Kazakhstan was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "", written by Aldabergenov Daniyar, Timur Balymbetov, and Khamit Shangaliyev, and performed by Yerzhan Maksim. The Kazakh participating broadcaster, Khabar Agency (KA), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Background
On 25 November 2017, Channel 31 of Kazakhstan revealed its intention to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Initial claims emerged on 22 December 2017 from both the Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports, Arystanbek Mukhamediuly; and the Director General of Channel 31, Bagdat Kodzhahmetov; that the channel had applied to become a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with the hope of participating both in the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Kodzhahmetov invited Daneliya Tuleshova, winner of the fourth season of Ukraine's version of The Voice Kids, to take part in the casting process to represent Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. However, the EBU made a statement the following day rejecting the possibility of any broadcaster from Kazakhstan to become an active member of the EBU, since the country is neither within the European Broadcasting Area nor is a member of the Council of Europe.
Before Junior Eurovision Prior to the 2018 contest, Channel 31 had sent a delegation to the and contests and broadcast the latter live. Channel 31 also stated its intention to broadcast the contests in 2018 and 2019. Khabar Agency (KA) has been an associate member of the EBU since January 2016.
KA announced on 18 July 2019 that it would participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, accepting the special invitation extended by the EBU. On 29 July 2019, KA announced that it had internally selected Yerzhan Maksim to represent Kazakhstan in the contest. His song "", composed by Khamit Shangaliyev and written by Aldabergenov Daniyar and Timur Balymbetov, was released on 10 October 2019.
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Kazakhstan was drawn to perform tenth on 24 November 2019, following Wales and preceding Poland.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Kazakhstan Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Kazakhstan received 79 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Kazakhstan Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 10 3 2 11 3 3 8 02 11 11 7 12 4 9 2 03 3 6 11 5 14 8 3 04 12 8 12 14 9 13 05 7 13 5 6 1 4 7 06 13 10 13 10 15 15 07 14 7 6 13 8 11 08 17 12 17 15 12 17 09 16 9 18 16 16 16 10 11 6 1 1 1 2 1 12 12 1 5 4 2 6 2 10 13 9 4 10 3 5 5 6 14 8 15 8 8 11 12 15 2 14 9 4 7 6 5 16 18 17 14 17 17 18 17 15 16 3 9 10 10 1 18 5 18 16 18 18 14 19 4 2 15 7 13 7 4
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