Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Kazakhstan announced on 25 July 2018 that they would debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 to be held in Minsk, Belarus. The Kazakh broadcaster, Khabar Agency, was responsible for the country's participation in the contest.[1] A televised national selection process was held to select the Kazakh entry.[2]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 22 September 2018 | |||
| Selected entrant | Daneliya Tuleshova | |||
| Selected song | "Ózińe sen (Seize the Time)" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Ivan Lopukhov Artem Kuzmenkov Kamila Dairova Daneliya Tuleshova | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 171 points | |||
| Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The 2018 contest marked the first time that Kazakhstan has participated in any Eurovision event.
Background
On 25 November 2017, Channel 31 of Kazakhstan revealed their intention to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[3] Initial claims emerged on 22 December 2017 from both the Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports, Arystanbek Mukhamediuly; and the Director General of Channel 31, Bagdat Kodzhahmetov; that Kazakhstan had applied to become a member of the EBU, with the hope of participating both in the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[4] Kodzhahmetov invited Daneliya Tuleshova, winner of the fourth season of Ukraine's version of The Voice Kids, to take part in the casting process to represent Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[5] The next day, however, the EBU made a statement the following day rejecting the possibility of Kazakhstan becoming an active member of the EBU, owing to the fact that Kazakhstan is neither within the European Broadcasting Area nor the Council of Europe.[6]
Before Junior Eurovision
Prior to the 2018 contest, Kazakhstan had sent a delegation to the 2013 and 2017 contests and broadcast the latter live.[7] Channel 31 also stated its intention to broadcast the contests in 2018 and 2019.[3] Khabar Agency has been an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since January 2016.[8]
National final
The final was held on 22 September 2018 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty. It was hosted by Maya Bekbaeva, Nursultan Qurman, Marat Oralgazin and Erkebulan Myrzabek.
| Final – 22 September 2018 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
| 1 | Zere Amirbekova | "Qos qanat" (Қос қанат) | T. Reshetnyak, Kamila Dairova, Zere Amirbekova | 2 | — | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | Sanat Asuat | "Erekshe" (Ерекше) | M. Kadyrmurat, D. Chabanov | 3 | — | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| 3 | Meirzhan Zhidebai | "Elester" (Елестер) | A. Mukasheva | 12 | — | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | Maria Zatvarnitskaya | "Baqytyń men" (Бақытың мен) | A. Duisenov | 5 | — | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Suikum Kabylbek | "Elge sálem" (Елге сәлем) | A. Segizbayeva, B. Zhelderbayev | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Zhanelya Kaldybek | "Álemdi mahabbat saqtaıdy" (Әлемді махаббат сақтайды) | A. Ilyanova, P. Dumitrescu | 7 | — | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | Yerzhan Maxim | "Elimdi súıemin" (Елімді сүйемін) | A. Duysenbi, U. Zholdasov | 8 | 338 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinar Nadirbekova | "Bul álem ertegideı" (Бұл әлем ертегідей) | E. Komar, Kamila Dairova, Y. Zhukov | 4 | — | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Binura Saudabay | "Arnaý" (Арнау) | P. Dumitrescu | 6 | — | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | Daneliya Tuleshova | "Ózińe sen" (Өзіңе сен) | Artem Kuzmenkov, Kamila Dairova, Daneliya Tuleshova | 10 | 946 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
Artist and song information
Daneliya Tuleshova | |
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 Daneliya wins The Voice Kids Ukraine 4 (with her coach Monatik) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 18 July 2006 Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Daneliya Tuleshova |
| Languages | Kazakh, English |
| Composer(s) | Ivan Lopukhov |
| Lyricist(s) | Artem Kuzmenkov, Kamila Dairova, Daneliya Tuleshova |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 6th |
| Final points | 171 |
Daneliya Tuleshova
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."[9] In 2019 she took part in The World's Best, representing the country alongside Dimash Kudaibergen.
Ózińe sen
“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
At Junior Eurovision
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Kazakhstan was drawn to perform third on 25 November 2018, following Portugal and preceding Albania. She placed 6th, with 171 points.
Voting
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.
Points awarded to Kazakhstan
| Jury | ||||
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
- Kazakhstan received 103 points from Online voting.
Points awarded by Kazakhstan
Split voting results
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