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 final2 October 2018
Host
VenueAshgabat Ice Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Presenter(s)Tahyr Hojaev
Zybagozel Muhammedova
Host broadcasterState Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography (TVTM)
Websitewww.abu.org.my/ABU_TV_Song_Festival-@-ABU_TV_Song_Festival.aspx
Participants
Number of entries
  • 16 countries
  • 18 songs
Debuting countries
  •  Benin
  •  Russia
  •  Uzbekistan
Returning countries
Non-returning countries

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

  1. "2018 ABU TV Song Festival – Meet the Performers". Abu.org.my. September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-18.


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