CASC 08

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CASC 08
After Kazakhstan won a second time in row, this time with Luina and her song Hey Yo!, the contest stayed in Kazakhstan for the eighth Central-Asian Song Contest. It was held in Shymkent, the third-largest city in Kazakhstan. CASC 08 was the first Edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest that included Semi Finals.

Changed Concept
Due to having 31 Participants, a final-only contest was not possible anymore. So instead, there would be two Semi Finals (the Host Country Kazakhstan would be in the Grand Final already) with each 15 Countries per Semi Final. The top 10 of each Semi Final would qualify to the Grand Final. The 11th and 12th place of each Semi Final would go into a Wildcard Round with one additional Country qualifying for the Grand Final, which would consist out of 22 countries.

Participating Countries
As said before, a total of 31 Countries participated in the eighth Central-Asian Song Contest:
 * Afghanistan
 * Armenia
 * Azerbaijan
 * Bangladesh (Guest)
 * Bhutan
 * China
 * Cyprus
 * Egypt (Guest)
 * Georgia
 * Greece
 * India
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Israel
 * Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Lebanon
 * Malaysia (Guest)
 * Mongolia
 * Myanmar (Guest)
 * Nepal
 * North Korea
 * Pakistan
 * Russia
 * Sri Lanka (Guest)
 * Syria
 * Tajikistan
 * Turkey
 * Turkmenistan
 * Uzbekistan
 * Yemen (Guest)

First Semi Final
Fifteen Countries took part in the First Semi Final. The top ten of those fifteen countries qualified for the final while the eleventh and twelfth place went into the Wildcard Round. The bottom 3 did not qualify. Below, you can see all participating countries in their official Running Order. The qualifiers are colored in green. The Wildcard nominees are coloured in purple. Non-Qualifiers are shown in red.

Second Semi Final
As in the First Semi Final, a total of 15 Countries took part in the Second Semi Final. The top ten of those fifteen countries qualified for the final while the eleventh and twelfth place went into the Wildcard Round. The bottom 3 did not qualify. Below, you can see all participating countries in their official Running Order. The qualifiers are colored in green. The Wildcard nominees are coloured in purple. Non-Qualifiers are shown in red.

Wildcard Round
The 11th and 12th Place of each Semi Final went into the Wildcard Round. In total, there were 4 countries competing. The winner of the WIldcard Round moved on to the final. Below, you can see all participating countries in their official Running Order. The winner is colored in green. The other 3 countries who did not manage to go into the final are shown in red.

Grand Final
22 Countries took part in the Grand Final of the eighth Central-Asian Song Contest. This includes the each 10 Qualifiers from the First and Second Semi Final, the Wildcard Qualifier and the Host Country Kazakhstan, which was pre-qualified.