CASC 01

CASC 01
The First Edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Central-Asian Broadcasting Union, which is organising the contest announced Bishkek as the host city cause of its central location. Another reason was that Kyrgyzstan was the first country to confirm their participation in the contest.

Participants
When the contest got announced, 15 countries confirmed that they would be interested in participating in the first edition of CASC:
 * Afghanistan
 * Armenia
 * Azerbaijan
 * China
 * Georgia
 * Iran
 * Israel (Guest)
 * Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Mongolia
 * Russia
 * Tajikistan
 * Turkey (Guest)
 * Turkmenistan
 * Uzbekistan

Songs and Results
The first Central-Asian Song Contest was won by Russia. The group "Now United" and "R3HAB" managed to reach 111 Points with their song "One Love". The table below shows all countries in their official running order.