{"id":632043,"date":"2026-06-10T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632043\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:18:10","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7-south-korea-open-call-for-participants-for-eurovision-asia-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632043\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 South Korea: Open Call for Participants for Eurovision Asia 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The search is on for South Korea\u2019s debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia this November in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENA has made an open call for singers and songs to participate in the Korean national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia. Applications for the contest open at 12:00 KST on June 1 and will remain open until 11:59 KST on June 30. Anyone with Korean nationality can apply to take part with an original song, with the normal rules of the Eurovision Song Contest applying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea is expected to select its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 on September 4. The exact details of how the selection process will work has not yet been announced by ENA. <\/p>\n<p>Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Eurovision Asia Song Contest will be held on November 14 in Bangkok, Thailand. Like the Eurovision Song Contest, each country\u2019s participation is organised by a participating broadcaster. Each participating broadcaster is expected to select its entry through holding a national final in their country. The format of the national selections will be revealed in the coming months, with some countries opting to hold multi-week selections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules of the contest will match those of the Eurovision Song Contest, meaning that a song must not exceed 3 minutes in length and no more than 6 people can be on stage. The winner will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countries and broadcasters confirmed to date as taking to the stage in Bangkok are:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9 Bangladesh \u2013 NTV<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9 Bhutan \u2013 Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\udded Cambodia \u2013 TV5 Cambodia<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde6 Laos \u2013 Vientiane Capital Television (VTE9)<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe Malaysia \u2013 Media Prima (TV3)<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5 Nepal \u2013 Himalaya TV<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Philippines \u2013 ABS-CBN<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 South Korea \u2013 ENA (SK Telecom \/ KT Group)<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand \u2013 Channel 3<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddf3 Vietnam \u2013 Vietnam Television (VTV 3)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ena_entertain\/p\/DZZacMwk9Z7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ENA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The search is on for South Korea\u2019s debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia this November in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-632043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}