Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Kazakhstan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 6 November 2021 | |||
| Selected entrant | Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly | |||
| Selected song | "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 121 points | |||
| Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Kazakhstan took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The Kazakh entrant for the 2021 contest in Paris, France was selected through a national selection, organised by the Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency (KA). The semi-final took place online between 8 and 12 October 2021, while the final took place on 6 November 2021.
Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly were selected to represent Kazakhstan with the song "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)".
Background[]
Prior to the 2021 contest, Kazakhstan's highest placing in the contest was in 2019 and 2020, represented by Yerzhan Maxim with the song "Armanyńnan qalma" and Karakat Bashanova with the song "Forever", respectively, both achieving second place.[1]
As Khabar Agency (KA) is not an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the broadcaster requires a special invitation from the EBU to participate in Eurovision events.[2] Khabar was first invited to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018.[3] Channel 31 had previously expressed their ambitions to debut in the 2018 contest, and had sent a delegation to the 2017 contest.[4]
Before Junior Eurovision[]
National final[]
Kazakhstan's participation in the 2021 contest was confirmed in September 2021, having been invited to participate by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[5] Khabar announced during a press conference on 29 September 2021 that artists will be able to submit their applications for the national final until 6 October 2021. From all applications submitted, a jury panel selected 30 acts for the online semi-final. The jury consisted of Khamit Shangaliev (composer of the 2019 and 2020 Kazakh entries), Madina Sadvakasova (singer), Beksultan Kenishkaliev (singer and participant in the 2020 Slavianski Bazaar), Kanat Aytbayev (singer and producer), Yerlan Bekchurin (producer and composer) and Karlygash Abdikarimova (cultural worker and participant in the Slavianski Bazaar).[6]
Semi-final[]
The online semi-final took place between 8 and 12 October 2021 where users were able vote for their favorite artists on Khabar's official website.[6][7] The top ten acts with the most votes proceeded to the televised national final.[8][9]
| Artist | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|
Abilkair Zhumabay
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21,602 | 9 |
Ádel Kúnádilova
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— | — |
Adina Sulenova
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21,456 | 10 |
Aiganym Amantai
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25,720 | 1 |
Áıgerim Esmurzaeva
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— | — |
Aınel Asqarova
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— | — |
Aknur Nurjanova
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— | — |
Alimzhan Tugelbai
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22,361 | 8 |
Alinur Khamzin
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23,444 | 5 |
Altyn Baıtas
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— | — |
Amina Asgatova
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24,185 | 3 |
Ańsar Ádilkhanov
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— | — |
Armen Saakyan
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23,463 | 4 |
Arujan Ermek
|
— | — |
Aya Qurmanǵalı
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— | — |
Ayana Tólenova
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— | — |
Bayan Mukhiden
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— | — |
Beknur Zhanibekuly
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25,098 | 2 |
Daliya Smaǵulova
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— | — |
Dinmukhamed Berikov
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— | — |
Ekaterina Tabarina
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22,610 | 6 |
Eset Áljanov
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— | — |
Eva Shirko
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— | — |
Inju Esimjan
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— | — |
Isatay Bolatkhanuly
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— | — |
Kamila Aǵymbaı
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— | — |
Sabrina Ádilbek
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— | — |
Saǵyn Ómirbaıuly
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— | — |
Sherkhan Arystan
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— | — |
Zhan Makim
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22,481 | 7 |
Final[]
The final took place on 6 November 2021 in Nur-Sultan,[10] where ten acts performed their candidate Junior Eurovision songs written for them by composers directly invited by Khabar in a televised production. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both public telephone vote and the votes of jury members made up of music professionals.[11][12] Beknur Zhanibek and Alinur Khamzin were tied for the first place and the tie was to be decided by the jury, however after consultation with the composers of both songs it was ultimately decided that Zhanibek and Khamzin would both represent Kazakhstan with the song "Ertegı älemı", retitled as "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)".[13][14][15]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alimzhan Tugelbai | "Senem ali" (Сенем әлі) | 7.8% | 9.3% | 17.1% | 5 |
| 2 | Zhan Makim | "Bile" (Биле) | 8.1% | 6.0% | 14.1% | 9 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Tabarina | "Fotomodel" (Фотомодель) | 4.9% | 4.7% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 4 | Beknur Zhanibekuly | "Human" | 4.9% | 25.6% | 30.5% | 1 |
| 5 | Adina Sulenova | "Akeshim" (Әкешiм) | 3.4% | 12.4% | 15.8% | 7 |
| 6 | Armen Saakyan | "Bala mahabbat" (Бала махаббат) | 11.7% | 3.6% | 15.3% | 8 |
| 7 | Aiganym Amantai | "Armanym" (Арманым) | 10.9% | 14.2% | 25.1% | 4 |
