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‘2018 Pinoy K-pop Star’ Online Audition Starts

The annual talent search competition for Filipino K-pop performers and cover groups begins as Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) launch the online auditions for the 2018 Pinoy K-pop Star.

The 2018 Pinoy K-pop Star is the Philippine finals for the 2018 K-POP World Festival in Changwon, Korea on October 5. This competition will have two categories—the vocal category, a singing competition, and the performance category, which is both a singing and dancing competition.

Interested parties, preferably 18 years old and above, need to upload audition videos on YouTube and send it to Korean Cultural Center on or before June 18. Grand prize winners of the 2017 Pinoy K-pop Star competition, former grand prize winners of the Pinoy K-pop Star competition who already represented the Philippines in Korea and professional singers and dancers who have made their debut in the Philippines are no longer eligible to join the contest.

The announcement of finalists is on June 29. The grand finals will be held on July 22, Sunday at Samsung Hall, SM Aura, Taguig City.

The grand prize winners of these two categories will represent the country in the first round of semi-finals of the K-pop World Festival which will be held online. If the Philippine representatives qualify for the grand finals in Korea, they will fly to Korea to join the grand finals competition on October 5.

For the complete set of guidelines, contact the Korean Cultural Center at (02) 555-1711 or email kccphevents@gmail.com. You can also visit http://phil.korean-culture.org/ for more information.