Sanjeevani Bhelande to represent India in the ATSF 2015

A week ago, Doordarshan, the national indian broadcaster, decided to change its performer for their debut at the ABU TV Song Festival 2015. Finally the well known playback singer Sanjeevani Bhelande will be the first indian representative in the event.

Thailand: Lamyong Nonghinhow presents her song.

Lamyong Nonghinhow, the Luk Thung singer who has been selected by the Thai National Broadcaster to represent Thailand in the ABU TV Song Festival, has presented her ATSF'15 entry, entitled: "Jeep ow si ka" (จีบเอาสิคะ) in a live performance in Bangkok.

ATSF could turn into a competition in 2016.

According to the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union and the chinese private TV network, Hunan TV, both entities are negotiating to create a pan asian song competition. The name of the resulting event would be ABU Cup TV Song Contest.

14 countries to participate.

The line-up for the fourth editon of the ABU TV Song Festival has been announced. Finally 15 countries will participate in the show that will take place in Istanbul, the turkish capital city.

Russia won't debut in the ABU TV Song Festival.

AIST (Alternative Irkutsk Studio of TV) of Russia, which is one of the elegible russian broadcasters to participate in the ABU TV Song Festival, has confirmed that they will not send an entry to Istanbul.

Dimash Kudaibergen goes international

Dimash Kudabibergen, the singer who will represent Kazakhstan in the ABU TV Song Festival 2015, has gained international media attention after winning the Slavic Bazaar festival, a song competition that is anually celebrated in Belarus.

Lê Việt Anh Releases a new song

Lê Việt Anh, the very first vietnamese entrant in the ABU TV Song Festival, has released a new song. The song which is a duet with the famous singer Ái Phương, is called “Trong Giấc Mơ Đêm Qua”, which is translated as "During the last night's dream".