Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 Bala Türkvizyon Istanbul 2015
Dates
Final	15 December 2015
Host
Venue	Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s)	Aida Tieuhan Refik Savroz Nermin Agayeva
Host broadcaster	Turkish Music Box Television (TMB)
Interval act	Yonca Evcimik
Participants
Number of entries	13
Debuting countries	see participation table below
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
Voting system	A juror from each region evaluates all the songs on a 10 point system.
Winning song	Azerbaijan "Cocukluk Yillari"
Bala Turkvision Song Contest
2015 • 2016►

Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 was the first edition of the Bala Turkvision Song Contest. It was initially scheduled to take place in Mary, Turkmenistan, however, it was moved Istanbul, Turkey. The contest is the junior equivalent of the Turkvision Song Contest; similar to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest being the younger equivalent of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Thirteen countries and regions competed. Eligible to participate are Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language. The final took place on the 15 December 2015. Contestants must be aged between 8 and 15 and must perform in a Turkic language.

Location

It was announced on 7 June 2015, that the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest will be held in Mary, Turkmenistan.^[1] However, it was later confirmed that the competition had been moved to Istanbul, Turkey.^[2] The final took place on 15 December 2015.^[3]

Participating countries and regions

The following Turkic regions and ethnic groups competed in the inaugural contest that took place in December 2015.^[4]

Country	Artist[5]	Song[5]	Language	Place[5]	Points[5]
Albania	Aurora Kapo	"Yıldızlarla Dans"	Turkish	07	100
Azerbaijan	Nuray Rahman & Ahmed Amirli	"Cocukluk Yillari"	Azerbaijani	01[6]	115
Belarus	Fateh Hüseyin	"Usaqlarin Seheri"	Turkish	11	90
Gagauzia	Yana Dimova[7]	"Ey Oglan"	Gagauz	08	98
Georgia	Şaban Memmedov	"Seninle Bagli Arzular"	Azerbaijani	03	112
Iran	Attila, Roza, Daria, Aylin & Tala	"Ana Dilim"	Azerbaijani	12	90
Kazakhstan	Erkin Tursynhan	"Samğa"	Kazakh	02	113
Kosovo	Ela Kazaz	"Yeni Yil"	Turkish	10	93
Kyrgyzstan	Aydin Nurdinov	“"Kyrgyz Biy"	Kyrgyz	04	111
Macedonia	Tolga Mazhar	"Hadi Benimle"	Turkish	13	89
Romania	İrem Kayaali	"Sihirbaz"	Turkish	06	102
Turkey	Cumhuriyet Grubu	"Hayat Vayram Olsa"	Turkish	09	95
Ukraine	Albina Kazanzhi	"Dostluk"	Turkish	05	105

Commentators

None of the participating broadcasters did broadcast the contest live. However some broadcasters have announced their plans for the broadcasting:

•  Azerbaijan – ATV Azerbaijan - 5 January at 21:40 (CET 18:40)
•  Gagauzia – GRT Television
•  Georgia – Marmueli Television
•  Kazakhstan – Khabar TV – 18 December 2015 at 16:15 (10:15 CET)
•  Kyrgyzstan – KTRK
•  Macedonia – MRT 2
•  Turkey – TMB TV - 20 December 2015 at 18:00 (17:00 CET)
•  Ukraine - Yuzhnaya Volna TV

Other regions

• Bashkortostan — On 30 November it was announced that Bashkortostan would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Bashkortostan did select Galisar Baiguskarova to represent them in 2015.^[8]
• Crimea — On 7 December it was announced that Crimea would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Crimea did select Aliie Bekirova with the song "Amanim yarim" (On my half) to represent them in 2015.^[9]
• Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia — On 7 December it was announced that Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey.^[9]
• Kumyk — On 7 December it was announced that Kumyk would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Kumyk did select Karim Salavatov to represent them in 2015.^[9]
• Khakassia — On 30 November it was announced that Khakassia would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Khakassia did select Katya Kyzlasova to represent them in 2015.^[10]
• Moscow — On 7 December it was announced that Moscow would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Moscow did select Angeline Gafarovoy to represent them in 2015.^[9]
• Stavropol Krai — On 3 December it was announced that Stavropol Krai would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Stavropol Krai did select Madina Kartakeyva with the song "Altin Ordam" (My golden horde) to represent them in 2015.^[11]
• Tatarstan — On 7 December it was announced that Tatarstan would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Tatarstan did select Saida Mukhametzyanova to represent them in 2015.^[12]
• Tuva — On 30 November it was announced that Tuva would not debut at the contest due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey. Despite this Tuva did select Aykis to represent them in 2015.^[10]
• Uzbekistan — On 15 December it was announced that Uzbekistan would not debut at the contest for unknown reasons. Despite this Uzbekistan did select Yasmina Garibova to represent them in 2015.^[13]

See also

• ABU Radio Song Festival 2015
• ABU TV Song Festival 2015
• Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Eurovision Young Dancers 2015
• Intervision Song Contest 2015
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Turkvision Song Contest 2015

References

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2. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15: 26 Countries To Compete In December". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
3. Granger, Anthony (27 October 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon'15: Final On December 15". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
4. Granger, Anthony (28 May 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon: Childrens Turkvizyon Song Contest Launched". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
5. Granger, Anthony (20 December 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon 15: Show now broadcast, details fully revealed". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
6. "TÜRK DÜNYASININ İLK ÇOCUK ŞARKI YARIŞMASI BALA TÜRKVİZYON BİRİNCİSİ BU SENE AZERBAYCAN OLDU! - Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması". TMB TV. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
7. "Bala Türkvizyon 2 - YouTube". TMB TV. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
   Listen to what the female presenter says. And again when she takes an interview with Yana after the song.
8. Granger, Anthony. "Bashkortostan withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
9. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15 all Russian regions withdraw from the contest". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
10. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15 Khakassia and Tuva withdraw". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
11. Granger, Anthony. "Stavropol Krai withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
12. Granger, Anthony. "Tatarstan withdraws from Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
13. Granger, Anthony. "Uzbekistan withdraws from Bala Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.