[7] Twenty-five participating regions took part in the semi-final, of which twelve were to qualify and proceeded to the grand final.

[4][8][9] This was later changed to fifteen qualifiers,[10] after it was discovered that voting fraud had occurred from Turkmenistan}}, who had awarded themselves 5 points.

[4] Eldar Zhanikaev, Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai, and Ahmet Tuzlu returned to the contest for a second consecutive year, representing the joint-region of Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia, Romania, and Iraq respectively.

[10][7] Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points each country awarded to another in the semifinal: Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points each country awarded to another in the final: Following the semi-final, it was reported that Funda Kılıç [tr] had come under criticism from a number of delegations for performing in shorts.

The head of delegation for Bashkortostan stated that it was outrageous for Kılıç to be wearing the shorts in front of 300 million viewers.