Turkvision Song Contest 2015
| Turkvision Song Contest 2015 | |
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| Türkvizyon Istanbul 2015 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 19 December 2015 |
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| Venue | Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Presenter(s) |
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| Host broadcaster | Turkish Music Box Television (TMB) |
| Opening act | Erkin Tursynhan, Aydin Nurdinov |
| Interval act | Burat Kut |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 21 |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | A juror from each region evaluates all the songs on a 10 point system. |
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Turkvision Song Contest 2015 (Turkish: Türkvizyon Şarkı Yarışması 2015) was the third edition of Turkvision Song Contest, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey; and organised by Turkish Music Box Television (TMB). A total of twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest, as well as one Turkic ethnic groups who do not have a defined region. There was no semi-final this year, whilst the final took place on 19 December 2015.
On 22 November 2014, it was announced that the hosts for Turkvision 2015 would have been Turkmenistan. Mary, the capital city of Mary Province in Turkmenistan, had been previously chosen as the host city. However, on 21 February 2015 it was announced that the host city had been changed and the contest would then take place in Ashgabat. In late August 2015, the host city was changed yet again to Istanbul, Turkey.
The contest was held in the Yahya Kemal Beyatli Cultural Centre, in Istanbul, Turkey. The centre has 10,000 covered seats of 30,000 seats at total in Küçükçekmece district of İstanbul.
Unlike the previous two editions, there was no semi-final held for the 2015 edition. The final took place on 19 December 2015, and was organised by the host broadcaster Turkish Music Box Television (TMB).
Each participating country is represented by one jury member, confirmed as being on the jury were:
Twenty-one Turkic regions, which have either a large Turkic population or a widely spoken Turkic language, participated in the contest which took place on 19 December 2015. Below are the details of each of the participants.
In addition to the contest winner, there were also three other awards presented during the show. These were as follows:
Each of the participating broadcasters is expected to broadcast the contest live. The broadcasters that are confirmed so far are:
The following list of regions participated in the past but did not compete in 2015:
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