The Altai Republic made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest 2013 in Eskişehir , Turkey . They held a national selection which took place on 21 November 2013 , a total of twenty-six singers competed in the selection . On the jury were ; Ismet Zaatov – TMB TV Representative , Tatyana Koncheva – Altai State Television General Manager , Oleg Kultuev – Gorniy Altai Media Advertising Agency General Director , Çultuev Alena – Altai State Artist and Moldorov Andrey – Composer . Artur Marljukov was selected by the jury to represent the Altai Republic . On 5 December 2013 the song that Marljukov would sing at the contest was announced as " Altayym Menin " ( ) . Marlujokov qualified for the final of Turkvizyon 2013 , the Altai Republic finished in fifth place achieving a score of one-hundred and eighty-nine points
Turkvision Song Contest 2013
Turkvision Song Contest 2013
Altai Republic in the Turkvision Song Contest