South Korea in the ABU TV Song Festival

South Korea

Member station	Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Appearances
Appearances	3
First appearance	2012

South Korea have participated in the ABU TV Song Festival twice. The South Korean broadcaster, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), has been the organiser of the South Korean entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.^[1]

History

KBS is one of the founder members in the ABU TV Song Festivals, having participated in the very first ABU TV Song Festival 2012.^[1]

Year	Artist	Language	Title	English translation
2012	TVXQ (동방신기)	Korean, English	"Catch Me	–
2013	Sistar^[2]	Korean, English	"Give It to Me"	–
2014	Girl's Day	Korean	"Seomssing" (썸씽)	Something

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2012	Seoul	KBS Concert Hall	Han Seok Joon & Jamaica dela Cruz

↑ 1.0 1.1 Hamzah, Hanizah. "ABU TV Song Festival". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
↑ "ABU TV Song Festival - South Korea". Performer's profile. abuhanoi2013.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

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Countries

Active	Australia Brunei China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Macau Maldives South Korea Thailand Turkey Vietnam

Inactive	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Singapore Sri Lanka

Eligible	Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Egypt Fiji Jordan Kiribati Laos Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Norfolk Island North Korea Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Samoa Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Sudan Timor-Leste Tonga Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Contests

2012 2013 2014 2015

2010s	KBS Hall, Seoul Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi Sands Theatre, Macau TBC, Istanbul

Countries

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Singapore Australia Sri Lanka Vietnam Malaysia Japan Hong Kong Indonesia China Afghanistan South Korea

Withdrawn	Mongolia

Artists

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Taufik Batisah Havana Brown Arjuna Rookantha & Shanika Madhumali Lê Việt Anh Hafiz Perfume Alfred Hui Maria Calista Caofujia Hameed Sakhizada TVXQ

Withdrawn	Girls' Generation Naran

Songs

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Usah Lepaskan We Run the Night Me Jeewithe Mây Awan Nano Spring of Life Ma Yi Karena Ku Sanggup Home in my Heart (Qian gua) Love (Folk music) Catch Me

Withdrawn	Nudnii shil (Shades)

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Countries

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	01 China 02 South Korea 03 Singapore 04 Japan 05 Malaysia 06 Iran 07 Hong Kong 08 Indonesia 09 Kyrgyzstan 10 Sri Lanka 11 Australia 12 Vietnam (host) 13 Brunei 14 Thailand 15 Afghanistan

Artists

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	01 Zheng Qi Dou Yan feat. Splendid7 02 Sistar 03 Shabir 04 May'n 05 Alyah 06 Mohsen Mirzadeh 07 Mag Lam 08 Putri & Shella 09 Tola Tursunaliev 10 Sarith & Surith 11 Justice Crew 12 The Pentatonic / Văn Mai Hương 13 Qeez Idrus 14 Kandy 15 Shahzad Adeel

Songs

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	01 "Love Will Keep Us Together" 02 "Give It to Me" 03 "Maybe" 04 "ViViD" 05 "Kisah hati" 06 "Arman" 07 "Shi Jian" 08 "Mimpiku" 09 "The Power of Love" 10 "Friends" 11 "Boom Boom" and "Everybody" (mashup) 12 "Cao nguyên đá" / "Là anh đó" 13 "Salahkah Aku" 14 "The Dancing Arts of Thai Boxing" 15 "Ma Ba Tu'em"

Countries

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Australia Brunei China Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Macau (host) Maldives South Korea Thailand Turkey Vietnam

Artists

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Blademark Dami Im Frederick Cheng Girl's Day Jetrin Wattanasin MaNga Md Hawzan Bin Hj Mooshan Ngọc Anh Sekai no Owari Tere Cia Zhou Bibi

Songs

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	"7th Heaven" "Awg Madial" "Dimana Hatimu" "Dragon Night" "Fazla Aşkı Olan Var Mı?" "Heartcore" "I Miss U Missing Me" "Living Dangerously" "Rannamaari" "Seomssing" "Xióngmao" "Xuân vẫn sang diệu kì"