Intervision Song Contest 2015
| Intervision Song Contest 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | Postponed indefinitely |
| Host | |
| Venue | Sochi, Russia |
| Host broadcaster | Channel One |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 7 |
| Debuting countries | |
| Withdrawing countries |
 Latvia
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The sixth Intervision Song Contest was originally planned as a revival of the Intervision Song Contest to be organised in the Russian city of Sochi, which played host to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Eligible countries that were permitted to compete in the contest would have been from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and former Soviet Republics.
Eleven countries participated in the fifth edition back in 2008. Of those countries that took part, only five (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) had confirmed returning to the revived contest; with China and Uzbekistan making their Intervision debut.
The contest's revival was scheduled to take place in October 2014 due to Russian anger at the "moral decay of the West", particularly in response to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst. Moreover, the revival was seen as part of Vladimir Putin's "broader cultural diplomacy agenda". However the contest was later postponed to 2015 due to political reasons, before being postponed indefinitely.
Russian singer and producer Igor Matvienko, announced that the revival of the Intervision Song Contest would take place in October 2014 in the coastal city of Sochi, which played host to the 2014 Winter Olympics. The contest was later postponed indefinitely for undisclosed reasons.
The following countries had confirmed their participation in the contest, prior to the postponement announcement:
The contest was open to members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and other Central Asian countries. However, seven countries had confirmed their participation, before the contest was postponed indefinitely.
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