Sound of Asia 8

Sound of Asia 8, often referred to as SoA 07, is the seventh edition of Sound of Asia. The contest are taking place in Pattaya, the second biggest city of Thailand, following PoomA Asean's victory in the seventh edition with the song "Hera Hera Hera".

Semi Final 1
Currently, only 2 countries confirms their interests in participation.

Other countries

 * : Despite the successful come back in the last 2 editions, the broadcaster IRIB confirms its withdrawal from the contest due to the economical reason inside the country. The head of delegations, Amir Laleh also confirms its come back in the next edition.
 * : The country was originally confirmed its participation and selected Vera Brezhneva and the song "Ty Moy Chelovek" as their entrant. But the song was rejected by the APBU Council and later, the country confirms its withdrawal from the contest.
 * : There is an original plan by WTV Perth to bring Norfolk Island back to the contest but due to undefined reason, the dependency is not included in the provisional participant list.