BANGKOK (The Thursday Times) — Filipino singer Carmelle ne Saturday ki raat Bangkok mein pehla Eurovision Song Contest Asia jeet liya. Unhon ne khawateen ki khud-mukhtari ke bare mein dance-pop tarana “Sobra-Sobra” gaya aur 10 deegar mumalik ke fankaron ko shikast di.
Muqable ki sab se kam umar 19 sala fankara ne 211 points hasil kiye: 93 qaumi judges se aur 118 awami vote se. Thailand ki jori MANG x DAOU “Aroma” ke liye 170 points ke sath doosre number par rahi, aur Vietnam ki Tóc Tiên “EM TIÊN” ke liye 164 points ke sath teesre number par rahin.
“Main ne tareekh raqam ki, kyunke ye pehli baar hua hai,” Carmelle ne jeet ke baad kaha aur gane ko tamam Filipino khawateen ke naam khiraj-e-tehseen qarar diya. “Ye mere liye bohat bari zimmedari hai, kyunke ye ek aalmi stage hai, is liye har us shakhs ka shukriya jis ne mujhe vote diya.”
Malaysia ki Aina Abdul ballad “Bluest Sky” ke sath chauthe, aur Laos ki Thinla “Bae” ke sath panchwen number par rahin, jo unhon ne riwayati Lao pahari qabaili libas mein gaya. Ek takneeki kharabi ki wajah se Laos ke gane ki music video nashriyat ke dauran dobara chal gayi, aur yun voting se pehle nazireen ne aakhri gana yahi suna.
Bangladesh ke Beatmosphere ne mamool ka backing track istemal nahin kiya aur apni awazon se drums aur basslines ki naqal ki. Bhutan, South Korea, Mongolia, Nepal aur Cambodia ne bhi 11 mumalik ke final mein hissa liya. Pakistan is muqable mein shamil nahin tha.
Tuk-tuk aur Europe ki champion
Voting ka tareeqa-e-kaar taqriban Europe jaisa tha: nateeje ka aadha hissa awami vote aur baqi aadha 11 mumalik ke judges ka tha, jabke baqi duniya ke vote se izafi points bhi mile.
Fankar tuk-tuk par sawar ho kar stage par aaye aur apne qaumi parcham lehraye, jabke hazaron fans naare lagate rahe. Bulgaria ki Dara, jinhon ne is saal Vienna mein 70wan Eurovision Song Contest “Bangaranga” ke sath jeeta tha, ne perform kiya aur Carmelle ko trophy di. Thai star Jeff Satur ne bhi gana gaya.
Eurovision ke muarrikh Dean Vuletic, jo show mein maujood the, ne kaha ke Asian muqabla European muqable ki nisbat siyasat se kam mutasir dikhai diya, jahan paanch purane rukn mumalik ne Israel ki shirkat par is saal ke edition ka boycott kiya tha. Unhon ne kaha: “Hall ke andar bohat khoobsurat mahol tha aur ye Asia ki mausiqi ki saqafaton ko dekhne ka ek behtareen dareecha tha.”
Saturday ko hone wale pehle muqable se pehle Asian Eurovision ki baat kai dahaiyon se ho rahi thi. Arena bhara hua tha lekin mukammal nahin, aur nazireen mein bohat se log duniya ke doosre hisson se aaye European muqable ke fans the. India, China, Japan aur Indonesia pehle edition se bahar rahe, agarche unhein agle saal shamil karne ke liye baat-cheet jari hai, aur abhi wazeh nahin ke ilaqai nashriyati idare muqable ko jari rakhne ke liye kis had tak pur-azm honge.
