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SBS has confirmed that an Asia-Pacific version of the song contest would no longer be going ahead.
TV Tonight. He told the website, “I think it’s fair to say we’ve rescinded our rights. We spent a number of years trying to figure out how to do it and then the global pandemic came along.”
He also explained the challenge in putting the contest together in the 21st century, far removed from the original motivation behind the Eurovision Song Contest. He said, “It’s very different to the way Eurovision started post-World War Two, as a means of bringing people together. There was a real purpose in establishing it.”
“We tried so hard.” SBS drops Eurovision Asia plans.
EXCLUSIVE: SBS has abandoned plans for
Eurovision Asia after 5 years of development with producers Blink TV.
Asia-Pacific Eurovision in 2016, licensed by the European Broadcasting Union, to be held in 2017 in Australia with 20 countries competing.
But the project stalled for several years with the event’s official social media pausing all updates back in 2017.
SBS Commissioning Editor and Australian Head of Delegation, Josh Martin tells
TV Tonight, “I think it’s fair to say we’ve rescinded our rights. We spent a number of years trying to figure out how to do it and then the global pandemic came along.