The Turkvision Song Contest 2020 () was the fourth edition of the Turkvision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, with performances filmed remotely, and organised by Turkish Music Box Television (TMB TV).
The contest took place on 20 December 2020. Twenty-six Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest. The Iraqi Turkmens, the Kazakh Uyghurs, Moldova, the Nogais, Poland and Tyumen Oblast made their debuts in the contest, while Bashkortostan, Khakassia, Moscow, Tatarstan, Tuva and Yakutia returned to the contest, having been absent in 2015.
Ukraine won the contest with the song "Tikenli yol" performed by Natalie Papazoglu. Yakutia and Bosnia and Herzegovina placed second and third respectively, with Yakutia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Moscow, Gagauzia, Khakassia, Serbia and Tuva achieving their highest placings in the contest to date.
Background Prior to 2020, the Turkvision Song Contest had not been held since 2015. A fourth edition was initially planned for 2016, to be hosted at the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre in Istanbul, but it was cancelled (ostensibly due to the Istanbul bombings throughout 2016). They subsequently attempted to host a 2017 edition in Kazakhstan, but to no avail, and plans to revive the contest in 2018 failed as well. Several of the songs competing in the 2020 contest were originally set to compete in the cancelled 2016 contest.
In October 2020, it was reported that TMB TV would host an online-only version of the contest from Istanbul.
Format All performances were intended to be filmed by 15 November 2020 (although several participants filmed their entries after that date), with participants either chosen by national/regional broadcasters or through submitting their entries directly.
Voting The jury was composed of one person per participating region, chosen by their region's head of delegation. Each juror scored every song from 0 to 10 points, and the song with the most points won. The jurors awarded their points via satellite link, and the chair of the jury was Belarusian singer Gunesh, who previously finished as runner-up for her country at the 2013 contest. The top three entrants will receive cash prizes, and the winner would receive a direct invitation to the Turkvision Song Contest 2021 in Shusha, Azerbaijan and the opportunity to film a music video for their entry. It was later revealed that the 2021 edition would be taking place in Turkistan, Kazakhstan instead, but in the end, the 2021 contest did not materialize. There was also an audience sympathy prize for the "Sari Gelin" cover that received the most votes on the contest website. The performances were ranked by the following jurors from each country participating in the contest:
– Avni Qahili – Kenan Çelik – Aigul Akhmadeeva – Gunesh – Ahmed Švrakić – Petr Petkovic – Volkan Gucer Iraqi Turkmens – Ahmet Tuzlu Kazakh Uyghurs – Polat Izimov – Marat Omarov – German Tanbaev – Gulnur Satylganova – Ivan Kain – Leush Lyubich – Ayna Cherkesova – Erhan Hasip – Ertan Birinci – Dawid Szwajcowski – Cengiz Erhan Kutluakay – Denis Mavrić – Damir Davletshin – – – Kabirov Mansur Mannurovich – Nadezhda Malenkova – Chyskyyray
Participating regions The contest took place on Sunday 20 December at 16:00 TRT. The interval act consisted of Natali Deniz performing "Sarmaş bana". The following countries and regions participated in the contest: Region Artist Song Language Points Place 1 Ilire Ismajli "Përsëri" Albanian, Turkish 171 19 2 Zhanna Musayeva "Muñayma" Nogai 159 24 3 Ziliya Bahtieva "Halkyma" Bashkir 174 17 4 Armin Muzaferija "Džehva" Bosnian 194 3 5 Çağıl İşgüzar "Acıtır Hep Hayallerim" Turkish 171 21 6 Cengiz Sipahi "Kal Yanımda" Turkish 171 20 7 "Bayla la Talgam" Tuvan 176 15 8 Aydan İlxaszade "Can Can Qardaş Can" Azerbaijani 193 5 9 Mishelle "Doğma yerlər" Azerbaijani 172 18 10 Diliya Ahmetshina "Ğafu it, awılım" Tatar 191 6 11 "Odun" Turkish 190 8 12 Iraqi Turkmens Sarmad Mahmood "Kelebek" Iraqi Turkmen 150 26 13 Yulia Arnaut "Kemençä" Gagauz 185 10 14 Darya Tacheyeva "Ot chalynda" Khakas 181 11 15 Natalie Papazoglu "Tikenli yol" Gagauz 226 1 16 Haris Skarep "Doživotno osuđen" Serbian 178 13 17 Aiganysh Abdieva "Yupiter" Kyrgyz 176 16 18 Svetlana Agarval "Məni anla" Azerbaijani 166 23 19 Olga Shimanskaya"Hadi Gel"Turkish 186 9 20 Sunai Giolacai "Niye?" Turkish 167 22 21 Almaz Kopzhasar "Kim ol" Kazakh 159 25 22 Pelageya Stefoglo "Ateş Gibi" Turkish 191 7 23 Umsuura"Mokhsoğollor" Yakut 204 2 24 Adilya Tushakova "Havalarda" Siberian Tatar 193 4 25 Ertan & İsrafil "Ne Yaptıysam Olmadı" Turkish 179 12 26 Kazakh Uyghurs Sada Ensemble "Sevgiyi besle" Uyghur 178 14
