ABU TV Song Festival 2016 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 22 October 2016 |
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Venue | Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali, Indonesia |
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Website | www |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 12 |
Debuting countries | Tunisia |
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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. Tunisia made their debut at the festival, while China and Sri Lanka returned after a one-year absence and a two-year absence respectively. Myanmar and Vanuatu have both stated that they do not intend to make their debut at the festival. India, Malaysia, and Turkey have withdrawn from the contest.
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]
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]
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]
The ABU published an action calendar which details the organisational process for the ABU TV Song Festival 2016. [5]
Draw | Country [6] | Artist | Song | Language |
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01 | China | Mo Siman | "The Love from Heaven" | Mandarin |
02 | Vietnam | Nguyen Thi Pha Le | "Ao Em Lua La" (The Girl in Silk Shirt) | Vietnamese |
03 | Maldives | Laisa Junaid | "Magey Rah" (My Island) | Maldivian |
04 | Tunisia | Lotfi Bouchnek | "Mohammed" | English, Tunisian Arabic |
05 | Afghanistan | Seeta Qasemie | "Melody Of Love" | English, Afghan Pashto |
06 | Macau | Queena | "Aylan" | Mandarin |
07 | Kazakhstan | Ayree | "My Motherland" | Kazakh |
08 | Hong Kong | Kayee Tam | "Puppet" | Cantonese |
09 | Sri Lanka | Shehara Liyanage | "Something 'bout You and I" | English |
10 | Japan | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | "Fashion Monster" - "Sai & Co" | Japanese |
11 | South Korea | Ailee | "Singing Got Better" | Korean |
12 | Indonesia | Novita Dewi | "Terbang" | Indonesian |
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]
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