| ABU TV Song Festival 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | 19 November 2019 |
| Host | |
| Venue | NHK Hall, Tokyo |
| Presenter(s) | Shingo Murakami [1] Yuki Sugiura |
| Host broadcaster | Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries |
|
| Returning countries |  Australia  China |
| Non-returning countries |  Afghanistan  Benin  Kyrgyzstan  Maldives  Russia  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan |
The ABU TV Song Festival 2019 was the eighth annual edition of the ABU TV Song Festivals.
The event, which is non-competitive, took place in Tokyo, coinciding with the 56th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). [2]
A total of eleven countries took part in the ABU TV Song Festival 2019. Australia returned to the event after five year absence. [3] Apart from the participating songs, the show also included special performances from Joe Hisaishi [4] and Foorin. [5]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vietnam | Hoàng Thùy Linh | "Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe" | Vietnamese |
| 2 | Australia | Dan Sultan | "Cul-de-sac" | English |
| 3 |  Macau | Adelino da Silva | "Leave Again" | Chinese, English |
| 4 |  Japan | Hey! Say! JUMP | "Fanfare" "Come On A My House" "Ue o Muite Arukō" | Japanese, English |
| 5 |  Indonesia | Hanin Dhiya | "Berkawan Dengan Rindu" | Indonesian |
| 6 |  Hong Kong | Kay Tse | "Reposing Beside You" (只想死於你身邊) | Cantonese |
| 7 |  Turkey | Mustafa Sandal | "Aya Benzer" | Turkish |
| 8 |  South Korea | TWICE | "Feel Special" | Korean |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan | Dimash Kudaibergen | "S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse" | French |
| 10 |  India | A. R. Rahman | "Mausam & Escape" "Jai Ho" | Hindi |
| 11 | China | Na Ying | "Silence" (默) | Chinese |
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