Bala Turkvision Song Contest

Bala Turkvision Song Contest (Turkish: Bala Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması), also known as Bala Türkvizyon Song Contest in English, was an annual song contest, inspired by the format of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was open to countries and regions which are Turkic-speaking and of Turkic ethnicity, and songs had to be in the respective country's national language. The first and only contest was held in Turkey in 2015, with both the 2016 and 2017 contests subsequently canceled.

For the senior version, see Turkvision Song Contest.
Bala Turkvision Song Contest
Also known asBala Türkvizyon Song Contest
GenreSong contest
No. of episodes1 contests
Release
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release15 December (2015-12-15) –
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)
Related

Format

Bala Turkvision was based on the format of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It focused primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. A juror from each nation awarded between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. In the final, a jury determined the winner. Unlike the Junior Eurovision where the winning country typically hosts the following year's event, hosting of the Bala Turkvision Song Contest took place in the country or region that was also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture.[1]

History

It was announced on 7 June 2015, that the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest would be held in Mary, Turkmenistan,[2] though it was later confirmed that the competition had been moved to Istanbul, Turkey.[3] The event took place on 15 December 2015 and included entries from 13 nations.[4] The first edition was won by Azerbaijan with "Cocukluk Yillari". On 18 April 2016, the second Bala Turkvision Song Contest was again announced to take place in Turkey.[5] Eleven countries and regions had announced their participation, with Crimea, Kumyk, Sandžak, Stavropol Krai, and Yakutia, planning on making their debuts. On 8 December 2016, it was announced that both the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 and Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016 had been delayed until March 2017.[6] The reason for the cancelation was later confirmed to be due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[7] Instead it was announced in February 2017 by the Ministry of Culture and Sports in Kazakhstan, that a 2017 edition would take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, and would coincide with other events taking place in the city as part of Expo 2017.[7] The contest was to be held at the Barys Arena.[8] Only five Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, confirmed their participation in the contest before it too was cancelled on 20 October 2017.

Participation

The following table lists countries or regions involved in the contest. Shaded rows indicate participants who took part in the first edition, but opted to not return in subsequent years, preceding the contest's outright cancelation.

Participation since 2015:
  Entered once
  Entered once, but as a combined entry
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Entry intended but later withdrew
Country Broadcaster(s)
Albania Albania Radio Televizioni Shqiptar
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[c] Azad Azerbaijan TV
Belarus Belarus[c] Belarusian Television and Radio Company
Gagauzia Gagauzia Gagauz Radio Television
Georgia (country) Georgia Georgian Public Broadcaster
Iran Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[c] Adam Media Group
Kosovo Kosovo Radio Television of Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Television
North Macedonia Macedonia Macedonian Radio Television
Romania Romania[c] Alpha TV Media
Turkey Turkey[c] TMB TV
Tuva Tuva[a] STRC "Tuva"
Ukraine Ukraine[c] Odessa ODTRK

Winners

By contest
Year Date Host city Winner Song Language Performer Points
2015 15 December Turkey Istanbul Azerbaijan Azerbaijan "Çocukluk Yılları" Azerbaijani Nuray Rahman & Ahmed Amirli 115
2016 Cancelled Turkey Turkey —
2017 Kazakhstan Astana

By country/region

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total Years won
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 2015
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 —
Georgia (country) Georgia 0 0 1 1 —

Hosting
Hosts Country/Region City Years
1 Turkey Turkey[c] Istanbul 2015

Notes
  1. ^ These countries had confirmed participation for the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 but later withdrew due to the current state of international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey.
  2. ^ These countries were announced as competing at the 2015 Contest and appeared on a provisional participation list on 23 September 2015. However, they did not appear on the finalised list in December 2015.[9]
  3. ^ These countries had confirmed participation for the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016, which was subsequently cancelled alongside the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[10] The contest would later become rescheduled as the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2017, in Astana, Kazakhstan.[11]
  4. ^ Turkey were scheduled to host the 2016 contest, which was later cancelled.

References
  1. "Bala Turkvizyon: Childrens Turkvizyon Song Contest Launched". Eurovoix.
  2. Granger, Anthony (7 June 2015). "Turkvizyon'15: Contest back In Mary, Turkmenistan?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon'15: 26 Countries To Compete In December". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. Granger, Anthony (27 October 2015). "Bala Turkvizyon'15: Final On December 15". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. Granger, Anthony (18 April 2016). "Turkvizyon'16: Turkey To Host Turkvizyon 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-World. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. Granger, Anthony (8 December 2016). "Turkvision Song Contest delayed until March". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  8. Granger, Anthony (16 February 2017). "Turkvision 17 Barys Arena announced as venue". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  9. Official Turkvision (23 September 2015). "Список стран и регионов, которые подтвердили свое участие на Международном конкурсе эстрадной песни "BALA TÜRKVIZYON-2015":" [List of countries and regions that have confirmed their participation at the international song contest "Bala Türkvizyon 2015"]. vk.com (in Russian). VK (social networking). Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  11. Granger, Anthony (18 February 2017). "Final of Turkvision 2017 to be held September 10". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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