ABU TV Song Festival 2020

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ABU TV Song Festival 2020
Dates
Final14 December 2020
Host
VenueMaverick Pulse Studio, Kuala Lumpur
Presenter(s)Iman Corinne Adrienne
Sharizan Borhan [1]
Host broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 14 countries
  • 15 songs
Debuting countriesFlag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Returning countriesFlag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Non-returning countriesFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2019 ←  ABU TV Song Festival  → 2021

The ABU TV Song Festival 2020 was the ninth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

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History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, coinciding with the 57th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). [2]

Originally, the Vietnamese city of Hanoi was chosen to host the contest for the second time after 2013, but withdrew their intention to host the show in August 2020. [3]

List of participants

A total of fourteen countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2020. Nepal and Vanuatu made their debut in the event, with Brunei, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and host country Malaysia returning. Australia, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan withdrew from the festival. [4]

Draw [5] Country [6] Artist [7] SongLanguage
1Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Lee Tae-min "Idea" Korean, English
2Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Öykü Gürman "For Your One Word" Turkish
3Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaEpo D’Fenomenon"My Love Get Locked Down" Indonesian
4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Ilyosbek I. Arabov"What Happens – Come" Uzbek
5Flag of India.svg IndiaAkashvani Vadya Vrind"My India" Hindi
6Flag of Brunei.svg BruneiAuf Ismail"I Am The Star" Malay
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaSonam Gonpo"You And Me On The Plateau" Mandarin
8Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamDương Hoàng Yến"Hanoi Beauties In 12 Flower Seasons" Vietnamese
9Flag of Japan.svg Japan Hatsune Miku "Hand In Hand" Japanese
10Flag of Macau.svg MacaoSean Pang"Unsatisfied" Cantonese
11Flag of Macau.svg MacaoGermano Guilherme"United"English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese
12Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Sindhu Malla"Pirati ko jala" Nepali
13Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Begmyrat Annamyradov"Neutrality (Bitarap yurt Turkmenistan)" Turkmen
14Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Tokosouwia"Resilience" Bislama
15Flag of Malaysia.svg MalaysiaFloor 88"Debt"Malay

References

  1. ↑ "Iman Corinne Adrienne Hosting the ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 12 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU" . Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Vietnam to Host ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 27 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (2020-12-14). "Today: ABU TV Song Festival 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  5. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  6. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU" . Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  7. ↑ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU" . Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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