ABU TV Song Festival 2021

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ABU TV Song Festival 2021
Dates
Final18 November 2021
Host
Presenter(s) Azura Zainal
Sharizan Borhan [1]
Host broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Website www.abu.org.my/2021/11/01/abu-tv-song-festival-2021 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries10
Returning countriesFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Non-returning countriesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
2020  ABU TV Song Festival  2022

The ABU TV Song Festival 2021 was the tenth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festival.

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Event

The non-competitive music showcase event was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as part of the 58th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The program, as well as the entire general assembly, was held virtually for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

The show was presented in-studio by TV and radio host Azura Zainal and commercial voice-over artist and emcee Sharizan Borhan. Each participating performance was pre-recorded and aired during the live stream.

Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen, who performed for Kazakhstan in the 2015 and 2019 editions made a special appearance. He performed a cover of Kōji Tamaki's 1989 song "Ikanaide" (Japanese : 行かないで). [3] The pre-recorded performance, also produced for the Tokyo Jazz Festival, [4] [3] was aired between the entries from Japan and Kazakhstan, the second and third participating acts, respectively.

List of participants

Ten countries were represented in the ABU Song Festival 2021, the lowest number of participants to date. China, Nepal, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vanuatu did not return from last year's edition. Kazakhstan returned after a one-year hiatus. [1]

Running
Order [3]
Country [1] Artist [1] SongLanguage
1Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea ITZY "LOCO" Korean
2Flag of Japan.svg Japan milet "inside you" Japanese, English
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KazakhstanAmre"Waves of Life" Kazakh
4Flag of India.svg IndiaSummersalt"Public Address System of the Khasi people" Khasi
5Flag of Macau.svg MacauDr. Jen"Say You Love Me" English
6Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey İlyas Yalçıntaş "Come, My Sky" Turkish
7Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaDenny & Nonoy with Mixline Band"Sense of Nusantara" English
8Flag of Brunei.svg BruneiSuzan Maidin"I’m A Woman" Brunei Malay
9Flag of Malaysia.svg MalaysiaAmir Jahari"Ingga" Malay
10Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamThe Pentatonic"White Snow And Red Azalea" Vietnamese

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ABU TV Song Festival 2021". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. "58th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "ABU TV SONG FESTIVAL 2021". NHK World - Japan. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. "Под Новый год в Японии состоится показ фестиваля песни ABU TV 2021 с участием казахстанцев Все права защищены". Kazinform. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.