South Korea aside, none of these countries are particularly known on a global scale for their music scene. The only other outlier here is the Philippines, generally for how much they love karaoke....
As of now, the 10 participating countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
South Korea aside, none of these countries are particularly known on a global scale for their music scene. The only other outlier here is the Philippines, generally for how much they love karaoke.
If Eurovision got Taiwan, India, China or Japan on board, things would potentially get very interesting. Japan has j-pop, India has Bollywood, whilst Taiwan and China are their own behemoths among Chinese-speaking audiences.
There's also the question of whether they'd allow Australia and New Zealand to take part, or if either nation would want to participate in Eurovision Asia. Both countries are geographically far closer to Asia than Europe, plus Australia have already been taking part in Eurovision since 2015 despite being on the other side of the world...
It's unclear if the same rules will apply for the Asia edition, but the event's website states that "every vote will count" and promises that the contest will be "a celebration of original pop music".
For Eurovision, switching (back) to a semi-jury system as of the late 2000's was absolutely a necessity, because a lot of particiating countries (especially in Eastern Europe) effectively formed voting blocs that would vote highly for one another, regardless of the quality of their music.
Asia is a lot less politically cohesive by comparison, so I think they'll go with televoting/SMS voting.
South Korea aside, none of these countries are particularly known on a global scale for their music scene. The only other outlier here is the Philippines, generally for how much they love karaoke.
If Eurovision got Taiwan, India, China or Japan on board, things would potentially get very interesting. Japan has j-pop, India has Bollywood, whilst Taiwan and China are their own behemoths among Chinese-speaking audiences.
There's also the question of whether they'd allow Australia and New Zealand to take part, or if either nation would want to participate in Eurovision Asia. Both countries are geographically far closer to Asia than Europe, plus Australia have already been taking part in Eurovision since 2015 despite being on the other side of the world...
For Eurovision, switching (back) to a semi-jury system as of the late 2000's was absolutely a necessity, because a lot of particiating countries (especially in Eastern Europe) effectively formed voting blocs that would vote highly for one another, regardless of the quality of their music.
Asia is a lot less politically cohesive by comparison, so I think they'll go with televoting/SMS voting.