Yakutia in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

Yakutia

Member station TBC
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2013
Last appearance 2014
Best result 7th: 2014
Worst result DNQ: SF 2013

Yakutia (also known as Sakha-Yakutia Republic) is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Türkvizyon Song Contest.

History

2013

Yakutia made their debut in the Türkvizyon Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey, their participation was announced on December 4, 2013, Olga Spiridonova was announced as the singer.[1] Yakutia performed 20th in the semi final but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

On 15 October 2014, Yakutia again confirmed their participation in the contest with Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya announced as their singer.[2] Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya sang "Kyn". Yakutia performed 14th in the semi final before Turkey and after Kyrgyzstan, they qualified for the final scoring 168 points. Yakutia on the night of the semi final were not announced as a qualifier due to voting irregularities,[3] the organisers later allowed 15 countries to qualify for the final meaning Yakutia qualified.[4] In the final Yakutia performed 9th after Turkmenistan and before Bulgaria, they came 7th with 183 points.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Final Points Semi Points
2013 Olga Spiridonova[5] Yakut "Kötütööm" Flying Failed to qualify
2014 Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya Yakut "Kyn" Sun 7 183 12 168
2015 Did not participate

References

  1. Anthony, Granger. "Yakutia: 23rd Turkvizyon Country/Region". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. Schneider, Patrick. "Macedonia/Yakutia: Türkvizyon entrants presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Exclusive: Voting Fraud At Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. Fidan, Mustafa. "Turkvizyon 2014: 15 entries qualified for the final". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. "Türkvizyon 2013 Yakutistan Temsilcisi Olga Spiridonova". Türkvizyon.info. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.


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