Iraqi Turkmen in the Turkvision Song Contest

The Iraqi Turkmen will participate in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2020, hosted in Istanbul, Turkey.

Iraqi Turkmen
Member stationTürkmeneli TV
National selection events
  • Internal selection
  • 2020
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2020
Best result26th: 2020

Origins of the contest

Turkvision is an annual song contest which was created by TÜRKSOY in cooperation with the Turkish music channel TMB TV. Based on the similar format of the Eurovision Song Contest, Turkvision focuses primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. The participating countries and regions have to take part in the semi-final. TÜRKSOY has stated that televoting is going to be introduced in the future.[1]

History

In December 2020, it was reported that the Iraqi Turkmen would make their first appearance at the 2020 contest, making them the second people group represented independently of a specific region to compete at the contest (the first being the Nogai). Their first representative will be Sarmad Mahmood with the song "Kelebek."[2] Previously, Iraq's Turkmen minority had been represented by Iraq's Turkvision participation, but this will be the first time the Iraqi Turkmen will be represented independently of Iraq.

Participation
Table key
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 Last place
Year Artist Song Language Final Points
2020
 Sarmad Mahmood "Kelebek" Iraqi Turkmen
26 ◁
150

References
  1. "What is Turkvision, How is the Format of Turkvision Song Contest". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "TÜRKVİZYON 2020'DE IRAK TÜRKMENLERİ'Nİ SARMAD MAHMOOD, TEMSİL EDECEK". Turkvizyon.tv. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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