David Charlin has been chosen to represent Kazakhstan at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest – due to be hosted in Yerevan, Armenia this December.
David was one of twenty-one young singers competing in the Kazakh selection – Baqytty Bala, which was held yesterday in the city of Aktobe. He was selected by a five-member jury of Kazakh music professionals. In addition to Kazakh singers, the line-up included contestants from Poland, Russia, Armenia, Türkiye and Bulgaria.
David’s entry is expected to be chosen internally by the Khabar Agency in the coming weeks.
While Kazakhstan had expressed a desire to compete in JESC again earlier this year, their participation required approval by the European Broadcasting Union, as they are only an associate member of the EBU.
Junior Eurovision 2022
The 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on December 11th in the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. This will be the second time that Yerevan will host the competition, after their previous hosting in 2011. So far a total of 15 countries have declared interesting in participating.
- Albania
- Armenia (Host)
- Bulgaria
- France
- Georgia – Mariam Bigvava
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan – David Charlin
- Malta
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia – Lara Trpčeska and Irina Davidovska
- Poland
- Portugal – Nicolas Alves
- Serbia
- Spain
Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Despite not being allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest proper, Kazakhstan, an associate member of the EBU, has been granted permission to participate in Junior Eurovision. The country debuted in 2018 when singer and eventual America’s Got Talent finalist Daneliya Tuleshova represented Kazakhstan with the song “Òzińe sen,” placing sixth out of 20 with 171 points.
Kazakhstan followed this up with two second place finishes in a row: in 2019 with “Armanyńnan qalma” by Yerzhan Maksim and in 2020 with “Forever” by Karakat Bashanova. Their most recent participation was last year in 2021, when they sent Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly and their song “Ertegı älemı (Fairy World).” They finished 8th out of 19 with 121 points.
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