UKonstantin Meladze wakhuluma ngokuhlulela ngokungathembeki ekukhethweni kwe-Eurovision 2016

Ngempelasonto eledlule, igama lomdlali wokugcina owawunqoba umkhankaso we-Ukraine we-Eurovision Song Contest 2016 waziwa. Izindaba zakamuva ukuthi i-Ukraine izomelwa yiJamal ngengoma ethi "1944" mayelana nokuxoshwa kwamaTatars ngesikhathi sePritain Patriotic War eCrimea sekuye kwaxoshwa kakhulu kwi-Internet izinsuku ezimbalwa kakade.

Abaningi bayaqiniseka ukuthi le ngoma ingumfanekiso wezombusazwe, ngakho-ke, umculi wezinto ezakhayo kufanele azivumelekile ngokwemithetho yomncintiswano wamazwe omhlaba. Kubonakala sengathi izinhloso zezepolitiki zenye yamalungu ejaji zenze indima ekupheleni komncintiswano ofanelekayo.

Ngosuku olulandelayo ukunqoba kwiprojekthi yase-Ukraine kwanikezwa uJamal, umkhiqizi uKonstantin Meladze wanikeza inkulumo kubathatheli. Umqambi odumile wathi kuze kube sekugcineni konke kwahamba ngobuqotho nangokwebala, kodwa ngesikhathi sokungenelela okuphoqelekile isombusazwe sangenela:
Ezinye izikhathi zokuvota azizange zilindeleke, futhi lokhu kungabizwa ngokuthi ukwehluleka komkhiqizi wami.
Ngaphambi nje kokuphela kwesiphetho kwi-intanethi kwaqala ukuhlaselwa kwangempela komholi weqembu le-SunSay. Iqiniso lokuthi leli thimba liyaziwa kuphela e-Ukraine, kodwa futhi liyaziwa eRussia, lapho esanda khona. Umholi weqembu ukholelwa ukuthi umculo kufanele ungangeni kwezombusazwe. Isikhundla somculi satholwa ngabathile base-Ukraine abanobudlova.

Leli qembu laliyintandokazi, futhi e-second semifinal yahola inombolo efanayo yamavoti njengoJamal, ngakho-ke ngaphansi kwezimo ezilinganayo igama elishiywe lilalele izilaleli. Eqinisweni, ijaji lalinganisa ngamabomu izibalo zokusebenza kweSunSay, okuvumela uJamala ukuba abe umqobi. Umculi waseRussia uRurlana, owaziwa ngokuthanda izwe kusukela eMaidan wokuqala, wayeyilungu lejaji kanye noConstantin Meladze no-Andrei Danilko. Ukusebenza kweqembu uSunSay umculi wabeka ibhola eliphansi kakhulu - elinye, kuyilapho uMaladze ebala inombolo yesithupha, noDanilko - ngokuba abathathu abaphezulu.

UKonstantin Meladze waphawula ukuthi uRuthlana kulolu cala akazange aqondiswe ngumsebenzi:
Lokhu kwakuyisimo esicacile somphakathi saseRussia. Kungenye indaba ukuthi isikhundla sami njengomkhiqizi womculo kanye nombono womphakathi awufani ngempela. U-Ruslana nami sibheke ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene ...