The first ever Eurovision Song Contest Asia – who’s competing?published at 12:44 GMT
12:44 GMT
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The first edition of Eurovision Song Contest Asia will see entries from 11 nations competing for the top spot.
They are: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Each of these hosted its own national selection TV show to chose its song for the inaugural contest.
Some notable emissions from this year’s contest include Asia’s three richest nations, China, India and Japan.
For China and Japan at least, negotiations for both to compete ran past the production deadline for this year’s contest, the show’s executive producer Assaf Blecher told the Guardian last week.
However, Blecher added that he is “very, very optimistic” that both will take part in next year’s contest.