ABU TV Song Festival 2019

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ABU TV Song Festival 2019
Dates
Final19 November 2019
Host
Venue NHK Hall, Tokyo
Presenter(s) Shingo Murakami [1]
Yuki Sugiura
Host broadcaster Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 11 countries
  • 14 songs
Returning countriesFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Non-returning countriesFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
2018  ABU TV Song Festival  2020

The ABU TV Song Festival 2019 was the eighth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

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History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Tokyo, coinciding with the 56th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). [2]

List of participants

A total of eleven countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2019. Australia returned to the event after five year absence. [3] Apart from the participating songs, the show also included special performances from Joe Hisaishi [4] and Foorin. [5]

DrawCountryArtistSongLanguage
1Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Hoàng Thùy Linh "Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe" Vietnamese
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Dan Sultan "Cul-de-sac" English
3Flag of Macau.svg Macao Adelino da Silva "Leave Again" Chinese, English
4Flag of Japan.svg Japan Hey! Say! JUMP "Fanfare"
"Come On A My House"
"Ue o Muite Arukō"
Japanese, English
5Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaHanin Dhiya"Berkawan Dengan Rindu" Indonesian
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Kay Tse "Reposing Beside You" (只想死於你身邊) Cantonese
7Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Mustafa Sandal "Aya Benzer" Turkish
8Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea TWICE "Feel Special" Korean
9Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Dimash Kudaibergen "S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" French
10Flag of India.svg India A. R. Rahman "Mausam & Escape"
"Jai Ho"
Hindi
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Na Ying "Silence" (默)Chinese

References

  1. "村上信五司会『ABUソングフェスティバル』Hey! Say! JUMP、TWICE、Foorin、久石譲ら出演". realsound.jp (in Japanese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Announcement of Performers - ABU TV Song Festival in Tokyo". Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. Knox, David (24 October 2019). "ABC joins Asia-Pacific TV Song Festival". tvtonight.au. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. "Music festival gathers artists from across Asia". Japan Times. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. "Foorinからのお知らせ!「ABUソングフェスティバル in東京」出演します!". nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 20 November 2021.