{"id":633684,"date":"2026-10-17T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633684\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:00:12","slug":"monetrey-will-represent-cambodia-at-eurovision-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633684\/","title":{"rendered":"Monetrey will represent Cambodia at Eurovision Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"cmxwq\">The singer has won the inaugural edition of Cambodia&#8217;s Finest Voice with his song I Let You Go<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1nj1t\">Our lineup for Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 is complete!<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cgb5g\">On Saturday 17 October Cambodia became the final country to select its song for Eurovision Asia. Viewers around the world tuned in to Cambodia&#8217;s Finest Voice, the National Selection Show in which seven artists competed for the right to represent their country at the first-ever Eurovision Song Contest Asia.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3e2ts\">Monetrey won the trophy in Cambodia after an atmospheric performance of his ballad I Let You Go.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eokk4\">Victory was awarded to Monetrey via scores that came from three sources. A professional jury contributed 40% of the points, while viewers voting at home in Cambodia were responsible for an additional 40%. The remaining 20% of the scores came from a Rest of the World vote.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bk4fk\">Accompanying Monetrey in the Top 3 at the end of the show were Koserrr with her song Goddess and Nov Dana with Smoke on the Mekong.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4eu5l\">If you missed the live broadcast, you can catch up on the show via the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, where all National Selection Shows for Eurovision Asia are available to watch on catch up.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Monetrey<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3raoq\">Monetrey is a Cambodian singer and rising figure of the country\u2019s new generation of pop artists. Blending contemporary pop with emotional melodies and a distinctly Cambodian identity, he represents a young generation of artists redefining the sound and image of Khmer music.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"monetrey_i_let_you_go\" height=\"1306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/471ac6690aa920c0c58fc832c7a7b6d7-width=1600.jpg\" width=\"1600\"\/>Monetrey gave a winning performance of &#8216;I Let You Go&#8217;<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cooed\">Known for his strong visual universe and storytelling-driven approach, Monetrey sees music as more than just a song, each release is built as a complete creative experience, combining music, cinema, fashion and youth culture.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"49k2f\">With a rapidly growing audience across Cambodia and millions of views across digital platforms, he has established a strong connection with Gen Z listeners while continuing to develop a more ambitious and internationally minded artistic direction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"851829027_18497155651098879_7325250947777502073_n\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7df084baea00f895751dd66310085a28-width=1600.jpg\" width=\"1600\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer has won the inaugural edition of Cambodia&#8217;s Finest Voice with his song I Let You Go&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-633684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}