Albania in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest

The participation of Albania in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest first began in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. Aurora Kapo was the first representative for Albania at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Kercej Me Yjet", which finished in seventh place out of thirteen participating entries, achieving a score of one-hundred points. As of Bala Turkvision 2015, Albania have awarded the most points to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania. They have received the most points from Găgăuzia, Kazakhstan, and Macedonia.

Albania
Member stationRadio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2015
Last appearance2015
Best result7th: 2015
Worst result7th: 2015

Origins of the contest

Bala Turkvision is an annual song contest. Based on the similar format of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Bala Turkvision focuses primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. A juror from each nation awards between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. In the Grand Final the jury determines the winner. Unlike the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in which the winning country proceeds to host the following year's event, hosting of the Bala Turkvision Song Contest takes place in the country or region that is also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture.[1]

History

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015
Aurora Kapo, Albania's first representative at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest.

The Albanian national broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), announced on 7 November 2015 that they would be making their Bala Turkvision debut at the 2015 contest in Istanbul, Turkey on 15 December 2015.[2] The mechanism used by RTSH was done internally, who selected child-singer, Aurora Kapo, as their first participant to represent Albania at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015.[2] Her song "Kercej me yjet" (English: Dance with the stars), was revealed on 29 November 2015.[3] At the 2015 contest, Albania finished in seventh place scoring one-hundred points, from the other twelve participating countries.[4]

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016

On 8 December 2016, it was announced that both the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 and Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016 had been delayed until March 2017, marking the first time since either of the inaugural contests, that a postponement had occurred.[5] However, it was later confirmed that both of the 2016 contests had been cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[6] The contest was rescheduled to take place at the Saryarka Velodrome, in Astana, Kazakhstan.[7]

Participation
Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place   Withdrew/Disqualified 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Aurora Kapo "Kercej Me Yjet" Albanian 7 100
2016 Did not participate Contest cancelled

Voting history

The tables below shows Albania's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2015:

See also

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (27 May 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon: Childrens Turkvizyon Song Contest Launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. Granger, Anthony (7 November 2015). "Albania: Debuts At Bala Turkvizyon 2015". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. Granger, Anthony (29 November 2015). "Albania Aurora Kapo releases her Bala Turkvizyon entry". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. Granger, Anthony (20 December 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon 15: Show now broadcast, details fully revealed". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. Granger, Anthony (8 December 2016). "Turkvision Song Contest delayed until March". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (18 February 2017). "Final of Turkvision 2017 to be held September 10". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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