Isikhathi eside iRussia izimisele ngomdlali, ozoyibeka kulo nyaka ku-Eurovision-2016, enquma ukuthumela uSergei Lazarev lapho. Kodwa i-Ukraine ihlele umbukiso wonke we-TV ukukhetha ummeleli ofanelekayo.
Ababambe iqhaza emncintiswaneni odumile bayagwetshwa yi-jury, okufaka u-Andrei Danilko noRuslana Lyzhichko. Ijaji liholwa nguConstantin Meladze.
Abaningi babenethemba lokuthi umqambi othandekayo wayezothumela umkakhe uVera Brezhnev eSweden, ngoba umculi unezifiso zombili nezethalente.
UKonstantin Meladze engxoxweni nezintatheli waphika lamahemuhemu, ebona ukuthi bobabili uVera kanye ne-band VIA Gra abahambanga ku-Eurovision. Umqambi uqinisekile ukuthi abaculi abathandekayo abathandekayo kumele bahlanganyele emncintiswaneni:
Angiboni iphuzu. Sekuvele kwakhiwe ngempela abaculi bezokuvakasha. Lapha udinga ukunikeza abantu abadinga ukuphumelela komsebenzi.
Manje uhla lwabafundi abangu-18 lwakhiwe, phakathi kwawo kukhona amagama amabili namatalenta amasha.