Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 14

### Opening act

**Semi Final 1:** Lola Yuldasheva performing "Sevgingni Menga Ayt"**Semi Final 2:** Laser show and dance to folk music musician

**Grand Final:** Flag Parade

### Interval act

**Semi Final 1:** Rayhon performing "Hamma jam"**Semi Final 2:** Sevinch Mo'minova performing "Xayolimdasan"

**Grand Final:** Lola Yuldasheva performing "Sevgingni Menga Ayt"

## Participants

### Withdrawing countries

 ****Estonia**** ****Portugal****

 ****South Africa****

 ****Switzerland****

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs

### Last Place

 ****Georgia****Bera - One Of These Tomorrows

### Winner

 ****Spain****María José Llergo - Me Miras Pero No Me Ves

### Label

**Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 14**, often referred to as **AESC 14**, was the 14th edition of the Alternative Eurovision Song Contest. . The contest was hosted in **Tashkent,** Uzbekistan after **Lola Yuldasheva** won in last edition, in **Nur-Sultan** with song *"Sevgingni Menga Ayt"*

## Location - Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populated city in ex-Soviet Central Asia with a population in 2018 of 2,485,900. It is located in the north-east of the country close to the Kazakhstan border. Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures in its early history, before Islam in the 8th century AD. After its destruction by Genghis Khan in 1219, the city was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From 18th to 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, it fell to the Russian Empire, and became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, Tashkent witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union. Much of the city was destroyed in the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, though it was rebuilt afterwards as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city of the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev.

Today, as the capital of an independent Uzbekistan, Tashkent retains a multi-ethnic population, with ethnic Uzbeks as the majority. In 2009, the city celebrated its 2,200 years of written history.

## Venue - Milliy Stadium

The Milliy Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Tashkent — the capital of Uzbekistan. Located in Chilanzar District of Tashkent, on Bunyodkor Avenue. It seats 34,000 spectators, thus becoming the second largest stadium in Uzbekistan after the Pakhtakor Stadium, which seats 35,000 spectators. It is the home arena of the FC Bunyodkor and Uzbekistan national football team. From its opening in September 2012 until June 2018, the stadium was called "Bunyodkor Stadium". In June 2018, the stadium was renamed "Milliy", which translated from the Uzbek language means "National", that is, "National Stadium"

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## Presenters - Munisa Rizayeva & Imran Usmanov

**Munisa Rizaeva** was born in Tashkent, on October 21, 1986 and is a Uzbeki singer. Munisa's first break with music came after the release of the song - "Ayrilma Yor" in 2011. Later, many hits were released, the results was the recognition and victory in the nomination - "The Singer of the Year 2014", as well as the state prize "Etiurof." Later, duets with artists of the Uzbek stage were also recorded: Shokhrukhon, Raykhon, Botir Kodirov, Shahzod Murodov, Ummon, and others. Over 3 million

**Imran Usmanov** was born in Tashkent on December 3, 1990 and is a Uzbeki model and actor. Imran's start his carreir in simple ads but now he is a very popular Uzbek actor and model, and recently also a TV presenter.