ABU Song Festivals

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The ABU Song Festivals are annual music festivals based on the concept of the Eurovision Song Contest . The format includes two events, a radio and a TV song festival, which are organized by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) .

Every country that is a full member of the ABU is invited to take part in the events. The radio festival is a competition with a jury who selects a top 5 winners and is broadcast live . The television festival is not a competition, but a musical gala that is recorded live . Each participating country can then broadcast the event in the national language, along with comments and information about the festival.

history

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) already organized an ESC-inspired competition for its members between 1985 and 1987, which was called the ABU Popular Song Contest and in which 14 countries from the Asian Pacific region took part. The winner was chosen by a jury. South Korea , New Zealand and Australia achieved victories in this competition. From 1989 to 1991 the ABU produced the ABU Golden Kite World Song Festival in Malaysia with the participation of countries from the Asian Pacific, but also Yugoslavia and Finland .

In 2008 the EBU proposed a partnership with the ABU for the realization of an Asiavision Song Contest , but these plans never came to fruition . In September 2008 it was finally announced that the Asian Eurovision Song Contest format would be given to the private company Asiavision Pte. Ltd. was sold in Singapore . The name that was originally intended for the contest was Asiavision Song Contest , but later this was changed to Our Sound - The Asia-Pacific Song Contest , due to a request from the ABU, which use the term " Asiavision " for their news service. Initially it was planned that the contest (as a live broadcast television event with televoting) would debut in 2009, but this was later postponed to March 2010 and to Macau , then again to November 2010 to Mumbai in India , finally it was then completely canceled. The reason given was the "persistent problems between the organizers and the EBU".

Shortly before the start of the ABU Song Festival, the ABU considered the possibility of holding the ABU ASEAN TV Song Festival in Thailand. The ASEAN music competitions were occasionally held between 1981 and 1997, but Bintang Radio ASEAN has been hosted by local radio stations since 2011 .

In November 2011, the ABU announced that they would host their own TV and radio festivals, which should take place in Seoul , the South Korean capital, for the 49th General Assembly in October 2012. The name Asiavision Song Contest was initially considered as a name for these festivals, but later they were officially called the ABU TV Song Festival and ABU Radio Song Festival . According to ABU, the registration deadline for participants in the first edition of the ABU TV Song Festival was May 18, 2012.

format

In contrast to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest, there are two versions of the ABU Song Festival, namely the ABU Radio Song Festival and the ABU TV Song Festival.

ABU Radio Song Festival

The ABU Radio Song Festival is a competition for musicians who are not under contract with any recording company . The ABU recommends that its members present the participating musicians and their songs on the radio. Each participant is selected by a broadcaster. A jury made up of representatives from ABU members selects 15 finalists from 26 entries. The finalists appear at the general assembly of the ABU. There, in turn, a jury will honor the best performers. The festival lasted two hours.

year venue date First time participation Attendees
2012 Seoul , South KoreaKorea SouthSouth Korea  October 11, 2012 AustraliaAustralia Australia , Bhutan , Brunei , India , Indonesia , Iran , Kyrgyzstan , Malaysia , Pakistan , Singapore , South Korea , Sudan , Vanuatu , VietnamBhutanBhutan BruneiBrunei IndiaIndia IndonesiaIndonesia IranIran KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan MalaysiaMalaysia 
PakistanPakistan SingaporeSingapore Korea SouthSouth Korea SudanSudan VanuatuVanuatu VietnamVietnam  		13
2014 Colombo , Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka  May 23, 2014 Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka , ThailandThailandThailand  12
2015 Rangoon , MyanmarMyanmarMyanmar  May 29, 2015 MaldivesMaldives Maldives , MyanmarMyanmarMyanmar  09
2016 Beijing , ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  April 26, 2016 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China , Macau , Nepal , RomaniaMacauMacau NepalNepal RomaniaRomania  13
2017 did not take place
2018 Nur-Sultan , KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan  11th July 2018 AfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan , Kazakhstan , TurkeyKazakhstanKazakhstan TurkeyTurkey  9

ABU TV Song Festival

The ABU TV Song Festival is a concert event for professional musicians who, according to the organizer, are well known in their home country. The event should not have a competitive character. The festival was recorded and will first be broadcast by the participating ABU members. ABU members who do not participate and broadcasters who are not members of the ABU should be allowed to broadcast the festival later for a fee. Each musician is selected by a broadcaster who is a member of the ABU. The musicians appear at the general assembly of the ABU.

