{"id":746837,"date":"2026-08-23T04:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746837\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:28:12","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7-south-korea-koreas-next-wave-entries-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746837\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 South Korea: Korea&#8217;s Next Wave Entries Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENA has released the entries that will compete in Korea\u2019s Next Wave, the South Korean selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After releasing teasers, the entries for Korea\u2019s Next Wave have been released in full. The competing entries are:<\/p>\n<p>9278 \u2013 \u201cMAKEITLOUD (SHEBARKS)\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Angel Noise \u2013 \u201c(NAN NAYA!)\u201c<\/p>\n<p>huiAe \u2013 \u201cIf I Knew Love\u201c<\/p>\n<p>JUNHEE \u2013 \u201cDeep Dive\u201c<\/p>\n<p>KIK \u2013 \u201cF1\u201c<\/p>\n<p>PLZY \u2013 \u201ctoc\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Sojeong Shim \u2013 \u201cEHERADIYA\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Younghoon Ji \u2013 \u201cTiny Signal\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can listen to the entries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPbpYJoI6JRU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPbpYJoI6JRU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Korea\u2019s Next Wave will be held on September 4. The winner will represent South Korea in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Eurovision Song Contest Asia<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Eurovision Song Contest Asia 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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: NTV<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9 Bhutan: Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) \u2013 Nyendra \u2013 \u201cLhayi Semo\u201d (The Angel)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\udded Cambodia: TV5 Cambodia<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde6 Laos: Vientiane Capital Television (VTE9)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe Malaysia: Media Prima (TV3) \u2013 Aina Abdul<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf3 Mongolia: MNC<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5 Nepal: Himalaya TV<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Philippines: ABS-CBN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 South Korea: ENA (SK Telecom \/ KT Group)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand: Channel 3<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddf3 Vietnam: Vietnam Television (VTV 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ENA has released the entries that will compete in Korea\u2019s Next Wave, the South Korean selection for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-746837","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\/746837","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=746837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}