South Alezian Song Festival 1973

South Alezian Song Festival 1973
Dates
Final	27th of July 1973
Host
Venue	Doorsbreeken Theatre, Doorsbreekenstad, South Alezia
Presenter(s)	Helena Louweerden
Musical director	Amien Hoesnariem
Directed by	Adi Boerhanoeddin
Executive supervisor	Dima Lowenlijek
Executive producer	Hannah Van den Bosch
Host broadcaster	Radio-Television South Alezia
Participants
Number of entries	16
Vote
Voting system	Each television station sends in 10 juries with each voting for their favourite song.

South Alezian Song Festival 1973 (Dutch : Zuid-Alezische Songfestival, Indonesian: Festival Lagu Alezia Selatan) is the first edition of the short-lived South Alezian Song Festival. It was held on 27th of July 1973 in Doorsbreeken Theatre, the biggest theatre in South Alezia at the time and still holds the title now with seating reaching 6,700 people. It was said that this record was to be broken by ABA Doorsbreeken Theatre in July 2022.

The Song Festival came from the South Alezian government's desire to compete against the more famous North Alezian AleziRadio Festival of Songs. Even if North Alezia at the time was more closed off than South Alezia, North Alezian songs that won the festival eventually made its way to other countries like Carrelie and Japan. The Government of South Alezia fearing of North Alezian surprising domincance in music tried holding a song festival of its own.

The competition used a voting system similiar to the one used by ARFOS in its' earlier years. But instead of regions, the SASF has South Alezia's 19 television stations compete against each other. Initially, North Alezia was to compete, but then decided to withdrew considering the safety of the North Alezian delegation in Doorsbreekenstad. This situation was similiar as the time when South Alezia was about to compete in ARFOS. In this festival, songs are only allowed to be sung in either Indonesian or Dutch. This caused some controversy with singers in Southern Pantabang Islands who wanted to sing in Native Alezian. Native Alezian was eventually allowed the edition after.

Different from ARFOS, the SASF used a draw instead of the rankings of the previous edition's festival to decide the running order of the show. The running order was decided a week before the event, which is also the time when rehearsals and preparation for the event end.

Pariticipating Entries and Results

No.	Station	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Radio Maartscharij (RMAT)	Emil Zauhar	Terlalu Jauh Kau Pergi	Too Far You've Gone	Indonesian
02	Radio Alstenhuis (RALS)	Nisroena Anheursijk	Het Noordelijke Meisje	The Northern Girl	Dutch
03	Radio Doorsbreeken (RDBO)	Limanur Andaina	Anda	You	Indonesian
04	Trinistradio (TRIN)	Felicia Alhaneuri	Over jezelf	About Yourself	Dutch
05	Radio Sint-Maartenhuis (RSMA)	Anni Rozali and Mahmud Yoesrizi	Kebahagiaan Dikau	Your Happiness	Indonesian
06	Radio Selenhaarst (RSEL)	Munawar Dami	Aku Datang Dari Kota	I Came from the City	Indonesian
07	Radio Oost-Pantabang (ROPA)	Grup Eniche	Ingatan	Memories	Indonesian
08	Radio West-Pantabang (RWPA)	Nisloera Dami Elwouanie	De stip van het heelal	The Dot of the Universe	Dutch
09	Radio Nieuw-Ik-Ville (RNIK)	Andrie Salheurie	Perahu Kecilku	My Little Boat	Indonesian
10	Eislan Educatieve Radio (EERA)	Salina Yudhastirawanti	Zo donker, zo koud	So dark, So cold	Dutch
11	Marthabella Radio (MARA)	Helga Zoalsteuwijk	Tinggi Di Angkasa	High Up in the Sky	Indonesian
12	Buitense Eilanderadio (BUEI)	Samuel Sandoelen	Mijn eigen lot	My Own Fate	Dutch
13	Eenhorn Radio (NHRA)	Hugh Reise van der Pieter	De dag dat ik je afwijs	The day I Reject You	Dutch
14	Radio Budaya Maganian (RBMG)	Madzoel Padjawan	Mentari	Sun	Indonesian
15	Pusat Informasi Kapuani (PIKA)	Anita Terisanti	Jangan Sedih, Sayangku	Don't Be Sad, My Darling	Indonesian
16	Radio Chelsouwijk (RCHE)	Yudhistirawan Adirya	Arme jij	Poor You	Dutch