The Intervision 2015 Song Contest is the planned sixth Intervision song contest and the first since its revival in May 2014 . [1] The competition was supposed to be held in the Russian city of Sochi , which hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics . Countries eligible to compete are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States , the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the former Soviet Union . [2] The initial date for the competition was October 2014 . Later, the organizers of the competition, Viktor Drobysh and Igor Matvienko , announced that the competition would be rescheduled for spring or autumn 2015 . The reason was the political situation in Russia. [3] After the announced time periods, no official news was received from the organizers - the competition did not take place.
| Intervision 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| The final | the competition did not take place |
| Carrying out | |
| Location |  Russia , Sochi [1] |
| Executive supervisor | Victor Drobysh , Igor Matvienko |
| Main broadcaster | First channel |
| Members | |
| Total participants | 7 |
| Debuting |  China Uzbekistan |
| Abandoned |  Latvia |
Map of participating countries   | |
| Intervision | |
| ← 2008 • 2015 | |
 | “This time, due to the political situation, everything is postponed, tentatively for spring. Now these issues are being resolved. ”Victor Drobysh |  |
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Venue
Russian singer and producer Igor Matvienko announced the revival of the Intervision song contest, which was scheduled to be held in October 2014 in Sochi , the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics . [2] [4]
Members
7 countries confirmed their participation in the competition: China , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Turkmenistan [5] , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan [6] . Of these, using the national selection, only the participant from Russia, Alexander Ivanov, was selected [7] [8] .
Other countries
The competition was open to members of the Commonwealth of Independent States , the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , the former Soviet Union (including the Baltic States ) as well as South Korea and Japan [1] [9] .
Failure
- Latvia - On February 27, 2015, the Latvian broadcaster LTV announced that the country would not participate in the 2015 contest in Sochi [10] .
See also
- Eurovision 2014
- Eurovision 2015
- Junior Eurovision 2014
- Turkview 2014
- 2014 Asia Pacific Song Festival
- 2014 Asia Pacific Radio Song Festival
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony Russia: Intervision To Return This October . Eurovoix (23 May 2014). Date of treatment May 26, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Bartlett, Paul Bearded Lady Spurs Russia to Revive Soviet-Era Song Contest . eurasianet.org (May 23, 2014). Date of treatment May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Intervision 2014 contest canceled StarsNews.Ru Show business news (Russian) (unopened) ? . Russian news service (August 28, 2014). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Kozlov, Vladimir Russia launches Song Contest as Eurovision alternatives . The Hollywood Reporter (May 26, 2014). Date of appeal May 31, 2014.
- ↑ RUSSIA: PRODUCERS POSTPONE INTERVISION SONG CONTEST . wiwibloggs.com (September 2, 2014). Date of treatment September 4, 2014.
- ↑ Ko, Anthony Russia: Intervision Song Contest to return this October . Wiwibloggs.com (May 23, 2014). Date of treatment May 30, 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony Russia: Alexander Ivanov Wins “Five Stars” . Eurovoix (June 15, 2014). Date of treatment June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Alexander Ivanov won the All-Russian competition "Five Stars" . RIA Novosti (June 16, 2014). Date of treatment June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Russia has found a replacement for Eurovision (Russian) . Date of treatment June 1, 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony Latvia: Withdraws From The Intervision Song Contest . Eurovoix (February 27, 2015). Date of treatment March 3, 2015.