ABU TV Song Festival 2012
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation
01 Singapore Malay Taufik Batisah Usah Lepaskan Do n't Let Go
02 Australia English Havana Brown We Run the Night -
03 Sri Lanka Sinhalese Arjuna Rookantha & Shanika Madhumali Me Jeewithe ( මේජීවිතේ ) This Life
04 Malaysia Malay Hafiz Awan Nano Nano-Clouds
05 Vietnam Vietnamese Lê Việt Anh Mây Cloud
06 Japan Japanese , English Perfume Spring of Life -
07 Hong Kong Cantonese Alfred Hui ( 許廷鏗 ) Ma Ngai The Ant
08 Indonesia Indonesian Maria Calista Karena Ku Sanggup Because I Can
09 China Mandarin Cao Fujia ( 曹芙嘉 ) Qian gua ( 牵挂 ) Do n't Worry
10 Afghanistan Persian Hameed Sakhizada ( حمید سخی زاده ) Folk Music ( Malestani ) My Eye
11 South Korea Korean , English TVXQ ( 동방신기 ) Catch Me -
Participating countries
Further information : ABU TV Song Festival § Participation Eleven entries participated in the final of the ABU TV Song Festival ( as shown in the table below ) . [ 3 ] Mongolia had initially selected Naran with the song `` Nudnii shil ( Shades ) '' , but subsequently withdrew their participation on 14 September 2012 . [ 3 ]
The ABU TV Song Festival 2012 was the first annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals. The festival, which was non-competitive, took place in the KBS Concert Hall, located in the South Korean capital of Seoul and coincided with the 49th general assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Eleven countries confirmed their participation in the first edition of the competition. The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) had previously run international contests, inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest, for their members during 1985 - 1987. The European Broadcasting Union had proposed a partnership with the ABU in 2008 to establish the Asiavision Song Contest, however these talks never produced any results. The ABU announced in 2011 that they would organise their own ABU Radio and TV Song Festivals. The format used was different from that of the Eurovision Song Contest, as there were two festivals that took place. The ABU TV Song Festival was a non-competitive musical gala orientated, while the Radio Song Festival was the competitive. The festival was not aired live by any of the competing broadcasters, but was scheduled to be broadcast between October and November 2012.