Kazakhstan: David Charlin drops his Junior Eurovision 2022 entry “Jer-Ana”

Kazakhstan: David Charlin drops his Junior Eurovision 2022 entry “Jer-Ana”
Sunday, 06 November 2022

  • The Kazakh Junior Eurovision 2022 entry “Jer-Ana” to be peformed by David Charlin in Yerevan has been released.

    David Charlin will be representing Kazakhstan at Junior Eurovision 2022 this December singing 'Jer-Ana' (Mother Earth). The song has been co-composed by the Khamit Shangaliyev who had penned the country's JESC entries in 2019 and 2020.

    David won the right to represent the country after winning in the Baqytty Bala 2022 (Happy Child) children’s vocal competition, which Khabar TV decided to be the format to determine the nation's hopeful for Yerevan. David Charlin won the competition competing against 21 acts from Kazakhstan and other countries. 

    David is 11 year old and hails from the city of Almaty in Kazahhstan. After winning the right to represent Kazakhstan at Junior Eurovision 2022 he stated: 

    “Thank you all for congratulations! What happened yesterday is more like a dream or a fairy tale, and I haven’t fully realized what happened yet. But I am incredibly pleased to realize that so many people have supported me.”

     

    Kazakhstan in Junior Eurovision 

    Kazakhstan debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 after EBU’s invitation to broadcaster, Khabar Agency, to join the contest. The country was represented by the national final winner,  Daneliya Tuleshova and her entry “Ózińe sen” which finished in 5th place at the competition held in Minsk, Belarus. 

    In 2019 12-year-old Yerzhan Maksim defended the Kazakh colors in Gliwice- Silesia in Poland and after delivering a stunning vocally performance of his entry, Armanyńnan Qalma achieved to top the jury voting and finish 2nd ion the overall scoreboard.

    In 2020 Karakat Bashanova won the national final and represented the country with her song 'Forever' in Warsaw, Poland  achieving to finish 2nd with 152 points in the overall score. 

    Last year Alinur Khamzin and Beknur Zhanibekuly represented Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris with the song “Ertegı älemı (Fairy World)”. The duo finished 8th with a total of 121 points. 

    News Source: Junioreurovision.tv

    Image:  'Jer-Ana' music video

     

     

     

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