Eurovision Asia Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest Asia is a new and planned version of the Eurovision Song Contest. The inaugural contest would be intended to be developed by the Australian broadcaster SBS and production partner Blink TV, in co-operation with the EBU.
So far 11 countries have confirmed participation in the 2026 edition, planned to be held in Bangkok, Thailand.
These countries are Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Nepal and Malaysia.
An announcement was published by Eurovision in 2017, regarding the contest on their official websites. Various speculations of a Eurovision Asia were in talks from 2014 and the official announcement was published in 2016 with an article in 2017. A promotional video featuring artwork was published.
The official website was launched in 2017 and showcased the planned launch of the Asian spin on the Eurovision song contest.
The website would continue to receive updates until 2019 when the website was frozen and no changes were made until 2023.
On June 14th 2023 Blink TV revealed the revamp of the website and the text stating “more information coming soon.”
The on October of the same year the website would be put into maintenance with the previous branding used again. No changes have been made ever since.
by around 2021 the competition is cancelled. SBS decided to cancel this event.[1]
However, in 2025, Bhutanese broadcaster BBS held a contest called 'Druk Dra: Road to Eurovision Asia' where the anchor states that Bhutan will be one of the 19 countries participating in Eurovision Asia in Mumbai, India.[2] Soon after the Bhutanese national selection, a Vietnamese broadcaster HTV has allocated on their channel HTV7 a slot with the name "Eurovision Asia" which is set to be aired at 19:30 local time on the 31st of August.
On the 31st March, 2026 Eurovision posted a video on their TikTok Page. An official TikTok page has been created for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia, powered by Zoop, confirming the contest taking place on Saturday 14th November, 2026.
Related pages
- Eurovision Song Contest (2018/2019)
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- American Song Contest (American version of Eurovision)
- AfriMusic Song Contest (African contest based in Eurovision)
- Turkvision Song Contest (Turkish contest organised by TMB TV and created by TÜRKSOY for the Turkic countries and Turkic people)
References
- ↑ Robinson, Ellie. SBS cancels plans for Eurovision Asia Song Contest (in en-GB). NME (2021-05-27). Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ↑ BBS PROGRAMME. National Selection Show Druk Dra: Road to Eurovision Asia 2025 – Episode 1 (2025-08-19). Retrieved 2025-08-25.