The 2020 ABU TV Song Festival will be held on December 14, with the show set to be livestreamed globally.
On December 14 the 2020 ABU TV Song Festival will take place as part of this years ABU General Assembly. As previously announced this years event will be held online only for the first time due to COVID-19. The show will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook and will last for an hour from 06:00 GMT to 07:00 GMT.
The ABU TV Song Festival was held for the first time in 2012 and is a non-competitive showcase from across the Asia-Pacific region. The following nations have taken part in the event:
- Afghanistan (2012 to 2013, 2015 to date)
- Australia (2012 to 2014, 2019)
- Benin (2018)
- Brunei (2013 to 2014)
- China (2012 to 2014, 2016 to 2017, 2019)
- Hong Kong (2012 to date)
- India (2015, 2017 to date)
- Indonesia (2012 to date)
- Iran (2013)
- Japan (2012 to date)
- Kazakhstan (2015 to date)
- Kyrgyzstan (2013, 2018)
- Macau (2014 to date)
- Malaysia (2012 to 2013, 2015, 2017 to 2018)
- Maldives (2014 to date)
- Russia (2018)
- Singapore (2012 to 2013)
- South Korea (2012 to date)
- Sri Lanka (2012 to 2013, 2016)
- Thailand (2013 to 2014)
- Tunisia (2016
- Turkey (2014 to 2015, 2018 to date)
- Turkmenistan (2017 & 2018)
- Uzbekistan (2018)
- Vietnam (2012 to date)
- Zambia (2017)
Image Source: Kazakh TV / Source: ABU