Indonesia in the ABU Radio Song Festival

Indonesia
Participating broadcaster	Radio Republik Indonesia
Participation summary
Appearances	6 (8 entries)
First appearance	2012
Highest placement	6th: 2012

Indonesia have participated in the ABU Radio Song Festival six times with eight entries. The Indonesian broadcaster, Radio Republik Indonesia, has been the organiser of the Indonesian entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.[1][2]

History

2012

Radio Republik Indonesia is one of the founder members in the ABU Radio Song Festivals, having participated in the very first ABU Radio Song Festival 2012.[2] At the first festival in Seoul, Korea two songs were submitted to represent Indonesia, these were Rando Sembiring with "Menunggu" and Dorkas Lea Waroy with "Aku Rindu", Rando Sembiring was selected to perform in the final but did not receive a prize.

2014

Indonesia were announced as one of 12 countries participating in the ABU Radio Song Festival 2014 by the ABU,[3] However, for unknown reasons no song was ever placed on the official website and Indonesia did not take part in the event.

2015

On 8 March 2015 Indonesia announced that they would return to the ABU Radio Song Festival, it was also announced that Sisca Christin Dama would be one of the singers in the festival.[4] Indonesia submitted a total of two songs for the festival the first “Selangkah Lebih Dekat” sung by Sisca Christin Dama, and the other"Harmonize of the Soul" by Billy Talahatu. Billy Talahatu was selected to represent Indonesia in Myanmar.[5]

Participation overview

Table key

  Grand Prix

  Gold Award

  Silver Award

  Bronze Award

  Jury Award

Year	Entrant	Language	Song	English translation	Place	Award
2012	Rando Sembiring[6]	Indonesian	"Menunggu"	Waiting	6	–
	Dorkas Lea Waroy	Indonesian	"Aku Rindu"	I miss	Failed to qualify
2014	Did not participate
2015	Billy Talahatu	Indonesian and English	"Harmonize of the Soul"
	Sisca Christin Dama	Indonesian	"Selangkah Lebih Dekat"	The Step Closer	Failed to qualify
2016	Devita Romauli	Indonesian	"Mati Rasa"	Numb	Failed to qualify
	Novri Barhfeni	Indonesian	"Di Antara Kita"	Between us	Failed to qualify
2018	Andi Rikzha Fadillah Mallarangeng	Indonesian and English	"You are the shade"
2019	Debora	Indonesian and English	"Because I Can"

See also

• Indonesia in the ABU TV Song Festival

References

1. "ABU Radio Song Festival website showcases a strong field of entries". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
2. Mikheev, Andy (4 October 2012). "ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 Participants". ESCKaz. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
3. Granger, Anthony. "ABU Radio Song Festival 2014: Indonesia & Vietnam To Participate". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
4. Granger, Anthony (8 March 2015). "Indonesia: ABU Radio Song Festival 2015 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
5. Granger, Anthony (23 April 2015). "ARSF'15: 14 Songs Selected For The ABU Radio Song Festival". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
6. 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]