Eurovision Asia Song Contest

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The Eurovision Asia Song Contest is a proposed Asia-Pacific counterpart to the Eurovision Song Contest . The opening competition has been developed since August 2019 by the Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service and production partner Blink TV in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union .

development

In March 2016, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) signed an agreement with the Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) to create an Asia-Pacific version of the EBU's Eurovision Song Contest, which has been open to countries in Europe since 1956 . The SBS has started the development of the competition with its production partner Blink TV. The opening competition, which had not yet been named, was due to take place in Australia in 2017. The first Eurovision Asia Song Contest has been postponed several times, partly due to political challenges, and has been under development since August 2019.

By May 2017, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore had announced their application to host the first Eurovision Asia Song Contest, which Singapore and the Australian city of Sydney and the state of New South Wales agreed to finance . Singapore had announced it would spend $ 4 million to host the competition. According to a report by the Gold Coast City Council in Queensland discussed in November 2018, the opening show at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Center was scheduled for November 30th through December 7th, 2019. However, this report has been refuted.

participation

As of May 2016, SBS plans to allow every Asian country to compete, allowing up to 68 countries to participate. Membership in the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union is not a requirement for participation. By March 2019, 10 countries have confirmed their participation: Australia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Maldives, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, South Korea and Vanuatu.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Anthony Granger: Asia: SBS to create Eurovision Song Contest in Asia . March 21, 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved on March 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Paul Jordan: Eurovision Song Contest concept to be developed in Asia! . March 21, 2016. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved on August 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Paul Jordan: The Greatest Song Contest in the World is coming to Asia! . August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved on August 19, 2017.
  5. ^ A b Anthony Granger: Three cities interested in hosting Eurovision Asia . May 19, 2017. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved on May 19, 2017.
  6. ^ Ryan Cobb: Eurovision Asia on hold? Organizers and EBU "still early in the development process" . July 13, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved on July 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Ewan Spence: Eurovision Insight Podcast: Insight Asks Australian Head Of Delegation Paul Clarke . May 6, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  8. ^ Brendon Wolf: Gold Coast to host inaugural Eurovision Asia . November 1, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Anthony Granger: Asiavision 12 countries the aim for the first contest . May 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  10. ^ William Lee Adams: Eurovision Asia: Full membership in the ABU is NOT required to participate in the song contest . August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved on August 28, 2017.
  11. ^ Anthony Granger: Eurovision Asia Song Contest Still in The Works . March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved on August 18, 2019.