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| ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 | |
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| Beyond the Wave! | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 11 October 2012[1] |
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| Presenter(s) |
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| Executive supervisor | Vijay Sadhu |
| Host broadcaster | Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)[3] |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 13 |
| Debuting countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | International jury cast votes and award prizes to the top five.
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| Winning song |  South Korea"For a Rest"[4] |
The ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 was the first edition of the biennial ABU Radio Song Festivals, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The festival took place in the KBS Hall, which is located in the South Korean capital of Seoul and coincided with the 49th general assembly of the ABU.[5] The ABU Radio Song Festival attracted twenty-six original entries representing eighteen radio broadcasters from fifteen countries, which competed in a preliminary jury round. The juries selected thirteen entries from twelve radio broadcasters in ten countries to qualify for the final show which was held on 11 October 2012. Fifteen entries were originally selected to participate in the grand final. However, Fiji and Sri Lanka withdrew from the radio competition prior to the final show, and thus only thirteen entries participated in the competition on 11 October 2012.[2][6]
South Korea won the Grand Prix award with the song "For a Rest" performed by boy band Billy Acoustie.[4] Danielle Blakey representing Australia won the gold award with the song "Fearless",[7] Brunei received the silver award with the song "Yang Terindah (So Beautiful)" performed by Maria Aires, with Sammy Ray Jones also representing Australia receiving the bronze award with his song "Rinet".[8] K-Town Clan representing Malaysia received the special jury award with their song "Party Animal".[4] The next edition was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[9]
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- ^ a b Mikheev, Andy (4 October 2012). "ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 Participants". ESCKaz. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Kenny, Luke (7 November 2011). "Korea to host ABU radio and TV song festivals". radioandmusic.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ a b c 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ABU Upcoming Events". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "ABU Song Festival 2012". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ Stevenson, Jenny (12 October 2012). "Australian wins Gold Award at ABU Festival". Commercial Radio Australia. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Jarvis, Heather (15 October 2012). "Sammy Ray Jones wins bronze at ABU Radio Song Festival". Radio Australia. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "ABU gets leaders' backing for increased activities". ABU. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.