| 8 | Amina Asgatova | "Qimylda" (Қимылда) | 14.3% | 2.2% | 16.5% | 6 |
| 9 | Alinur Khamzin | "Ertegı älemı" (Ертегi алемi) | 17.1% | 13.4% | 30.5% | 1 |
| 10 | Abilkair Zhumabay | "Indigo Bala" (Индиго Бала) | 16.7% | 8.4% | 25.1% | 3 |
Artist and song information[]
Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly[]
Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly | |
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| Origin | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2021–present |
| Members |
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Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly are a Kazakh pop music duo, also known as Alinur & Beknur that represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)".[16]
Alinur Khamzin (Kazakh: Әлинұр Хамзин, romanized: Älinūr Hamzin, Kazakh pronunciation: [ælinɤɾ xɑmzin]) was born in the city of Oral (Ural'sk),[17] West Kazakhstan Region, and alongside singing, he is interested in robotics, plays the piano and chess. Aside from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Alinur has participated in several singing contests in Kazakhstan. He was a finalist in the national children's song contest Bala Dauysy – 2018 (lit. 'The Voice Kids'), finalist of the national selection Slavianski Bazaar – 2021 and also at the III children's vocal competition Baqytty Bala – 2021 (lit. 'Happy Child') initiated by Dimash Kudaibergen.[18][19]
Beknur Zhanibekuly (Kazakh: Бекнұр Жәнібекұлы, romanized: Beknūr Jänıbekūly, Kazakh pronunciation: [bjɘknɤɾ ʒænɪbjɘkɤlɯ]) was born in Astana (now Nur-Sultan),[20] Kazakhstan. Despite holding Kazakhstani citizenship, he speaks no less than four languages, having fluency in French, English, Kazakh, and Russian, and currently lives in Strasbourg, France. Alongside singing, he loves music and making new friends.[21][17] Zhanibekuly was born with phocomelia.[22][23]
Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)[]
| "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)" | |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly |
| As | Alinur Khamzin & Beknur Zhanibekuly |
| Languages | |
| Composer(s) | Nurbolat Qanay |
| Lyricist(s) |
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 8th |
| Final points | 121 points |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Forever" (2020) | |
"Ertegı älemı" (Kazakh Cyrillic: Ертегі әлемі; Russian: Ска́зочный мир; lit. 'Fairy World') is a song by Kazakh child singers Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly. It is composed by Nurbolat Qanay, and lyricised by Nurbolat Qanay, Gabriel Boileau Cloutier and translated into French by Cloutier. Ferran is a bioengineering student from Andorra who makes prosthetics out of lego, Ferran constructed the prosthetic arm that Beknur uses.[24][25] A revamped version of the song was unveiled on 26 November 2021 together with its official music video.
It represented Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. The song came in 8th place with 121 points.
At Junior Eurovision[]
After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Kazakhstan would perform tenth on 19 December 2021, following Armenia and preceding Albania.[26]
At the end of the contest, Kazakhstan received 121 points, placing 8th out of 19 participating countries.
Voting[]
The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[27]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[28] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results[]
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Germany
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5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 02 |  Georgia
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6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 03 |  Poland
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7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 04 |  Malta
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8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 05 |  Italy
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9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |
| 06 |  Bulgaria
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12 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | |
| 07 |  Russia
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3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 08 |  Ireland
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17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | |
| 09 |  Armenia
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1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan
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| 11 |  Albania
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10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 11 | |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | |
| 13 |  France
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2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 |  Azerbaijan
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4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 |  Netherlands
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11 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 |  Spain
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14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 |  Serbia
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16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | |
| 18 |  North Macedonia
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13 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | |
| 19 |  Portugal
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15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
References[]
- ^ "Kazakhstan - Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2019). "Kazakhstan: Jon Ola Sand Comments on Kazakhstan and EBU Membership". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "These are the 19 (!) countries taking part in Junior Eurovision 2018". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (25 November 2017). "Kazakhstan: Channel 31 Has Ambitions For Eurovision & Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Participants of Paris 2021". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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