Tuva in the Turkvision Song Contest

Tuva (Russian: Тува́) or Tyva (Tuvan: Тыва), officially the Tyva Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, tr. Respublika Tyva, IPA: [rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva]; Tuvan: Тыва Республика, Tyva Respublika, [tʰɯˈʋa resˈpʰuplika]), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic, also defined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation as a state).[1] Tuva was one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions that competed in the Turkvision Song Contest.[2] The contest, which is also known as the Türkvizyon Song Contest, was an annual song contest created by Turkish music channel TMB TV. It was inspired by the format of the Eurovision Song Contest and the first edition first edition took place in Eskişehir, Turkey. The semi-final was held on 19 December 2013, with the grand final taking place on 21 December 2013.[3] Participants from Tuva made it to the semifinals in the 2013 and 2014 iterations of the contest, but no participants from Tuva qualified in 2015. The contest was last held on 19 December 2015, and has not been held since.[4]

Tuva
Participation summary
Appearances2
First appearance2013
Last appearance2014
Best result20th: 2014(SF)
Worst resultDNQ: 2013(SF)

History

Tuva made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[2] Saylık Ommun was due to participate for Russia, but instead represented Tuva after the final list of entries was revealed.[5]

Tuva had internally selected Ayas Kullar to represent them at the 2014 Contest.[6] However, upon publication of the running order draw on 17 November 2014; Tuva along with Northern Cyprus were withdrawn from participation.[7] The Tuvan delegation arrived for the contest 1 day before the semi final and were drawn to perform 25th,[8] they came 20th with 151 points.

Participation
Table key

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

Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
2013 Saylık Ommun "Çavıdak" Tuvan Failed to qualify Undisclosed Undisclosed
2014 Ayas Kuular "Subedei" Tuvan Failed to qualify 20 151
2015 Did not participate
2016 Contest cancelled

See also

References
  1. "Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System | The Constitution of the Russian Federation". Constitution.ru. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. "Turkvision 2013 Participants and Songs". Turkvision.info. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. "When Will Turkvision Be Held, Turkvision Dates". turkvision.info. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. "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 16 November 2013.
  5. Granger, Anthony (17 December 2013). "Turkvizyon: All Of The Songs Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. "TIVA TEMSİLCİSİ: AYAS KULLAR" [Tuva representative: Ayas Kullar]. turkvizyon.tv (in Turkish). Turkvizyon. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. Granger, Anthony (17 November 2014). "Turkvision'14: Semi Final Running Order Announced". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. Granger, Anthony. "Tuva: Will Participate In The Semi Final". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.


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