| Asia Pacific Song Contest 15 Rise | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final date | 14th August 2019 |
| Final date | 23th August 2019 |
| Host | |
| Host city | Tokyo,  Japan
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| Opening act | Semifinal: Final: Voting Show: |
| Interval act | Semifinal: Final: Voting Show: |
| Participants | |
| Entries | 39 |
| Returning |  Lebanon Myanmar Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Iraq
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| Withdrawing |  Georgia New Zealand Samoa Kiribati Indonesia Laos
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| Voting | |
| System | Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite songs. |
| Asia Pacific Song Contest | |
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Asia Pacific Song Contest 15, often referred to as APSC15, is the 15th edition of the Instagram musical event Asia Pacific Song Contest.
The contest took place in 
Tokyo, following IZ*ONE's victory in the 24th edition with the song "La Vie En Rose". This was the first time that Japan hosted the contest.
Hosting[]
Venue[]
The contest was hosted in the Saitama Super Arena. Although technically it is located in the city of Saitama, in the metropolitan area of the Japanese capital city, it's the biggest indoor stadium in the country and the third in the world by capacity, including 37,000 seats. It has hosted basketball matches, the world figure skating championships and many concerts from Japanese and international artists such as Lady Gaga, Queen and Backstreet Boys.
The tickets
Red Carpet[]
The red carpet event was hosted the 13th of August. The official Instagram uploaded some pictures of the event with the following text: "Flashes, paparazzis, fans and much glitter! Every big contest has its Red Carpet! So do we! We have just captured some of our representantives of this edition walking on the Red Carpet! All of them look elegant and of course in style!". You can find the post here.
Hosts[]
Mai Mizuhashi which represented Japan in the Asia Pacific Song Contest 11 as part of GARDiNELiA, reaching the 9th place in the final & Japanese-American drag queen performer Gia Gunn hosted the event.
Automatic Qualified Countries[]
The top10 of previous edition and the APSC Team were AQ + Philippines due internal issues during the confirmation period.
Japan- Israel
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Türkiye
- Uzbekistan
- Mongolia
- Iran
- Northern Cyprus
- Australia
- Cyprus
- Hong Kong
- China
- Philippines
Semi Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | United Arab Emirates
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The Divaz | "La Voix d'Aretha" | 01 | 142 |
| 02 |  Tonga
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Dinah Jane | "Heard It Before" | 21 | 23 |
| 03 |  Palestine
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DJ Khaled ft. Jennifer Lopez & Cardi B | "Dinero" | 20 | 35 |
| 04 |  Taiwan
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Vava ft. Ty & Nina Wang | "My New Swag" | 11 | 79 |
| 05 |  Russia
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Leningrad | "I_&uss" | 06 | 106 |
| 06 |  North Korea
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Morabong Band | "With Pride" | 08 | 94 |
| 07 |  Malaysia
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The Fam | "That Sephora Girl" | 13 | 60 |
| 08 |  Egypt
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Mahmood | "Remo" | 19 | 28 |
| 09 |  South Korea
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Chung Ha | "Snapping" | 02 | 142 |
| 10 |  Hawaii
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KAYE | "UUU" | 12 | 66 |
| 11 |  Pakistan
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Asim Azhar & UpsideDown | "5 AM" | 22 | 12 |
| 12 |  Papua New Guinea
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Mereani Masani & Dadiigii | "Kumul Susa" | 07 | 102 |
| 13 | Iraq
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Naaz | "TAPED" | 17 | 43 |
| 14 |  Kyrgyzstan
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Azaliya | "Janinda!" | 15 | 54 |
| 15 | Myanmar
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Project K | "Storyteller" | 16 | 45 |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan
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BIDASH | "Jalgizim" | 14 | 57 |
| 17 |  Vietnam
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Huong Tram | "I Want You" | 10 | 82 |
| 18 |  Armenia
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Iveta Mukuchyan | "Armenian Girls (Hayastani Axjikner)" | 04 | 125 |
| 19 |  Azerbaijan
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Aysun Ismayilova | "5 qepik" | 24 | 6 |
| 20 |  Cambodia
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Nikki Nikki | "Mine" | 23 | 8 |
| 21 |  Singapore
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Kygo feat. Chelsea Cutler | "Not OK" | 05 | 111 |
| 22 | Turkmenistan
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Farhat Orayev & RePa | "Caykana" | 09 | 85 |
| 23 |  Syria
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Mona Haydar | "Barbarian" | 18 | 39 |
| 24 | Lebanon
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Lynn Hayek | "Party Language" | 03 | 128 |
Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Mongolia
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Yisu | "Zuheer Min Hairla" | 7 | 129 |
| 02 |  China
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Meiqi | "Jiang" | 12 | 86 |
| 03 |  Iran
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Azusena | "In the Water" | 4 | 146 |
| 04 |  India
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RIKA | "Wanna Know" | 23 | 42 |
| 05 | Russia
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Leningrad | "I_$uss" | 2 | 151 |
| 06 |  Thailand
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PAAM feat. UrboyTJ | "Happy Pill" | 25 | 37 |
| 07 | Malaysia
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The Fam | "That Sephora Girl" | 27 | 29 |
| 08 | Singapore
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Kygo feat. Chelsea Cutler | "Not OK" | 3 | 148 |
| 09 |  Cyprus
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A.M. SNiPER | "Run" | 24 | 40 |
| 10 |  Northern Cyprus
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Buray feat. Emrah Karaduman | "Ben Olmeden Once" | 26 | 30 |
| 11 |  Australia
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Electric Fields | "2000 and Whatever" | 10 | 97 |
| 12 |  Hong Kong
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WayV | "Regular" | 22 | 49 |
| 13 | Japan
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Namie Amuro | "Stranger" | 18 | 66 |
| 14 |  Uzbekistan
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Shahlo Ahmedova | "Summer Rains" | 20 | 54 |
| 15 |  Türkiye
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Bengu | "Kuzum" | 19 | 60 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates
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The Divaz | "La Voix D'Aretha" | 8 | 115 |
| 17 | Taiwan
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VAVA feat. Ty & Nina Wang | "My New Swag" | 14 | 75 |
| 18 |  Israel
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Dotan | "Numb" | 1 | 184 |
| 19 | Vietnam
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Huong Tram | "I Want You Now" | 11 | 90 |
| 20 | South Korea
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Chung Ha | "Snapping" | 5 | 141 |
| 21 |  Philippines
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Bruno Mars | "Grenade" | 28 | 28 |
| 22 | Hawaii
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KAYE | "UUU" | 17 | 67 |
| 23 | Lebanon
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Lynn Hayek | "Party Language" | 6 | 133 |
| 24 | Armenia
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Iveta Mukuchyan | "Armenian Girls" | 9 | 114 |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea
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Mereani Masani & Dadiigii | "Kumul Susa" | 16 | 68 |
| 26 | North Korea
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Moranbong Band | "With Pride" | 13 | 77 |
| 27 | Turkmenistan
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Farhat Orayev & Repa | "Caykana" | 15 | 70 |
| 28 |  Sri Lanka
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Eranga, Katty Heath & LTN | "Don't Push Me Back" | 21 | 52 |