ABU TV Song Festival 2018

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ABU TV Song Festival 2018
Date and venue
Final
  • 2 October 2018
Venue Ashgabat Ice Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Organisation
Host broadcaster State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography (TVTM)
PresentersTahyr Hojaev
Zybagozel Muhammedova
Participants
Number of entries
  • 16 countries
  • 18 songs
Debuting countries
  • Flag of Benin.svg Benin
  • Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  • Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Returning countries
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
  • Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Non-returning countries
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
  • Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
  • Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
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The ABU TV Song Festival 2018 was the seventh annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

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History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and coinciding with the 55th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).

List of participants

A total of sixteen countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2018. Benin, Russia and Uzbekistan made their debut in the event, with Kyrgyzstan and Turkey returning. China, Malaysia and Zambia all withdrew from the festival. Benin represented the entry from the African Union of Broadcasting.

DrawCountry [1] Artist [1] SongLanguage
1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg AfghanistanNegar Mandegar"Delbar" Persian
2Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaLana Nitibaskara"Reach For The Stars" English, Indonesian
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanNursultan Zhexenbin"I'm inflamed" Kazakh
4Flag of Japan.svg Japan Eir Aoi "Ignite" Japanese
5Flag of Turkmenistan.svg TurkmenistanMyahri Pirgulyeva"Mondjukatdy" Turkmen
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong KongThye Cho Yee"Chasing Dream" Cantonese
7Flag of Russia.svg RussiaIndzhihan Gulmuhometova"My Turkmenistan" Russian
8Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg KyrgyzstanGulzhigit Kalykov"Rain" Kyrgyz
9Flag of Benin.svg BeninTiboy Shalla"Numba" English, Fon, French
10Flag of India.svg IndiaKushal Paul & Mehul Grover"Raaj Kapoor Medley" Hindi
11Flag of Turkey.svg TurkeyGüliz Ayla & Bahadır Tatlıöz"Kimin umrunda" Turkish
12Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea K.Will "Talk Love/Please don't..." Korean
13Flag of Macau.svg MacauGermano Bibi Guilherme"Nai de zhu jimo" Mandarin
14Flag of Turkmenistan.svg TurkmenistanBegench Charyev"Love" Turkmen
15Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Mohamed Abdul Ghanee & Mariyam Ashfa "Flower" Maldivian
16Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamPham Khanh Linh"Back to winter" Vietnamese
17Flag of Uzbekistan.svg UzbekistanFahriddin Hamdamov"Come to me" Uzbek
18Flag of Turkmenistan.svg TurkmenistanGulshat Gurdova & Parahat Amandurdyev"Turkmenistan" Turkmen

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 ABU TV Song Festival – Meet the Performers". Abu.org.my. September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-18.