Gagauzia in the Turkvision Song Contest

Gagauzia has participated in the Turkvision Song Contest three times since its debut in 2013.[1] The Moldovan broadcaster, Gagauz Radio Television (GRT), has been the organiser of the Gagauz entry since its debut in the contest. In 2013, Gagauzia's first entry at Turkvision, Ludmila Turkan, failed to qualify for the grand final.[2]

Gagauzia
Member stationGagauz Radio Television (GRT)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances4 (2 finals)
First appearance2013
Best result10th: 2015, 2020

History

Gagauzia made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] Lumdila Turkan was selected as the winner of the Gagauz national final,[3] an incentive of 10,000 Moldovan leu was given to get people to participate.[4] The song she performed in Turkey was not the same song as performed at the national final, instead she performed "Vernis Lubov".

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Gagauzia would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[5] On 17 September 2014, the Gagauz selection took place, six artists competed in the selection with the winner chosen by a jury. The winner was Mariya Topal with the song "Aaladım", it was announced that Peter Petkovic would work with Mariya on improving the song for the contest.[6]

Participation
Table key
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 Ludmila Turkan[2][7] "Vernis' lyubov'" (Вернись любовь) Gagauz, Russian Failed to qualify Undisclosed
2014
 Mariya Topal "Aaladım" Gagauz Failed to qualify
16
162
2015
 Valentin Ormanji "Sev beni sev" Turkish
10
154
 No semi-final
2016
 Yulia Arnaut[8] "Kemençä"[9] Not announced before cancellation Contest cancelled X
2020
 Yulia Arnaut[10] "Kemençä"[9] Gagauz
10
185
 No semi-final

See also

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (12 November 2013). "Moldova: Ludmila Turkan To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Moldova: Ludmila Tukan To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. "Meetings of the Executive Committee Gagauzia" (PDF). Gagauzia.md. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. Granger, Anthony. "Gagauzia: Mariya Topal Off To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  7. "Ludmila Tukan to Represent Moldova Gagauzia in Turkvision 2013". Turkvision.info. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  8. "Gagauzia: Yulia Arnaut To Turkvizyon 2016". Eurovoix World. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. Granger, Anthony (5 December 2020). "Gagauzia: Yulia Arnaut to Perform "Kemençä" at Turkvision". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  10. Granger, Anthony (23 November 2020). "Gagauzia: Yulia Arnaut to Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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