Iran in the ABU Radio Song Festival

Iran

Member station	Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting / Soroush Multimedia Corp.
Appearances
Appearances	2 (3 entries)
First appearance	2012
Best result	6th: 2012
Worst result	DNQ: 2012, 2014

Iran have participated in the ABU Radio Song Festival twice. The Iranian broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, has been the organiser of the Iranian entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.^[1]^[2]

History

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is one of the founder members in the ABU Radio Song Festivals, having participated in the very first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012.^[2]

Contestants

Table key

Grand Prix

Gold Award

Silver Award

Bronze Award

Jury Award

Year	Artist	Language	Title	English translation	Place	Award
2012	Man Brothers^[3]	Persian	"Iran (ایران)"	–	6	–
	Heidar & Shokrollah Sepahvand & Nabi Razazadeh	Instrumental	"Tone of Joyful Music of Lorestan"	–	Failed to qualify
	Mohsen Nafar	Instrumental	"Dast Afshan (دست افشان)"	Dancing	Failed to qualify
	Shayan Bohluli, Amin Alizadeh & Hamed Khodadadi	Persian, English	"The First Day of Spring"	–	Failed to qualify
2014	Moghtada Gharbavi	Persian	"Bezar Asheget Bemoonam (Let me remain your lover)"	Let's stay in love with you	–	–
	Peyman Talebi	English	"Wave of the Infinity"	–	–	–
	Heshmatollah Rajabzadeh	Luri	"Larzan (Trembling)"	Trembling	Failed to qualify
	Mohammad Saveh	Persian	"Fountain of the Sun"	–	Failed to qualify
2015	Did not participate

References

↑ "ABU Radio Song Festival website showcases a strong field of entries". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Mikheev, Andy (4 October 2012). "ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 Participants". ESCKaz. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ ABU (12 October 2012). "Billy Acoustie awarded the Grand Prix in the inaugural ABU Radio Song Festival". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

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Countries

Active	Brunei India Indonesia Iran Malaysia Myanmar Pakistan Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand

Inactive	Australia Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Sudan Vanuatu Vietnam

Eligible	Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bangladesh Cambodia China Egypt Fiji Hong Kong Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Laos Macau Maldives Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Norfolk Island North Korea Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Samoa Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Contests

2012 2014 2015

Cities & Venues

2010s	KBS Hall, Seoul Stein Studios, Colombo TBA, Myanmar

Portal
Project

ABU Radio Song Festival 2012

Countries

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	South Korea Pakistan South Korea Vietnam Australia Bhutan Singapore Malaysia Brunei Iran Indonesia Malaysia Vanuatu (Australia)

Pre-selection (in alphabetical order)	Bhutan Brunei Fiji India Indonesia Iran Kyrgyzstan Sudan

Withdrawn	Fiji Sri Lanka

Artists

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Afrodino Bilal Ahmed Bily Acoustie Văn Chương Danielle Blakey Dechen Wangmo Jae Ang K-Town Clan Maria Aires Man Brothers Rando Sembiring Sabhi Sadhi Sammy Ray Jones

Pre-selection (in alphabetical order)	Abdel Gadir Salim Askat Musabekov Bimblotica Dorkas Lea Waroy Heidar, Shokrollah, Sepahvand & N. Razazadeh Jazz Hayat Luisa Serevi Mathur Lakshmi Keshava & Group Mohsen Nafar Shayan Bohluli, Amin Alizadeh & Hamed Khodadadi Sonam Tshewang

Withdrawn	Sevanaia Yacalevu Surendra Perera

Songs

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	"Pepperoni" "Wada" "For a Rest" "Quê Hương Ơn Bác" "Fearless" "Black as Snow" "Promise me" "Party Animal" "The sweetest story" "Iran" "Menunggu" "Waktu" "Rinet"

Pre-selection (in alphabetical order)	"Aku rindu" "Bessama" "Dast Afshan" "Help me to conserve" "I stalk your profile" "I'm a girl" "Nga num che" "Sagynam" "The first day of spring" "Tone of joyful music of Lorestan" "Vayam Atra Sanjataha Asmakam Punyam"

Withdrawn	"Time for a change" "Wehi pabalu salee"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

ABU Radio Song Festival 2014

Countries

Finalists (in performance order)	Malaysia Pakistan Iran Thailand Brunei Singapore India Iran Australia Sri Lanka (host) South Korea Sri Lanka (host)

Artists

Finalists (in performance order)	Mohd Rizal Ahmad Marryum Hussain Moghtada Gharbavi PRD Band Neff Aslee Nur Hasanah Zakaria Mangka Mayanglambam Peyman Talebi Iluka Shehara Liyanage Seokwan Ryu Super Stars

Songs

Finalists (in performance order)	"Di Sudut Kamar Hatiku" "The soft song of peace" "Bezar Asheget Bemoonam" "Kwam Smakki" "Juliet" "Boneka Ku Hilang" "Tamla Loibi Napom" "Wave of the infinity" "12 July" "Something about You & I" "A regular" "Boot song"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Iran in the ABU Radio Song Festival

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