Crimea in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest

The participation of Crimea in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest was originally planned to begin in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. TRK Millet (TRKM) was responsible for the selection process of their participant, for their debut in 2015. Aliye Bekirova was selected as Crimea's first representative for the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015, with the song "Amanım yarım". However, they were forced to withdraw from the contest on 30 November 2015, due to the Russia–Turkey relations in the aftermath of the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015. Crimea confirmed their participation for the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016, and had selected Regina Vosika as their representative. However, this was subsequently cancelled alongside the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.

Crimea
Member stationTRK Millet (TRKM)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances0

Origins of the contest
A map showing the location of Crimea.

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

The Crimean broadcaster, TRK Millet (TRKM), announced on 11 September 2015 that they would be making their Bala Turkvision debut at the 2015 contest in Istanbul, Turkey on 15 December 2015.[2] TRKM opted for a national selection mechanism in order to select their representative at the inaugural contest.[3] The national final took place at the Crimean Tatar Theatre in Sevastopol, on 25 October 2015.[4] Aliye Bekirova was selected as the Crimean representative with the song "Amanım yarım".[5] However, they were forced to withdraw from the contest on 30 November 2015,[6] due to the Russia–Turkey relations in the aftermath of the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015.[7][8]

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016

On 29 October 2016, Crimea confirmed their participation at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest.[9] On 4 November 2016, Regina Vosika, was announced as the second artist to represent Crimea at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016.[10] 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.[11] However, it was later confirmed that both of the 2016 contests had been cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[12] The contest was rescheduled to take place at the Saryarka Velodrome, in Astana, Kazakhstan.[13]

Participation
Table key

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

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Aliye Bekirova "Amanım yarım" Crimean Tatar Withdrawn
2016 Regina Vosika Contest cancelled

Voting history

Crimea have yet to make their first appearance at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest, and therefore there is no voting history to date.[6]

See also

References
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  2. Granger, Anthony (11 September 2015). "Crimea: Bala Turkvizyon 2015 Participation Confirmed". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. Granger, Anthony (9 October 2015). "Crimea national final date moved to October 25". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. Granger, Anthony (25 October 2015). "Tonight Crimea selects for Istanbul". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. Granger, Anthony (29 October 2015). "Crimea Turkvizyon and Bala Turkvizyon songs announced". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. Granger, Anthony (7 December 2015). "Turkvizyon'15 all Russian regions withdraw from the contest". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. Lydia Tomkiw (24 November 2015). "What Is A Fencer Su-24? What To Know About The Russian Plane Shot Down By Turkey". International Business Times. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. Press release (24 November 2015). "Hava sahası İletim" [Transmission of Airspace]. Turkish Armed Forces Chief of Staff (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. Granger, Anthony. "Crimea: Confirms Their Participation In Bala Turkvision 2016". Eurovoix World. Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. Granger, Anthony (4 November 2016). "Crimea: Regina Vosika To Bala Turkvision 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  11. Granger, Anthony (8 December 2016). "Turkvision Song Contest delayed until March". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  12. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  13. 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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