ABU TV Song Festival 2019

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ABU TV Song Festival 2019
Dates
Final19 November 2019
Host
VenueNHK Hall, Tokyo
Presenter(s)Shingo Murakami[1]
Yuki Sugiura
Host broadcasterNippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 11 countries
  • 14 songs
Returning countriesFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Non-returning countriesFile:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
2018 ← ABU TV Song Festival → 2020

The ABU TV Song Festival 2019 was the eighth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Tokyo, coinciding with the 56th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).[2]

List of participants

A total of eleven countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2019. Australia returned to the event after five year absence.[3] Apart from the participating songs, the show also included special performances from Joe Hisaishi[4] and Foorin.[5]

Draw Country Artist Song Language
1 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Hoàng Thùy Linh "Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe" Vietnamese
2 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Dan Sultan "Cul-de-sac" English
3 File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau Adelino da Silva "Leave Again" Chinese, English
4 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Hey! Say! JUMP "Fanfare"
"Come On A My House"
"Ue o Muite Arukō"
Japanese, English
5 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Hanin Dhiya "Berkawan Dengan Rindu" Indonesian
6 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Kay Tse "Reposing Beside You" (只想死於你身邊) Cantonese
7 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Mustafa Sandal "Aya Benzer" Turkish
8 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea TWICE "Feel Special" Korean
9 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Dimash Kudaibergen "S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" French
10 File:Flag of India.svg India A. R. Rahman "Mausam & Escape"
"Jai Ho"
Hindi
11 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Na Ying "Silence" (默) Chinese

See also

References

  1. "村上信五司会『ABUソングフェスティバル』Hey! Say! JUMP、TWICE、Foorin、久石譲ら出演". realsound.jp (in 日本語). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Announcement of Performers - ABU TV Song Festival in Tokyo". Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. Knox, David (24 October 2019). "ABC joins Asia-Pacific TV Song Festival". tvtonight.au. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. "Music festival gathers artists from across Asia". Japan Times. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. "Foorinからのお知らせ!「ABUソングフェスティバル in東京」出演します!". nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 20 November 2021.