Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015

For the junior version, see Bala Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015.
Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015
Dates
Final date 19 December 2015[1]
Host
Venue Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s)
  • Vatan Şaşmaz
  • Oylum Talu
Host broadcaster Turkish Music Box Television (TMB)
Opening act Erkin Tursynhan, Aydın Nurdinov
Interval act Burat Kut
Participants
Number of entries 21
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
Vote
Voting system A juror from each region evaluates all the songs on a 10 point system.
Winning song
Türkvizyon Song Contest
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Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015 was the third edition of Türkvizyon Song Contest, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey; and organised by Turkish Music Box Television (TMB). A total of twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest, as well as one Turkic ethnic groups who do not have a defined region. There were no semi-final this year, whilst the final took place on 19 December 2015.

Location

For more details on the host city, see Istanbul.
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Cultural Centre, venue for the 2015 edition.

On 22 November 2014, it was announced that the hosts for Türkvizyon 2015 would have been Turkmenistan. Mary, the capital city of Mary Province in Turkmenistan, had been previously chosen as the host city.[2] However, on 21 February 2015 it was announced that the host city had been changed and the contest would then take place in Ashgabat.[3] In late August 2015, the host city was changed yet again to Istanbul, Turkey.[4]

The contest was held in the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, in Istanbul, Turkey. The centre has 10,000 covered seats of 30,000 seats at total in Küçükçekmece district of İstanbul.[5]

Format

National host broadcaster

Unlike the previous two editions, there was no semi-final held for the 2015 edition.[6] The final took place on 19 December 2015, and was organised by the host broadcaster Turkish Music Box Television (TMB).[1]

List of participants

Twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest which took place on 19 December 2015. Below are the details of each of the participants.[1]

Region[7] Language Artist[8] Song[8] English translation Place[9] Points[9]
Albania Albania Turkish Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi "Adi Hasret" Common Longing 8 154
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Mehman Tağiyev "İstanbul" 7 155
Belarus Belarus Azerbaijani Aleksandra Kazimova "Azadlıq" Freedom 20 126
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Adis Škaljo "Pa Šta" So what 12 153
Bulgaria Bulgaria Turkish Big Star Life "İstanbuldayız" We are in Istanbul 6 162
Gagauzia Gagauzia Turkish Valentin Ormanji "Sev Beni Sev" Love me, love 10 154
Georgia (country) Georgia Azerbaijani Anar Askerov "Tenha Yürek" Secluded heart 16 138
Germany Germany Turkish Derya Kaptan "Sessiz Çığlık" Silent Scream 11 153
Iran Iran Azerbaijani Reza Esbilani "Mənim Arzum" My dream 19 131
Iraq Iraq Turkish Oğuz Sırmalı "Serenat" Serenade 17 137
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakh Orda "Olay Emes" Not So 2 185
Kosovo Kosovo Turkish Tolga Kazaz "Sevmek Günah Mıdır?" Love is a sin? 14 141
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Jiidesh İdirisova "Kim Bilet" (ким билет) Who knows 1 194
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Turkish Kaan Mazhar "Böyle Olmamalıydı" It should not have been like this 4 165
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus Turkish İpek Amber "Sessiz Gidiş" Silent leaving 9 154
Romania Romania Turkish Edvin Eddy "Seviyorum Anlasana" Understand that I love you 18 134
Sandžak Sandžak Serbian Almedin Varošanin "Trag" Trail 15 140
Syria Syria Turkish Adil Şan "Geliş" Arrival 5 165
Turkey Turkey Turkish Görkem Durmaz "Hırçın Sular" Combative Water 3 175
Ukraine Ukraine Gagauz Anna Mitioglo "Baaşla bana" Forgive me 13 148
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbek KaaPlya (Ajnabiy) and Hurdona "Azadlık" Freedom 21 119

Commentators

Each of the participating broadcasters is expected to broadcast the contest live. The broadcasters that are confirmed so far are:

Other regions

The following list of regions participated in the past but didn't compete in 2015:

Whilst these countries are yet to debut at the contest:

See also

References

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  2. "Turkvizyon’15: Mary Will Host The Contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. Granger, Anthony (21 February 2015). "Turkvizyon’15: Contest To Be Held In Ashgabat". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon’15: Contest Moved To Istanbul?". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. "YKB Gosteri merkezi".
  6. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon ’15: confirmed no semi final to be held". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. Granger, Anthony. "Türkvizyon 2015: These are the participants". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon’15: all singers and songs now known". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  9. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 December 2015). "Kyrgyzstan has won the third Turkvizyon Song Contest". Eurovoix. eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  10. Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Ordu Boztepe TV To Broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  11. Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: KRAL TV to broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. Granger, Anthony. "Ukraine: Yuzhnaya Volna TV to broadcast Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. Granger, Anthony. "ALTAI REPUBLIC: WITHDRAWS FROM TURKVIZYON 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  14. Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon 15: Khaskassia and Tuva withdraw". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  16. Granger, Anthony. "Stavropol Krai withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  17. Granger, Anthony (7 December 2015). "Tatarstan withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  18. Granger, Anthony. "Sakha Republic (Yakutia) withdraws from Turkvizton 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  19. Granger, Anthony (13 February 2015). "Hungary: To Debut At Turkvizyon 2015?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  20. Granger, Anthony (8 February 2015). "Kalmykia: Turkvizyon début in 2015?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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