The K-Pop World Festival is back for 2015.  

You can enter the PERFPORMANCE or VOCAL category as a team or individual, by submitting your K-Pop video online. 

The NZ preliminary round will be via online video contest, from which the best PERFORMANCE and VOCAL entries will be judged and invited to compete in the New Zealand final round in Wellington in July 2015. 

The Korean Embassy in Wellington will support travel costs from outside Wellington to attend the NZ final round, with the winners in each category progressing to the World Preliminary Round.  If you are successful in the online World Preliminary Round, you will be invited to compete in Korea at the World Finals in October 2015.

1.     How to Enter

a. Upload your K-Pop Performance or Vocal video to YouTube. Your video must:

- Clearly show your performance under well-lit conditions

- Record your voice distinctly

- Include tight, full shots of your performance

- Not exceed 5 minutes running time

b. Send an email with the link to your YouTube entry to koreanembassynz@gmail.com.

c. In your email include the category (Performance/Vocal) name, gender, date of birth, phone number (landline and mobile) e-mail address and home address and if your entry is for a team, include these details for all team members.

d. Entries close on 21 June 2015.

2.     Performance Category

a. Enter as an individual or team.

b. No maximum team size.

c. You must submit your video online which shows you singing and dancing to your favourite K-POP song.

d. You must record your voice(s) distinctly signing to the music.  If you wish, this may be recorded separately and mixed to the video that you submit for your entry.

3.     Vocal Category

a. Enter as an individual or team.

b. Team sizes are as follows:

(1) Teams with support dancers: Maximum size is three.   Either two singers and one support dancer, or one singer and two support dancers.

(2) Team without support dancers:  No maximum size.

c. You must submit your video online which shows you singing to your favourite K-POP song.

d. You must record your voice(s) distinctly signing to the music.  If you wish, this may be recorded separately and mixed to the video that you submit for your entry.

4.     Judging

a. Preliminary round will be judged from online video entries.

b. For the NZ Final Round there will be a panel of judges at the Venue. 

c. One winner from the NZ Final each category will be announced at the Final in Wellington.

d. Two winners from all the NZ Finalists will be selected to progress to the World Preliminary Round.  This may be one from each category, or two from one category, at the discretion of the Judges.

e. For the World Preliminary Round, two winners from NZ Finals can submit a new video or they can reuse the video which was previously submitted to the NZ Preliminary Round.

5.     Eligibility

a. The competition is open to residents in New Zealand.

b. Korean nationals are not eligible.

c. Persons who have one or both parents that are or were Korean nationals are not eligible.

d. Contestants must be available to visit Korea for the Final Round during October in Korea.

6.     Dates & Times

a. Preliminary Round: Videos and entries must be received by 21 June 2015.

b. Results of the Preliminary Round will be announced by 30 June.

c. NZ Final Round: July 2015 in Wellington (Date and venue to be announced)

d. World Preliminary Round:  Late August 2015.

e. World Finalists announced: Early September 2015.

f.  World Finals: 12-20 October 2015, Changwon, Korea. 

7.     Prizes

a. Travel package to Korea for World Finalists for individuals and teams with up to a maximum of three members per team.

b. Prizes for NZ Finalists will be announced soon on the Embassy Facebook Page.

8.     Travel Assistance for NZ Finals

a. NZ Finalists are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to Wellington for the finals.

b. Travel support for those who are travelling from outside Wellington will be provided. Details of the travel assistance remain subject to the funding from the Foreign Ministry in Korea and will be notified to the finalists in June.

9.     Questions and Inquiries

a. Contact the Korean Embassy in Wellington by email koreanembassynz@gmail.com or phone 04 473 9073 ext 113 or 103.

b. Visit the Korean Embassy Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/nzkoreanembassy