CASC 06

CASC 06
The 6th Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 06, was the sixth edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. Following Srbuk's win of the previous edition with her song "Yete Karogh Es (Եթե Կարող Ես)", the contest took place in Yerevan, Armenia. Yerevan is Armenia's capital and largest city, being home to around 1.1 million people. The city is situated in the Caucasian Mountains. Yerevan is home to Armenia's biggest commercial airport and is famous for its soviet-style monuments.

Participating Countries
A total of 26 countries took part in the edition.

Returning Countries
All 22 regular countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 06. The edition also featured 4 guest countres with 2 of them having participated in previous editions.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 2 debuting countries. Those were the guest countries Egypt and Malaysia.

Withdrawing Countries
A total of 2 countries withdrew from the competition. All 2 countries were guest countries and did not appear on the published list due to not being invited. These 2 countries are Syria and Ukraine.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the sixth Central-Asian Song Contest featured 26 countries and was won by Kazakhstan. Manu and her song "Montage" received a total of 142 Points. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.

Songs and Results
The sixth Central-Asian Song Contest was won by Kazakhstan, Manu and her song Montage. It received 142 Points. It is the second win in the contest's history for Kazakhstan and it also is the first time that any country has won the contest twice. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.