According to the Uzbek Tourism Board, the 2022 Turkvision Song Contest will be held in the city of Fergana. The first week of June is the planned dates for the Contest. The organisers behind the Turkvision Song Contest have yet to confirm the news. Turkestan, Kazakhstan, was due […]
Whilst we are all in the midst of rehearsals in Lisbon in preparation for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, it turns out the Turkvision Song Contest may well be returning from the dead this year. It is currently unknown when or where the 2018 addition will take place. […]
Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015 was the third edition of Türkvizyon. The contest took place today December 19th in Istanbul, Turkey. Twenty One Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest, as well as one Turkic ethnic groups […]
We reported earlier today that there were voting anomalies in the results of the Semi Final of Turkvizyon 2014 – READ HERE. The broadcasters realised the errors and have amended the results. This will now see 15 songs contend the Grand Final of Turkvizyon 2014 tomorrow. The final […]
It has now been a couple of years since Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. We at Eurovision Ireland have certainly missed them and will do so again in Vienna next year. But this does not mean that Turkey have exactly been idle in the meantime. […]
Germany are set to make their debut at Turkvizyon 2014. With a Turkish population of over 1.5 million resident in Germany this is no surprise. However this is a big leap forward for TRT and their rivalry to Eurovision. There are no details as of yet as to their […]
Turkey – Eurovision 2010 Turkish representatives maNga will take another bite of a Song Contest. The MTV winning Turkish rockers who came second at Eurovision in 2010 with their song ‘We Should Be The Same’ are back for more. This time however they will be the Turkish (TRT) […]
Will Turkey be at Eurovision 2015? That is the question that has been dominating Eurovision speculation. There were also reports that Kenan Williams could be flying the Turkish flag at the contest in Vienna. Eurovision Ireland spoke to the Head of International Public Relations Ms. TÜZÜN at TRT […]
Manga brought Turkey to 2nd place at Eurovision in 2010 and with the recent release of their new song ‘Parti’, they certainly make us think just how much we miss Turkey at Eurovision. Manga exploded onto the stage at Eurovision 2010 with ‘We Could Be The Same’. Extremely […]
Turkey – Is Turkey set to return to Eurovision in 2015 following a 2 year absence? According to the Turkish news site cadde.milliyet this is likely. The site claims that a visit last year from the EBU President Jean-Paul Philippo,t where he met TRT General Director İbrahim Şahin, has seemingly […]
Bosnia Herzegovina will be entering Türkvizyon 2013. We already knew that they would be represented by the famous Balkan Rock band Emir & The Frozen Camels. Today they have released the video for their entry – “Ters Bosanka” featuring Mirza. This is a pop/rock/ska sounding song with what […]
It is no news that Turkey will not be participating at Eurovision 2014. We have all read that story for several months now. The real story that we have waited to hear is the outcome of the meeting between the EBU and TRT that was scheduled to take […]
We have all heard the news that Turkish Broadcaster TRT has said that they are currently not attending Eurovision 2014 until changes are made to the contest. A meeting was allegedly scheduled between the EBU and TRT to discuss their concerns and possible return to Eurovision. In the […]
“Bosnia and Herzegovina has decided not to participate in the Eurovision song contest, and to join newly founded alternative Turkvision”. This is the claim made yesterday by the Bulgarian News Agency Novinite and Serbian Website Novi Magazin. The move from Eurovision to Turkvision is allegedly “motivated by what Bosnia’s TV organizers […]
Turkey may have said that they will not attend Eurovision until changes are made to the voting and Big 5 status, so they have provided their Turkish Eurovision Fans and Diaspora with the next best thing – “TurkVision”. Briefly “TurkVision” is a Eurasian Music Contest created by Turkish […]