ABU TV Song Festival 2019

The ABU TV Song Festival 2019 was the eighth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.

ABU TV Song Festival 2019
Dates
Final19 November 2019
Host
VenueNHK Hall, Tokyo
Presenter(s)Shingo Murakami[1]
Yuki Sugiura
Host broadcasterNippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
Participants
Number of entries
  • 11 countries
  • 14 songs
Returning countries Australia
 China
Non-returning countries Afghanistan
 Benin
 Kyrgyzstan
 Maldives
 Russia
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan
2018 ← ABU TV Song Festival → 2020

History

The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Tokyo, coinciding with the 56th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).[2]

List of participants

A total of eleven countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2019. Australia returned to the event after five year absence.[3] Apart from the participating songs, the show also included special performances from Joe Hisaishi[4] and Foorin.[5]

DrawCountryArtistSongLanguage
1  VietnamHoàng Thùy Linh"Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe"Vietnamese
2  AustraliaDan Sultan"Cul-de-sac"English
3  MacauAdelino da Silva"Leave Again"Chinese, English
4  JapanHey! Say! JUMP"Fanfare"
"Come On A My House"
"Ue o Muite Arukō"
Japanese, English
5  IndonesiaHanin Dhiya"Berkawan Dengan Rindu"Indonesian
6  Hong KongKay Tse"Reposing Beside You" (只想死於你身邊)Cantonese
7  TurkeyMustafa Sandal"Aya Benzer"Turkish
8  South KoreaTWICE"Feel Special"Korean
9  KazakhstanDimash Kudaibergen"S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse"French
10  IndiaA. R. Rahman"Mausam & Escape"
"Jai Ho"
Hindi
11  ChinaNa Ying"Silence" (默)Chinese

See also

References