Coverage of Eurovision Asia has concentrated almost entirely on three countries: Bhutan, because it went first; the Philippines, because ABS-CBN runs a large publicity operation; and South Korea, because K-pop.

Five other selections are happening in the next six weeks with barely any English-language reporting at all. Here is everything confirmed about each.

Cambodia — Cambodia’s Finest Voice

Early September 2026 (exact date unconfirmed)

Broadcaster TV5 Cambodia. The selection is expected to be a single national final with no semi-finals.

Submissions opened to professional singers and record labels. The project is being led by Gigil Phnom Penh, with production handled by Phoenix Communications.

That production company has an unusual footnote: it was the reported source of the claim in June that the Eurovision Asia winner would compete at Eurovision 2027 — a claim later retracted and officially corrected. We traced that in our rumour explainer.

Cambodia also has history here: it was one of the countries that began a national selection for the collapsed Our Sound contest back in December 2009.

Nepal — Nepal Decides

Saturday 19 September 2026, 19:00 NPT / 15:15 CEST

Broadcaster Himalaya TV. Streaming on the official Eurovision YouTube channel with a Rest of the World vote.

Format details, artist lineup and voting split have not been published at the time of writing.

Laos — Sieng Lao: The One

23–24 September 2026, 20:30 ICT / 15:30 CEST

Broadcaster Vientiane Capital Television (VTE9). Notable as one of the few selections spread over two nights rather than a single final — suggesting a semi-final and final structure, though this has not been formally confirmed.

Laos, like Cambodia, was on the 2009 Our Sound lineup that never happened.

Thailand — Thailand’s Chosen One

Sunday 27 September 2026, 18:00 ICT / 13:00 CEST

Broadcaster Channel 3, which is also the host broadcaster for the entire contest.

This is the most consequential under-covered selection in the field. Thailand carries home advantage in Bangkok on 14 November, and Channel 3 has more invested in this contest than any other participating broadcaster.

The naming convention — “Thailand’s Chosen One” — appears to have set the template that Mongolia followed.

Bangladesh — Voice of Bangladesh

Wednesday 30 September 2026, 21:00 BST / 17:00 CEST

Broadcaster NTV.

Note on the date: an earlier date of 23 August circulated on at least one site. That date passed with no selection. The official schedule lists 30 September, and that is the date to trust. We log this and other discrepancies in our fact-check.

Vietnam — still nothing

VTV3 is the confirmed broadcaster. No date, no format, no artists.

With under twelve weeks to the Grand Final, Vietnam is the outstanding question mark of the selection season. Worth noting that in 2025, Ho Chi Minh City broadcaster HTV briefly listed a programme called “Eurovision Asia” in its schedule — a different broadcaster to the one now confirmed.

Why this gap exists

Three reasons, and they are structural rather than anyone’s fault.

Language. Most of these broadcasters publish primarily in Khmer, Nepali, Lao, Thai, Bengali and Vietnamese. English-language Eurovision press covers what it can read.

Media operations. ABS-CBN and ENA run publicity machines. Himalaya TV and VTE9 do not.

Fan bases. Established Eurovision fandom in Nepal, Laos and Cambodia is minimal, so there is less demand pulling coverage into existence.

Why it’s an opportunity

For anyone following this contest seriously, these five selections are where the genuine unknowns are. Bhutan’s winner had weeks of scrutiny. Whoever emerges from Sieng Lao or Nepal Decides will arrive in Bangkok essentially unexamined — which is exactly the kind of entry that surprises a jury.

Every confirmed date sits on our national selection calendar, and how to vote in each is covered in our Rest of the World voting guide.

Last updated 25 August 2026. We update as each broadcaster publishes details.