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ABU Radio Song Festival 2012
Beyond the Wave!
  •      Participating countries     Did not qualify to the final
Vote
Voting systemInternational jury cast votes and award prizes to the top five.
  • 1st: Grand Prix Award
  • 2nd: Gold Award
  • 3rd: Silver Award
  • 4th: Bronze Award
  • 5th: Special Jury Award
Winning song South Korea
"For a Rest"[4]
ABU Radio Song Festival → 2014

The ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 was the first edition of the biennial ABU Radio Song Festivals, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The festival took place in the KBS Hall, which is located in the South Korean capital of Seoul and coincided with the 49th general assembly of the ABU.[5] The ABU Radio Song Festival attracted twenty-six original entries representing eighteen radio broadcasters from fifteen countries, which competed in a preliminary jury round. The juries selected thirteen entries from twelve radio broadcasters in ten countries to qualify for the final show which was held on 11 October 2012. Fifteen entries were originally selected to participate in the grand final. However, Fiji and Sri Lanka withdrew from the radio competition prior to the final show, and thus only thirteen entries participated in the competition on 11 October 2012.[2][6]

South Korea won the Grand Prix award with the song "For a Rest" performed by boy band Billy Acoustie.

Colombo, Sri Lanka.[9]

History

The

better source needed] The show had a similar concept to the current festivals with the winners being chosen by a professional jury. South Korea, New Zealand and Australia celebrated victories in that competition. In 1989–1991 the ABU co-produced the ABU Golden Kite World Song Festival in Malaysia with participation of Asia-Pacific countries, as well as Yugoslavia and Finland.[10]

In 2008, the

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Shortly before launching the ABU Song Festival, the ABU had been considering the possibility of organizing the ABU ASEAN TV Song Festival in Thailand.[10] Historically, ASEAN song contests had been organized in periods between 1981 and 1997, however since 2011 the ASEAN Festival had been organized between local Radio stations such as Bintang Radio ASEAN.

In November 2011, the ABU announced that they would organize their own TV and Radio Song Festivals to take place in Seoul, the South Korean capital, to coincide with the 49th General Assembly in October 2012.[14] The name Asiavision Song Contest was initially mentioned as a possibility, but they were later officially titled ABU Radio Song Festival and ABU TV Song Festival. According to the ABU, the deadline for participation applications for the ABU TV Song Festival was 18 May 2012.[15][16]

Location

Location of the host city in South Korea.

Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest

Gyeonggi province. Almost a quarter of South Koreans live in Seoul, half of South Koreans live in the metropolitan area, along with over 275,000 international residents.[19]

Located on the

National host broadcaster

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) was the host broadcaster for the first edition of the inaugural Radio Song Festivals, which was staged in the KBS Hall. The host broadcaster had offered to cover costs for staging the show as well as the accommodation for the participants of ABU TV Song Festival.[6]

Format

Unlike the format used in the Eurovision Song Contest there were two versions of the ABU Song Contest. The ABU Radio Song Contest and the ABU TV Song Festival which took place between 11 and 17 October 2012 during the 49th ABU General Assembly.[21] The theme for the festivals was: 'Beyond the Wave'. This had been inspired by the digital evolution changes in the global media.[22]

At the preliminary round of the Radio Festival, twenty-six participants from fifteen countries across Asia, Australia and the Pacific performed their entries in front of a jury panel. Thirteen entries representing ten countries qualified for the final show which took place at the KBS Hall on 11 October 2012.[4] An international selection committee voted for their favourites and the top five performers were awarded prizes by a panel of judges.[6]

The international jury members were producer and songwriter Il Sang Yun, singer/songwriter Gwang Jin Kim, Suk Lee on behalf of KBS Radio 2, Singaporean songwriter Billy Koh, and Vijay Sadhu from the ABU.[23]

Participating countries

Twenty-six entries participated in a pre-qualification round, fifteen were selected to proceed to the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival (as shown in the following table). However, Sevanaia Yacalevu the Fijian participant withdrew from the competition on 14 September 2012. Yacalevu would have performed last in the running order with the song "Time for a change".[2] Surendra Perera the Sri Lankan participant also announced a withdrawal, although the reason for this is unknown. So the number of finalists was reduced to thirteen.

