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

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]

Draw Country Artist Song Language
1  Vietnam Hoàng Thùy Linh "Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe" Vietnamese
2  Australia Dan Sultan "Cul-de-sac" English
3  Macau Adelino da Silva "Leave Again" Chinese, English
4  Japan Hey! Say! JUMP "Fanfare"
"Come On A My House"
"Ue o Muite Arukō"		 Japanese, English
5  Indonesia Hanin Dhiya "Berkawan Dengan Rindu" Indonesian
6  Hong Kong Kay Tse "Reposing Beside You" (只想死於你身邊) Cantonese
7  Turkey Mustafa Sandal "Aya Benzer" Turkish
8  South Korea TWICE "Feel Special" Korean
9  Kazakhstan Dimash Kudaibergen "S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" French
10  India A. R. Rahman "Mausam & Escape"
"Jai Ho"		 Hindi
11  China Na Ying "Silence" (默) Chinese

See also

References
  1. "村上信五司会『ABUソングフェスティバル』Hey! Say! JUMP、TWICE、Foorin、久石譲ら出演". realsound.jp (in Japanese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Announcement of Performers - ABU TV Song Festival in Tokyo". Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. Knox, David (24 October 2019). "ABC joins Asia-Pacific TV Song Festival". tvtonight.au. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. "Music festival gathers artists from across Asia". Japan Times. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. "Foorinからのお知らせ！「ABUソングフェスティバル in東京」出演します！". nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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