Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Kazakhstan's national final took on 22 September 2018. Ten songs participated in the competition and the winner was selected through a jury and public televote.

Artists were able to submit their entries between 1 August 2018 and 31 August 2018. From all songs submitted, an eleven-member jury panel selected 10 songs for the competition. The jury panel consisted of Tamara Assar, Mariya Sadvakasova, Erke Esmahan, Kairat Nurtas, Roza Rymbaeva, Alan Azhibayev, Lyalla Sultankyzy, Renat Gaisin, Bagim Mukhitdenova, Meirambek Bespaev and Dimash Kudaibergenov.[9]

The final took place on 22 September 2018 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, hosted by Maya Bekbaeva, Nursultan Qurman, Marat Oralgazin and Erkebulan Myrzabek. Ten competing acts participated in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from jury members made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote.

Daneliya Tuleshova (born 18 July 2006) is a Kazakh child singer. She won the fourth season of The Voice Kids Ukraine in December 2017 and represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Ózińe sen."[10] In 2019 she took part in The World's Best, representing the country alongside Dimash Kudaibergen.

“Ózińe sen (Seize the Time)" is song by Kazakhstani child singer Daneliya Tuleshova. It represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song came in 6th place with 171 points

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on 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, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also 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 would receive 20% of the available points. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

• Kazakhstan received 103 points from Online voting.