Găgăuzia in the Turkvision Song Contest
Găgăuzia has participated in the Turkvision Song Contest three times since its debut in 2013.[1] The Moldovan broadcaster, Gagauz Radio Television (GRT), has been the organiser of the Gagauz entry since its debut in the contest. In 2013, Găgăuzia's first entry at Turkvision, Ludmila Turkan, failed to qualify for the grand final.[2]
Găgăuzia | |
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Member station | Gagauz Radio Television (GRT) |
National selection events | National Final
Internal Selection
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Participation summary | |
Appearances | 4 |
First appearance | 2013 |
Best result | 10th: 2015 |
Worst result | DNQ: 2013(SF) |
Găgăuzia in the Turkvision Song Contest 2017 |
History
Găgăuzia made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] Lumdila Turkan was selected as the winner of the Gagauz national final,[3] an incentive of 10,000 Moldovan leu was given to get people to participate.[4] The song she performed in Turkey was not the same song as performed at the national final, instead she performed "Vernis Lubov".
On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Găgăuzia would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[5] On 17 September 2014, the Gagauz selection took place, six artists competed in the selection with the winner chosen by a jury. The winner was Mariya Topal with the song "Aaladım", it was announced that Peter Petkovic would work with Mariya on improving the song for the contest.[6]
Participation
- Table key
1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place Withdrew/Disqualified
Year | Artist | Title | Language | Final | Points | Semi-final | Points | ||
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2013 | Ludmila Turkan[2][7] | "Vernis Lubov" | Gagauz, Ukrainian | Failed to qualify | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |||
2014 | Mariya Topal | "Aaladım" | Gagauz | Failed to qualify | 16 | 162 | |||
2015 | Valentin Ormanji | "Sev beni sev" | Turkish | 10 | 154 | No semi-final | |||
2016 | Contest cancelled | ||||||||
2017 | Yulia Arnaut | "Kemençä" | Gagauz | Contest cancelled | |||||
2018 | Contest cancelled | ||||||||
2019 | Yulia Arnaut | "Kemençä" | Gagauz | ||||||
See also
- Găgăuzia in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest
- Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
References
- Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- Granger, Anthony (12 November 2013). "Moldova: Ludmila Turkan To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- Granger, Anthony. "Moldova: Ludmila Tukan To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Meetings of the Executive Committee Gagauzia" (PDF). Gagauzia.md. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- Granger, Anthony. "Gagauzia: Mariya Topal Off To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- "Ludmila Tukan to Represent Moldova Gagauzia in Turkvision 2013". Turkvision.info. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.