Kabardino-Balkaria in the Turkvision Song Contest

Kabardino-Balkaria (presented at the 2013 and 2014 contests as Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia) were one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the first Turkvision Song Contest. Despite being two separate republics, they sent a joint competitor in 2013, to represent the both of them.[1]

Kabardino-Balkaria
Member stationElbrusoid
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances2 (0 finals)
First appearance2013
Last appearance2014
Best result24th SF: 2014

History

Kabardino-Balkaria made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] Kabardino-Balkaria selected their participant on 1 December 2013, a national selection was held in the Karachay-Cherkessia Capital Cherkessk at the Avenue Restaurant, a total of 12 artists competed, the winner was Eldar Zhanikaev with "Adamdı bizni atıbız" (Имя тебе-человек).[3] The contest in 2013 was broadcast on channel 9 The Wave as Elbrusoid the organiser of the nations participation is not a television station.

On 22 July 2014, Kabardino-Balkaria confirmed their participation in the 2014 contest.[4] It was announced that an open national selection would be held, songs would be submitted to the Ministry of Culture of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, with the songs going on to perform in a selection in Cherkessk.[5] It was announced that online voting would help select the winner,[6] however, due to low submissions this did not occur. The final took place on 28 September 2014, 10 artists competed, Eldar Zhanikaev was selected with the song "Barama" (Барама).[7]

Participation
Table key
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 Eldar Zhanikaev[3] "Adamdı bizni atıbız" (Имя тебе-человек)[3] Karachay-Balkar Failed to qualify Undisclosed
2014
 Eldar Zhanikaev "Barama" (Барама) Karachay-Balkar Failed to qualify
24
148
2015
 Aris Appaev[8] "Unutma meni" (Унутма мени)[8] Karachay-Balkar Withdrawn X
2016
 Aris Appaev[8] Not announced before cancellation Contest cancelled X

See also

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Turkvizyon Search Begins". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Kabardino-Balkaria: Eldar Zhanikaev Selected For Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. Anthony, Granger. "Kabardino-Balkaria: Will Take Part In Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Turkvision Submissions Open". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Online Voting To Select Finalist". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Eldar Zhanikaev Is Selected Again". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. "Kabardino-Balkaria: Aris Appaev To Compete in Turkvizyon 2016". Eurovoix World. 2016-10-03. Archived from the original on 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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