Türkvizyon 2014: Kazakhstan’s Zhanar Dugalova wins with Izin Korem

Kazakhstan — long-rumoured to be contemplating a debut at Eurovision — has given us more reason to hope. Tonight Kazakh songstress Zhanar Dugalova won Türkvizyon 2014 with her song “Izin Korem”, easily seeing off competition from Tatarstan, Bashkortstan and Kyrgyzstan. Pan-Turkic stardom awaits….

Wearing a golden headpiece and dressed in black, she brought the drama (and lots of smoke). Her song mixed traditional Kazakh folk with some major tongue-twisting. A minute into the song she goes all modern and funky showing true versatility. This is entertaining and organic, we love!

Turkey, which set up Türkvizyon after withdrawing from Eurovision, came last.

Türkvizyon 2014 Results

1. Kazakhstan – Zhanar Dugalova – Izin Korem – 225 points
2. Tatarstan – Aydar Suleyman – Altar chaba – 201 points
3. Bashkortstan – Zaman – Kubair – 199 points
4. Kyrgyzstan – Non-Stop- Seze bil – 196 points
5. Turkmenistan – Zuleyha Kakayeva – Shikga-Shikga Bilerzik – 192 points
6. Crimea – Darina Sinichkina – Gider isen – 186 points
7. Uzbekistan – Aziza Nizamova – Dunyo bolsin omon – 183 points
8. Yakutia – Ivanova Vladena Sakhaya – Kyn – 183 points
9. Azerbaijan – Elvin Ordubdali – Diverlin Yalnizligi – 177 points
10. Bosnia & Herzegovina – Mensur Salkic – Susuyorum- 176 points
11. Bulgaria – Ismail Matev – Vollara tashlara – 172 points
12. Moscow – Kazan World – Sine ketem – 170 points
13. Iran – Barish Grubu – Heydar baba – 167 points
14. Macedonia – Kaan Mazhar – Yolumu Bulurum- 166 points
15. Turkey – Funda Kilic – Hoppa – 128 points

Türkvizyon 2014 Winner: Kazakhstan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmXtOPKhZPo