Asiavision song contest comes reality in 2009

Here it comes, the first real spin off of the Eurovision song contest (well, there's of course Junior Eurovision song contest and Eurovision dance contest...): Asiavision song contest to be held next year for the first time with 16 countries taking part, with expected expanding up to 30 countries (Eurovision has gone from 7 to nearly 50) in the future. The estimated TV-audience is up to 500