ABU TV Song Festival 2015

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ABU TV Song Festival 2015
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Dates
Final28 October 2015
Host
Venue Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s) Ece Vahapoğlu
Engin Hepileri
Host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2015
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The ABU TV Song Festival 2015 was the fourth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Istanbul, Turkey and coinciding with the 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) which was scheduled for 28 October 2015. Twelve countries have confirmed their participation.

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Location

It was announced that the 2015 ABU TV Song Festival will take place in the Turkish city of Istanbul, and coincide with the 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). [1] Istanbul previously played hosts to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, when the contest took place in the Abdi İpekçi Arena. [2] For the 4th edition of ABU TV Song Festival, Istanbul Congress Center was selected to be the venue of the event. [3]

Host broadcaster

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) was the host broadcaster for the festival on 28 October 2015. [4] [5]

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. [6]

List of participants

Twelve countries have been announced as participating at the 2015 edition, with India and Kazakhstan making their début; Afghanistan and Malaysia returning after a one-year absence; whilst Australia, Brunei and China have decided to withdraw from the festival. [7] Iran, Tunisia and Thailand were initially announced as participating at the 2015 edition, however they were withdrawn of the participating list for unknown reasons. [8]

DrawCountry [7] ArtistSongLanguage
1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Mozhdah "Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma" Persian
2Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Mariyam Unoosha [9] "The Maldives Song" English, Maldivian
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Dimash Kudaibergen [10] "Daididau" Kazakh
4Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Ma Man Lei, Kyla (馬曼莉)"Beiduibei" (背對背) [11] Cantonese
5Flag of India.svg  India Sanjeevani Bhelande [12] "Radiant Ruby"English, Hindi
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Dinh Manh Ninh"In the music tonight"English, Vietnamese
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Scandal "Sisters" Japanese, English
8Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Zahra Damariva"Tak Kembali" Indonesian
9Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Vivian Koo，Tracy Gu Wei (谷微)"Accept The Part" (安守本份) Cantonese
10Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea CNBLUE "Cinderella" Korean, English
11Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Ernie Zakri"Dialah di Hati" Malay
12Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Murat Dalkiliç "Katilimiz Olursun" Turkish

Withdrawn

The following three countries withdrew their entries to the contest for a variety of reasons. [13] [14]

Country [13] [14] Artist [14] Song [14] Language
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Lamyong Nonghinhow"Jeep Aow Si Kha"(จีบเอาสิคะ) Thai
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Olfa Ben Romdhane"The People Asked Me" Tunisian Arabic

International broadcasts

Each participating country was invited to broadcast the event across their respective networks and provide commentary in their native languages to add insight and description to the shows.

Other countries

Associate ABU members

See also

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