Karachay-Cherkessia in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkessia

Member station Arkhyz 24
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 Türkvizyon Song Contest scheduled to take place between the 17 and 21 December 2013.[1]

History

Karachay-Cherkessia made their joint debut in the Türkvizyon 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 Türkvizyon 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]

On 3 January 2015 Arkhyz 24 confirmed that Karachay-Cherkessia would be competing in the 2015 contest.[9]

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Final Points Semi Points
2013 Eldar Zhanikaev[3] Karachay-Balkar "Adamdı bizni atıbız" (Имя тебе-человек)[3] His name is Adam Failed to qualify
2014 Eldar Zhanikaev Karachay-Balkar "Barama" (Барама) I arrive Failed to qualify 24 148
2015

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Turkvizyon Search Begins". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Eldar Zhanikaev Selected For Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Live broadcast Turkvizyon 2013 on the TV channel "9 The Wave"". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Turkvision Submissions Open". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Online Voting To Select Finalist". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Eldar Zhanikaev Is Selected Again". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Karachay-Cherkessia: 2015 Turkvizyon Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.