View source for Kazakhstan in the Turkvision Song Contest

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{{Infobox song contest country
| Name           = Kazakhstan
| Member station = [[Adam Media Group]]
| National selection event = National Final 2013-
| Apps       = 3
| First      = {{Tscyr|2013}}
| Best       = 1st: {{Tscyr|2014}}
| Worst      = 9th: {{Tscyr|2013}}
| Website    = http://www.turkvizyon.kz/
| Current TSC = 2017
}}

'''Kazakhstan''' is one of the [[Turkvision Song Contest 2013#Participating countries and regions|twenty-four participating countries and regions]] competing in the first[[Turkvision Song Contest]]. Kazakhstan won the contest in 2014 when they were represented by [[Zhanar Dugalova]] who sang "Izin korem".

==History==

===2013===
Kazakhstan made their debut in the [[Turkvision Song Contest]] at the {{Tscyr|2013}} festival, in [[Eskişehir]], [[Turkey]].<ref name="Participation">{{cite web|last=Granger|first=Anthony|title=Participating Countries Revealed|url=http://eurovoix.com/2013/10/19/turkvizyon-2013-participating-countries-revealed/|publisher=Eurovoix|accessdate=25 October 2013|date=19 October 2013}}</ref> Kazakhstan held an open selection for the 2013 contest, a total of 16 artists were selected to take part in the national final on 24 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: National Final Participants Announced|url=http://eurovoix.com/2013/10/30/kazakhstan-national-final-participants-announced/|website=Eurovoix|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> The winner was decided by [[Televoting|SMS voting]].

The top five was as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Artist
! Title
! Televote %
! Result<ref>{{cite web|last1=Darmodehina|first1=Anna|title=Group "RinGo" represent Kazakhstan in the contest «Turkvizyon-2013"|url=http://www.artparovoz.com/9347|website=Art Parovoz|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Alï Okapov (Али Окапов)
| Bir bolayık (Бiр болайык) 
| 7%
| 5
|-
| KeshYou (КешYOU)
| Rïzamın (Ризамын) 
| 9%
| 4
|-
| Alaşulı (Алашұлы)
| Turanım (Тұраным) 
| 14%
| 3
|-
| Nurjan Kermenbaev (Нұржан Керменбаев)
| Kalanıñ sulwları (Каланың сұлулары) 
| 16%
| 2
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| Rin'go (Нұржан Керменбаев)
| Birlikpen alğa (Бірлікпен алға) 
| 18%
| 1
|-
|}

In Turkey the band made it through to the final, finishing in 9th place. The manager of Rin'Go was unhappy with the way that the 2013 contest was judged and the technical standards of the contest.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: Rin’Go Unhappy With Turkvizyon Jury|url=http://eurovoix.com/2013/12/26/kazakhstan-ringo-unhappy-with-turkvizyon-jury/|website=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> The band was considering appealing the results.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: To Possibly Appeal Turkvizyon Results|url=http://eurovoix.com/2013/12/23/kazakhstan-to-possibly-appeal-turkvizyon-results/|website=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref>

===2014===
On 20 July 2014 it was officially announced that Kazakhstan would make their second appearance at the [[Turkvision Song Contest 2014]] to be held in [[Kazan]], [[Tatarstan]] in November 2014.<ref name="TSC2014">{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries|url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/07/20/turkvizyon14-agreement-signed-with-a-number-of-countries/|website=eurovoix.com|publisher=Eurovoix|accessdate=20 July 2014|date=20 July 2014}}</ref> It was announced again in October 2014 that Kazakhstan who hold a national selection to pick their participant, the final was announced as taking place on 26 October.,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: Turkvizyon Selection Final October 26th|url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/09/18/kazakhstan-turkvizyon-selection-final-october-26th/|website=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> a total of 47 singers performed in front of a panel of judges on 15 October with 16 selected to go through to the final<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: Turkvision Selection Finalists Announced|url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/10/16/kazakhstan-turkvision-selection-finalists-announced/|website=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref>

