ELIGIBILITY

• Indian citizens currently living in India or abroad can participate if they are able to attend the regional rounds in India at their sole cost and expense. Participants who fail to attend the regional rounds due to any reason whatsoever will stand disqualified from the contest.
• Foreigners are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
• Participants (including groups) who were awarded First or Second prize previously in the earlier held KPOP Event shall not be eligible to participate in K-POP Contest 2023.
• Vocal winner of K-POP India Contest 2020 cannot participate in the contest.
• By participating in the contest, Participants agree and give their permission/consent to LG and KCCI 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 organization and sponsorship of the current year's K-POP India Contest 2023 are not eligible to participate.

GENERAL T&Cs

• Solo/ Group entries are allowed.
• During group performance, the performing group MUST have the same number of members as there are in the respective band, for example: Group Performing on a song of BTS band (which have 7 members) must have 7 people in their group/team.
• Maximum number of people for both vocal and dance category is 13.
• Participant can’t submit more than 1 video entry.
• Regional round participants can only win in one category
• Entries will be accepted from 26th April till 13th May 4 pm. No entries will be entertained after the deadline.
• Entries containing any obscene/ provocative/ inappropriate/derogatory contents will be automatically disqualified.
• Multiple entries per category will lead to disqualification.
• Any entry apart from K-POP 2023 will not be entertained.
• 2-3 minutes video to be uploaded on the website for their submission
• Contest must note that duration of the video for the Online Round should be between 2 to 3 minutes and should not exceed the duration. The video must also be filmed in landscape mode, Size of the video should not exceed 300 MB per video, Format (MP4 or MOV)
• K-Pop Contest 2023 India is a nationwide contest and participants can upload their respective 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.
• Winners of the regional round must select their current or closest region of the following 11 regions
• Kolkata, Guwahati, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Kohima, Lucknow & Mumbai
• Full names and other details of all the participants should be clearly and correctly mentioned in the registration form. Incorrect entries may be rejected.
• 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 unwelcomed surprises/unfair means are allowed (throwing glitter, water, gel or any other material).
• Props directly related to the choreography can be used if Korean Cultural Centre of India finds it fit. If a participant wishes to use a prop in the cover, they must approach Korean Cultural Centre of India.

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.
• Vocalist face must be clearly visible in the video.
• The video's sound quality should be good and vocal must be audible.
• Playing Instruments will not reward any extra marks.

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 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.
• 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 and the quality should be good.