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ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
ABU Radio Song Festival 2016
Dates
Final	26 April 2016
Host
Venue	China National Radio Auditorium, Beijing, China
Host broadcaster	China National Radio (CNR)
Participants
Number of entries	14 songs from 13 countries (to date)
Debuting countries	China; Macau; Nepal; Romania; Turkmenistan;
Non-returning countries	Brunei;
	Participation map Participating countries Countries that participated in the past but not in 2016;
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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 29 September 2024, 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 Brunei have withdrawn from the festival stating that they had not received an invitation to participate from the broadcasting union.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 took place alongside the Radio Asia 2016 event took place in April 2016.

Host broadcaster

China National Radio (CNR), will be the host broadcaster for the festival on 26 April 2016.^[1]

Participating Countries

A total of fourteen countries took part in this years festival. Host country China made their début in this years festival along with Macau, Nepal, Romania and Turkmenistan. Brunei withdrew from the contest.

The following entries had been selected by the ABU to participate in the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival 2016.

Country^[2]	Language	Artist^[3]	Song^[3]	English Translation
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"	—
India	English	Thokchom Lansana Chanu	"Creation"	—
Indonesia	Indonesian	Novri Batteny	"Diantara Kita"	Between us
Macau	Cantonese	Josie Ho	"Who Am I"	—
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"	—

Did Not Qualify

Of the seventeen preliminary entries, fourteen were selected to proceed to the final of the ABU Radio Song Festival. The remaining three did not qualify (as shown in the following table)

Country ^[2]	Language	Artist	Song	English Translation
India	English	Vince Costa	"Home Before Christmas"	—
Indonesia	Indonesian	Debora Febricia Romauli	"Mati Rasa"	Numb
Maldives	Maldivian	Abdulla Ziyau	"Eid Ufaa"	—

Other countries

Brunei - Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB) announced on 20 February 2016 that they have not been invited to the festival, making their participation unlikely.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "China: Beijing To Host The 4th ABU Radio Song Festival". eurovoix-world. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival'16: 14 Songs Selected To Participate". Eurovoix-World.com. Eurovoix World. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference ABURSF16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Granger, Anthony. "Brunei: ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 Participation Unlikely". Eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

Official website of ABU Radio Song Festival

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[Radio2016-1] "China: Beijing To Host The 4th ABU Radio Song Festival". eurovoix-world. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

[Participants-2] Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival'16: 14 Songs Selected To Participate". Eurovoix-World.com. Eurovoix World. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[ABURSF16-3] Cite error: The named reference ABURSF16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Granger, Anthony. "Brunei: ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 Participation Unlikely". Eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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