Junior Eurovision 2020 | Kazakhstan confirms participation!
Kazakhstan is the 10th country to confirm their participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, that is set to be held on November 29th in Warsaw, Poland. The EBU invited Kazakhstan to participate for the third year in a row. It is still unknown whether they will select their entry via a national selection, like in 2018 with Daneliya Tuleshova and her song 'Seize The Time' or an internal selection like in 2019 with Yerzhan Maksim's 'Armanyńnan qalma'. the songs finished
Junior Eurovision 2020 | Could Kazakhstan be a potential host for Junior Eurovision?
After an impressive second place finish from Kazakhstan by Yerzhan Maksim with the song "Armanyńnan qalma" at Junior Eurovision 2019 in Gliwice, Poland, the Kazakh broadcaster Kabar Agency is discussing a potential hosting offer for Junior Eurovision 2020. Even though Poland has won the contest the second year in a row, and are very keen to host for a second year running, Kazakhstan has some hopes to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2020. Considering that the winnin
ESC 2020 | EBU has no plans to invite Kazakhstan to Eurovision 2020
The EBU has confirmed they have 'no plans' to invite Kazakhstan to the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Because Kazakhstan is only an associate member of the EBU, and not a full member, they must be invited to participate in the contest, the same as Australia, who waited until 2015 before being invited to take part. Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand has previously stated in a press conference in Minsk 2018 that Kazakhstan's participation in Eurovision is "something that needs to
JESC 2019 | Yerzhan Maksim will sing for Kazakhstan
12 year old Yerzhan Maksim has been confirmed as Kazakhstan's representative for Junior Eurovision 2019 in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland. Yerzhan hails from Oral, a city in Northwestern Kazakhstan, and has been singing and taking music lessons since he was 5 years old. Check out Yerzhan's performance at Kazakhstan's 2018 national final: Yerzhan has participated in many music festivals and competitions throughout Europe, including San Remo Junior 2017, Slavianski Bazaar 2017 where h
Junior Eurovision | Kazakhstan Preparing For 2019 Participation
Last year in Minsk, we saw several countries debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, once of which was Kazakhstan, and today we have learnt that they are already preparing to return and compete again in 2019. Polish site Dziennik Eurowizyjny have reported that Khabar Agency are already working on plans for a second appearance in the competition, last year they debuted with Daneliya Tuleshova and the song "Ozine sen" which placed sixth in the final, it has not been offici
Kazakhstan | Eurovision 2019 guest appearance on the cards?
Speaking with Kazakh news agency 'Today.kz', chairman of the JSC Khabar Agency board Alan Azhibayev has further prompted speculation that Kazakhstan may end up appearing at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest as an official guest country - following a predicted similar trajectory to Australia. Find out what he had to say below... Source: junioreurovision.tv Kazakhstan successfully debuted at Junior Eurovision 2018 on Sunday, with young performer Daneliya Tuleshova impressing vie
JESC 2018 | Kazakhstan and Wales were the hot topics of Jon Ola Sand's press conference
Jon Ola Sand gave yet another press conference in Minsk, Belarus, ahead of The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Among all the questions asked, talk of Kazakhstan and Wales in particular seemed most dominant throughout the press conference, as well as Belarus of course. The question that everyone wanted to know was: Will Kazakhstan participate in The Eurovision Song Contest? And the answer was rather simple really, as Jon Ola Sand said himself "Kazakhstan will not be parti
JESC 2018 | Meet Daneliya Tuleshova from Kazakhstan
This year a record breaking 20 countries will be taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Minsk, Belarus on the 25th November 2018. With around three weeks to go until the competition, Eurovoxx will introduce you to each artist, and give a little insight to the country they will be representing. Who is Daneliya? Daneliya Tuleshova was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan on July 18th, 2006. Daneliya is no stranger to competition, having taken part in the Junior
Kazakhstan | Khabar agency reveals its Eurovision ambitions
As Kazakhstan is set to make their Junior Eurovision debut in Belarus next month, the questions on every one's mind is, will Kazakhstan be making a Eurovision debut? ESCToday reached out to the CEO of Khabar Agency, Alan Azhibayev, one of Kazakhstan's national broadcasters, about a potential Eurovision debut for the country: "Eurovision is one of the most popular contests in the world having a rich history. This is a great event, where music and friendship are the most import
JESC 2018 | Kazakhstan National Finalists Announced
Back in July, Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency announced that associate EBU member Kazakhstan would be making their Eurovision debut this year in November at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted in Minsk, Belarus. Plans for a National Final were quickly put in to motion and now even more details, including the line up of performers, have been revealed. Khabar Agency have published the details about how their live National Final later this month on September 22
