CASC 05

CASC 05
The 5th Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 05, was the fifth edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. After C.C.Tay's win of the previous edition with "Tüsimde Körem (Түсимде Көрем)" for Kazakhstan, the contest was hosted in Almaty.

Almaty is Kazakhstan's largest city with around 1.85 million inhabitants. The city is located in southeastern Kazakhstan and lies in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountain range. Almaty is known for being Kazakhstan's former capital, as well as for places such as Medeu or Kök Töbe.

Participating Countries
A total of 24 countries took part in the edition.

Returning Countries
All 20 regular countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 05. The edition also featured 4 guest countres with three of them having participated in previous editions.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 1 debuting country, which was the guest country Greece.

Withdrawing Countries
One country withdrew from the competition. The United Arab Emirates were a guest country and did not appear on the published list due to not being invited.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the fifth Central-Asian Song Contest featured 24 countries and was won by Armenia. Srbuk (Սրբուկ) and her song "Yete Karogh Es (Եթե Կարող Ես)" reached 172 Points. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.