ABU TV Song Festival 2015

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For the Radio Festival, see ABU Radio Song Festival 2015.
ABU TV Song Festival 2015
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Dates
Final 28 October 2015
Host
Venue Istanbul Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenter(s) Ece Vahapoğlu
Engin Hepileri
Host broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Participants
Number of entries 12
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries

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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2015
ABU TV Song Festival
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The ABU TV Song Festival 2015 was the fourth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Istanbul, Turkey and coinciding with the 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) which was scheduled for 28 October 2015. Twelve countries have confirmed their participation.

Location

Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value). 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

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

Format

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]

List of participants[7]

Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value). Twelve countries have been announced as participating at the 2015 edition, with India and Kazakhstan making their début; Afghanistan and Malaysia returning after a one-year absence; whilst Australia, Brunei and China have decided to withdraw from the festival.[8] Iran, Tunisia and Thailand were initially announced as participating at the 2015 edition, however they were withdrawn of the participating list for unknown reasons [9]

Draw Country[8] Language Artist Song English Translation
1  Afghanistan Persian Mozhdah "Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma" Your Pride, My Poison
2  Maldives English & Maldivian Mariyam Unoosha[10] "The Maldives Song" –
3  Kazakhstan Kazakh Dimas Kudaibergen[11] "Daididau"  —
4  Macau Cantonese Ma Man Lei, Kyla（馬曼莉） "Beiduibei" (背對背)[12] Back to back
5  India English, Hindi Sanjeevani Bhelande[13] "Radiant Ruby" –
6  Vietnam English & Vietnamese Dinh Manh Ninh "In the music tonight" –
7  Japan Japanese & English Scandal "Sisters" –
8  Indonesia Indonesian Zahra Damariva "Tak Kembali" No Return
9  Hong Kong Cantonese Vivian Koo，Tracy Gu Wei (谷微) "Accept The Part (安守本份)" –
10  South Korea Korean & English CNBLUE "Cinderella"  —
11  Malaysia Malay Ernie Zakri "Dialah di Hati" He is in the Heart
12  Turkey Turkish Murat Dalkılıç "Katilimiz Olursun" You Become Our Murderer

Withdrawn

The following three countries withdrew their entries to the contest for a variety of reason.[14][15]

Country[14][15] Language Artist[15] Song[15] English Translation
 Iran
 Thailand Thai Lamyong Nonghinhow "Jeep Aow Si Kha"(จีบเอาสิคะ) Took it pleat
 Tunisia

International broadcasts

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

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Other countries

Associate ABU members

  •  Russia – On 30 July 2015, AIST TV confirmed that they will not be making their début at the ABU TV Song Festival in Turkey.[19]

See also

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.abu.org.my/ABU_TV_Song_Festival-@-ABU_TV_Song_Festival_2015.aspx
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  18. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/11/new-zealand-no-plans-to-debut-at-abu-tv-song-festival-2015/
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