ABU Radio Song Festival 2014

ABU Radio Song Festival 2014
date	May 23, 2014
Host country	Sri Lanka
venue	Stone Studios, Colombo
Broadcasting television station	SLBC
participating countries	12 contributions from 10 countries
First time participation	Sri Lanka Thailand
Withdrawn participants	Bhutan Fiji Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Sudan Vanuatu Vietnam
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The ABU Radio Song Festival 2014 was the second edition of the annual ABU Radio Song Festival . The festival, which is not a competition, took place on May 23rd at Stein Studios in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. Originally the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theater was selected as the venue. A total of twelve contributions took part in the festival. First the organization of the festival was supposed to be carried out by the Australian ABC , but this did not materialize for unknown reasons.

venue

Original venue

Countries that participated in 2014

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2014

Colombo is de facto the capital of Sri Lanka (de jure is the capital and seat of government Sri Jayewardenepura-Kotte ). Colombo is located on the west coast of the island at the 7th parallel and 80th longitude. The favorable location on a peninsula and a protected natural harbor made the formerly small fishing village a sought-after trading port for the spice island. After independence in 1948, the city also became the island's political center.

The Stein Studios, which were selected as the venue on March 21st, contain three TV studios and are located approx. 30 minutes from Colombo city center near Ratmalana Airport . The Founders Block Studio can hold about 2000 spectators.

Broadcasting television station

As a member of ABU, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) hosted the 2nd ABU Radio Song Festival. In contrast to the Eurovision Song Contest , the Asian version takes the form of a TV and radio festival. The 2nd ABU Radio Song Festival coincided with the Radio Asia 2014 event , which took place from May 22nd to 24th, 2015.

Attendees

Twelve entries took part in the festival and were selected by the ABU, four of the 16 entries could not qualify. Sri Lanka as the host, which canceled shortly before the event in 2012, and Thailand participated for the first time, while Fiji, Kyrgyzstan, Vanuatu, Bhutan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Sudan withdrew from the competition.

In contrast to 2012, the first five contributions did not receive any awards, but instead all participants were awarded tokens of appreciation as a sign of recognition of the wide range of musical genres.

Start number	country	language	Interpreter	song	Approximate meaning in German
1	Malaysia	Malaysian	Mohd Rizal Ahmad	Di sudut kamar hatiku	In the corner of my heart chamber
2	Pakistan	Urdu	Marryum Hussain	The soft song of peace	The gentle peace song
3	Iran	Persian	Moghtada Gharbavi	Bezar asheget bemoonam	Let's stay in love
4th	Thailand	Thai	PRD tape	Kwam smakki	unity
5	Brunei	English	Neff Aslee	Juliet	Julia
6th	Singapore	Malaysian	Hasanah Zakaria only	Boneka ku hilang	My doll is gone
7th	India	Meitei	Mangka Mayanglambam	Tamla loibi napom	-
8th	Iran	English	Peyman Talebi	Wave Of The Infinity	Wave of infinity
9	Australia	English	Iluka	July 12	July 12
10	Sri Lanka	English	Shehara Liyanage	Something 'Bout You & I	Something about you and me
11	South Korea	Korean	Seokwan Ryu	A Regular	A regular
12	Sri Lanka	English	Super stars	Boot song	Boot song

The following entries could not qualify for the festival:

country	language	Interpreter	song	Approximate meaning in German
Brunei	Malaysian	Rapul Rezal	Inilah sebenarnya	That is actually
India	English	Abhijith Kishan	Be the change	Be the change
Iran	Luri	Heshmatollah Rajabzadeh	Larzan	Tremble
Iran	Persian	Mohammad Saveh	Fountain Of The Sun	Fountain of the sun

Other countries

•  Brunei : On December 30, 2013, Centennial Radio announced that it would not participate in 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2014/03/05/abu-radio-song-festival-date-moved-back-to-may-23rd/
2. ↑ http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-ABU_Radio_Song_Festival_finalists_chosen.aspx
3. ↑ http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-ABU-GA_Billy_Acoustie_awarded_the_Grand_Prix_in_the_inaugural_ABU_Radio_Song_Festival.aspx
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-ABU_RadioAsia_2014_dates_confirmed.aspx
6. ↑ http://esckaz.com/2014/abu.htm
7. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2013/12/30/bhutan-will-not-take-part-in-the-abu-radio-song-festival-2014/