Own Asiavision Song Contest 6 | ||||
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Dates | ||||
Final date | 18 December 2015 | |||
Host | ||||
Venue | Seoul World Cup Stadium Seoul, South Korea | |||
Broadcaster | KBS | |||
Participants | ||||
Entries | 21 | |||
Debuting | Fiji North Korea | |||
Returning | Pakistan United Arab Emirates | |||
Withdrawing | Afghanistan Japan Myanmar New Zealand Singapore Taiwan Tajikistan | |||
Voting | ||||
System | Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |||
Winner | Mongolia "Ene bol hair" | |||
Own Asiavision Song Contest | ||||
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Own Asiavision Song Contest 6, often referred to as OASC #6, is the 6th edition of the Own Asiavision Song Contest. The contest took place in Seoul, South Korea, following country's victory in the 5th edition with the song "I" performed by Taeyeon and Verbal Jint. This is the first time that South Korea hosted the contest.
Twenty-one country participated in the sixth edition. The winner was Mongolia with the song "Ene bol hair" by Honeymoon which scored 117 points, winning by a margin of 8 points in front of Turkmenistan. The podium was completed by Australia, which finished on the third place. South Korea, the host country placed 13th.
Location[]
For more details on the host country, see South Korea.
Host City[]
Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea, forming the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people. It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678,102 international residents.
Today, Seoul is considered a leading and rising global city, resulting from an economic boom called the Miracle on the Han River which transformed it to the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$846 billion in 2014 after Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. In 2015, it was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis.
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. A UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital.
Venue[]
Seoul World Cup Stadium is a stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened in 2001. It is currently the second largest stadium in South Korea after Seoul Olympic Stadium. It was designed to represent the image of a traditional Korean kite.
The stadium has a capacity of 66,806 seats, including 816 seats for VIP, 754 seats for press and 75 private Sky Box rooms, each with a capacity for 12 to 29 persons. Since the World Cup it has been managed by the Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation (SMFMC).
Participating countries[]
Final[]
Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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01 | Malaysia | Guy Sebastian | "Black & Blue" | 8 | 78 |
02 | South Korea | AOA | "Heart Attack" | 13 | 34 |
03 | Iran | Raphaella | "Parallel Lines" | 5 | 86 |
04 | India | Sunidhi Chauhan | "Kamli" | 11 | 52 |
05 | Jordan | Diana Karazon & Zain Karazon | "Ghzali" | 9 | 68 |
06 | Pakistan | Krewella | "Alive" | 6 | 79 |
07 | China | Sara | "Mengzhong de hunli" | 20 | 21 |
08 | Nepal | Dhiraj Rai | "Desire" | 21 | 16 |
09 | Thailand | G-Twenty | "Ain't Nothing Free" | 10 | 66 |
10 | United Arab Emirates | Maya Venus feat. Tha Realest | "Star Tonight" | 15 | 33 |
11 | Mongolia | Honeymoon | "Ene bol hair" | 1 | 117 |
12 | Indonesia | Indah Nevertari | "Come N Love Me" | 17 | 29 |
13 | Philippines | Janella Salvador | "Mahal Kita Pero" | 12 | 37 |
14 | North Korea | Chongbong Band | "Thinking of General" | 16 | 32 |
15 | Sri Lanka | Dawn Jay | "Dadam (My Heartbeat Goes Like)" | 18 | 27 |
16 | Fiji | Brooke Fraser | "Kings & Queens" | 7 | 78 |
17 | Laos | Aluna | "Hi So,... Hi Soul?" | 19 | 24 |
18 | Australia | Anja Nissen | "Triumph" | 3 | 104 |
19 | Turkmenistan | Myahri | "Ayterek-Gunterek" | 2 | 109 |
20 | Vietnam | Huong Tram | "I'm Still Loving You" | 4 | 95 |
21 | Papua New Guinea | Team PNG | "Time to Shine" | 14 | 33 |