{"id":94776,"date":"2025-08-26T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/94776\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:44:10","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a7%f0%9f%87%b9-bhutan-bbs-to-participate-in-the-abu-tv-song-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/94776\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9 Bhutan: BBS to Participate in the ABU TV Song Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bhutan is set to make its debut appearance in the ABU TV Song Festival at the event in Mongolia next month.<\/p>\n<p>BBS has confirmed its participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovoix-world.com\/category\/abu-tv-song-festival\/abu-tv-song-festival-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABU TV Song Festival 2025<\/a>, which will be held on September 12 at the ASA Arena in Ulaanbaatar. The ABU TV Song Festival was held for the first time in 2012 and is a non-competitive showcase from across the Asia-Pacific region. Each participating broadcaster chooses acts to showcase their nation, with a mix of genres and languages to feature in tonight\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>The Bhutanese representative will be represented by the artist who finishes in second place in Druk Dra, the Bhutanese selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia. This will be the first time that Bhutan has participated in the ABU TV Song Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Bhutan previously participated in the ABU Radio Song Festival in 2012, when the show was a competitive event. Two entries were submitted from Bhutan, one from BBS and another from Centennial Radio. The entries were:<\/p>\n<p>2012 \u2013 Dechen Wangmo \u2013 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iTSUUnMwamk&amp;pp=ygUfRGVjaGVuIFdhbmdtbyAtICJCbGFjayBhcyBTbm93Ig%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black as Snow<\/a>\u201c<br \/>\n2012 \u2013 Sonam Tshewang \u2013 \u201cNga Num Che\u201d \u2013 Did not qualify<\/p>\n<p>Five countries that are expected to participate in the ABU TV Song Festival 2025 are:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9 Bhutan \u2013 BBS<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/svg\/1f1f2-1f1f4.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf4\"\/>\u00a0Macau \u2013 TDM<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/svg\/1f1f2-1f1f3.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf3\"\/>\u00a0Mongolia \u2013 MNB \u2013 Host broadcaster<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/svg\/1f1f9-1f1f7.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7\"\/>\u00a0Turkey \u2013 TRT<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/svg\/1f1fb-1f1f3.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddf3\"\/>\u00a0Vietnam \u2013 VTV<\/p>\n<p>Image Source: ABU | Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hORTV-GtoRo&amp;ab_channel=BBSPROGRAMME\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" 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