ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
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| Final date | 26 April 2016 | |||
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| Venue | TBA, Beijing, China | |||
| Host broadcaster | China National Radio (CNR) | |||
| Participants | ||||
| Number of entries | 12 songs from 9 countries (to date) | |||
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The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 will be the fourth 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 will place on 26 April 2016 in Beijing, China. As of 4 May 2016, twelve songs from nine countries have confirmed their participation. The hosts China, along with Macau, Nepal, Romania, and Turkmenistan will all make their début in the festival. Brunei have withdrawn from the festival stating that they had not received an invitation to participate from the broadcasting union.
Location
It was announced that the 2016 ABU Radio Song Festival will take place in Beijing, China.[1]
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 in May 2016 coincides with the Radio Asia 2016 event that is scheduled to take place in April 2016.
Host broadcaster
China National Radio (CNR), will be the host broadcaster for the festival on 26 April 2016.[1]
Provisional list of participants
| Country[2] | Language | Artist[2] | Song[2] | English Translation |
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 India |
English | Thokchom Lansana Chanu | "Creation" | — |
| India |
English | Vince Costa | "Home Before Christmas" | — |
 China |
Mandarin | China Broadcasting China's Chorus | "Singing in the Drizzling Rain" | — |
| China |
Mandarin | Wang Yi, Zhang Yingying, Ren Yanmin, Zhenmin, Hua Shukai | "Youth Never Ends" | — |
 Indonesia |
Indonesian | Debora Febricia Romauli | "Mati Rasa" | Numb |
| Indonesia |
Indonesian | Novri Batteny | "Diantara Kita" | Between us |
 Macau |
Cantonese | Josie Ho | "Who Am I" | — |
 Maldives |
Maldivian | Abdulla Ziyau | "Eid Ufaa" | — |
| Maldives |
Maldivian | Bathool Ahmed | "Unikan" | — |
 Myanmar |
English | Eastern & Phoe Pyae | "New Fangled Harmony" | — |
 Nepal |
Nepali | Suman Gurung | "Aaja Mero Man Ma" | — |
 Romania |
Spanish | Analia Vicotria Selis | "Viento Del Sur" | South wind |
 Singapore |
Mandarin | Ling Kai | "Year,Month,Day" | — |
 South Korea |
English | Seungjin Han | "Little Wings" | — |
 Thailand |
English | Nawapol Roadsomjit (Ome) | "Take On This World" | — |
 Turkmenistan |
Turkmen | Atajan Berdiyev | "Folk song" | — |
 Vietnam |
Vietnamese | Phan Thi Thu Lan | "Good news bring by the bird" | — |
Other countries
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Brunei - Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB) announced on 20 February 2016 that they have not been invited to the festival, making their participation unlikely.[3]
See also
- ABU Song Festivals
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
- Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- Eurovision Young Musicians 2016
References
- 1 2 "China: Beijing To Host The 4th ABU Radio Song Festival". eurovoix-world. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival’16: Macau, Nepal & Romania Debut". Eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Brunei: ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 Participation Unlikely". Eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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