It is noted that to participate in the new selection can be a performer or team that “has not performed a concert activity in Russia since 2014, does not plan and does not announce one during the competition until the Eurovision final, and also did not enter the territory of Crimea in violation of the law Of Ukraine. ”
In July, the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine (NOTU) forbade young contestants who performed in Russia after January 1, 2014 to participate in the Junior Eurovision music contest.
Producer Joseph Prigozhin in an interview with the 360 channel commented on this decision.