ABU TV Song Festival 2014
| ABU TV Song Festival 2014 | |
|---|---|
| date | October 25, 2014 |
| Host country |
 Macau
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| venue | The Venetian Macao , Macau |
| Broadcasting television station | TDM |
| participating countries | 12 |
| First time participation |
Macau Maldives Turkey 
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| Withdrawn participants |
 Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka    
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The ABU TV Song Festival 2014 was the third edition of the annual ABU TV Song Festival . The festival, which is not a competition, took place on October 25, 2014 at the Venetian , Macau , and coincided with the 51st General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), which was held from October 22-27, 2014. Macau made its debut as a host country alongside Turkey and the Maldives. Each country was only represented by one contribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka did not participate.
venue
Along with Hong Kong, Macau is one of the two special administrative regions in the People's Republic of China. It lies at the western end of the mouth of the Pearl River , at the eastern end is Hong Kong. In the north, Macau borders the province of Guangdong , in the south lies the South China Sea . With 607,500 inhabitants on an area of 29.5 km², Macau is the most densely populated country in the world.
Macau was a Portuguese colony from the 16th century until 1999 when it was returned to China under the Sino-Portuguese Convention. The venue contains 660 seats.
Broadcasting television station
As a member of the ABU Teledifusão de Macau carried out the 3rd ABU TV Song Festival.
Attendees
The maximum number of participants in the festival in Macau is 15 countries, but in 2014 there were only twelve countries:
| Start number | country | language | Interpreter | song | Approximate meaning in German |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Australia
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English | Dami Im | Living Dangerously | Live dangerously |
| 2 |
 Brunei
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Malaysian | Juan Madial | Awg madial | Hear me |
| 3 |
 China
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English | Bibi Zhou (周 笔 畅) | I Miss U Missing Me | I miss that you miss me |
| 4th |
 Indonesia
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Indonesian | Tere Cia | Dimana hatimu | Where is your heart |
| 5 |
 Hong Kong
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Chinese | Frederick Cheng | Xióngmao (熊貓) | panda |
| 6th |
 Japan
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Japanese | Sekai No Owari (世界 の 終 わ り) | Dragon Night | Night of the Dragons |
| 7th |
 South Korea
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Korean | Girl's Day | Something (썸씽) | Something |
| 8th |
Macau (host)
|
Chinese | Blademark (刃 記) | Heartcore | Violent love |
| 9 |
Maldives
|
Dhivehi | Mooshan | Rannamaari | heaven on earth |
| 10 |
 Thailand
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Thai | Jetrin Wattanasin | 7th Heaven | cloud nine |
| 11 |
Turkey
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Turkish | maNga | Fazla aşkı olan var mı? | Does anyone have a love substitute? |
| 12 |
 Vietnam
|
Vietnamese | Ngọc Anh | Xuân vẫn sang diệu kì | Spring still comes with magic |
Cancel
The following countries announced before the competition that they would not participate:
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Malaysia : Malaysia's state broadcaster RTM announced that the country would like to withdraw in the 3rd edition of the festival
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New Zealand : TVNZ confirmed on June 5, 2014 that New Zealand was not interested in participating. -
Philippines : PTV announced that it will not debut in 2014. -
Turkmenistan : In February 2014, the ABU met with a delegation from TTV to discuss debuts at Radio and TV Song Festival.
These countries did not give a reason for their absence from the ABU TV Song Festival 2014:
Trivia
- maNga represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and came second behind Lena Meyer-Landrut .
transmission
Each participating country was asked to broadcast the event during their program, along with overlaid comments and information about the festival in their local language.
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Australia - SBS
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Brunei - RTB
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People's Republic of China - CCTV
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Hong Kong - TVB -
Indonesia - TVRI
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Japan - NHK
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Macau - TDM
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Maldives - IBC -
South Korea - KBS
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Thailand - NBT
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Turkey - TRT
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Vietnam - VTV
Individual evidence
- ↑ ATSF 2014 Action Calendar . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ↑ Events Calendar ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ ATSF 2014 Agreement . Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ↑ ABU TV Song Festival 2014: 12 Countries Confirmed So Far . eurovoix. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Malaysia: Will Not Be Taking Part In ATSF'14 . eurovoix. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ Anthony Granger: New Zealand: No Intention Take Take Part In ATSF'14 . Eurovoix. June 5, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ Anthony Granger: Philippines: Will Not Take Part In ATSF'14 . Eurovoix. June 7, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Anthony Granger: Turkmenistan: Could Debut At The ABU TV Song Festival 2014 . Eurovoix. June 25, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ ABU TV Song Festival 2014: 12 Countries Confirmed So Far . eurovoix. Retrieved September 1, 2014.