Kazakh Uyghurs in the Turkvision Song Contest

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Kazakh Uyghurs
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National selection events
  • Internal selection
  • 2020
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2020
Highest placement14th: 2020

The Kazakh Uyghurs participated in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2020, hosted in Istanbul, Turkey.

Origins of the contest[]

Turkvision is an annual song contest which was created by TÜRKSOY in cooperation with the Turkish music channel . Based on the similar format of the Eurovision Song Contest, Turkvision focuses primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. The participating countries and regions have to take part in the semi-final. TÜRKSOY has stated that televoting is going to be introduced in the future.[1]

History[]

In December 2020, it was announced that the Uyghur population of Kazakhstan would be represented at Turkvision for the first time by the Sada Ensemble and their song "Sevgiyi besle."[2] It made them the third people group to compete at the contest (alongside the Nogais and Iraqi Turkmen, also debuting at the 2020 contest), and, unlike the latter two, they competed alongside their parent nation, Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh Uyghurs closed the 2020 contest and performed 26th, following host country Turkey. They ultimately finished in 14th place.

Participation overview[]

Year Entrant Song Language Final Points
2020
 Sada Ensemble "Sevgiyi besle" Uyghur
14
178

References[]

  1. ^ "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 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ Granger, Anthony (9 December 2020). "Kazakhstan: Sada Ensemble to Compete in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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