K-POP INDIA CONTEST 2021 - What You Need To Know | Namaste Hallyu

Korean Cultural Centre has returned with their yearly K-POP Contest schedule! No doubt, it is the most awaited K-POP competitions in the country, with participants from across the country excelling in their admiration and talent for Korean culture.

The KPOP India Contest is part of the KPOP World Festival which is held every year in Changwon, South Korea and organised by South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the support of many other organizations. It is a festival which brings in KPOP lovers and winners from participating countries across the world as they come to compete at the finals which is attended by many KPOP Idols/groups. In the past, Indian fans have participated and won in Vocal (Priyanka Mazumdar) as well as Performance/Dance Category (Immortal Army).

The competition has two categories: vocal and dance which includes both solo and group participants. There are 3 rounds that make up the competition which are: Online round, Regional round and finally, Final round. Based on the selection of these, the winners would be fairly chosen. The winner of the final round gets opportunities to visit Korea and compete (pertinent to the situation), along with various prizes and gifts worth heavily. Last year, due to the pandemic, the competition resorted to judgement through online medium itself. KCCI are however yet to make an official statement for this years finale.

This year, KCCI has announced 20 regions. Participants from regions not included in the list can participate from their nearest region. The submission for the online round begins on *16th July 2021, 11 AM till *16th August, 2021, 11.59 AM IST.

No entries will be entertained beyond the deadline.

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ONLINE ROUNDS RULES:

ELIGIBILITY

Anyone interested in K-Pop.
Indian Nationals currently living abroad can participate, as long as they are able to attend the regional round in India.
Contestants must be able to travel overseas. Please make sure you will have a valid passport if you are selected as a finalist.
Non-Indians can not participate in the Contest.
First Prize winning teams/solo acts from previous years are not allowed to participate.
Members of First Prize winning teams/solo acts from previous years’ final round are not allowed to participate.
Participants can submit entries for both vocal and dancing categories. But not more than one entry per category.
By participating in the contest, Participants agree and give their permission to all related parties to record, film, photograph, audiotape or videotape their performances, and to display, publish or distribute these works for publicity or advertising purposes.

GENERAL:

Entries will be accepted from 30th April, 2021 11:00am (IST) till 31st May, 2021 11:59am (IST). No entries will be entertained after the deadline.
Entries containing any obscene/ provocative/ inappropriate contents will be automatically disqualified.
Multiple entries per category will lead to disqualification.
Any entry apart from K-POP will not be entertained.
One FULL song must be performed; there is no limitation on time.
K-Pop Contest 2021 India is a nationwide contest and participants can upload videos irrespective of whether their city is chosen as a regional round venue or not. Participants must apply only to the region that they are currently based in/ nearest to.
Full names of all the participants should be clearly mentioned in the registration form.
Direct point of contact provided in the registration form should be active with communication.
In case of any invalid/misinformation or not fulfilling the criteria of the registration form will lead to disqualification.
Participants irrespective of the category can choose to change the song they wish to perform for each round.
No surprise is allowed (throwing glitter, water, gel or any other material).
Props directly related to the choreography can be used if Korean Cultural Centre sees fit. If a participant wishes to use a prop in the cover, they must approach Korean Cultural Centre first.

VOCAL

The K-pop Song should be covered 100% and freestyle is NOT allowed.
No English songs or English versions of Korean songs will be acceptable, even if performed by Korean artists.
Rapping is allowed. Please note that in this case the selection criteria for vocalists will be utilized to mark your performance, and hence if you are confident in your rapping skills, and pronunciation, you may apply.
Studio recording is NOT allowed.
Merging of songs is NOT allowed.
Editing of videos in any form is NOT allowed, we request participants to not use any filter/ affect or camera work as it can be perceived as editing by the judges and could lead to disqualification. All participants should film their videos clearly.
Vocalist face must be clearly visible in the video.
The video’s sound quality should be good.
Vocals should be audible.
Playing Instruments is not allowed.

DANCE

For the competition all participants MUST cover K-pop song 100%
The main criteria for judging will be similarity between the official choreography of the song and the submission by participants.
Merging of songs is NOT allowed.
Editing of videos in any form is NOT allowed. We request participants to not use any filter/ effect or camera work as judges can perceive it as editing and could lead to disqualification. All participants should film their videos clearly.
It is not allowed to overlay music over the video.
Participants should know the lyrics of the part they are covering.
Dancer face must be clearly visible in the video.
Video quality should be good.

All the videos would be uploaded on the site www.kpopindia.com. More clear rules, regulations including terms & conditions are mentioned in the Korean Cultural Centre India’s Instagram page, do check their highlight section ‘K-pop contest’ for further FAQs and visit the website for other details including judging rules.

Please make sure to go through the post’s link down below for more clarity.