ABU TV Song Festival 2016 explained

ABU TV Song Festival
Year:2016
Final:22 October 2016
Venue:Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali, Indonesia
Entries:12
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The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 was the fifth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali, Indonesia, on 22 October 2016. Fourteen countries have confirmed their participation. made their debut at the festival, while and returned after a one-year absence and a two-year absence respectively. and have both stated that they do not intend to make their debut at the festival.,, and have withdrawn from the contest.

Location

On 24 March 2016, it was announced by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) that one of Indonesian island, Bali, had been chosen to host the fifth edition of the TV Song Festival on 22 October 2016.[1]

Host broadcaster

The ABU announced on 24 March 2016 that the fifth edition of the TV Song Festival will be co-organised by Indonesian national broadcasters, Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) and Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI).[1] The host broadcaster RRI revealed the logo for the 2016 TV Song Festival on 17 May 2016.[2]

Format

The ABU TV Song Festival celebrates the popular music culture by showcasing high-profile musical acts from each of the participating ABU broadcasting members, in a non-competitive manner.[3] [4]

Action calendar

The ABU published an action calendar which details the organisational process for the ABU TV Song Festival 2016.[5]

List of participants

DrawCountry[6] ArtistSongLanguage
01 Mo Siman"The Love from Heaven"Mandarin
02Nguyen Thi Pha Le "Ao Em Lua La" (The Girl in Silk Shirt)Vietnamese
03Laisa Junaid"Magey Rah" (My Island)Maldivian
04Lotfi Bouchnek"Mohammed"English, Tunisian Arabic
05Seeta Qasemie"Melody Of Love"English, Afghan Pashto
06Queena"Aylan"Mandarin
07Ayree"My Motherland"Kazakh
08Kayee Tam"Puppet"Cantonese
09Shehara Liyanage"Something 'bout You and I"English
10Kyary Pamyu Pamyu"Fashion Monster" - "Sai & Co"Japanese
11Ailee"Singing Got Better"Korean
12Novita Dewi"Terbang"Indonesian

Other countries

The following list of countries have participated in the ABU TV Song Festival at least once, but didn't made any announcements in regards to their participation in the 2016 edition.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Indonesia ABU TV Song Festival 2016 to be held October 22 in Bali. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 4 June 2016. 24 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Granger. Anthony. ATSF'16: logo revealed for the 5th ABU TV Song Festival. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 4 June 2016. 17 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160518150329/http://eurovoix-world.com/atsf16-logo-revealed-for-the-5th-abu-tv-song-festival/. 18 May 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: ABU TV Song Festival . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union . 30 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412061306/http://www.abu.org.my//Festivals-%40-ABU_TV_Song_Festival.aspx . 12 April 2014 . dmy .
  4. Web site: Guidelines for the ABU TV Song Festival. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 4 June 2016.
  5. Web site: The 5th ABU TV Song Festival 2016 Action Calendar. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 4 June 2016.
  6. Web site: ABU TV Song Festival 2016: 13 Participating Artists Revealed - Eurovoix World . eurovoix-world.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922141508/https://eurovoix-world.com/abu-tv-song-festival-2016-13-participating-artists-revealed/ . 2016-09-22.
  7. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Mongolia withdraws from the ABU TV Song Festival 2016. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 13 October 2016. 13 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013093748/https://eurovoix-world.com/mongolia-withdraws-abu-tv-song-festival-2016/. 13 October 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Naran replaces Sweetymotion at ABU TV Song Festival 2016. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 13 October 2016. 5 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Myanmar will not debut in the ABU TV Song Festival 2016. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 4 June 2016. 2 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602180259/http://eurovoix-world.com/myanmar-will-not-debut-in-the-abu-tv-song-festival-2016/. 2 June 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Thailand: Withdraws From ABU TV Song Festival 2016. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 19 October 2016. 19 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019212605/https://eurovoix-world.com/thailand-withdraws-abu-tv-song-festival-2016/. 19 October 2016. dead.
  11. Web site: Granger. Anthony. Vanuatu will not debut in the ABU TV Song Festival 2016. eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. 4 June 2016. 1 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160503104736/http://eurovoix-world.com/vanuatu-will-not-debut-in-the-abu-tv-song-festival-2016/. 3 May 2016. dead.