Prior to the 2018 contest, Kazakhstan 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 has been an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union since January 2016.
National final
The final was held on 22 September 2018 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty. It was hosted by Maya Bekbaeva, Nursultan Qurman, Marat Oralgazin and Erkebulan Myrzabek.
Artist and song information
Daneliya Tuleshova
Daneliya Tuleshova is a Kazakh child singer. She won the fourth season of The Voice Kids Ukraine in December 2017 and represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Ózińe sen." In 2019 she took part in The World's Best, representing the country alongside Dimash Kudaibergen.
Ózińe sen
“Ózińe sen " is song by Kazakhstani child singer Daneliya Tuleshova. It represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song came in 6th place with 171 points
At Junior Eurovision
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Kazakhstan was drawn to perform third on 25 November 2018, following Portugal and preceding Albania. She placed 6th, with 171 points.
Voting
The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on 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, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also 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 20% of the votes, it would receive 20% of the available points. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.
Points awarded to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan received 103 points from Online voting.
