The final was held on Saturday evening in the Thai capital, Bangkok. Eleven countries competed for the win, including South Korea, Vietnam and Nepal.
Thailand came second with the song “Aroma”, performed by Mang X Daou. Vietnam came third with the artist Tóc Tiên and the song “Em tien”.
The competition marks the launch of the Asian equivalent of the European music competition.
Swedish songwriter Johan Gustafsson was also among the competitors. He competed with “Bae” for Laos, performed by the artist Thinla, reports SR’s Kulturnytt.
Plans for the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia have been fraught with problems. In August, Peter Settman, former CEO of the production company Voxovation, announced that he was leaving the project for personal reasons, according to SVT.
In addition, the budget was cut by the equivalent of around ten million kronor from the original budget of 45 million kronor, according to information provided to Aftonbladet.
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