Turkvision Song Contest

The Turkvision Song Contest (TSC, Turkish: Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması), also known as the Türkvizyon Song Contest, is an annual song contest created by Turkish music channel TMB TV, inspired by the format of the Eurovision Song Contest. The first edition took place in Eskişehir, Turkey in December 2013.[1] Countries and regions which were Turkic-speaking and of Turkic ethnicity are eligible to participate in the song contest. The contest was last held on 20 December 2020 as an online event hosted from Istanbul, Turkey.[2]

For the most recent contest, see Turkvision Song Contest 2020. For the junior version, see Bala Turkvision Song Contest.
Not to be confused with the Turkish-only music festival Türkçevizyon.
Turkvision Song Contest
Also known asTürkvizyon Song Contest
GenreSong contest
Created byTÜRKSOY
TMB TV
Original languageTurkish & official language(s) of host country
No. of episodes4 contests
Production
Running time2 hours, 45 minutes (semi-final)
2 hours, 30 minutes (final)
Production companyTMB TV
Release
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release19 December 2013 (2013-12-19) –
Present
Chronology
Related showsEurovision Song Contest
Intervision Song Contest
External links
Official website

Format

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 had to take part in the Semi Final. A juror from each nation awarded between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. An amount of 12 to 15 nations qualified for the Grand Final where the jury determined the winner. TÜRKSOY stated that televoting would be introduced in the future, but this never took place.[3]

Hosting of the Turkvision Song Contest takes place in the country or region that also hosts the Turkic Capital of Culture.[4]

Participation
Participation since 2013:
  Entered at least once
  Entered at least once, but only in a combined entry
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Entry intended but later withdrew

Participants from Turkic-speaking and Turkic countries or regions were eligible to compete in the annual Turkvision Song Contests, such as Crimea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Turkey.[3]

Twenty-four countries and regions took part in the first edition of Turkvision. There were several unsuccessful attempts to participate in the Turkvision Song Contest. Chuvashia, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Xinjiang were one of the original twenty-four participating areas with initial intentions to competing at the 2013 Contest, but later withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[5]

Russia's Omsk Oblast broadcast the 2014 contest, but they have never made any statement regarding participation.[6] A delegation from another Russian federal subject, Kalmykia, attended the 2015 contest, but did not participate and have not made any subsequent statements regarding participation.[7]

Table key
  Inactive – Countries or regions which have participated in the past, but did not participate in the most recent contest or will not participate in the upcoming contest.
Country or region Debut year Latest entry Entries Wins Broadcaster(s)
 Albania 2014 2020 3 0 Radio Televizioni Shqiptar
Altai Republic 2013 2013 1 0 STRC Altai Mountains
 Azerbaijan 2013 2020 4 1 ATV Azerbaijan
Bashkortostan 2013 2020 3 0 STRC Bashkortostan
 Belarus 2013 2020 3 0 Belarusian Television and Radio Company
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 2020 4 0 Hayat TV
 Bulgaria 2014 2015 2 0 Alfa Media[a]
/ Crimea 2013 2014 2 0 Crimea Public Radio and Television
Gagauzia 2013 2020 4 0 GRT
 Georgia 2013 2015 3 0
  • Kvemio Kartlia Television (2013)
  • Marneuli Television (2014-2015)
 Germany 2014 2020 3 0 Türkshow Televizyonu
 Iran 2014 2015 2 0 Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
 Iraq 2013 2015 3 0 Türkmeneli TV
Iraqi Turkmen 2020 2020 1 0
Kabardino-Balkaria[d] 2013 2014 2 0 GTRK Kabardino-Balkaria TV
Karachay-Cherkessia[d] 2013 2014 2 0 Arkhyz 24
 Kazakhstan 2013 2020 4 1 Adam Media Group
Kazakh Uyghurs 2020 2020 1 0
Kemerovo 2013 2013 1 0 VGTRK
Khakassia 2013 2020 3 0 VGTRK
 Kosovo 2013 2015 2 0 RTK Television
 Kyrgyzstan 2013 2020 4 1 Piramida Television
 Moldova 2020 2020 1 0 KTRK
Moscow 2014 2020 2 0 VGTRK
Nogai 2020 2020 1 0 Union of Nogai Youth
 North Macedonia 2013 2020 4 0 MRT 2
 Northern Cyprus 2013 2020 3 0 GENC Television
 Poland 2020 2020 1 0
 Romania 2013 2020 4 0 Alpha TV Media
 Serbia 2015 2020 2 0 RTV Novi Pazar[8]
 Syria 2015 2015 1 0 ORTAS
Tatarstan 2013 2020 3 0 Maydan Television
 Turkey 2013 2020 4 0 Kral TV
 Turkmenistan 2014 2014 1 0 Altyn Asyr
Tuva 2013 2020 3 0 VGTRK
Tyumen Oblast 2020 2020 1 0
 Ukraine 2013 2020 4 1 Kultura
 Uzbekistan 2013 2015 3 0 MTRK
Yakutia 2013 2020 3 0 VGTRK

