Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)6 November 2021
Selected entrantAlinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly
Selected song"Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Nurbolat Qanay
  • Gabriel Boileau Cloutier
Finals performance
Final result8th, 121 points
Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Kazakhstan took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The Kazakh entrant for the 2021 contest in Paris, France was selected through a national selection, organised by the Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency (KA). The semi-final took place online between 8 and 12 October 2021, while the final took place on 6 November 2021.

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Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly were selected to represent Kazakhstan with the song "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)".

Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, Kazakhstan's highest placing in the contest was in 2019 and 2020, represented by Yerzhan Maxim with the song "Armanyńnan qalma" and Karakat Bashanova with the song "Forever", respectively, both achieving second place. [1]

As Khabar Agency (KA) is not an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the broadcaster requires a special invitation from the EBU to participate in Eurovision events. [2] Khabar was first invited to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018. [3] Channel 31 had previously expressed their ambitions to debut in the 2018 contest, and had sent a delegation to the 2017 contest. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

Kazakhstan's participation in the 2021 contest was confirmed in September 2021, having been invited to participate by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). [5] Khabar announced during a press conference on 29 September 2021 that artists will be able to submit their applications for the national final until 6 October 2021. From all applications submitted, a jury panel selected 30 acts for the online semi-final. The jury consisted of Khamit Shangaliev (composer of the 2019 and 2020 Kazakh entries), Madina Sadvakasova (singer), Beksultan Kenishkaliev (singer and participant in the 2020 Slavianski Bazaar), Kanat Aytbayev (singer and producer), Yerlan Bekchurin (producer and composer) and Karlygash Abdikarimova (cultural worker and participant in the Slavianski Bazaar). [6]

Semi-final

The online semi-final took place between 8 and 12 October 2021 where users were able vote for their favorite artists on Khabar's official website. [6] [7] The top ten acts with the most votes proceeded to the televised national final. [8] [9]

Semi-final –12 October 2021
ArtistVotesPlace
Abilkair Zhumabay
21,6029
Ádel Kúnádilova
——
Adina Sulenova
21,45610
Aiganym Amantai
25,7201
Áıgerim Esmurzaeva
——
Aınel Asqarova
——
Aknur Nurjanova
——
Alimzhan Tugelbai
22,3618
Alinur Khamzin
23,4445
Altyn Baıtas
——
Amina Asgatova
24,1853
Ańsar Ádilkhanov
——
Armen Saakyan
23,4634
Arujan Ermek
——
Aya Qurmanǵalı
——
Ayana Tólenova
——
Bayan Mukhiden
——
Beknur Zhanibekuly
25,0982
Daliya Smaǵulova
——
Dinmukhamed Berikov
——
Ekaterina Tabarina
22,6106
Eset Áljanov
——
Eva Shirko
——
Inju Esimjan
——
Isatay Bolatkhanuly
——
Kamila Aǵymbaı
——
Sabrina Ádilbek
——
Saǵyn Ómirbaıuly
——
Sherkhan Arystan
——
Zhan Makim
22,4817

Final

The final took place on 6 November 2021 in Nur-Sultan, [10] where ten acts performed their candidate Junior Eurovision songs written for them by composers directly invited by Khabar in a televised production. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both public telephone vote and the votes of jury members made up of music professionals. [11] [12] Beknur Zhanibek and Alinur Khamzin were tied for the first place and the tie was to be decided by the jury, however after consultation with the composers of both songs it was ultimately decided that Zhanibek and Khamzin would both represent Kazakhstan with the song "Ertegı älemı", retitled as "Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)". [13] [14] [15]

Final – 6 November 2021
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
1Alimzhan Tugelbai"Senem ali" (Сенем әлі)7.8%9.3%17.1%5
2Zhan Makim"Bile" (Биле)8.1%6.0%14.1%9
3Ekaterina Tabarina"Fotomodel" (Фотомодель)4.9%4.7%9.6%10
4Beknur Zhanibekuly"Human"4.9%25.6%30.5%1
5Adina Sulenova"Akeshim" (Әкешiм)3.4%12.4%15.8%7
6Armen Saakyan"Bala mahabbat" (Бала махаббат)11.7%3.6%15.3%8
7Aiganym Amantai"Armanym" (Арманым)10.9%14.2%25.1%4
8Amina Asgatova"Qimylda" (Қимылда)14.3%2.2%16.5%6
9Alinur Khamzin"Ertegı älemı" (Ертегi алемi)17.1%13.4%30.5%1
10Abilkair Zhumabay"Indigo Bala" (Индиго Бала)16.7%8.4%25.1%3

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Kazakhstan would perform tenth on 19 December 2021, following Armenia and preceding Albania. [16]

At the end of the contest, Kazakhstan received 121 points, placing 8th out of 19 participating countries.

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [17]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs. [18] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Kazakhstan [19]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51791074
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 6693138
03Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7438465
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 87610383
05Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 991851312
06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 121612111514
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33145112
08Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 171817181618
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 112101956
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
11Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1081161411
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 181415151816
13Flag of France.svg  France 22412847
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 45226210
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 111013172101
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 141157792
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 161516161717
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 13178131113
19Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 151314141215

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