelwa ukuba umculo akufanele uphume kwezobupolitika. Isikhundla somculi sadibana nabanye baseUkraine abanobundlobongela.
Iqela laliyintandokazi, kwaye kwinqanaba lesibini lalingenalo inani levoti njengeJamal, ngoko ke phantsi kweemeko ezilinganayo igama elidlulileyo lishiywa kubaphulaphuli. Enyanisweni, ijaji yanciphisa ngamabomu amanqaku ekusebenzeni kwe-SunSay, eyavumela uJamala ukuba abe ngumqoqo. Umculi waseUkraine uRurlana, owaziwayo ngokuthanda kwakhe ukususela ngowokuqala uMaidan, wayelungu lejaji kunye noConstantin Meladze noAndrei Danilko. Ukusebenza kweqela leSunSay umculi wabeka ibhola ephantsi-enye, ngelixa uMaladze ebala inani elithandathu, kunye neDanilko - kwiintlobo eziphezulu.
UKonstantin Meladze waphawula ukuba uRurlana kulo mzekelo akazange akhokelwe ngumsebenzi:
Oku kwakukho isikhundla esicacileyo seRussia. Enye into yokuba isikhundla sam njengomvelisi womculo kunye nembono yoluntu alubonakali. U-Ruslana kunye nathi sibheke kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ...