ABU TV Song Festival 2018

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For the Radio Festival, see ABU Radio Song Festival 2018.
ABU TV Song Festival 2018
Dates
Final2 October 2018
Host
VenueAshgabat Ice Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Presenter(s)Tahyr Hojaev
Zybagozel Muhammedova
Host broadcasterState Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography (TVTM)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 16 countries
  • 18 songs
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
2017 ← ABU TV Song Festival → 2019

The ABU TV Song Festival 2018 was the seventh annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and coinciding with the 55th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).

List of participants

A total of sixteen countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2018. Benin, Russia and Uzbekistan made their debut in the event, with Kyrgyzstan and Turkey returning. China, Malaysia and Zambia all withdrew from the festival. Benin represented the entry from the African Union of Broadcasting.

Draw Country[1] Artist[1] Song Language
1 File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan Negar Mandegar "Delbar" Persian
2 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Lana Nitibaskara "Reach For The Stars" English, Indonesian
3 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Nursultan Zhexenbin "I'm inflamed" Kazakh
4 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Eir Aoi "Ignite" Japanese
5 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Myahri Pirgulyeva "Mondjukatdy" Turkmen
6 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Thye Cho Yee "Chasing Dream" Cantonese
7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Indzhihan Gulmuhometova "My Turkmenistan" Russian
8 File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Gulzhigit Kalykov "Rain" Kyrgyz
9 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin Tiboy Shalla "Numba" English, Fon, French
10 File:Flag of India.svg India Kushal Paul & Mehul Grover "Raaj Kapoor Medley" Hindi
11 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Güliz Ayla & Bahadır Tatlıöz "Kimin umrunda" Turkish
12 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea K.Will "Talk Love/Please don't..." Korean
13 File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau Germano Bibi Guilherme "Nai de zhu jimo" Mandarin
14 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Begench Charyev "Love" Turkmen
15 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Mohamed Abdul Ghanee & Mariyam Ashfa "Flower" Maldivian
16 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Pham Khanh Linh "Back to winter" Vietnamese
17 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Fahriddin Hamdamov "Come to me" Uzbek
18 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Gulshat Gurdova & Parahat Amandurdyev "Turkmenistan" Turkmen

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2018 ABU TV Song Festival – Meet the Performers". Abu.org.my. September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-18.

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