Ngisanda kumenywa eJury yaseRussia ye-Eurotion Song Contest, lapho, kanye nami, ophumelele, ngokwezwi lethu, uYulia Odemarova, uYulia Presnyakov kanye nomculi osemncane Sonya Lapshakova. Imibono Cishe sonke sahambisana, sasilandela ngokucophelela konke okwenzekayo, sabonisana. Kwakunzima ngempela ukwahlulela: 16 izingane, futhi wonke umuntu muhle, futhi kwadingeka siziqhathanise. Ngiyavuma ngokweqiniso, ukuthi ngokushesha sabona, esinamandla, futhi obuthakathaka. Ababambiqhaza babeyiminyaka ehlukile, futhi lapho useyingane, khona-ke umehluko koyedwa noma amabili udlala indima enkulu. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kulo nyaka, abafana bakhula futhi bakhula ngokushesha okukhulu.
U-Alisa Kokloina wethu wakhuluma kahle, yize akazange athathe umklomelo. Kudlule kancane, ngeshwa, hhayi ukususa. Uyintombazane ekhuthele kakhulu, futhi ngiyakholelwa ekusasandeni kwakhe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kuzoshintsha kube yinto ebabazekayo uma kwenzeka kule ndlela yokunameva.
UVincenzo Cantiello, owathola umklomelo wokuqala, unamandla, uyathakazelisa, futhi umfanele ngempela ukunqoba. Konke okunye, ukuphela komfana, futhi akuqhathaniswa nanoma ngubani. Kungashiwo ukuthi ngezinga elithile wayenenhlanhla. Unomfutho omangalisayo nowokubuselana, ashaya wonke umuntu. Ikakhulu uma useyingane, amandla ikhadi lakho lebhizinisi. Ukumbona, sajabulisa ngokushesha futhi sabona ukuthi iVincenzo iyingane engokomzwelo emangalisayo. Usevele uneminyaka eyi-14, futhi wezwa ukuthi wayeseduze kwezwi eliphukile. Kepha ngokufudumala kwakhe wasindisa wonke la maphutha, salalela ukuthi umphefumulo wakhe uhlabelela kanjani.
Kusuka ezintandokazini zami zomuntu siqu, ngithanda ukugubha umncintiswano omuhle kakhulu ngeMalta - FederaRika Faltson, intombazane eneminyaka engu-11 enezwi elinamandla amakhulu futhi elihle.
Ukufingqa, ngithanda ukusho ukuthi umculi akuyona nje izwi, lokhu kuyinkimbinkimbi yonke: charm, ikhono lokuheha izithameli, amandla anamandla amakhulu. Futhi ngakhumbula i-pelagey lapho eseyingane, ehamba ezweni lonke egqoke izingubo zikazwelonke. Ngabe sengiyi-soloist yenkundla yemidlalo yeshashalazi, futhi sahlangana namakhonsathi amakhulu, lapho kwathathwa khona njengengane eneziphiwo. Wayeneminyaka engu-9 kuya kwezingu-10 ubudala, kanti amanye amandla amangalisayo asuka kuye, ngikusho njengofakazi wezenzo zakhe. Akekho owayengaqonda lapho umsindo we-avalanche onjalo nokuqonda lokho akwenzayo. Inikezwa ngemvelo, kungenzeka ukuthi noma kunjalo! Ngilandele ngokucophelela bobabili abadala, futhi ngombukiso wezingane "izwi", onqobayo kwakungu-Alice. Futhi ngakhumbula lapho omunye umncintiswano omkhulu - uRagdu Khaniev, futhi kubonakala kimi ukuthi uma ngonyaka olandelayo ukuwuthumela e-Eurovision, khona-ke sizoba namathuba amahle awina.