ABU TV Song Festival 2021 explained

ABU TV Song Festival
Year:2021
Final:18 November 2021
Presenters:Azura Zainal
Sharizan Borhan[1]
Host:Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Entries:10
Nonreturn:



Prev Year:2020
Next Year:2022

The ABU TV Song Festival 2021 was the tenth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festival.

Event

The non-competitive music showcase event was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as part of the 58th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The program, as well as the entire general assembly, was held virtually for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The show was presented in-studio by TV and radio host Azura Zainal and commercial voice-over artist and emcee Sharizan Borhan. Each participating performance was pre-recorded and aired during the live stream.

Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen, who performed for Kazakhstan in the 2015 and 2019 editions made a special appearance. He performed a cover of Kōji Tamaki's 1989 song "Ikanaide" .[3] The pre-recorded performance, also produced for the Tokyo Jazz Festival,[4] was aired between the entries from Japan and Kazakhstan, the second and third participating acts, respectively.

List of participants

Ten countries were represented in the ABU Song Festival 2021, the lowest number of participants to date. China, Nepal, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vanuatu did not return from last year's edition. Kazakhstan returned after a one-year hiatus.

Running
Order
CountryArtistSongLanguage
1ITZY"LOCO"Korean
2milet"inside you"Japanese, English
3Amre "Waves of Life"Kazakh
4Summersalt"Public Address System of the Khasi people"Khasi
5Dr. Jen"Say You Love Me"English
6İlyas Yalçıntaş"Come, My Sky"Turkish
7Denny & Nonoy with Mixline Band"Sense of Nusantara"English
8Suzan Maidin"I’m A Woman"Brunei Malay
9Amir Jahari"Ingga"Malay
10The Pentatonic"White Snow And Red Azalea"Vietnamese

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABU TV Song Festival 2021 . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union . 29 January 2022.
  2. Web site: 58th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union . 29 January 2022.
  3. Web site: ABU TV SONG FESTIVAL 2021 . NHK World - Japan . 29 January 2022.
  4. News: Под Новый год в Японии состоится показ фестиваля песни ABU TV 2021 с участием казахстанцев Все права защищены . 29 January 2022 . Kazinform . 29 December 2021.