Namuhla e-Stockholm, ukubuyekezwa kokuqala kwe-Eurovision Song Contest 2016 kuqale. Ukuziqhenya kwalokhu kuxoxwa ukuthi bathunyelwa kuwebhu ngendlela yamavidiyo asemthethweni, futhi izilaleli zingenza umbono wokuqala wokuthi abaphikisi bazobukeka kanjani esiteji.
Ngeshwa, isikhathi sokugcina sokuhluleka simane siphishekele umculi waseRussia uSergei Lazarev. Abalandeli bakhe basalokhu bekhathazekile ngempilo yomculi, okwathi inyanga edlule yalahlekelwa yilapho esesiteji ngesikhathi sokusebenza eSt. Petersburg. Ngalesi sikhathi ummeli waseRussia "i-Eurovision 2016" uphinde wehluleka esiteji. Izindaba zakamuva ezisuka enhloko-dolobha yaseSweden kwabalandeli bomculi zaqala ukwethuka: ngesikhathi sokubuyiselwa kokuqala, uSergei Lazarev waqeda indawo futhi wawa phansi.
Abahleli be-Eurovision 2016 ngemuva kokuwa bavumela uSergei Lazarev ukuba enze eminye imizamo emithathu
Ngenhlanhla, lo mculi wakwazi ukuphumula ngokushesha ekuwa. Emaminithandathu ayisithupha kamuva uSergey Lazarev wabuza ukuvumela omunye ukugijima kwenombolo. Abahleli baya emhlanganweni nomculi waseRussia, futhi wathola imizamo emithathu.
Isiteshi se-EuroINvision asifaki isiqephu ngokuwa kwevidiyo esemthethweni, okushiya ithuba elihle kulabo abalaleli. Ekwahlulela ngalokho okwenzeka esiteji, inombolo kaSergei Lazarev iyakhazimula futhi iyamangalisa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umculi uzokwazi ukwenza konke ngokufanele ngesikhathi sokusebenza ku-Eurovision 2016, sizokwazi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa.