Online Round 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.
• Non-Indians cannot participate in the Contest.
• First Prize winning teams/solo acts from previous years are not allowed to participate as the same group or members of different groups.
• Second Prize winning team/ solo acts from 2020 are not allowed to participate as the same group or members of different groups.
• 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.
• Any individual/ group of individuals/ organisations etc associated with the current year’s K-POP India Contest can NOT participate in the contest as they will have access to all information, and it will give them an additional leverage.

GENERAL

• SOLO entries for dance are allowed. All participants must note, till date K-POP World Festival does not permit solo entries, IF the winner of the K-POP India Contest 2022 is a solo performer they will NOT get the chance to apply for the K-POP World Festival and will NOT get to apply again in the future.
• The performance team MUST have the same number of members as the group they are covering, for example: Performance team covering BTS must have 7 people in their team.
• Maximum number of people for both vocal and dance category is 13
• Entries will be accepted from 4th April 2022 11:00am (IST) till 28th April 2022 10:59am (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 2022 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.
• 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.
• Mics are 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

• 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.
• SOLO entries are NOT allowed. The performance team MUST have the same number of members as the group they are covering, for example: Performance team covering BTS must have 7 people in their team.
• 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.

ONLINE ROUND SELECTION CRITERIA