title: Kazakhstan in the ABU TV Song Festival
text: # Kazakhstan in the ABU TV Song Festival
  
  The participation of Kazakhstan in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred seven times since the inaugural ABU TV Song Festival began in 2012. Since their début in 2015, the Kazakh entry has been organised by the national broadcaster Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation (KRTC). In 2020, Kazakhstan withdrew from the festival, but then came back the following year.
  
  ## History
  
  Kazmedia Ortalygy is a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, and will participate at the ABU TV Song Festival 2015, on the same day it was announced that Dimash Kudaibergen would represent Kazakhstan. On 13 September 2015 it was revealed that Dimash would perform "Daididau" in Istanbul, Turkey.
  
  ## Participation overview
  
  | Year | Entrant | Song | Language |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Dimash Kudaibergen | "Daididau" | Kazakh |
  | 2016 | Ayree | "My Motherland" | Kazakh |
  | 2017 | Gazret Yerzhanov | "Yapurai" | Kazakh |
  | 2018 | Nursultan Zhexenbin | "I'm Inflamed" | Kazakh |
  | 2019 | Dimash Kudaibergen | "S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" | French |
  | 2021 | Amre | "Waves of Life" | Kazakh |
  | 2022 | Madi Syzdikov | "Sensiz" | Kazakh |
  