Kazakhstan was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)", written by Khamit Shangaliyev, Serzhan Bakhitzhan, and Jordan Arakelyan, and performed by David Charlin. The Kazakh participating broadcaster, Khabar Agency (KA), selected its representative via children's contest Baqytty Bala, and the song internally.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, Kazakhstan's highest placing in the contest was in 2019 and 2020, with the song "Armanyńnan qalma" by Yerzhan Maxim and with the song "Forever" by Karakat Bashanova, both achieving second place.
As Khabar Agency (KA) is not an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), it requires a special invitation from the EBU to participate in Eurovision events. KA was first invited to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in . Channel 31 had previously expressed their ambitions to debut in the 2018 contest, and had sent a delegation to the contest.
Before Junior Eurovision
Baqytty Bala 2022 Kazakhstan's participation in the 2022 contest was confirmed in August 2022, with KA having been invited to participate by the EBU. Together with the confirmation of participation, it was announced the competing artist would be selected during the international children's contest Baqytty Bala (Kazakh Cyrillic: ; ).
Over 200 artists from Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Romania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria and all cities of Kazakhstan applied for the competition. Twenty-one artists from eight countries were selected to participate in the shows, but only Kazakh nationals between the ages of nine and fourteen were eligible for selection, so the nomination to represent Kazakhstan was not awarded automatically to one of the winners, but instead in a separate category, of which the results were determined by a jury consisting of Askhat Mayemirov (director), Marat Aitimov (music teacher), Qanat Aitbayev (founder of Baqytty Bala), Rukhiya Baydukenova (singer) and Yernar Nurtazin (pianist). During the final night held on 13 August 2022 in the Oner Ortalygy Concert Hall in Aktobe, David Charlin was ultimately chosen to represent the country.
Song selection In a press conference held in early October vice-president of KA, Daniyar Menilbekov, revealed that the Kazakh entry had been internally selected, and confirmed that one of the composers of the song was Khamit Shangaliyev, who also took part in the creation of the Kazakh entries in and . The Kazakh entry, "Jer-Ana (Mother Earth)", written by Shangaliyev, Serzhan Bakhitzhan and Jordan Arakelyan, was presented to the public on 6 November 2022, accompanied by an official music video.
At Junior Eurovision After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that Kazakhstan would perform third on 11 December 2022, following Poland and preceding Malta.
At the end of the contest, David Charlin received 47 points, placing Kazakhstan 15th out 16 participating countries. This is the lowest result Kazakhstan had achieved since it first entered the contest.
Voting
Points awarded to Kazakhstan Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Kazakhstan received 42 points from the online vote.
+ Points awarded by Kazakhstan Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 5 6 10 9 5 8 3 02 14 15 11 6 10 11 03 04 15 13 14 13 12 15 05 4 5 6 11 8 7 4 06 1 4 7 4 6 3 8 07 3 2 2 12 11 5 6 08 2 11 8 1 4 4 7 09 12 12 9 15 7 12 10 9 10 15 14 13 13 11 13 7 13 5 3 9 2 12 10 8 4 8 14 10 1 13 6 9 5 7 2 6 5 14 11 14 12 10 15 14 15 8 1 3 2 1 1 12 16 7 3 1 3 9 2 10
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