 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhepfenyuro yeUkraine National Television Company yeUkraine NTU yakaronga mhedziso yenyika mukubatana nenhepfenyuro yekutengesa STB kuitira kusarudza kupinda kweUkraine mumakwikwi e2016 muStockholm, Sweden. Kusarudzwa kwenyika kwaisanganisira semi-fainari mbiri, dzakaitwa musi wa 6 na 13 Kukadzi 2016, uye yekupedzisira, yakaitwa musi wa 21 Kukadzi 2016; zvinyorwa zvipfumbamwe zvakakwikwidza mu semi-fainari imwe neimwe nevatatu vepamusoro kubva kune imwe semi-fainari vachienderera mberi kusvika kumagumo. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, 1944 yakaitwa naJamala yakasarudzwa semukundi mushure mekubata nzvimbo yekutanga zvichitevera kusanganiswa kwemavhoti kubva kune nhengo nhatu dzevatongi uye veruzhinji televote - tie yakasarudzwa mukufarira kwaJamala mushure me 1944 yakawana zvibodzwa zvepamusoro neruzhinji. 1944 ndiro rwiyo rwokutanga rweEurovision Song Contest rune mashoko mumutauro weCrimean Tatar. Kupinda kweUkraine kwakakonzera gakava uye kwakaunganidza kufarira kwenhau dzepasi rose zvese kuna Jamala, muimbi weUkraine wedzinza reCrimean Tatar, uye rwiyo 1944, rwakafemerwa nenyaya yasekuru vake nasekuru panguva yekudzingwa kwevaCrimean Tatars muna 1944muSoviet Union pasi pokutonga kwaJoseph Stalin. Pasinei nemishumo yemapepanhau kuti rwiyo rwacho runogona kurambidzwa nekuda kwekutaura kwaro kwezvematongerwo enyika, Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group yakabvisa rwiyo rwemakwikwi uye yakataura kuti zita kana mazwi erwiyo harina hurukuro yezvematongerwo enyika. 