Asia Pacific Eurovision
The organization behind eurovision song contest is launching eurovision asia where countries from the asia pacific region can compete in their own version of eurovision song contest.
Asia pacific eurovision. The contest is hosted on the account asiapacificontest by mark tasos and juan who form the apsc team. The asia pacific broadcasting union abu had already run an international song contest for its members inspired by the eurovision song contest in 1985 1987 called the abu popular song contest with 14 countries of the asia pacific region competing. Then the countries get to vote for the grand final to determine the. Eurovision asia is taking televised music competition to another level.
The format is currently in development and according to eurovisionasia tv the eurovision asia contest will have up to 20 countries competing in one grand final. However shortly after launch the competition was forced to change name. Get ready to turn up the volume. Our sound the asia pacific song contest.
Building on the global popularity of the eurovision song contest eurovision asia will be the region s boldest music show yet offering artists in the asia pacific region a vast platform on which to show off their talent. In september 2008 it was announced by the european broadcasting union that the rights to the format for an asian version of the eurovision song contest had been sold a private company. The contest was to be called the asiavision song contest with 15 countries competing. Each country s head of delegation gets to select an entry for each edition either by internal or national selection.
In march 2016 the ebu first confirmed that sbs the eurovision broadcaster for australia had signed a deal with the european broadcasting union to develop and establish a song contest much like eurovision but for the asia pacific region.