Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest

The participation of Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest first began in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. Türk Müzik Birliği Television (TMB TV) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. Cumhuriyet Grubu was the first representative for Turkey at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Hayat bayram olsa", which finished in ninth place out of thirteen participating entries, achieving a score of ninety-five points. As of Bala Turkvision 2015, Turkey have awarded the most points to Kazakhstan, and have received the most points from Macedonia. Turkey hosted the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 on 15 December 2015 at the Yeditepe University. They were scheduled to host the 2016 edition, but the contest was cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.

Turkey
Member stationTürk Müzik Birliği Television (TMB TV)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2015
Best result9th: 2015
Worst result9th: 2015
External links
Official Turkish website

Origins of the contest

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

On 8 June 2015, Türk Müzik Birliği Television (TMB TV), announced that they would be making their debut at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015, in Turkey, as the host country. Their selection method was done internally, with Cumhuriyet Grubu chosen to represent them with the song "Hayat Vayram Olsa".[2] At the 2015 contest, Turkey finished in ninth place scoring ninety-five points, from the other twelve participating countries.[3]

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016

It was announced on 18 April 2016, that the second Bala Turkvision Song Contest was also going to be held in Turkey.[4] However, 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.[5] It was later confirmed that both of the 2016 contests had been cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[6] The contest was rescheduled to take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2017.[7]

Participation
Table key

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

Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Cumhuriyet Grubu "Hayat bayram olsa" Turkish 9 95
2016 Participation intended Contest cancelled

Voting history

The tables below shows Turkey's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2015:

Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters
2015 Istanbul Yeditepe University Aida Tieuhan, Refik Savroz, and Nermin Agayeva
2016 Contest cancelled

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 (8 June 2015). "Turkey: Bala Turkvizyon 2015 participation confirmed". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. Granger, Anthony (20 December 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon 15: Show now broadcast, details fully revealed". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony (18 April 2016). "Turkvizyon'16: Turkey To Host Turkvizyon 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-World. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. Granger, Anthony (8 December 2016). "Turkvision Song Contest delayed until March". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. 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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