Altai Republic in the Turkvision Song Contest

The participation of the Altai Republic in the Turkvision Song Contest first began at the inaugural Turkvision Song Contest, in Eskişehir, Turkey, in 2013. STRC Altai Mountains, a network owned by All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2013. Artur Marlujokov was the first representative for the Altai Republic at the Turkvision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Altayym Menin" (Russian: "Алтайым Менин"), which qualified from the semifinals, and finished in fifth place, achieving one-hundred and eighty-nine points in the grand final.

Altai Republic
Member stationSTRC Altai Mountains
Participation summary
Appearances1
First appearance2013
Last appearance2013
Best result5th: 2013
Worst result5th: 2013
For the most recent participation see
Altai Republic in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013

The Altai Republic were absent from the 2014 Contest, planned to make their return at the Turkvision Song Contest 2015. However, they were forced to withdraw from the contest on 30 November 2015, due to the Russia–Turkey relations in the aftermath of the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015. Although they had selected Emil Tolkochekov to be their participant despite the forced withdrawal. The Altai Republic had confirmed their intent to participate at the Turkvision Song Contest 2016, which was subsequently cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.

Origins of the contest
A map showing the location of the Altai Republic within Russia.

Turkvision is an annual song contest which was created by TÜRKSOY in cooperation with the Turkish music channel TMB TV. Based on the similar format of the Eurovision Song Contest, Turkvision focuses primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. The participating countries and regions have to take part in the Semi Final. A juror from each nation awards between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. An amount of 12 to 15 nations qualify for the Grand Final where the jury determines the winner. TÜRKSOY has stated that televoting is going to be introduced in the future.[1] Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest in which the winning country proceeds to host the following year's event, hosting of the Turkvision Song Contest takes place in the country or region that is also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture.[2]

History

Turkvision Song Contest 2013

The Altai Republic made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013 in Eskişehir, Turkey.[3] They held a national selection which took place on 21 November 2013, a total of twenty-six singers competed in the selection. On the jury were; Ismet Zaatov – TMB TV Representative, Tatyana Koncheva – Altai State Television General Manager, Oleg Kultuev – Gorniy Altai Media Advertising Agency General Director, Çultuev Alena – Altai State Artist and Moldorov Andrey – Composer. Artur Marljukov was selected by the jury to represent the Altai Republic.[4] On 5 December 2013 the song that Marljukov would sing at the contest was announced as "Altayym Menin" (Russian: "Алтайым Менин").[4] Marlujokov qualified for the final of Turkvizyon 2013, the Altai Republic finished in fifth place achieving a score of one-hundred and eighty-nine points.[5]

2014 withdrawal

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that the Altai Republic were to make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[6] However, an updated participation list was published on 10 September 2014, which no longer shown the Altai Republic as participating, although it is unknown as to why they do not show on the list.[7][8]

2015 return

On 17 November 2015 it was announced that the Altai Republic would return to the contest having not participated in 2014.[9] The singer Emil Tolkochekov was internally selected to represent the region on their return.[9] On 28 November 2015 the Altai Republic withdrew from the contest, this occurred after the Russian Government ordered TURKSOY members from Russia to not compete in the event.[10]

Turkvision Song Contest 2016

On 1 July 2016, it was confirmed that all of the Federal subjects of Russia would return to the contest, after being forced to withdraw from the 2015 edition.[11] However, it was later confirmed that both of the 2016 contests had been cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.[12] The contest was rescheduled to take place at the Saryarka Velodrome, in Astana, Kazakhstan.[13]

Participation
Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place   Withdrew/Disqualified 

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
2013 Artur Marlujokov "Altayym Menin" (Алтайым Менин) Altai 5 189 Qualified Undisclosed
2014 Did not participate
2015 Emil Tolkochekov Withdrawn
2016 Did not participate Contest cancelled

See also

References
  1. "What is Turkvision, How is the Format of Turkvision Song Contest". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Where Will Turkvision Be Held, In Which Country Is Turkvision". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. Granger, Anthony. "Altai Republic: Turkvizyon Artist Selected". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. Fidan, Mustafa (20 November 2014). "Turkvizyon 2014: 15 entries qualified for the final". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. Granger, Anthony (10 September 2014). "Turkvizyon'14: Germany To Debut!". Turkvizyon.tv. Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014. The list means that the following countries are either withdrawing or are yet to confirm their participation
  8. "Yarışmaya Katılan Ülkeler" [The participating countries]. turkvizyon.tv (in Turkish). Turkvizyon.tv. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  9. Granger, Anthony. "Altai Republic: Returns To Turkvizyon For 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  10. Granger, Anthony. "Altai Republic: Withdraws From Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  11. Granger, Anthony (1 July 2016). "Turkvizyon'16: Russian republics return to Turkvision". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  12. Granger, Anthony (15 February 2017). "Turkvision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kazakhstan". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  13. 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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