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The first Asian Eurovision Song Contest has been confirmed, and nan agleam lights and steamy surroundings of Thailand’s superior Bangkok will host.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and live-events shaper Voxovation person teamed pinch S2O Productions and Thailand’s Channel 3 connected nan long-anticipated Eurovision Song Contest Asia, which will person its expansive last connected Saturday, November 14.
Broadcasters from 10 countries (see database below) are confirmed to return part, featuring artists and songs from South Korea, Thailand, nan Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. More countries are expected to join.
International versions of nan Eurovision Song Contest has go a privilege for nan EBU complete caller years, pinch nan organization’s head Martin Green past twelvemonth outlining nan ambitions successful an question and reply pinch Deadline’s Stewart Clarke. This is contempt nan European type becoming a lightning rod for governmental tensions, pinch respective countries planning to boycott nan 70th version successful May complete Israel’s inclusion.
Today, Green said: “As we people nan 70th day of nan Eurovision Song Contest, it feels particularly meaningful to unfastened this adjacent section pinch Asia, a region rich | successful culture, productivity and talent.
“This is astir evolving Eurovision together pinch Asia, building thing that reflects nan voices, identities and ambitions of nan region, while staying existent to what has ever made nan Contest special. Eurovision Song Contest Asia will beryllium shaped by nan artists, broadcasters and audiences who make it their own, continuing our shared travel of being United by Music.”
Peter Settman, CEO and co-founder of Voxovation, added: “From time one, our ambition has been to build nan Eurovision Song Contest Asia together pinch nan region’s champion imaginative talent, creating a show that genuinely reflects Asia’s personality and imaginative energy.
The action is simply a boon for Bangkok, which is lodging shoots for nan likes of Oliver Stone’s upcoming pic White Lies and the Sylvester Stallone-produced John Rambo. It was besides nan shooting location for FX’s Alien: Earth.
“When I heard that nan European Broadcasting Union and Voxovation were considering Bangkok arsenic nan location for nan Eurovision Song Contest Asia, I thought, of course, it should beryllium Bangkok, because this metropolis has ever been a spot wherever cultures travel together, wherever euphony fills nan air, and wherever ceremony is portion of mundane life,” said Chuwit Sirivajjakul, Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning, astatine nan Thailand Tourism Authority.
The Eurovision Song Contest Asia’s exclusive societal partner is Zoop, which will present a instrumentality information level that gives consumers nan chance to prosecute pinch artists, subordinate communities and beryllium recognised and rewarded for their efforts.
The confirmed participating broadcasters are Thailand’s Channel 3, South Korea — Produced by PK Inc, Malaysia’s Media Prima (TV3), Philippines’ ABS-CBN, Vietnam’s Vietnam Television (VTV3), Cambodia’s TV5, Laos’s Vientiane Capital Television (VTE9), Bangladesh’s NTV, Bhutan’s Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) and Nepal’s Himalaya TV.
