ABU TV Song Festival 2020

The ABU TV Song Festival 2020 was the ninth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

ABU TV Song Festival 2020
Dates
Final14 December 2020
Host
VenueMaverick Pulse Studio, Kuala Lumpur
Presenter(s)Iman Corinne Adrienne
Sharizan Borhan[1]
Host broadcasterRadio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 14 countries
  • 15 songs
Debuting countries Nepal
 Vanuatu
Returning countries Brunei
 Malaysia
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan
Non-returning countries Australia
 Hong Kong
 Kazakhstan
2019 ← ABU TV Song Festival → 2021

History

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The event, which is non-competitive, took place in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, coinciding with the 57th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).[2]

Originally, the Vietnamese city of Hanoi was chosen to host the contest for the second time after 2013, but withdrew their intention to host the show in August 2020.[3]

List of participants

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A total of fourteen countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2020. Nepal and Vanuatu made their debut in the event, with Brunei, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and host country Malaysia returning. Australia, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan withdrew from the festival.[4]

Draw[5] Country[6] Artist[7] Song Language
1   South Korea Lee Tae-min "Idea" Korean, English
2   Turkey Öykü Gürman "For Your One Word" Turkish
3   Indonesia Epo D’Fenomenon "My Love Get Locked Down" Indonesian
4   Uzbekistan Ilyosbek I. Arabov "What Happens – Come" Uzbek
5   India Akashvani Vadya Vrind "My India" Hindi
6   Brunei Auf Ismail "I Am The Star" Malay
7   China Sonam Gonpo "You And Me On The Plateau" Mandarin
8   Vietnam Dương Hoàng Yến "Hanoi Beauties In 12 Flower Seasons" Vietnamese
9   Japan Hatsune Miku "Hand In Hand" Japanese
10   Macau Sean Pang "Unsatisfied" Cantonese
11   Macau Germano Guilherme "United" English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese
12   Nepal Sindhu Malla "Pirati ko jala" Nepali
13   Turkmenistan Begmyrat Annamyradov "Neutrality (Bitarap yurt Turkmenistan)" Turkmen
14   Vanuatu Tokosouwia "Resilience" Bislama
15   Malaysia Floor 88 "Debt" Malay

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Iman Corinne Adrienne Hosting the ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. ^ "Vietnam to Host ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 27 November 2019.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (2020-12-14). "Today: ABU TV Song Festival 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  5. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  6. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  7. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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