Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Member stationKhabar Agency
(2018–2021)
National selection events
National final
Internal selection
Participation summary
Appearances3
First appearance2018
Best result2nd: 2019, 2020
External links
Khabar Agency page
Kazakhstan's page at Eurovision.tv
Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see

Kazakhstan has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest every year since their debut in 2018. Khabar Agency (KA), an associate member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is responsible for the country's participation in the contest. The 2018 contest marked the first time that Kazakhstan has participated in any Eurovision event.

The country's best result to date is second place in both the 2019 and 2020 contests. In 2019, the country also received the most points from the national juries.

History[]

On 25 November 2017, Channel 31 of Kazakhstan revealed their intention to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[1] Initial claims emerged on 22 December 2017 from both the Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports, Arystanbek Muhamediuly; and the Director General of Channel 31, Bagdat Kodzhahmetov; that Kazakhstan had applied to become a member of the EBU, with the hope of participating both in the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[2] Kodzhahmetov invited Daneliya Tuleshova, winner of the fourth season of Ukraine's version of The Voice Kids, to take part in the casting process to represent Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[3] The next day, however, the EBU made a statement rejecting the possibility of Kazakhstan becoming an active member of the EBU, owing to the fact that Kazakhstan is neither within the European Broadcasting Area nor the Council of Europe.[4]

Prior to this, Kazakhstan had sent a delegation to the 2013 and 2017 contests and broadcast the latter live.[5] Channel 31 also stated its intention to broadcast the contest in 2018 and 2019.[1] Khabar Agency has been an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since January 2016.[6]

On 25 July 2018, the Kazakhstan's national broadcaster Khabar Agency announced that they would be making their Junior Eurovision debut at the 2018 contest in Minsk, Belarus. The country was represented by the song "Ózińe sen" performed by Daneliya Tuleshova, placing sixth in a field of 20 songs with 171 points.

It was announced on 18 July 2019 that Kazakhstan will participate in the 2019 contest in Gliwice. In late July 2019, Yerzhan Maksim was internally chosen as the second entrant for Kazakhstan.[7] His song, "Armanyńnan qalma", ended up in 2nd place in a field of 19 countries, receiving 227 points.

Maksim's success was repeated in the 2020 contest in Warsaw, where Karakat Bashanova, with song "Forever", placed 2nd with 152 points.

Future[]

Since Khabar Agency is an associate member of the EBU, it will still need a special invitation from the contest organisers in future editions. The EBU released a list with all the countries participating in the junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in which Kazakhstan was included. They selected their participant and song for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on Saturday 26 September. 12 acts competed in the Kazakh national final and the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from jury members made up of music professionals and a public SMS vote.

Contestants[]

Kazakhstan used the national selection format, broadcasting a show entitled «Balalar Eurokörınısı» än baiqauyna ūlttyq ırıkteu (Kazakh Cyrillic: «Балалар Еурокөрінісі» ән байқауына ұлттық іріктеу; English: National selection for the "Junior Eurovision Song Contest") for their participation at the contests in 2018 and 2020,[8][9] while their 2019 was chosen internally.

Because Kazakhstan has multiple official languages, entrants can sing in Kazakh, English and Russian.[citation needed]

Table key
2
 Second place
Year Artist Title Language Place Points
2018
 Daneliya Tuleshova "Ózińe sen" (Өзіңе сен) Kazakh, English 6 171
2019
 Yerzhan Maksim "Armanyńnan qalma" (Арманыңнан қалма) Kazakh, English 2 227
2020
 Karakat Bashanova "Forever" Kazakh, English 2 152

Photogallery[]

Commentators and spokespersons[]

Year Commentator Channel Spokesperson Ref.
2017 Unknown Channel 31 Did not participate
[10]
2018 Mahabbat Esen (Russian) and Kaldybek Zhaisanbai (Kazakh) Khabar 24
Aruzhan Khafiz
[11][12]
2019
[13]
2020 Saniya Zholzhaksyn
[14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Granger, Anthony (25 November 2017). "Kazakhstan: Channel 31 Has Ambitions For Eurovision & Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ^ Syzdykbaev, Azamat (22 December 2017). "Казахстан возможно примет участие в Евровидении - Багдат Коджахметов" [Kazakhstan may take part in the Eurovision Song Contest - Bagdat Kodzhahmetov]. www.inform.kz (in Russian). Kazinform. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Danelia Tuleshova may take part in Junior Eurovision". lenta.inform.kz. Kazinform. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ McCaig, Ewan (23 December 2017). "Kazakhstan: EBU makes statement regarding country's Eurovision participation". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ Farren, Neil (19 November 2017). "Kazakhstan: Delegation Sent to Junior Eurovision 2017". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ Jiandani, Sergio (18 December 2015). "Kazakhstan: Khabar Agency becomes EBU associate member". esctoday.com. ESC Today. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  7. ^ Avelino, Gerry (29 July 2019). "Kazakhstan: Yerzhan Maksim to Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (27 July 2018). "Kazakhstan: Khabar Confirms National Selection to be Held for Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. ^ "These are the 19 (!) countries taking part in Junior Eurovision 2018". EBU. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ Farren, Neil (19 November 2017). "Kazakhstan: Delegation Sent to Junior Eurovision 2017". Eurovoix.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Kazakhstan: Junior Eurovision 2018 Broadcast Forced To Change Channel". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2018). "Kazakhstan: Aruzhan Hafiz Revealed as Spokesperson". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  13. ^ Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. ^ Herbert, Emily (2020-11-25). "Kazakhstan: Saniya Zholzhaxynova Revealed as Junior Eurovision 2020 Spokesperson". Eurovoix.
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