CASC 07

CASC 07
The 7th Central-Asian Song Contest, often referred to as CASC 07, was the sixth edition of the Central-Asian Song Contest, a music competition based in and around Central Asia. The contest took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, following Manu's win of the previous edition with "Montage".

Astana is Kazakhstan's capital and second largest city with a population of 1.2 million. The city is among the coldest capital cities worldwide with an average temparature of just 4°C. Although founded in 1830, most of Astana was designed as a planned city. Now, the city is home to lots of skyscrapers and incredible buildings, such as the Khan Shatyr.

Participating Countries
A total of 26 countries took part in the edition.

Returning Countries
All 22 regular countries that had participated in the previous edition returned in CASC 06. The edition also featured 4 guest countres with 2 of them having participated in previous editions.

Debuting Countries
The edition featured 2 debuting countries. Those were the guest countries Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka.

Withdrawing Countries
A total of 3 countries withdrew from the competition. All 3 countries were guest countries and did not appear on the published list due to not being invited. These 3 countries are Egypt, Lebanon and Malaysia.

Grand Final
The Grand Final of the sixth Central-Asian Song Contest featured 26 countries and was won by Kazakhstan. Manu and her song "Montage" received a total of 142 Points. The table below shows all countries in their official running order.