ABU Radio Song Festival 2015

For the TV Festival, see ABU TV Song Festival 2015.
ABU Radio Song Festival 2015
Dates
Final date 29 May 2015
Host
Venue National Theatre of Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar
Host broadcaster Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV)
Interval act "Pusaka" by Rosanita Niken, Billy Talahatu and Stella
Participants
Number of entries 10 songs from 9 countries
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2015
ABU Radio Song Festival
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The ABU Radio Song Festival 2015 was the third edition of the ABU Radio Song Festivals, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Originally a biennial event, the festival organisers changed its format to an annual festival commencing from 2014. The festival took place on 29 May 2015 in the city of Yangon, Myanmar. Seventeen songs had been submitted to the event organisers, of which only ten songs from nine countries, were selected to perform at the event. The hosts Myanmar made their début in the festival.

Location

For more details on the host city, see Yangon.

It was announced that the 2015 ABU Radio Song Festival will take place in Yangon, Myanmar.[1][2]

Format

Unlike the format used in the Eurovision Song Contest there are two versions of the Song Festivals, ABU Radio and ABU TV Song Festivals. The ABU Radio Song Festival which will take place on 29 May 2015 coincides with the Radio Asia 2015 event that is scheduled to take place between 28–30 May 2015.[3]

Host broadcaster

Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), will be the host broadcaster for the festival on 29 May 2015.[4]

Interval act

The interval acted featured Rosanita Niken, Billy Talahatu and Stella, performing the song "Pusaka".[5]

Participating countries

For more details on this topic, see ABU Radio Song Festival § Participation.

A total of seventeen countries took part in this years festival.[6] Host country Myanmar made their début in this years festival along with the Maldives and Palestine. Vietnam and Indonesia also returned to the contest after not participating in 2014. However Australia and Iran both withdrew from the contest.

The following entries had been selected by the ABU to participate in the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival 2015.[4]

Draw Country [6] Language Artist Song English Translation
1  Myanmar Burmese Jewel & Eastern "Mingalar Bar" Have good things unto you
2  Brunei[7] Malay Dila "Aku Milik Orang" I belong to people
3  India Hindi Peepal Three "Nayi Kushi" New Happiness
4  Indonesia Indonesian, English Billy Talahatu "Harmonize of the Soul"  —
5  South Korea Korean Jaewon Jung "View"  —
6  Maldives Maldivian Moosa Mausoof "Farima"  —
7  Singapore Malay Sufie Rashid Tiada Pengganti No substitute
8  Myanmar Burmese Min Theik Di, Ko Linn & May Ingyin Thaw "Peaceful Earth"  —
9  Thailand Thai Jack's Fruit Band "Ban Khong Rao" My home
10  Vietnam Vietnamese Dinh Thi Thanh Le "Nguyen Tai Tue" Offshore

Did not qualify

Of the seventeen preliminary entries, ten were selected to proceed to the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival. The remaining three did not qualify (as shown in the following table)[4]

Country [6] Language Artist Song English Translation
 India English Padavi Deshmukh "Voice of Women"  —
 Indonesia[8] Indonesian Sisca Christin Dama[8] "Selangkah Lebih Dekat" The Step Closer
 Maldives Maldivian Zing Band "Khiyaar" Option

Withdrawn

The following four countries withdrew their entries to the contest for a variety of reason.[9]

Country[6][9] Language Artist[6] Song[6] English Translation
 Malaysia Malay Rasyidah Abd Rahim "Selingkuh Kasih"  —
 Pakistan Urdu Shakeel Mahota "Pakistan Tu Meri Jaan Hai"  —
 Palestine Arabic Dalal Abu Amned "Baladi"  —
 Sri Lanka English Shadir Ahmed and Wishmi Tharusha Hettiarachchi "Celebrate Us (Children)"  —

Other countries

International broadcasts

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ABU Radio Song Festival 2015". ABU. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "ARSF’15: Venue For ABU Radio Song Festival Announced". Eurovoix. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Radio Asia 2015". ABU. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (9 November 2014). "Myanmar to host ABU Radio Song Festival 2015". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (10 May 2015). "ARSF’15: Interval Act Song Released". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Granger, Anthony. "ARSF’15: 14 Songs Selected For The ABU Radio Song Festival". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony (4 December 2014). "Brunei: ABU Radio Song Festival 2015 Participation Confirmed". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 Granger, Anthony. "Indonesia: ABU Radio Song Festival 2015 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  9. 1 2 Granger, Anthony. "ARSF’15: 4 Countries Withdraw From ABU Radio Song Festival 2015". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Australia: Radio Australia Will Not Take Part". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

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