Yakutia in the Turkvision Song Contest

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

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

History[]

2013[]

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

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.[citation needed]

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 performed the song "Mokhsoğollor", placing 2nd with 204 points, Yakutia's best result to date.[7]

Participation[]

Table key
2
 Second place
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 [8] "Kötütüöm" (Көтүтүөм) Yakut Failed to qualify Undisclosed
2014
  [nl] "Kyn" Yakut
7
183
12
168
2015
 Dalaana & Yuliana[9] Not announced before withdrawal Withdrawn X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. ^ Jump up to: a b Granger, Anthony (10 December 2020). "Yakutia: Umsuura Will Compete in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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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