One of these days, the president of Ukraine, Pyotr Poroshenko, in his speech on the significance of victory at Eurovision, said that the composition of Jamala was formerly called "Our Crimea". The statement of the Ukrainian leader somewhat surprised the popular video blogger Anatoly Sharia, who received political asylum in Europe a few years ago because of persecution in his homeland.
A well-known Ukrainian journalist decided to find confirmation of Petro Poroshenko's words, and he succeeded. Anatoly Shariy managed to find on the YouTube channel a video recorded at a concert in Jamala a year ago. On an eight-minute video called "Jamala performed new songs at the requiem party on May 18", the singer performs in front of the full auditorium a song she performed at the competition in Stockholm this year.
Literally three hours after the latest news from Anatoly Sharia appeared on the Web, the video of 2015 was removed from the channel, but many Internet users managed to make copies of the singer's performance. In addition, the video posted on YouTube remained in the story of Anatoly Sharia:
Jamala's song at Eurovision 2016 was to be disqualified twice
From the first day, as it became known that the Ukrainian singer Jamala will perform at the international music contest with the song "1944", the debate on the political subtext of the song has not ceased on the Internet.
As is known, one of the requirements of "Eurovision" is the absence of political hints and manifestos in the texts of the songs participating in the contest. The organizers of Eurovision 2016, leaving the song "1944" to participate in the contest, did not disqualify Ukraine for a political provocation. Later, the singer herself confirmed in a telephone conversation with the prankers that her song has a completely different meaning than the officially stated personal story of the family.
After Anatoly Sharia's investigation, it became clear that Ukraine did not have the right to participate in the contest with the song "1944", since this song called "Our Crimea" was not new. The rules of "Eurovision" say that the songs that the countries submit to the contest must be new, that is, not performed until September 1 of the previous year. Thus, the Ukrainian singer deliberately violated the rules by submitting an international song contest performed long before the deadline.