Asia Pacific Song Contest 6

Asia Pacific Song Contest 6; "An'Ana"
Dates
Semi-finals dates	19th March, 2018
Final dates	TBA
Host
Venue	State Tajikistan Circus
Presenter(s)	Manizha, Mark & Ivan
Host broadcaster	; Televizioni Tojikiston
Opening act	SF: SaMira - "Budu ryadom"; Final: Manizha - "Lyustra"
Interval act	SF: Zuhlayko - "Bye bye"; Final: Vinz and Nico - "Am I wrong?"
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	Bangladesh; Nepal; Palau; Tonga; Iraq
Returning countries	Papua New Guinea; Afghanistan; Hawaii; Palestine; Timor-Leste; Guam; Philippines; Kyrgyzstan
Withdrawing countries	Qatar; Pakistan; Maldives; Vanuatu; Niue; North Korea; Bhutan; Macau; New Caledonia; Cook Islands; Uzbekistan; Iran; Samoa
Disqualified countries	Nepal; Guam
	Participation map Confirmed participant Returning participant Past participant that will not participate Debuting ;
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite songs.
Winning song	Georgia: Cira - "Hun Bun"
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Asia Pacific Song Contest 6, often referred to as APS6, is the 6th edition of the Instagram musical event Asiapacificvision Song Contest.

The contest took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following Manizha's victory in the 5th edition with the song "Lyustra". This was the first time that Tajikistan hosted the contest.

Location[]

Dushanbe photo — Tajik flag with Dushanbe as background

Dushanbe (Tajik: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means Monday in the Tajik language. It was named this way because it grew from a village that originally had a popular market on Mondays. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (Russian: Дюшамбе), and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad (Tajik: Сталинобод).
As of 2016, Dushanbe had a population of 802,700.

Arena[]

State tajikistan circus — The Venue, State Circus Tajikistan

The contest took place in the State Circus Tajikistan. Considering the seismically active zone there were no high-rise buildings until the 1990s. Therefore, the Circus building itself is unique in its style and size. And was build under the USSR, now there are regularly performing troupes from different countries of the world, the hall is always full, especially if circuses come from Russia.

Automatic Qualified Countries[]

The top10 of previous edition, the logo designer and the APSC Team Countries were AQ.

Semi Final[]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Japan	Neon Jungle	"Louder"	01	126
02	Kyrgyzstan	Saykal Sadibakasova	"Meni Aldaba"	14	71
03	Egypt	Sindy	"S´envoler"	08	89
04	Israel	Noga Erez	"Pity"	11	78
05	Papua New Guinea	Emi Maria	"I am water"	17	49
06	Armenia	Lilit Hovhannisyan ft. Kamil	"Chkites honqerd"	05	98
07	Bangladesh	Morey Jaabo	"Chirkutt"	26	23
08	Nepal	THE ACT ft. Kiran Nepali	"Prashna"	DSQ	38
09	Afghanistan	Tigerlily ft. Meghan Kabir	"Paradise"	03	118
10	Hawaii	Keala Settle	"This is me"	12	76
11	South Korea	SUNMI	"Heroine"	02	126
12	Jordan	Ayah Marar	"Beg borrow steal"	23	29
13	Palestine	DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance Rapper and Lil W	"I'm the one"	25	25
14	Singapore	Narelle Kheng	"Some they lie"	06	95
15	Turkmenistan	Amalia	"Wah sen oglan"	18	49
16	Sri Lanka	Arjun Sarja	"Sanam ho jo"	20	41
17	Cambodia	Nikki Nikki	"Beautiful art"	04	117
18	Fiji	Common Kings	"On the low"	15	58
19	Yemen	MAGI ft. Lea Avraham	"Debka rafiach"	10	79
20	Azerbaijan	Nigar Jamal	"Sus"	09	87
21	Iraq	Naaz	"Up to something"	07	93
22	Palau	Kendall T & Marvi	"Smiich el dil"	24	26
23	Timor-Leste	Jessica Mauboy	"Bop a bottle"	13	72
24	Mongolia	Uka ft. Khiilch Deegii	"Uul"	19	49
25	Philippines	Pop girls	"Prinsesa"	21	36
26	Tonga	Olivia Chishlom	"Fearless"	22	32
27	Taiwan	TWICE	"Likey"	16	57
28	Guam	Pia Mia ft. Jeremih	"This is me"	DSQ	19

Final[]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Iraq	Naaz	"Up to something"	20	75
02	Israel	Noga Erez	"Pity"	22	64
03	Japan	Neon Jungle	"Louder"	08	101
04	Australia	Sia	"Never give up"	25	54
05	Cyprus	Nikki Lee	"Boy"	26	40
06	India	Anjali World	"Crown"	10	98
07	Yemen	MAGI & Lea Avraham	"Debka rafiach"	17	80
08	Hawaii	Keala Settle	"This is me"	12	88
09	Afghanistan	Tigerlily & Meghan Kabir	"Paradise"	02	149
10	Kazakhstan	Elena Temnikova & Natan	"Naverno"	16	82
11	Georgia	Cira	"Hun bun"	01	176
12	New Zealand	Jamie McDell	"Crash"	14	84
13	Egypt	Sindy	"S'envoler"	06	112
14	Azerbaijan	Nigar Jamal	"Sus"	21	67
15	Armenia	Lilit Hovhannisyan & Kamil	"Chkites honqerd"	05	130
16	China	Lu Han	"Skin to skin"	27	36
17	Malaysia	Che'Nnelle	"Fierce"	07	112
18	Türkiye	Patricia	"Gider gelirli"	13	87
19	Cambodia	Nikki Nikki	"Beautiful art"	15	83
20	Tajikistan	Madina Aknazarova	“Ay yor yor”	23	59
21	Lebanon	Layal Abboud	"Hader ya mister"	18	77
22	Thailand	Flick	"Kratae rsiam"	24	57
23	Vietnam	MIN	"Y.Ê.U"	28	35
24	Timor-Leste	Jessica Mauboy	"Bop a bottle"	19	76
25	South Korea	SUNMI	"Heroine"	03	144
26	Kyrgyzstan	Saykal Sadibakasova	"Meni Aldaba"	11	89
27	Singapore	Narelle Kheng	"Some they lie"	09	99
28	Russia	Molly	"Ya prosto lyublyu tebya"	04	140

Other countries[]

Eligibility for potential participation in the Asiapacific Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active APBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.