An international jury awards prizes to their top five favourites after all participating finalists had performed their entries at the ABU Radio Song Festival. The Grand Prix award was issued to the winner, the Gold Award to second place, the Silver Award to third, the Bronze Award to fourth, and a Special Jury award to fifth place.[24]

Results

Draw[24] Country Artist Song Language Place[4] Award[4]
01  South Korea Afrodino "Pepperoni" (페퍼 로니) Korean 6 -
02  Brunei Maria Aires "Yang Terindah" Malay 3 Silver Award
03  Malaysia K-Town Clan "Party Animal" English 5 Jury Award
04  Vanuatu1 Sammy Ray Jones "Rinet" English 4 Bronze Award
05  Pakistan Bilal Ahmed "Wada" (وعدہ) Urdu 6 -
06  Malaysia Sabhi Sadhi "Waktu" Malay 6 -
07  
Bhutan
Dechen Wangmo "Black as Snow" English, Dzongkha 6 -
08  Iran Man Brothers "Iran" (ایران) Persian 6 -
09  Australia Danielle Blakey "Fearless" English 2 Gold Award
10  Indonesia Rando Sembiring "Menunggu" Indonesian 6 -
11  Singapore
Jae Ang[25]
"Promise Me"[25] English 6 -
12  Vietnam Chu Mạnh Chương "Quê Hương Ơn Bác" Vietnamese 6 -
13  South Korea Bily Acoustie "For a Rest" Korean 1 Grand Prix
1.^ Listed as Vanuatu, although the official website lists the nation as Australia/Vanuatu due to the participating broadcaster ABC Television being of Australian origin.

Did not qualify

  • Of the twenty-six preliminary entries, fifteen were selected to proceed to the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival. The remaining eleven did not qualify (as shown in the following table).[2]
Country Artist Song Language
 
Bhutan
Sonam Tshewang "Nga Num Che" Dzongkha
 Brunei Jazz Hayat "I Stalk Your Profile" Malay, English
 Fiji Luisa Serevi & Losana Masitabua "Help Me To Conserve" English
 India Bimblotica "I'm a Girl" Malayalam, English
 India Mathur Lakshmi Keshava & Group "Vayam Atra Sanjataha Asmakam Punyam" Sanskrit
 Indonesia Dorkas Lea Waroy "Aku Rindu" Indonesian
 Iran Heidar & Shokrollah Sepahvand & Nabi Razazadeh "Tone of Joyful Music of Lorestan" Instrumental
 Iran Mohsen Nafar "Dast Afshan" (دست افشان) Instrumental
 Iran Shayan Bohluli, Amin Alizadeh & Hamed Khodadadi "The First Day of Spring" Persian, English
 Kyrgyzstan Askat Musabekov "Sagynam" (Сагынам) Kyrgyz
 Sudan Abdel Gadir Salim "Bessama"
Arabic

Withdrawn

Country Artist Song Language
 Sri Lanka Surendra Perera "Wahi Pabalu Sali" (වැහි පබළු සැලී) Sinhalese
 Fiji Sevanaia Yacalevu "Time for a Change" English

National jury members

The members of the international jury who awarded prizes to their top five favourites are as follows:[26]

Country Organisation Jury member
 Australia Head of Marketing & Communications Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio Australia Mark Hemetsberger
 China Department of International Relations RTPRC, China Radio International Qi Song
 India Deputy Director of Programme All India Radio K. Vageesh
 Iran Advisor - President of Radio International Affairs and Director of Radio International Festival Islamic Rep. of Iran Broadcasting Behrooz Razavi Nejad
 Malaysia Manager of Traxx FM Radio Television Malaysia Rohani Harithuddin
Deputy Chief Broadcasting Officer Star Group Kudsia Kahar
 Singapore Vice President Malay/Indian and Expat. Programming, Radio Mediacorp Pte. Ltd Zakiah Halim
 South Korea Producer Korean Broadcasting System Choong Eon Lee
Kwan Mo Yoo
In Cheol Hyun
Head Producer Korean Broadcasting System Hyu Cheong Cho
 Sri Lanka Group Director MBC Networks Private Ltd Shanthi Bhagirathan
 Vietnam International Cooperation Department Voice of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Thu

International broadcasts

Each participating country was invited to broadcast both events across their respective networks and provide commentary in the native languages to add insight and description to the shows.[2] The festival was not broadcast live, although each broadcaster had stated that they would broadcast the festival between October - November 2012 with an estimated audience of 2 billion people, twenty times the audience that is reached by the Eurovision Song Contest which reaches an audience of approximately 100 million people.[27]

See also

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