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 the organizer of CASC, announced Bishkek as the host city due to its central location among Central Asia. Bishkek is the largest city and capital of Kyrgyzstan, being home to approximately 1.075.000 people.

Participants
A total of fifteen countries confirmed their participation in the first edition of the contest. Among these 15 countries were the two guest countries Israel and Turkey, whith became regular countries in the upcoming edition. The following countries took part in CASC 01:


 * AfghanistanCASC.jpg Afghanistan
 * ArmeniaCASC.jpg Armenia
 * AzerbaijanCASC.jpg Azerbaijan
 * ChinaCASC.jpg China
 * GeorgiaCASC.jpg Georgia
 * IranCASC.jpg Iran
 * IsraelCASC.jpg Israel (Guest Country)
 * KazakhstanCASC.jpg Kazakhstan
 * KyrgyzstanCASC.jpg Kyrgyzstan (Host Country)
 * MongoliaCASC.jpg Mongolia
 * RussiaCASC.jpg Russia
 * TajikistanCASC.jpg Tajikistan
 * TurkeyCASC.jpg Turkey (Guest Country)
 * TurkmenistanCASC.jpg Turkmenistan
 * UzbekistanCASC.jpg Uzbekistan

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