The following countries and regions had confirmed participation at previous editions of the contest, but either withdrew prior to their debut or the contest was cancelled before they could:

Future

In November 2020, the official Turkvision website posted that they hoped to stage the 2021 edition in Shusha, Azerbaijan.[16] This was confirmed in December 2020 by İslam Bağırov, the contest's general coordinator.[17]

Winners

By year
Year Date Host city Participants Winner Draw Song Performer Points Margin Runner-up
2013 21 December Eskişehir 24  Azerbaijan 9 "Yaşa" Farid Hasanov 210 5  Belarus
2014 21 November Kazan 25  Kazakhstan 3 "Izin kórem" (Ізін көрем) Zhanar Dugalova 225 24  Tatarstan
2015 19 December Istanbul 21  Kyrgyzstan 11 "Kim bilet" (Ким билет) Jiidesh İdirisova 194 9  Kazakhstan
2020 20 December Istanbul 26  Ukraine 15 "Tikenli yol" Natalie Papazoglu 226 22  Yakutia

By country/region
Map showing winners since 2013.

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country Total Years won
1 1 0 2 2014
1 0 1 2 2020
1 0 0 1 2013
1 0 0 1 2015
0 1 0 1 N/A
0 1 0 1 N/A
0 1 0 1 N/A
0 0 1 1 N/A
0 0 1 1 N/A
0 0 1 1 N/A

By language
Wins Language Years Country
1 Azerbaijani 2013 Azerbaijan
Gagauz 2020 Ukraine
Kazakh 2014 Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz 2015 Kyrgyzstan

Hosting
TatNeft Arena in Kazan hosted the 2014 Contest.
Hosts Country/Region City Years
3  Turkey Eskişehir 2013
Istanbul 2015
2020
1  Tatarstan Kazan 2014
 Azerbaijan Shusha 2021

See also

Notes and references

Footnotes
  1. ^ Broadcast the 2013 final live on the local channel Bengu Turk for Bulgarian Turks.
  2. ^ These countries were on the preliminary participation list for 2013 contest but later withdrew prior to the finalised list of participating regions, for unknown reasons.[5]
  3. ^ These countries were on the preliminary participation list for 2015 contest but were later forced to withdraw due to the Ministry of Culture banning Russian regions from the TURKSOY organisation.[18]
  4. ^ Participated since 2013 contest under the joint-regional name of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.

References
  1. "When Will Turkvision Be Held, Turkvision Dates". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (17 October 2020). "Turkvision Song Contest 2020 Officially Launched". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "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 16 November 2013.
  4. "Where Will Turkvision Be Held, In Which Country Is Turkvision". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  6. "Золотой голос тюркского народа выберут в прямом эфире 12 Канала". GTRK Omsk (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. Granger, Anthony (8 February 2015). "Kalmykia: Turkvizyon Debut in 2015?". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2020). "Serbia: Turkvision 2020 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. "Turkvision'18: Hungary & Belgium Among Debuting Countries". Eurovoix World. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. Granger, Anthony (6 October 2020). "Turkvision Song Contest Returning as Online Competition?". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. Granger, Anthony (11 November 2014). "Albania: Withdraw From Turkvizyon 2014?". Eurovoix. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  12. Granger, Anthony (31 October 2020). "Kumyks: Will Not Participate in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  13. "Latvia: Oksana Bilera To Turkvision Song Contest 2016". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  14. Granger, Anthony (6 December 2020). "Netherlands: Elcan Rzayev Withdraws From Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  15. Granger, Anthony (12 December 2020). "Sweden Withdraws From Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  16. "İNŞALLAH". Turkvizyon.tv. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  17. "Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması Genel Koordinatörü İslam Bağırov Türkvizyon Hakkında Açıklamalarda Bulundu". turkvizyon.tv (in Turkish). 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  18. Granger, Anthony (7 December 2015). "Turkvizyon 15: all Russian regions withdraw from the contest". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

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