Bala Turkvision Song Contest


Bala Turkvision Song Contest, also known as Bala Türkvizyon Song Contest in English, was an annual song contest, inspired by the format of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The took place in Turkey. Countries and regions which are Turkic-speaking and of Turkic ethnicity are eligible to participate in the song contest. Songs had to be in the countries' national language. To date, that was the only ever time the event was held, and it has not been held since.

Format

Bala Turkvision was an annual song contest. Based on the similar format of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Bala Turkvision focused primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. A juror from each nation awarded between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. In the Grand Final the jury determined the winner. Unlike the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in which the winning country proceeds to host the following year's event, hosting of the Bala Turkvision Song Contest took place in the country or region that was also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture. So far, only one Bala Turkvision Song Contest was held, in 2015, and is now unlikely to be held again.

Participation

CountryDebut yearLatest entryAppearancesWinsBroadcaster
10Radio Televizioni Shqiptar
11Azad Azerbaijan TV
10Belarusian Television and Radio Company
10Gagauz Radio Television
10Georgian Public Broadcaster
10Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
10Adam Media Group
10Radio Television of Kosovo
10Kyrgyz Television
10Macedonian Radio Television
10Alpha TV Media
10TMB TV
00
10Odessa ODTRK

Winners

By contest

By language

WinsLanguageYearsCountry
1Azerbaijani

By country/region

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.
CountryTotalYears won
1001
0101
0011

Hosting

HostsCountry/RegionCityYears
1Istanbul
1Astana