CASC 11

CASC 11
The 11th Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 11, was the eleventh edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. After Polnalyubvi (Полналюбви) had successfully won the previous edition for Russia with her song "Istochnik (Источник)", CASC 11 was hosted in Yekaterinburg.

Yekaterinburg is one of Russia's largest cities. It is located between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia and is home to around 1.5 million people.

Participating Countries
A total of 41 countries took part in the edition.

Returning Countries
All 32 regular countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 10. The edition also featured 9 guest countres with 5 of them having participated in previous editions.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 4 debuting countries. Those were the guest countries Moldova, Singapore, Sudan and Vietnam.

Withdrawing Countries
A total of 6 countries withdrew from the competition. All 6 countries were guest countries and did not appear on the published list due to not being invited. These 6 countries are Laos, Maldives, Palestine, Thailand, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.

First Semi Final
The First Semi Final of CASC 11 featured 18 countries, out of which a total of 10 countries qualified to the Grand Final. Two additional countries got a ticket for the Wildcard Round. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.

These countries qualified for the Grand Final.

These countries qualified for the Wildcard Round.

Second Semi Final
The Second Semi Final of CASC 11 featured 18 countries, out of which a total of 10 countries qualified to the Grand Final. Two additional countries got a ticket for the Wildcard Round. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.

These countries qualified for the Grand Final.

These countries qualified for the Wildcard Round.

Automatic Qualifiers
CASC 11 featured five Automatic Qualifiers, which were pre-qualified for the Grand Final and therefore skipped the Semi Final stage. The Automatic Qualifiers included the host country, Russia. The table below shows the Automatic Qualifier's songs.

Wildcard Round
The Wildcard Round of CASC 11 featured 4 countries, out of which one additional country qualified to the Grand Final. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.

This country qualified for the Grand Final.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the eleventh Central-Asian Song Contest featured 26 countries and was won by Russia. The winning artist, Joy Crookes, scored 170 Points with her song "Feet Don't Fail Me Now". The table below shows all countries in their official running order.