Yakutia in the Turkvision Song Contest

Yakutia (also known as the Sakha-Yakutia Republic) is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.

Yakutia
Member stationVGTRK
National selection eventsInternal selection
2013-2014
2020
Participation summary
Appearances3 (2 finals)
First appearance2013
Best result2nd: 2020

History

2013

Yakutia made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey, their participation was announced on December 4, 2013, Olga Spiridonova was announced as the singer.[1] Yakutia performed 20th in the semi final but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

On 15 October 2014, Yakutia again confirmed their participation in the contest with Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya announced as their singer.[2] Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya sang "Kyn". Yakutia performed 14th in the semi-final before Turkey and after Kyrgyzstan, they qualified for the final scoring 168 points. Yakutia on the night of the semi-final were not announced as a qualifier due to voting irregularities,[3] the organisers later allowed 15 countries to qualify for the final meaning Yakutia qualified.[4] In the final Yakutia performed 9th after Turkmenistan and before Bulgaria, they came 7th with 183 points.

2020

After initially ruling out participation in the 2020 contest,[5] it was later confirmed that Yakutia would return to the contest, represented by the singer Umsuura.[6] She will perform the song "Mokhsoğollor".[7]

Participation
Table key
2
 Second place
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 Olga Spiridonova[8] "Kötütüöm" (Көтүтүөм) Yakut Failed to qualify Undisclosed
2014
 Vladlena Ivanova "Kyn" Yakut
7
183
12
168
2015
 Dalaana and Yuliana[9] Not announced before withdrawal Withdrawn X
2020
 Umsuura[6] "Mokhsoğollor" (Мохсоҕоллор)[7] Yakut[7]
2
204
 No semi-final

See also

References
  1. Anthony, Granger. "Yakutia: 23rd Turkvizyon Country/Region". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. Schneider, Patrick. "Macedonia/Yakutia: Turkvision entrants presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Exclusive: Voting Fraud At Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. Fidan, Mustafa. "Turkvizyon 2014: 15 entries qualified for the final". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2020). "Yakutia: Rules Out Participation in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. Granger, Anthony (10 December 2020). "Yakutia: Umsuura Will Compete in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. Granger, Anthony (14 December 2020). "Yakutia: Umsuura to Perform "Mokhsoğollor" at Turkvision". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. "Turkvision 2013 Yakutistan Temsilcisi Olga Spiridonova". Turkvision.info. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  9. Ivanova, Ayda (1 December 2015). "Далаана и Юлияна должны были представлять Якутию на "Turkvizyon-2015"". nvpress.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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