India in the ABU Radio Song Festival
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| Participating broadcaster | All India Radio |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 5 (10 entries) |
| First appearance | 2012 |
| Last appearance | 2018 |
India have participated in the ABU Radio Song Festival five times. The Indian broadcaster, All India Radio, has been the organiser of the Indian entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.
History
[edit]2012
[edit]All India Radio is one of the founder members in the ABU Radio Song Festivals, having participated in the very first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012. India submitted two songs for the first festival in Seoul, South Korea, these were Bimblotica with "I'm Girl" and Mathur Lakshmi Keshava & Group with "Vayam Atra Sanjataha Asmakam Punyam". Neither of the two submissions from India were selected to participate in the 15 song final.
2014
[edit]In 2014 All India Radio submitted two songs to participate in the festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Both songs were revealed on 18 March 2014, the submissions were Abhijith Kishen with "Be The Change" and Mangka Mayanglambam with "Tamla Loibi Napom".[1] Mangka Mayanglambam was selected to perform in the televised show the first Indian entrant to achieve this, Abhijith was however not selected to perform in Sri Lanka.[2]
2015
[edit]India participated in the ABU Radio Song Festival for a third time in 2015. Two songs were submitted to represent the country in India, Padavi Deshmukh with "Voice of Women" and Peepal Tree with "Nayi Khushi".[3] Peepal Tree were selected to represent India in Yangon, Myanmar along with 13 other songs from across the Asia Pacific Region.[4]
Participation overview
[edit]- Table key
| Year | Entrant | Language | Song | English translation | Place | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bimblotica | Malayalam, English | "I'm a Girl" | – | Failed to qualify | |
| Mathur Lakshmi Keshava & Group | Sanskrit | "Vayam Atra Sanjataha Asmakam Punyam" | – | Failed to qualify | ||
| 2014 | Mangka Mayanglambam | Meithei | "Tamla Loibi Napom" | - | No awards issued | |
| Abhijith Kishen | English | "Be The Change" | – | Failed to qualify | ||
| 2015 | Peepal Tree | Hindi | "Nayi Khushi" | New Happiness | No awards issued | |
| Padavi Deshmukh | English | "Voice of Women" | – | Failed to qualify | ||
| 2016 | Thokchom Lansana Chanu[5] | English | "Creation" | – | No awards issued | |
| Vince Costa[6] | English | "Home Before Christmas" | – | Failed to qualify | ||
| 2018 | Akashlina Amin | Hindi | "Jhumur" | – | No awards issued | |
| Siddhartha BelMannu | Hindi | "Anireekshita" | – | No awards issued | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival 2014: The Songs Are Presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival: 12 Finalists Announced". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "ARSF'15: Maldives Debut & First Songs Revealed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "ARSF'15: 14 Songs Selected For The ABU Radio Song Festival". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "ABU Radio Song Festival 2016". abu.org.my. Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival'16: 14 Songs Selected To Participate". Eurovoix-World.com. Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.