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| show_name            = Heritage Music Festival
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| genre                = Song contest
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| runtime              = 2 hours 
| company              = Kálitt Píroth Ratelefass (KPR) and [[Radio and Television of Gandhara]] (RTG)
| distributor          = [[Internatia Broadcasting Union|IBU]] and [[Outernatian Broadcasting Union|OBU]]
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| first_aired          = 24 July 2016
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| related              = Kálitt Lódd Inasiyal<br>Kálitt Lódd Onásiyal<br>[[Nights of Gandhara]]<br>[[Internatia Song Contest]]<br>[[Outernatia Song Contest]]
| website              = http://www.escforum.net/forum/showthread.php?27705-Arab-Republic-of-Gandhara-(%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9)&p=5019252&viewfull=1#post5019252
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The '''Heritage Music Festival''' was a joint TV song competition between [[Gandhara]] and the [[Lost Islands]], to celebrate that the countries have the longest running national preselections for the [[Internatia Song Contest]] and the [[Outernatia Song Contest]]. Gandhara organized up to the Heritage Music Festival 18 editions of [[Nights of Gandhara]], while the Lost Islands organized 19 editions of Kálitt Lódd Inasiyal and 5 editions of Kálitt Lódd Onásiyal, bringing the total to 24 national finals.

==Format==
The song contest was being produced by the country's national broadcasters Kálitt Píroth Ratelefass (KPR) and [[Radio and Television of Gandhara]] (RTG). Eight entries were selected for the contest, four from every country. The winner was decided by international juries, who awarded 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points to their 6 favorite songs. Also juries from Gandhara and the Lost Islands voted, but they distributed 12, 10 and 8 points to their 3 favorite songs, as they were not allowed to give points to entries from their own country. The competition was held on 24 July 2016 in [[Rhea]].

==Participants==
Eight acts competed in the Heritage Music Festival. The competing songs and artists were announced on 9 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escforum.net/forum/showthread.php?27705-Arab-Republic-of-Gandhara-(%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9)&p=5019252&viewfull=1#post5019252|title=Songs of the Heritage Music Festival|date=9 July 2016}}</ref> Gandhara's entry "Heaven" won by a 2-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Place
! Points
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} Talitha Tan
|"Okay" 
|4
|50
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} Kamila Zhumabayeva
|"Qazaq Batyrlary" 
|2
|66
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} [[Wikipedia:Autograph (American band)|Autograph]]
|"[[Wikipedia:Turn Up the Radio (Autograph song)|Turn Up the Radio]]" 
|8
|16
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} [[Wikipedia:Giuffria|Giuffria]]
|"Call to the Heart" 
|5
|38
|- style="font-weight: bold; background: gold;"
|5
|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} [[Wikipedia:Ailee|Ailee]]
|"Heaven" 
|1
|68
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} Semblant
|"What Lies Ahead" 
|7
|24
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} Blackbriar
|"Until Eternity"
|6
|38
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} Munisa Rizayeva
|"Afsona"
|3
|54
|}

===Score sheet===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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!Song
!Total
!{{flagicon|Lost Islands}}
!{{flagicon|Gandhara}}
!{{flagicon|Kimmystan}}
!{{flagicon|Ivanotia}}
!{{flagicon|Lettuce}}
!{{flagicon|Jhe Freeh}}
!{{flagicon|Folkloria}}
!{{flagicon|Aurävaan}}
!{{flagicon|Dulcet Ebullience}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} "Okay" || 50 ||  ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || 6 || 4 || 2 || 10 || 10 || 8 || 10
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} "Qazaq Batyrlary" || 66 || 10 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || 8 || '''12''' || 10 || 4 || '''12''' || 4 || 6
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} "[[Wikipedia:Turn Up the Radio (Autograph song)|Turn Up the Radio]]" || 16 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || 8 ||  ||  ||  || 8 ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} "Call to the Heart" || 38 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || '''12''' ||  || 6 || 6 || 6 ||  ||  || 8
|- bgcolor="gold"
|align=left|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} '''"Heaven"''' || '''68''' || 8 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || '''12''' || 2 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 6 || '''12''' || 4
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} "What Lies Ahead" || 24 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || 10 || 2 || 8 ||  ||  || 2 || 2 || 
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lost Islands}} "Until Eternity" || 38 ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | ||  || 10 ||  || 8 ||  || 8 || 10 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Gandhara}} "Afsona" || 54 || '''12''' ||style="background:#EFEFEF;" | || 4 || 10 || 4 || 2 || 4 || 6 || '''12'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Nights of Gandhara]]
*[[Unity Fest]]
*[[Friendship Fest]]
*[[Internatia Song Contest]]
*[[Outernatia Song Contest]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Heritage Music Festival]]
[[Category:Gandhara]]
[[Category:Lost Islands]]
[[Category:Internatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:Outernatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:Internatia Song Contest selection events]]
[[Category:Outernatia Song Contest selection events]]
[[Category:Gandhara in the Internatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:Lost Islands in the Internatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:Gandhara in the Outernatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:Lost Islands in the Outernatia Song Contest]]
[[Category:National finals]]