2021 Changwon K-Pop World Festival DC
Washington, D.C. Online Preliminary
Entries due: July 18, 5:00 PM
Calling all rising K-Pop stars! The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) is proud to announce the return of the 2021 Changwon K-Pop World Festival DC, our regional competition for this year’s Changwon K-Pop World Festival. This global competition aims to discover the next generation of K-Pop stars from around the world, offering slick prizes and a chance to compete on stage at the world finals in Korea!
Entries due: 5:00 PM (EST) on July 18, 2021
Results announced: July 22, 2021
Regional competitions for the 2021 Changwon K-Pop World Festival are being held worldwide this summer, and the finals are tentatively set to take place in October in Changwon, Korea. For the Washington, D.C. region, this online preliminary will accept entries until July 18, from which 4 artists or groups will be selected as finalists (results to be announced on July 22).
Regional finalists will then also be considered for the world finals in Korea, with their original regional competition video as their entry. Those who are then selected for the world finals will be invited to go to Korea and perform live in the fall. This year’s festival focusses on the performance category only, without a separate vocal category.
All information in this announcement is specific to the Washington, D.C. Online Preliminary (other regional preliminaries may differ).
To compete in the 2021 Changwon K-Pop World Festival DC, contestants must meet the eligibility requirements below, complete the online application form, and submit the required multimedia files or online video links with their application. Be sure to read all the details below before applying (scroll down to read more). This year, the Washington, D.C. regional competition is an online-only preliminary.
Applicants don’t need to have professional performance experience—just a passion for Korean pop music!
Because the Changwon K-Pop World Festival is intended to spotlight passion for K-Pop abroad and for learning the Korean language, those with Korean citizenship, or who have held Korean citizenship in the past, and those with at least one parent who has Korean citizenship or has held Korean citizenship in the past, are not eligible to compete.
Those in the U.S. on a short-term or tourism basis at the time of the audition are not eligible to compete. International students, non-U.S. citizens, and U.S. citizens are still eligible to apply, however, as long as they are currently living in the U.S., such as for school or another long-term purpose. Applicants do not need to be locals of the Washington, D.C. region to enter this regional preliminary competition.
Those who have already been awarded in another K-Pop World Festival regional competition in 2021 are not eligible to apply to the K-Pop World Festival DC competition. Applicants found not to have adhered to these requirements at any point may be immediately disqualified.
Competition Categories & Criteria
Those taking part in the Changwon K-Pop World Festival DC can compete as a group (team) or as an individual in the one category featured this year:
Requirements to apply (two performances, either combined in one video recording or separate):
Judging criteria for this category will be as follows:
Judges for the Washington, D.C. Online Preliminary are currently being selected. Judges will be professional performers independent from the KCCDC.
●1st Place Winner: Trophy and prize (value of about $300)
●2nd Place Winner: Trophy and prize (value of about $200)
●3rd Place Winner: Prize (value of about $150)
●4th Place Winner: Prize (value of about $100)
Please note that only four winners as outlined above will be considered for possible invitation to the world finals. The process of consideration for the world finals will be done separately by judges in Korea based on the original entry submission in this online preliminary.
