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[td]In May 2025, the [[Bhutan Broadcasting Service]] (BBS) confirmed its intention to participate in Eurovision Asia, stating that the inaugural contest would be held in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, with 18 countries participating.<ref name="Bhutan">{{Cite web |date=21 May 2025 |title=Announcement |url=https://www.facebook.com/bhutanbroa...ontest-started-in-1956-by-th/1327466279051363 |access-date=25 August 2025 |work=[[Bhutan Broadcasting Service|BBS]]}}</ref> On 24 June 2025, the EBU published its Brand Impact Report for the Eurovision Song Contest, listing an adaptation in Asia as under "ongoing development".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-24 |title=Eurovision Song Contest Brand Impact Report 2025 |url=https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites...ion_Song_Contest_Brand_Impact_Report_2025.pdf |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=ebu.ch |publisher=EBU |format=PDF |quote=Ongoing development: Eurovision Song Contest Asia - Promising global expansion shows the brand awareness of the ESC and the attractiveness of the format.}}</ref> In August, the location was instead stated by BBS as [[Mumbai]], India, as it began organising a national selection titled {{lang|dz-Latn|[[Druk Dra 2026|Druk Dra]]}} that same month to select the Bhutanese representative.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Tsinivits |first=Kyriakos |date=2025-08-25 |title=Is Eurovision Asia actually going to happen? |url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/is-eurovision-asia-actually-going-to-happen |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Aussievision |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Vietnamese broadcaster [[Ho Chi Minh City Television]] (HTV) had allocated a timeslot for a programme titled "Eurovision Asia" on 31 August 2025,<ref name=":02" /> before changing it to "Eurovision"; it later emerged that the timeslot was for a Vietnamese dub of the 2017 French documentary ''Eurovisions''.{{source needed|date=August 2025}} On 28 August, [[Martin Green (producer)|Martin Green]], director of the Eurovision Song Contest, stated that "no plans have been confirmed or announced to date" for the contest in Asia, further clarifying that {{lang|dz-Latn|Druk Dra}} was taken off air and deleted from online platforms.<ref name="GreenStatment">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2025 |title=EBU shuts down Eurovision Asia speculation |url=https://eurotrippodcast.com/2025/08/28/ebu-shuts-down-eurovision-asia-speculation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...8/ebu-shuts-down-eurovision-asia-speculation/ |archive-date=28 August 2025 |access-date=28 August 2025 |work=The Eurotrip Podcast}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In May 2025, the [[Bhutan Broadcasting Service]] (BBS) confirmed its intention to participate in Eurovision Asia, stating that the inaugural contest would be held in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, with 18 countries participating.<ref name="Bhutan">{{Cite web |date=21 May 2025 |title=Announcement |url=https://www.facebook.com/bhutanbroa...ontest-started-in-1956-by-th/1327466279051363 |access-date=25 August 2025 |work=[[Bhutan Broadcasting Service|BBS]]}}</ref> On 24 June 2025, the EBU published its Brand Impact Report for the Eurovision Song Contest, listing an adaptation in Asia as under "ongoing development".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-24 |title=Eurovision Song Contest Brand Impact Report 2025 |url=https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites...ion_Song_Contest_Brand_Impact_Report_2025.pdf |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=ebu.ch |publisher=EBU |format=PDF |quote=Ongoing development: Eurovision Song Contest Asia - Promising global expansion shows the brand awareness of the ESC and the attractiveness of the format.}}</ref> In August, the location was instead stated by BBS as [[Mumbai]], India, as it began organising a national selection titled {{lang|dz-Latn|[[Druk Dra 2026|Druk Dra]]}} that same month to select the Bhutanese representative.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Tsinivits |first=Kyriakos |date=2025-08-25 |title=Is Eurovision Asia actually going to happen? |url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/is-eurovision-asia-actually-going-to-happen |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Aussievision |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Vietnamese broadcaster [[Ho Chi Minh City Television]] (HTV) had allocated a timeslot for a programme titled "Eurovision Asia" on 31 August 2025.<ref name=":02" /> On 28 August, [[Martin Green (producer)|Martin Green]], director of the Eurovision Song Contest, stated that "no plans have been confirmed or announced to date" for the contest in Asia, further clarifying that {{lang|dz-Latn|Druk Dra}} was taken off air and deleted from online platforms.<ref name="GreenStatment">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2025 |title=EBU shuts down Eurovision Asia speculation |url=https://eurotrippodcast.com/2025/08/28/ebu-shuts-down-eurovision-asia-speculation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025082...8/ebu-shuts-down-eurovision-asia-speculation/ |archive-date=28 August 2025 |access-date=28 August 2025 |work=The Eurotrip Podcast}}</ref> HTV's timeslot was subsequently changed to "Eurovision", later revealing that it was for a Vietnamese dub of the 2017 French documentary ''Eurovisions''.{{source needed|date=August 2025}}[/td]
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