Heritage Music Festival

Heritage Music Festival
	Official logo of the Heritage Music Festival
Genre	Song contest
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	2 hours
Production company(s)	Kálitt Píroth Ratelefass (KPR) and Radio and Television of Gandhara (RTG)
Distributor	IBU and OBU
Broadcast
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original airing	24 July 2016
Chronology
Related shows	Kálitt Lódd Inasiyal; Kálitt Lódd Onásiyal; Nights of Gandhara; Internatia Song Contest; Outernatia Song Contest
External links
	Official website

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.^[1] Gandhara's entry "Heaven" won by a 2-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Talitha Tan	"Okay"	4	50
2	Kamila Zhumabayeva	"Qazaq Batyrlary"	2	66
3	Autograph	"Turn Up the Radio"	8	16
4	Giuffria	"Call to the Heart"	5	38
5	Ailee	"Heaven"	1	68
6	Semblant	"What Lies Ahead"	7	24
7	Blackbriar	"Until Eternity"	6	38
8	Munisa Rizayeva	"Afsona"	3	54

Score sheet

Song	Total
"Okay"	50			6	4	2	10	10	8	10
"Qazaq Batyrlary"	66	10		8	12	10	4	12	4	6
"Turn Up the Radio"	16		8				8
"Call to the Heart"	38		12		6	6	6			8
"Heaven"	68	8		12	2	12	12	6	12	4
"What Lies Ahead"	24		10	2	8			2	2
"Until Eternity"	38			10		8		8	10	2
"Afsona"	54	12		4	10	4	2	4	6	12