The ABU TV Song Festival 2020 was the ninth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.
| ABU TV Song Festival 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | 14 December 2020 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Maverick Pulse Studio, Kuala Lumpur |
| Presenter(s) | Iman Corinne Adrienne Sharizan Borhan[1] |
| Host broadcaster | Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries |
|
| Debuting countries |  Nepal Vanuatu |
| Returning countries |  Brunei Malaysia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan |
| Non-returning countries |  Australia Hong Kong Kazakhstan |
History
editThe 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
editA 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Iman Corinne Adrienne Hosting the ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Vietnam to Host ABU TV Song Festival 2020". 27 November 2019.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2020-12-14). "Today: ABU TV Song Festival 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2020 – ABU". Retrieved 2020-12-15.