CASC 02

CASC 02
The 2nd Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 02, was the second edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. The contest took place in Yakutsk, Russia, following the country's win in the previous edition with Now United, together with R3hab, and their song "One Love".

Yakutsk is the capital of Russia's Sakha Republic, often referred to as Yakutia, as is one of the major cities in the Russian Far East. The city has a population of around 350.000 and is known as the coldest city on earth with a record temparature of −64.4 °C.

Countries
A total of 20 countries took part in the edition.

Returning Countries
All 15 countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 02.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 5 debuting countries. Those were the new regular countries Iraq and Pakistan, as well as the guest countries Nepal, Syria and Ukraine.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the second Central-Asian Song Contest featured 20 countries and was won by Kyrgyzstan. Jiydesh Idirisova managed to gain a total of 194 Points with her winning song "Narinay (Наринай)". The table below shows all countries in their official running order.