In the final were:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Title
! Televote %
! Result<ref>{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Kazakhstan: Zhanar Dugalova To Turkvision|url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/10/26/kazakhstan-zhanar-dugalova-to-turkvision/|website=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 01
| Nurbolat Abdwllïn (Нұрболат Абдуллин)
| Sarı ala qaz (Сары ала қаз) 
| 
| 
|-
| 02
| Marxaba Säbïeva (Мархаба Сәбиева)
| Qay zaman (Қай заман) 
| 
| 
|-
| 03
| Alaşulı (Алашұлы)
| Adamzatqa ne kerek? (Адамзатқа не керек?) 
| 
| 
|-
| 04
| Voice KZ
| Babalar sözi? (Бабалар сөзі) 
| 
| 
|-
| 05
| Erbol Şarïpov (Ербол Шарипов)
| Eñ sulw sen (Ең сұлу сен) 
| 
| 
|-
| 06
| Aqbïkeş (Ақбикеш)
| Mereke ärbir kün (Мереке әрбір күн) 
| 
| 
|-
| 07
| Aʙdulkarim Karimov (Абдулкарим Каримов)
| Anaşym (Анашым) 
| 
| 
|-
| 08
| V-Alem
| Qazağım-ay (Қазағым-ай) 
| 
| 
|-
| 09
| Sanda (Санда)
| Ömir-baqıt (Өмір-бақыт) 
| 
| 
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
| 10
| Zhanar Dugalova (Жанар Дугалова)
| Izin Korem (Ізін көрем) 
| 30%
| 1
|-
| 11
| Dastan Orazbekov & "TT" (Дастан Оразбеков & "ТТ")
| Qazaqpın men (Қазақпын мен) 
| 12%
| 5
|-
| 12
| Alşı (Алшы)
| Dombıra (Домбыра) 
| 18%
| 4
|-
| 13
| Serik Ïbragïmov (Серік Ибрагимов)
| Jayaw (Жаяу) 
| 19%
| 3
|-
| 14
| Nurjan Kermenbaev (Нұржан Керменбаев)
| Qazaqtıñ balası (Қазақтың баласы) 
| 28%
| 2
|-
| 15
| Dias Ablaev (Диас Аблаев)
| Zhyrakka (Жыраққа) 
| 
| 
|-
| 16
| Beybit Kwşkalïev (Бейбіт Кушкалиев)
| Berlime (Берілме) 
| 
| 
|-
|}

In Kazan, Kazakhstan opened the semi final, finishing in third place with 198 points. In the final they were drawn to perform third, they won the contest with 225 points, 24 points ahead of second place Tatarstan.

==Participation==
;Table key
{{color box|gold|1st place}}
{{color box|silver|2nd place}}
{{color box|#cc9966|3rd place}}
{{color box|#FE8080|Last place}}
{{color box|#87A96B|Withdrew/Disqualified}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Title
! Language
! Final
! Points
! Semi
! Points
|-
| {{Tscyr|2013}}
| [[Rin'go]]<ref name="Kazakhstan">{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan: Rin'Go Are Off To Turkvizyon|url=http://eurovoix.com/2013/11/24/kazakhstan-ringo-are-off-to-turkvizyon/|publisher=Eurovoix|accessdate=24 November 2013|date=24 November 2013|last=Granger|first=Anthony}}</ref>
| "[[Birlikpen alğa]]" <small>({{transl|kk|Бірлікпен алға}})</small><ref name="Birlikpen">{{cite web|title=На конкурсе "Turkvizyon-2013" Казахстан представит группа "RinGo"|url=http://www.turkvizyon.kz/|publisher=Turkvision.kz|accessdate=27 November 2013|date=27 November 2013|language=Russian|trans_title=At the competition "Turkvizyon-2013" Kazakhstan will present group "RinGo"}}</ref>
| [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
| 9
| 178
| {{TBA|Qualified}}
| {{TBA|Undisclosed}}
|-bgcolor="gold"
| {{Tscyr|2014}}
| [[Zhanar Dugalova]]
| "Izin korem" <small>({{transl|kk|Ізін көрем}})</small>
| Kazakh
| 1
| 225
|bgcolor="#cc9966"| 3
|bgcolor="#cc9966"| 198
|-
|-bgcolor="silver"
| {{Tscyr|2015}}
| Orda
| "Olay Emes"
| Kazakh
| 2
| 185
|colspan="2" rowspan="1" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|No semi-final}}
|-
| {{Tscyr|2016}}
| colspan="7" {{NA|Contest cancelled}}
|-
| {{Tscyr|2017}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Kazakhstan in the ABU TV Song Festival]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
{{URL|http://www.turkvizyon.kz/|Official website}}

{{Turkvision Song Contest 2013}}
{{Turkvision Song Contest 2014}}
{{Turkvision Song Contest 2015}}
{{Turkvision Song Contest 2016}}

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[[Category:Countries in the Turkvision Song Contest]]