year venue date First time participation Attendees
2012 Seoul , South KoreaKorea SouthSouth Korea  October 14, 2012 Afghanistan 2002Afghanistan Afghanistan , Australia , People's Republic of China , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Japan , Malaysia , Singapore , South Korea , Sri Lanka , VietnamAustraliaAustralia China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Hong KongHong Kong IndonesiaIndonesia JapanJapan 
MalaysiaMalaysia SingaporeSingapore Korea SouthSouth Korea Sri LankaSri Lanka VietnamVietnam  		11
2013 Hanoi , VietnamVietnamVietnam  October 26, 2013 BruneiBrunei Brunei , Iran , Kyrgyzstan , ThailandIranIran KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan ThailandThailand  15th
2014 MacauMacau Macau October 25, 2014 MacauMacau Macau , Maldives , TurkeyMaldivesMaldives TurkeyTurkey  12
2015 Istanbul , TurkeyTurkeyTurkey  October 28, 2015 IndiaIndia India , KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan  12
2016 Bali , IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia  October 22, 2016 MongoliaMongolia Mongolia , TunisiaTunisiaTunisia  12
2017 Chengdu , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  1st November 2017 ZambiaZambia Zambia , TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistan  14th
2018 Ashgabat , TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistan  October 2, 2018 BeninBenin Benin , Russia , UzbekistanRussiaRussia UzbekistanUzbekistan  16
2019 Tokyo , JapanJapanJapan  19th November 2019

New formats

ABU Dancing Festival

The new competition for dancers in the ABU area was first held in January 2017 in Hyderabad (India). The concept was proposed by the Association of Indian Broadcasting Companies, Prasar Bharati. It is held for amateur dancers between the ages of 18 and 25 and for all dance styles.

year venue date First time participation Attendees
2017 Hyderabad , IndiaIndiaIndia  15th January 2017 AfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan , Azerbaijan , People's Republic of China , Fiji , India , Indonesia , Cambodia , Malaysia , Maldives , Mongolia , Philippines , Sri Lanka , Uzbekistan , VietnamAzerbaijanAzerbaijan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China FijiFiji IndiaIndia IndonesiaIndonesia CambodiaCambodia MalaysiaMalaysia MaldivesMaldives MongoliaMongolia PhilippinesPhilippines Sri LankaSri Lanka UzbekistanUzbekistan VietnamVietnam  17th
2019 New Delhi , IndiaIndiaIndia  March 9, 2019 BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh , Bhutan , Nepal , TurkmenistanBhutanBhutan NepalNepal TurkmenistanTurkmenistan  16

ABU TV Cup Song Contest

The ABU TV Cup Song Contest is to be a new song contest with a competitive nature to be organized by the ABU. The first contest will take place in 2019.

year venue date First time participation Attendees
2019 Qingdao , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  October 17, 2019 - October 19, 2019 BruneiBrunei Brunei , People's Republic of China , Indonesia , Maldives , Vanuatu , VietnamChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China IndonesiaIndonesia MaldivesMaldives VanuatuVanuatu VietnamVietnam  6 (currently)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union . Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b About the Festival ( Memento from December 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ a b c d e Andy Mikheev: Participants - ABU TV and Radio Song Festivals 2012 . escKaz.com. August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest goes to Asia . European Broadcasting Union . September 18, 2008. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Our Sound - The Asia-Pacific Song Contest defies economic slump . asiavision.tv. March 4, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ Andy Mikheev: Our Sound - The Asia-Pacific Song Contest . ESCKAZ.com. August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b ABU to launch 'Asiavision Song Contest' . EBU . November 8, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ KBS to Host 49th ABU General Assembly . KBS World . July 2, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ a b abu.org.my: ABU Radio Song Festival ( Memento from October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ abu2012seoul.com: Program at a Glance ( Memento from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ abu.org.my: 1st ABU TV Song Festival - General Guidelines ( PDF file; 111 kB)
  12. ↑ abu2012seoul.com: ABU TV Song Festival: About The Festival ( Memento from January 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ abu.org.my: ABU TV Song Festival available for broadcast , September 14, 2012
  14. ↑ http://content.yudu.com/Library/A3rhf1/ABUNewsQ22015/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abu.org.my%2Fdefault.aspx
  15. ↑ http://eurovoix-world.com/abu-dancing-festival-more-details-revealed/

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