ABU TV Song Festival 2015

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ABU TV Song Festival 2015
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Dates
Final date 28 October 2015
Host
Venue Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Participants
Number of entries 15 (to date)
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
ABU TV Song Festival
◄2014 2015 2016►

The ABU TV Song Festival 2015 will be the fourth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The event, which is non-competitive, will take place in Istanbul, Turkey and coinciding with the 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) which is scheduled for 28 October 2015. So far fifteen countries have confirmed their participation.

Location[edit]

For more details on the host city, see Istanbul.

It was announced that the 2015 ABU TV Song Festival will take place in the Turkish city of Istanbul, and coincide with the 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).[1] Istanbul previously played hosts to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, when the contest took place in the Abdi İpekçi Arena.[2] For the 4th edition of ABU TV Song Festival, Istanbul Congress Center was selected to be the venue of the event.[3]

Host broadcaster[edit]

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) will be the host broadcaster for the festival on 28 October 2015.[4][5]

Format[edit]

The ABU TV Song Festival celebrates the popular music culture by showcasing high-profile musical acts from each of the participating ABU broadcasting members, in a non-competitive manner.[6]

Provisional list of participants[edit]

For more details on this topic, see ABU TV Song Festival § Participation.

Fourteen countries have been announced as participating at the 2015 edition, with India, Kazakhstan and Tunisia making their début; Afghanistan, Iran and Malaysia returning after a one-year absence; whilst Australia, Brunei and China have decided to withdraw from the festival.[7]

Country[7] Language Artist Song English Translation
 Afghanistan Mozhdah Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma Your Pride, My Poison
 Hong Kong Tracy Gu Wei Accept The Part
 India Sanjeevani Bhelande[8] Radiant Ruby
 Indonesia Indonesian Zahra Damariva Tak Kembali No Return
 Iran
 Japan English Scandal Sisters
 Kazakhstan Kazakh Dimas Kudaibergen[9] Daididau
 Macau Chinese Ma Man Lei, Kyla Beiduibei (背對背)[10] Back to back
 Malaysia Ernie Zakri Dialah di Hati
 Maldives English Mariyam Unoosha[11] The Maldives Song
 South Korea English CNBLUE Cinderella
 Thailand Thai Lamyong Nonghinhow Jeep Aow Si Kha
 Tunisia
 Turkey Turkish Murat Dalkılıç Katilimiz Olursun You Become Our Murderer
 Vietnam Dinh Manh Ninh In the music tonight

International broadcasts[edit]

Each participating country was invited to broadcast the event across their respective networks and provide commentary in the native languages to add insight and description to the shows.

Other countries[edit]

Associate ABU members[edit]

  •  Russia – On 30 July 2015, AIST TV confirmed that they will not be making their début at the ABU TV Song Festival in Turkey.[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 October 2014). "ABU TV Song Festival 2015: Turkey To Host". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 October 2014. 
  2. ^ Sietse Bakker (25 December 2009). "Istanbul 2004". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 22 October 2014. 
  3. ^ Granger, Anthony. "ATSF’15: Venue For ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Announced". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015. 
  4. ^ "Programme Calendar 2015". http://www.abu.org.my/. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 December 2014. 
  5. ^ "Events calendar". abu.org.my. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 22 October 2014. 
  6. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2014. 
  7. ^ a b Granger, Anthony (19 August 2015). "ATSF’15: 14 countries to participate in Istanbul". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix-world. Retrieved 19 August 2015. 
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony. "India: Sanjeevani Bhelande To The ABU TV Song Festival". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015. 
  9. ^ Granger, Anthony (17 July 2015). "Kazakhstan: Dimas Kudaibergen On The International Stage". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015. 
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Macau: Kyla Reveals “Back to Back”". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015. 
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Maldives: Mariyam Unoosha To The ABU TV Song Festival 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015. 
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Australia: Withdraws From The ABU TV Song Festival". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015. 
  13. ^ Granger, Anthony. "http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/25/brunei-withdraws-from-the-abu-tv-song-festival/". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015. 
  14. ^ http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/11/new-zealand-no-plans-to-debut-at-abu-tv-song-festival-2015/
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Russia: AIST TV Will Not Debut At ABU TV Song Festival 2015". Eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.