CASC 09

CASC 09
The 9th Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 09, was the ninth edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. After Turkmenistan's win of the previous edition with Abadan Halmedova and her song "Aldama", the contest was held in Ashgabat.

Since Turkmenistan scored their first ever win with Abadan and her song Aldama, the ninth Central-Asian Song Contest was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Same as in the previous Edition, there would be two Semi Finals (four Countries would be prequalified, including the host Country) with each 15 Countries per Semi Final. The top 10 of each Semi Final would qualify to the Grand Final. The 11th and 12th place of each Semi Final would go into a Wildcard Round with one additional Country qualifying for the Grand Final, which would consist out of 25 countries.

Participating Countries
A total of 34 confirmed their participation in the ninth Central-Asian Song Contest:
 * Afghanistan
 * Armenia
 * Azerbaijan
 * Bahrain (Guest)
 * Bangladesh (Guest)
 * Bhutan
 * China
 * Cyprus
 * Egypt
 * Georgia
 * Greece
 * India
 * Indonesia (Guest)
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Israel
 * Jordan (Guest)
 * Kazakhstan
 * Kuwait (Guest)
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Lebanon
 * Mongolia
 * Myanmar
 * Nepal
 * North Korea
 * Oman (Guest)
 * Pakistan
 * Russia
 * Saudi Arabia (Guest)
 * Syria
 * Tajikistan
 * Turkey
 * Turkmenistan
 * Uzbekistan

First Semi Final
Fifteen Countries took part in the First Semi Final. The top ten of those fifteen countries qualified for the final while the eleventh and twelfth place went into the Wildcard Round. The bottom 3 did not qualify. Below, you can see all participating countries in their official Running Order. The qualifiers are colored in green. The Wildcard nominees are coloured in purple. Non-Qualifiers are shown in red.

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Country !! Artist !! Song !! Points !! Rank
 * + FIRST SEMI FINAL
 * - bgcolor=f74d4d
 * Nepal || Holychild || Happy With Me || 55 || 13th
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 * Syria || Saadi || Dodecahedron || 48 || 14th
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Myanmar || Ni Ni Khin Zaw & Shine || Summer || 99 || 8th
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Pakistan || KSHMR, Yves V & Krewella || No Regrets || 163 || 2nd
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Oman || Tate McRae || You Broke Me First || 132 || 3rd
 * - bgcolor=f74d4d
 * China || Wu Jiacheng (伍嘉成) || Wild Island (无名岛) || 35 || 15th
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Iran || Luca Schreiner, Raphaella || Keep This Fire Burning || 117 || 5th
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Bangladesh || Xefer || Harbona || 175 || 1st
 * - bgcolor=70c6ff
 * Mongolia || Uka, NENE || Us Tsaital Hamt || 63 || 12th
 * - bgcolor=85e785
 * Turkey || Mahmut Orman, Sena Sener || Fly Above || 114 || 6th