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Participating broadcasterAriana Television Network (ATN)
Former members
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2012
Last appearance2018

The participation of Afghanistan in the ABU TV Song Festival has occurred six times since the inaugural ABU TV Song Festival began in 2012. Since their début in 2012, the Afghan entry has been organised by the national broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA). In 2014, Afghanistan withdrew from the festival. Ariana Television Network (ATN) took over from organising the nation's entry since the announcement of their return to the ABU TV Song Festival 2015. In 2019, Afghanistan withdrew from the festival.

History

RTA was one of the founder members at the inaugural ABU TV Song Festivals, and have participated twice since their début in 2012.[1] Hameed Sakhizada represented Afghanistan in 2012, with the song "Folk Music (Malestani)", performed in Persian.[1] Afghanistan took part again in 2013 with the song "Ma Ba Tu'em (Sobh E Abadi)", performed by Shahzad Adeel.[2]

At the ABU TV Song Festival 2014, Afghanistan was not present on the final participation list that was published, with the reasons for withdrawal never being made public.[3] On 19 August 2015 it was announced that Afghanistan would return to the ABU TV Song Festival 2015, with a change of broadcaster, Ariana Television Network (ATN), being in charge of organising the Afghan entry.[4] On 13 September 2015 it was announced that Mozhdah would be representing Afghanistan with the song "Hamsafar",[5] on 20 September it was announced that Mozhdah would change her song.[6] On 23 September it was announced that her new song would be "Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma".[7]

Participation overview

Year Entrant Song Language
2012 Hameed Sakhizada "Folk Music" (Malestani) Persian1
2013 Shahzad Adeel "Ma Ba Tu'em (Sobh E Abadi)" (ما به تو ایم) Dari
2015 Mozhdah "Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma" Persian
2016 Seeta Qasemie "Melody Of Love" English, Afghan Pashto
2017 Ghulam Mahiuddin Farukh "Qarsak" Arabic
2018 Negar Mandegar "Delbar" Persian

Notes

1.^ Specifically Hazaragi, a Persian dialect spoken in Hazarajat, in central Afghanistan.

References

  1. ^ a b Hamzah, Hanizah. "ABU TV Song Festival". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival - Afghanistan". Performer's profile. abuhanoi2013.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Line-up announced for 3rd ABU TV Song Festival". abu.org.my. ABU. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony. "ATSF'15: 14 Countries To Participate In Istanbul". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ Granger, Anthony. "ATSF'15: ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Participants Announced". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Afghanistan: To Change Their ABU TV Song Festival 2015 Entry". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony. "Afghanistan: Mozhdah To Perform "Ghoroore Tu, Shikaste Ma"". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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