ABU TV Song Festival 2018
The ABU TV Song Festival 2018 was the seventh annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.
| ABU TV Song Festival 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Grand final | 2 October 2018 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Ashgabat Ice Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Presenter(s) | Tahyr Hojaev Zybagozel Muhammedova |
| Host broadcaster | State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography (TVTM) |
| Website | www |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries |
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| Debuting countries |
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| Returning countries | |
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History
The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and coinciding with the 55th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).
List of participants
A total of sixteen countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2018. Benin, Russia and Uzbekistan made their debut in the event, with Kyrgyzstan and Turkey returning. Malaysia and Zambia both withdrew from the festival. Benin represented the entry from the African Union of Broadcasting.
| Draw | Country[1] | Artist[1] | Song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Afghanistan |
Negar Mandegar | "Delbar" | Persian |
| 2 |  Indonesia |
Lana Nitibaskara | "Reach For The Stars" | English, Indonesian |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan |
Nursultan Zhexenbin | "I'm inflamed" | Kazakh |
| 4 |  Japan |
Aoi Eir | "Ignite" | Japanese |
| 5 |  Turkmenistan |
Myahri Pirgulyeva | "Mondjukatdy" | Turkmen |
| 6 |  Hong Kong |
Thye Cho Yee | "Chasing Dream" | Cantonese |
| 7 |  Russia |
Indzhihan Gulmuhometova | "My Turkmenistan" | Russian |
| 8 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Gulzhigit Kalykov | "Rain" | Kyrgyz |
| 9 |  Benin |
Tiboy Shalla | "Numba" | French |
| 10 |  India |
Kushal Paul & Mehul Grover | "Raaj Kapoor Medley" | Hindi |
| 11 |  Turkey |
Güliz Ayla & Bahadır Tatlıöz | "Kimin umrunda" | Turkish |
| 12 |  South Korea |
K.Will | "Talk Love/Please don't..." | Korean |
| 13 |  Macau |
Germano Bibi Guilherme | Nai de zhu jimo | Mandarin |
| 14 | Turkmenistan |
Begench Charyev | "Love" | Turkmen |
| 15 |  Maldives |
Mohamed Abdul Ghanee & Mariyam Ashfa | "Flower" | Maldivian |
| 16 |  Vietnam |
Pham Khanh Linh | "Back to winter" | Vietnamese |
| 17 |  Uzbekistan |
Fahriddin Hamdamova | "Come to me" | Uzbek |
| 18 | Turkmenistan |
Gulshat Gurdova & Parahat Amandurdyev | "Turkmenistan" | Turkmen |
See also
References
- "2018 ABU TV Song Festival – Meet the Performers". Abu.org.my. September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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