Kabardino-Balkaria in the Turkvision Song Contest
Kabardino-Balkaria (presented at the 2013 and 2014 contests as Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia) were one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the first Turkvision Song Contest. Despite being two separate republics, they sent a joint competitor in 2013, to represent the both of them.[1]
Kabardino-Balkaria | |
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Member station | Elbrusoid |
National selection events | National Final
Internal Selection
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Participation summary | |
Appearances | 3 |
First appearance | 2013 |
Last appearance | 2019 |
Best result | 24th: 2014(SF) |
Worst result | DNQ: 2013(SF) |
History
Kabardino-Balkaria made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] Kabardino-Balkaria selected their participant 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.
On 22 July 2014, Kabardino-Balkaria confirmed their participation in the 2014 contest.[4] 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.[5] It was announced that online voting would help select the winner,[6] 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).[7]
Participation
- Table key
1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place Withdrew/Disqualified
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 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
2014 | Eldar Zhanikaev | "Barama" (Барама) | Karachay-Balkar | Failed to qualify | 24 | 148 | |
2015 | Did not participate | ||||||
2016 | Aris Appaev | Contest cancelled | |||||
2017 | Contest cancelled | ||||||
2018 | Contest cancelled | ||||||
2019 | Aris Appaev | "Unutma meni" | Karachay-Balkar | ||||
References
- 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.
- Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Eldar Zhanikaev Selected For Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- Anthony, Granger. "Kabardino-Balkaria: Will Take Part In Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- 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.