ABU Song Contest 2019

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ABU Song Contest 2019
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Dates
Semi-final17 October 2019
Final19 October 2019
Host
Venue West Coast Star Island, Qingdao, China
Presenter(s)TBD
Executive supervisorKoichi Okumura
Executive producerTBD
Host broadcaster Shandong Television
Opening actTBD
Interval actTBD
Participants
Number of entries5 (to date)
Debuting countries
Participation map
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    ABU Song Contest 2019
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Voting systemEach country awards its vote based on the result given by its own Audience Jury which consists of 100 selected individuals. The overall winner will be determined by the combined results from both each country's Audience Jury and the International Professional Jury.

The ABU Song Contest 2019 will be the inaugural edition of the ABU Song Contest, to be held in Qingdao, China. The contest will consist of a semi-final on 17 October 2019 and a final on 19 October 2019. It is expected to become the first ever televised and big-scale music competition across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond since the ABU Golden Kite World Song Festivals [1] which were held between 1989 and 1991. [2] [3]

Qingdao Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city in Shandong, Peoples Republic of China

Qingdao is a major city in the east of Shandong Province on China's Yellow Sea coast. It is also a major nodal city of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative that connects Asia with Europe. It has the highest GDP of any city in the province. Administered at the sub-provincial level, Qingdao has jurisdiction over six districts and four county-level cities. As of 2014, Qingdao had a population of 9,046,200 with an urban population of 6,188,100. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.

China Country in East Asia

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

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Location

A coral-shaped bridge that connects The Star Island and The West Coast Shan Hu Bei Qiao Ye Jing .jpg
A coral-shaped bridge that connects The Star Island and The West Coast

The 2019 contest will take place in China, having previously hosted the ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 in Beijing and the ABU TV Song Festival 2017 in Chengdu, Sichuan.

ABU Radio Song Festival 2016

The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 was the fourth edition of the ABU Radio Song Festivals, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Originally a biennial event, the festival organisers changed its format to an annual festival commencing from 2014. The festival took place on 26 April 2016 in Beijing, China. Thirteen songs from ten countries took part in the festival. The hosts China, along with Macau, Nepal, Romania, and Turkmenistan all made their début in the festival. Brunei had withdrawn from the festival stating that they had not received an invitation to participate from the broadcasting union. Indonesia failed to qualify from the pre-selection stage of the festival.

Beijing Municipality in Peoples Republic of China

Beijing, alternatively romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's third most populous city proper, and most populous capital city. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of central government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.

The ABU TV Song Festival 2017 will be the sixth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The event, which is non-competitive, will take place in Chengdu, China on 1 November 2017.

Venue

The contest will take place at West Coast Star Island.

Bidding phase and host city selection

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Locations of the host city in China: the chosen host city in blue.

In 2015, China's Hunan Television raised the prospect of co-organising a competitive song contest similar to the Eurovision Song Contest with the ABU during the organisation's general assembly in Istanbul, Turkey. Notably, Hunan Television had also been the official broadcaster for Eurovision in China from 2015 to 2018. [4] The initial working title of the project was named as the "ABU TV Cup Song Contest" and it was expected to debut in 2017. [5]

Hunan Television television channel in China

Hunan Television or Hunan TV is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in January 1997 and is currently China's second-most-watched channel, second only to CCTV-1, owned by China Central Television, although Hunan STV occasionally overtook CCTV-1 in ratings. Hunan TV's signal covers most of China, including Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas as in Americas, North America, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, United States, Canada, Europe, Worldwide, Sweden, East Asia and other countries and regions landing. Since 28 September 2009, the channel broadcasts in high-definition.

The Eurovision Song Contest, often simply called Eurovision, is an annual international song competition, with participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner. At least 50 countries are eligible to compete as of 2018, and since 2015, Australia has been allowed as a guest entrant.

Istanbul Metropolitan municipality in Marmara, Turkey

Istanbul, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosporus strait between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives in suburbs on the Asian side of the Bosporus. With a total population of around 15 million residents in its metropolitan area, Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities, ranking as the world's fourth largest city proper and the largest European city. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Istanbul is a bridge between the East and West.

