Following on from yesterday’s ANNOUNCEMENT that at least twelve countries have signed up to the 2024 Intervision Song Contest, the first participating countries have been named alongside host country Russia. Mikhail Shvydkoy has now confirmed sixteen countries has signed up to participate. Mikhail Shvydkoy, the special representative of […]
Kazakhstan have confirmed they will not be broadcasting the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. Khabar, the Kazakh national broadcaster, has confirmed they will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest for a second consecutive year. Khabar gave the following statement: “We regret to inform you that this […]
Khabar Agency, the Kazakh national broadcaster, is still considering their participation at the 2022 ABU TV Song Festival, in New Delhi, India. Khabar Agency have participated at each edition since 2015 – with the exception of 2020, when Kazakhstan didn’t take place due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Let […]
As everyone in the Eurovision world know, Khabar Agency, the Kazakh national broadcaster and EBU associate member, has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2018 – on an invitational basis similar to Australia. They are also wanting to participate in the Adult Contest. Unlike the […]
Turkistan has been chosen as the Host City for this year’s Turkvision Song Contest. While the Host City has been announced, neither a venue or a date for the Contest has been decided. Last year, the Contest returned online, after last taking place in 2015. The Nogai ethnic […]
The fourteen finalists of this year’s New Wave Festival have been revealed. They include Samra Rahimli, the Azerbaijani representative at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The finalists are: Armenia – Saro Gevorgyan Australia – Alfie Arcuri Azerbaijan – Samra Rahimli Belarus – CHEICHAI Bulgaria – Denitsa Karaslavova Georgia […]
Several days after the Uyghur population of Kazakhstan announced their participation in next weekend’s Contest, the Kazakhs will also be entering. Almaz Kopzhasar will be representing his country, however the song that he will be performing and the language it will be sung in has yet to be […]
Kazakhstan’s Uyghur population have announced their participation at the 2020 Turkvision Song Contest. It is currently unknown if Kazakhstan will have their own representation at the Contest. Sada Ensemble will represent the Uyghur population later this month. The song that they will be singing is called “Sevgiyi besle”, […]
As things stand, Kazakhstan and Kosovo will not be invited to take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Associate Members of the European Broadcasting Union have to be invited to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. ESCXtra received the following statement from the EBU: “At […]
This year, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest welcomed some new blood into the fold, in the shape of Wales and Kazakhstan – but just how did they do? Wales Wales was represented by Manw with her entry “Perta”. Manw finished here in Minsk in 20th place. S4C can […]