CASC 03

CASC 03
The 3rd Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 03, was the third edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. After Jiydesh Idirisova brought back the crown to Kyrgyzstan, having won the previous edition with her song "Narinay (Наринай)", it was decided that the contest would take place in Karakol.

Karakol is Kyrgyzstan's 4th-largest city and is located in the east of the country. The city is the administrative capital of the Issyk-Kul region.

Returning Countries
All 17 regular countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 03. The edition also featured 4 guest countres with 2 of them having participated in previous edition.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 2 debuting countries. Those were the guest countries Bhutan and Lebanon.

Withdrawing Countries
One country withdrew from the competition. Ukraine was a guest country and did not appear on the published list due to not being invited.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the third Central-Asian Song Contest featured 21 countries and was won by Mongolia. Odonbat' and Uranus received 161 Points with their song "Let Me Go". The table below shows all countries in their official running order.