Gagauzia in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest

The participation of Gagauzia in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest first began in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. Gagauz Radio Television (GRT) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. Yana Sergeyevna was the first representative for Găgăuz at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Ey Oglan", which finished in eighth place out of thirteen participating entries, achieving a score of ninety-eight points. As of Bala Turkvision 2015, Gagauzia have awarded the most points to Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine. They have received the most points from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine.

Gagauzia
Member stationGagauz Radio Television (GRT)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2015
Last appearance2015
Best result8th: 2015
Worst result8th: 2015

Origins of the contest
A map showing the location of Gagauzia, within Moldova.

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 Gagauz national broadcaster, Gagauz Radio Television (GRT), announced on 10 September 2015 that they would be making their Bala Turkvision debut at the 2015 contest in Istanbul, Turkey on 15 December 2015.[2] GRT opted to select their entrant internally, and announced on 16 November 2015 that İrina Dragu as their first participant to represent Gagauzia at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015.[3] However, the participant was later changed, and Yana Sergeyevna represented Gagauzia with her song "Ey Oğlan".[4] At the 2015 contest, Gagauzia finished in eighth place scoring ninety-eight points, from the other twelve participating countries.[5]

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.[6] However, it was later confirmed that both of the 2016 contests had been cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[7] The contest was rescheduled to take place at the Saryarka Velodrome, in Astana, Kazakhstan.[8]

Participation
Table key

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

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Yana Sergeyevna "Ey Oglan" Gagauz 8 98
2016 Did not participate Contest cancelled

Voting history

The tables below shows Gagauzia'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 (10 September 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon 2015: 20 countries to compete in inaugural contest". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. Granger, Anthony (16 November 2015). "Gagauzia: İrina Dragu to Bala Turkvizyon". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Bala Türkvizyon 2 - YouTube". TeleRadio-Moldova. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
    Listen to what the female presenter says. And again when she takes an interview with Yana after the song.
  5. Granger, Anthony (20 December 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon 15: Show now broadcast, details fully revealed". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. Granger, Anthony (8 December 2016). "Turkvision Song Contest delayed until March". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  8. 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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