Audience sympathy prize The audience sympathy prize is in the running between 14 of the national representatives, who each recorded a cover of the famous folk song "Sari Gelin". Moscow's cover, which received the most online votes, won the prize. Voting opened on 15 December 2020 and closed on 1 January 2021. The following countries and artists competed:
– Aydan İlxaszade – Ziliya Bahtieva – Yulia Arnaut – Iraqi Turkmens – Sarmad Mahmood – Aiganysh Abdieva – Olga Shimanskaya – Cengiz Sipahi – Çağıl İşgüzar – Mishelle – Sunai Giolacai – Diliya Ahmetshina – Ertan & İsrafil – Natalie Papazoglu
Scoreboard The table below summarizes the point distribution as shown during the show. For each song, the official total score may sometimes differ from a direct sum of the individual scores received. Jury resultsscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="row" rowspan="26" Albania 8 8 10 8 10 6 4 5 8 6 7 7 8 7 7 5 7 9 6 4 7 2 7 4 4Nogais 8 9 8 7 9 6 3 7 8 8 8 7 9 7 0 4 8 8 8 6 8 4 8 4 5Bashkortostan 8 8 8 7 9 10 5 10 10 8 8 10 10 9 0 5 9 0 7 4 7 3 8 6 5 10 8 9 8 10 7 5 7 8 9 8 8 10 7 10 6 8 9 6 5 8 3 8 7 4Northern Cyprus 8 7 8 8 10 7 9 4 8 5 10 7 7 8 0 4 8 7 6 4 8 3 6 7 4North Macedonia 10 7 7 10 8 6 4 3 8 6 9 7 7 8 9 5 7 8 7 4 7 3 6 5 4Tuva 8 8 8 8 7 7 3 5 8 7 7 7 10 7 0 7 6 6 8 6 9 4 9 6 5Azerbaijan 10 9 9 8 9 9 6 8 5 7 10 5 8 10 6 5 10 9 8 9 7 4 7 6 9Poland 8 6 9 9 7 8 6 4 8 9 7 10 8 7 2 7 8 10 6 3 9 3 7 4 4Tatarstan 9 9 10 8 8 7 8 7 9 10 8 9 9 9 0 6 7 9 8 6 9 4 8 6 7Germany 9 9 10 8 8 10 6 6 10 9 9 7 10 9 5 9 8 7 9 4 8 3 9 4 4Iraqi Turkmens 8 7 8 8 7 8 5 3 5 8 6 7 10 7 0 5 7 6 7 3 7 3 7 3 4Gagauzia 8 8 10 8 9 8 6 4 8 8 6 7 10 9 0 9 8 9 9 6 9 4 7 7 8Khakassia 9 9 10 8 7 8 10 4 4 8 7 8 10 8 0 8 9 6 8 6 9 4 7 7 8Ukraine 8 10 10 9 7 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 7 4 10 10 10 10 8 10 2 10 8 10Serbia 8 7 10 10 6 9 7 4 9 8 8 7 7 8 8 10 6 8 7 2 8 3 8 6 4Kyrgyzstan 9 7 9 8 8 7 6 4 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 0 9 9 7 5 8 3 7 7 4Belarus 9 6 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 8 7 7 9 9 8 1 5 10 6 4 9 3 8 5 5Moscow 8 9 8 10 6 10 9 6 10 8 5 8 9 10 9 0 6 10 8 4 8 3 9 7 6Romania 8 6 9 8 7 9 6 5 3 8 6 7 8 8 8 0 6 8 8 7 8 3 9 5 7Kazakhstan 9 5 7 9 8 7 5 4 4 8 4 9 7 8 7 0 6 6 8 6 7 3 6 4 10Moldova 8 8 10 8 7 9 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 9 0 7 8 9 8 5 3 8 6 5Yakutia 9 8 10 8 8 10 10 5 10 8 7 8 8 10 10 0 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 6 7Tyumen Oblast 9 7 7 8 8 8 6 4 6 8 7 8 8 7 7 0 5 8 7 6 5 7 3 8 6Turkey 10 6 7 10 9 8 5 10 6 8 5 10 8 7 9 8 6 8 9 6 3 8 3 7 3Kazakh Uyghurs 10 7 7 9 8 8 5 7 9 8 4 8 7 7 7 3 5 8 7 7 10 7 3 7 7
Other regions – The Netherlands had initially confirmed their participation in the 2020 contest with Elcan Rzayev as their representative with the song "Ana – Vətən". However, Rzayev withdrew from the competition, as he was to unable to film his entry due to COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands. The Netherlands' non-participation was confirmed by the release of the running order by the contest organisers. – Sweden had initially confirmed their participation at the 2020 contest with the singer and the song "Dirçəliş". However, on 12 December 2020, it was announced that Sweden had withdrawn from the contest. According to Eurovoix World, the country's withdrawal was caused by the inability of the Swedish singer to film a performance that was up to the standards of the competition.
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