Turkvision Song Contest 2016
Turkvision Song Contest 2016 () will be the fourth EDition of Turkvision Song Contest, which will take place at the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, in Istanbul, Turkey; and organised by TMB TV and Azad Azerbaijan TV. So far, twenty-six Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, have confirmed their participation in the contest. , , , , , and will be making their debut, whilst , , , , , , , and are all returning after a . has chosen not to return to the contest and will no longer be in joint-participation with , meaning the latter will be participating as a single region. also initially planned to return to the contest and had selected their participant, but later withdrew from competing.
Location
In May 2016 it was announced by Subhane Isgenderova the Azerbaijan Head of Delegation that Antalya was going to be the host city for the fourth edition of the contest. However, on 11 July 2016, it was later confirmed that the announcement made Isgenderova was in fact incorrect, and the official host city would be Istanbul.
For the second consecutive year, the venue will be the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, which has 10,000 covered seats of 30,000 seats at total in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul.
Format
Unlike the 2015 edition which had no semi-final stage, because of the withdrawals from from the contest due to the international relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey in 2015.
National host broadcaster
On 15 July 2016 it was confirmed that the host broadcaster which will be responsible for the organisation of the contest will be Turkish Music Box Television (TMB TV), for the second consecutive year.
Provisional list of participants
So far the following Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, have confirmed their participation in the contest. Below are the details of each of the participants. Shir Charyev was announced as participating, although details as to which country he will represent has yet to be disclosed.
Region |
Language |
Artist |
Song |
Translate |
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Sevinç Beyaz |
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Bashkir |
Zilia Bakhtieva |
"Donya Mathur" |
The World is Beautiful |
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Azerbaijani |
Svetlana Agarval |
"Meni Anla" |
Understand me |
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Crimean Tatar |
Alseda Seydaliyeva |
"Feleğimsin" |
You are my destiny |
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Yulia Arnaut |
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Turkish, German |
Seyran |
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Aris Appaev |
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Kumyk |
Daniyal Harunow |
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Turkish |
Oksana Bilera |
"Yakışıyor bize bu sevgi" |
This love suits us |
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Azerbaijani |
Elcan |
"Ana vatan" |
Homeland |
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Turkish |
Polina Stefoglo |
"Yallah Yallah!" |
Yallah Yallah! |
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Turkish |
Olga Shimanskaya |
"Masal gibi bu dünya" |
This world is like a tale |
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Turkish |
Sunai Giolacai |
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Azerbaijani |
Arghavan |
"Dirçaliş" |
Remedy |
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Gagauz |
Natalia Papazoglu |
Tikenli yol |
Thorny path |
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Other Turkic regions
– On 23 September 2016 Hayat TV, broadcaster of Bosnia and Herzegovina at Turkvision, said that they are still undecided about their participation in the 2016 contest.
– On 13 September 2016 Arkhyz 24, broadcaster of Karachay-Cherkessia at Turkvision, announced that they will not participate in the 2016 contest.
– On 25 November 2016 it was announced that Khakassia will not participate in the 2016 contest. Despite this they did select their artist, Irenek Khan.
See also
- ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
- ABU TV Song Festival 2016
- Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2016
- Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- Eurovision Young Musicians 2016
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016