User:Moroodol/ABU TV Song Contest 2018

The ABU TV Song Contest 2018 will be the first edition of the ABU TV Song Contest. The contest is planned to take place in Qingdao, China. Unlike the ABU TV Song Festival, which has been hosted by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union since 2012, this contest will be competitive, comparable to the Eurovision Song Contest.

History
The ABU TV Song Contest was first discussed in 2015 by the ABU, with the first contest having been planned to be held in 2017, which however did not take place that year. In August 2018, it was announced that the ABU has been in discussion with the Chinese national broadcaster CCTV to host the first edition. The host city would be Qingdao. In the ABU's newsletter for Q3 2018, it has been revealed that further discussions about launching the ABU TV Song Contest are planned for 4 October 2018.

Provisional list of participating countries
So far, only the host country China can be confirmed as a participating country.

Countries eligible to participate
It has been stated by Eurovoix World that the following countries would be eligible to participate in the ABU TV Song Contest:


 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan
 * 🇦🇿 azerbaijan
 * 🇦🇺 australia
 * 🇧🇩 bangladesh
 * 🇧🇹 bhutan
 * undefined
 * 🇰🇭 cambodia
 * 🇪🇬 egypt
 * 🇫🇯 fiji
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong
 * 🇮🇳 india
 * 🇮🇩 indonesia
 * 🇮🇷 iran
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇯🇴 jordan
 * 🇰🇿 kazakhstan
 * 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan
 * undefined
 * undefined
 * 🇲🇾 malaysia
 * 🇲🇻 maldives
 * 🇲🇳 mongolia
 * 🇲🇲 myanmar
 * 🇳🇷 nauru
 * 🇳🇵 nepal
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand
 * 🇵🇰 pakistan
 * 🇵🇬 papua new guinea
 * 🇵🇭 philippines
 * 🇶🇦 qatar
 * 🇼🇸 samoa
 * 🇸🇦 saudi arabia
 * 🇸🇧 solomon islands
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 🇸🇬 singapore
 * 🇱🇰 sri lanka
 * 🇹🇭 thailand
 * undefined
 * 🇹🇴 tonga
 * 🇹🇷 turkey
 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan
 * 🇻🇺 vanuatu
 * undefined