However, the contest was not held in 2017 for unknown reasons. After two years of continuous efforts, the ABU received the full backing of the National Radio and Television Administration of China and Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication to launch the contest in October 2019. In April 2018, the ABU also sent a delegation of executives, including the contest's Executive Supervisor Koichi Okumura, to Qingdao to discuss and observe the preparation of the contest along with the local government. [6] The official announcement was eventually made to all members of the ABU during the organisation's 55th general assembly in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. [7]

The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, is a ministry-level executive agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Its main task is the administration and supervision of state-owned enterprises engaged in the television and radio industries.

Ashgabat Place in Turkmenistan

Ashgabat — formerly named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range.

Turkmenistan Country in Central Asia

Turkmenistan, formerly known as Turkmenia, officially the Republic of Turkmenistan, is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. The population of the country is 5.6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics and one of the most sparsely populated in Asia.

On 8 January 2019, the ABU announced Qingdao as the host city, with West Coast Star Island as the selected venue for the 2019 contest. [8]

Between 17 and 20 of May 2019, Dr Javad Mottaghi, the Acting Secretary-General of the ABU, visited Qingdao for observing the preparation of the contest which the trip was also accompanied by the deputy member of the NRTA. He was briefed by the city's officials about the details in connection with the contest's schedule, organisers and sponsors, voting system and juries as well as other relevant key developments critical to the organisation of the event. He also paid the visit to the expected venue first-hand.

On 20 May 2019, Dr Javad Mottaghi continued his trip to Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong, for discussing the contest further with the head of the province's radio and television administration. It was in this meeting confirmed that Shandong Television will join the co-production of the show. [9]

Jinan Prefecture-level & Sub-provincial city in Shandong, Peoples Republic of China

Jinan, alternately romanized as Tsinan, is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub. The city has held sub-provincial administrative status since 1994. Jinan is often called the "Spring City" for its famous 72 artesian springs. Its population was 6.8 million at the 2010 census.

Shandong Province

Shandong is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the East China region.

Shandong Television is a television network covering the Jinan city and Shandong province area. It was founded and started to broadcast on October 1, 1960. SDTV currently broadcasts in Chinese.

Key:  †   Host venue

CityVenueCapacityNotes
Qingdao  West Coast Star Island †1,000–2,000 [10] It is speculated that the two grand theatres on the island could be used as the main venues for the contest.
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Location of host venue (red)

Format

Visual design

There is yet to be any official design announced.

Presenters

There is yet to be any official list of presenters announced.

Voting

On 8 January 2019, the ABU revealed early details about how the voting system might be implemented within the ABU Song Contest. [2] The contest would adopt a two-tier system of combining the voting results from the Audience Jury of each participating country and International Professional Jury. It is required that the representative broadcaster of each participating country forms a jury panel consists of 100 selected individuals at their own discretion. In terms of International Professional Jury, it has been confirmed that this panel would be situated at the front of the stage. The panel would score each performance as soon as it has ended. Both the results of Audience Jury and the International Professional Jury would weigh 50% in the overall result of the contest. [11]

Participating countries

As of 11 July 2019, five countries have confirmed their participation. Countries have to officially apply to participate before 31 March 2019. [12] The final list of the participating countries was expected to be announced in June 2019 by the ABU. Only ABU TV & Radio members in the Asia-Pacific regions are eligible to enter. Should there be more than one organisation to join per country, the ABU will use its sole discretion to make the final decision through negotiating with the relevant applicants. [2] The ABU explicitly expressed it does not have a target number of participating countries for this year's contest, but is highly confident that there could be sufficient interest out there to warrant a semi-final to be held. [13] The ABU is also expecting participating countries and their broadcasters to host televised national selections prior to 30 June 2019, which is the deadline set for the broadcasters to submit their formal entries to the ABU. The organisation also reasoned that the recommendation of such selection process could facilitate the need of introducing the contest to the broader viewers of the region leading up to the semi-final and final in October. [14]

Semi-final

CountryArtistSongLanguage
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei [15]
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia [16]
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu [17]
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam [18]

Final

Country [19] ArtistSongLanguage
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [3]

Other countries

ABU members

See also

Notes and references

Notes

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