Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest

Romania

Member station	Alpha TV Media
Appearances
Appearances	3
First appearance	2013
Last appearance	2015
Best result	18th: 2015
Worst result	DNQ: SF 2013

Romania is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in Turkvision.^[1]

History

2013

Romania made its debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.^[1]^[2] Alpha Media TV held a selection process to select their participant for the contest, a five-member jury selected Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent Romania on their debut.^[1] "Ay Ak Shatir" was revealed as Romania's song on 18 December 2013.^[3] Romania performed 18th in the semi final but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

Romania participated again in the 2014 contest in Kazan, Tatarstan. Alpha Media TV selected their 2013 participant Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent as part of a duet with Gafar Alev Sibel.^[4] In Kazan the duet sang "Genclik basa bir gelir", they performed 22nd in the semi final but finished in 17th place on 158 points and did not qualify for the final.

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

Year	Artist	Title	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2013	Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai^[5]	"Ay Ak Shatır"	Turkish	Failed to qualify
2014	Cengiz Erhan & Alev Gafar	"Genclik basa bir gelir"	Turkish	Failed to qualify		17	158
2015	Edvin Eddy	"Seviyorum, Anlasana"	Turkish	18	134	No semi-final
2016	Sunai Giolacai

References

1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Romania: Are Taking Part In Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
↑ Granger, Anthony. "Romania: Turkvizyon Song Revealed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
↑ Schneider, Patrick. "Romania: Turkvision artist presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
↑ "Turkvision 2013 Romanya Temsilcisi Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai". Turkvision.info. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

Turkvision Song Contest

Countries

Active	Albania Altai Republic Azerbaijan Bashkortostan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Crimea Dagestan Gagauzia Georgia Germany Iran Iraq Kabardino-Balkaria Kazakhstan Khakassia Kumyk Kyrgyzstan Latvia Macedonia Moscow Netherlands Northern Cyprus Romania Sandžak Stavropol Krai Sweden Turkey Tatarstan Tuva Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Yakutia

Inactive	Karachay-Cherkessia Kemerovo Kosovo

Unsuccessful	Chuvashia Russia Xinjiang

Contests

Portal

Turkvision Song Contest 2013

Countries

Finalists (by final results)	Azerbaijan Belarus Ukraine Tatarstan Altai Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Northern Cyprus Uzbekistan Kosovo

Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Bashkortostan Crimea Georgia Iraq Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia Kemerovo Khakassia Macedonia Găgăuzia Romania Tuva Yakutia

Withdrawn	Chuvashia Moscow Turkmenistan Xinjiang

Artists

Finalists (by final results)	Farid Hasanov Gunesh Abbasova Fazile Ìbraimova Aline Şeripcanova Artur Marlujokov Emir & Frozen Camels Manevra Çoro Rin'go Grup Gommalar Nilufar Usmonova Ergin Karahasan

Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Ahmed Duzlu Diana Ishniyazova Eldar Zhanikaev Elvira Sarihalil Eynar Balakişiyev & Afik Novruzov Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai Ikay Yusuf Ludmila Turkan Olga Spiridonova Sailyk Ommun Vladimir Dorju Çıldız Tannakeşeva

Songs

Finalists (by final results)	"Yaşa" "Son Hatıralar" "Elmalım" "Üpkälämim" "Altayym Menin" "Ters Bosanka" "Sen, Ben, Biz" "Kaygyrba" "Birlikpen Alğa" "Havalanıyor" "Unutgin" "Şu Prizen"

Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)	"Adamdı Bizni Atıbız" "Ay Ak Shatır" "Dağların Elları" "Düşlerde Yaşamak" "Kalbini Saf Tut" "Kerkük'ten Yola Çıkak" "Kuray Şarkısı" "Tus Çirinde" "Vernis Lubov" "Çavıdak" "Şoriya'nın Unu"

Withdrawn	"Ayrıntılar" "Sensiz" "Sulus Uonna Tuun" "Tooluk kyz"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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