Bashkortostan in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

Bashkortostan

Bashkortostan

Member station Kuray Television
National selection events National Selection 2013
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2013
Last appearance 2014
Best result 3rd: 2014
Worst result DNQ: SF 2013

Bashkortostan has participated in the Türkvizyon Song Contest twice since its début in 2013.[1] The Bashkir broadcaster, Kuray Television (KTV), has been the organiser of the Bashkir entry since its début.[2] In 2013, Bashkortostan's first entry at Türkvizyon, Diana Ishniyazova, failed to qualify to the grand final.

History

2013

Bashkortostan made their debut in the Türkvizyon Song Contest 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] The Bashkir broadcaster Kuray Television organised the entry selection, which took place on 16 November 2013.[2] A total of 17 singers participated in the national selection.[3] The national final was however disrupted due to a fire breaking out at the venue during the show, "The Lights of Ufa" with approximately 1,000 in attendance were evacuated to safety. As a result the national final was rescheduled to a later date.[4]

The national selection was rescheduled for 5 December 2013, 17 artists participated, with Diana Ishniyazova being selected to represent Bashkortostan.[5]

Running Order Singer Song Result
1 Hawa
2 Homay
3 Diana Ishniyazova Kuray Şarkısı 1
4 Ziliә Bәhtieva
5 Ilyas Kinyәғolov
6 Yәmil Baymyrҙin
7 Ғaysar Miңdeғolov
8 Ian Lear
9 Angelica Yakuseva
10 Hansura
11 Han ҡyҙy
12 Eurasia
13 Nәrkәs Sirazhetdinova
14 Arғymak
15 Әs-sәlәm
16 Bүrelәr tөrkөmө
17 Aygөl Әmineva

At the semi final of Turkvizyon 2013 on 19 December, Bashkortostan performed third however they did not qualify for the final of the competition.

2014

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Bashkortostan would make their second appearance at the Türkvizyon Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[6] On 9 October 2014 the Bashkir broadcaster made a call for submissions for the contest.[7] A total of 10 submissions were received by the broadcaster for the contest, 9 singers were selected to go through to the final on 30 October 2014.[8] The winner of the Bashkir national selection was decided by a jury.

In the final were:

Artist Song Result
Robert Yuldashev
Yan Lira
Kuraysy
Narkas Sirazhetdinova
Karavan
Es-Salam
Artur Shugayupov
Ruslan Timerlanov
Zaman Kubair (Кубаир) 1

The group Zaman won the selection process with their song "Kubair", they were selected by a 9 person jury.[9] In Kazan Bashkortostan performed 17th in the semi final scoring a total of 193 points and coming 4th, they then performed 6th in the final and finished in 3rd with a total of 199 points.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Final Points Semi-final Points
2013 Diana Ishniyazova[10] Bashkir "Kuray Şarkısı" The Quray Song Failed to qualify
2014 Zaman[9] Bashkir “Kubair” (Кубаир)[9] Bair 3 199 4 193
2015 Did not participate

References

  1. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Bashkortostan: Final November 16". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan: National Final Today". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony (17 November 2013). "Bashkortostan: National Final Disrupted By Fore". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. "Diana Ishniyazova off to Turkey". Eurovoix.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  6. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan: Turkvision Applications Open". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  8. Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan: National Final October 30th". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (31 October 2014). "Bashkortostan Zaman to Turkvizyon". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  10. "Diana Ishniyazova off to Turkey". Eurovoix.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
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