Karachay-Cherkessia in the Turkvision Song Contest
Karachay-Cherkessia | |
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Member station | Arkhyz 24 |
National selection events | National Selection 2013- |
Appearances | |
Appearances | 2 |
First appearance | 2013 |
Best result | 24th: SF 2014 |
Worst result | DNQ: SF 2013 |
Karachay-Cherkessia (presented at the 2013 and 2014 contests as Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia) are one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the first Turkvision Song Contest scheduled to take place between the 17 and 21 December 2013.[1]
History
Karachay-Cherkessia made their joint debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] They selected their participant alongside Kabardino-Balkaria on 1 December 2013, a national selection was held in the Karachay-Cherkessia Capital Cherkessk at the Avenue Restaurant, a total of 12 artists competed, the winner was Eldar Zhanikaev with "Adamdı bizni atıbız" (Имя тебе-человек).[3] The contest in 2013 was broadcast on channel 9 The Wave as Elbrusoid the organiser of the nations participation is not a television station.[4]
On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Karachay-Cherkessia would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[5] It was announced that an open national selection would be held, songs would be submitted to the Ministry of Culture of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, with the songs going on to perform in a selection in Cherkessk.[6] It was announced that online voting would help select the winner,[7] however due to low submissions this did not occur. The final took place on 28 September 2014, 10 artists competed, Eldar Zhanikaev was selected with the song "Barama" (Барама).[8]
Contestants
- Table key
Year | Artist | Title | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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2013 | Eldar Zhanikaev[3] | "Adamdı bizni atıbız" (Имя тебе-человек)[3] | Karachay-Balkar | Failed to qualify | |||
2014 | Eldar Zhanikaev | "Barama" (Барама) | Karachay-Balkar | Failed to qualify | 24 | 148 | |
Did not participate between 2015 and 2016 | |||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Turkvizyon Search Begins". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Eldar Zhanikaev Selected For Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ↑ "Live broadcast Turkvizyon 2013 on the TV channel "9 The Wave"". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Turkvision Submissions Open". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Online Voting To Select Finalist". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Eldar Zhanikaev Is Selected Again". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.