Karachay-Cherkessia in the Turkvision Song Contest

Karachay-Cherkessia (presented at the 2013 and 2014 contests as Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia) are one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions who competed in the first Turkvision Song Contest between 17 and 21 December 2013.[1]

Karachay-Cherkessia
Member stationArkhyz 24
National selection events
  • National selection
  • 2013–
Participation summary
Appearances2 (0 finals)
First appearance2013
Last appearance2014
Best result24th SF: 2014
For the most recent participation see
Karachay-Cherkessia in the Turkvision Song Contest 2014

History

Karachay-Cherkessia made their joint debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] They selected their participant alongside Kabardino-Balkaria 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.[4]

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Karachay-Cherkessia would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[5] 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.[6] It was announced that online voting would help select the winner,[7] 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).[8]

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 Aris Appaev[9] "Unutma meni" (Унутма мени)[9] Karachay-Balkar Withdrawn X
2016
 Aris Appaev[9] 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. "Live broadcast Turkvizyon 2013 on the TV channel "9 The Wave"". Retrieved 17 April 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. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Turkvision Submissions Open". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Online Voting To Select Finalist". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. Granger, Anthony. "Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia: Eldar Zhanikaev Is Selected Again". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. "Kabardino-Balkaria: Aris Appaev To Compete in Turkvizyon 2016". Eurovoix World. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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