Rules & FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The Karaoke World Championships is the world’s biggest and most prestigious global talent competition and karaoke event. It brings together singers from all over the world. Karaoke World Championships is the opportunity for aspiring singers to show their amazing talents to the world and to give the crowd an unforgettable experience. The competition has been organised annually since it originally founded in Finland in the year 2003. The annual World finals have been held in various countries around the world. You can read more about the history of the competition here.

By participating in your national KWC competitions. The winners get a paid trip to represent their countries in the World Finals. If your country does not have a national competition, you are eligible to participate in the KWC Global Video Challenge.

Check whether or not your country is listed on the Countries page. There will be a link to the local webpage, where you should find more information about the trials.

If you are over 18 years of age and consider yourself an unsigned talent, you are eligible.

Yes, provided that you have citizenship or have lived in the new country for the past three (3) years.

You are free to perform any song you like in any language, style or genre. Should the song be in a language unknown to our video jury, we may ask for a translation in English.

The winner gets the title of Karaoke World Champion and an invitation (travelling expenses paid) to perform in the next year’s World Finals, a cash prize and a sponsor prize.

Yes you can try again, except for World Champions. You can win the competition only once. Some countries also want singers to have a break before re-entering national competitions.

Preguntas frecuentas (Spanish)

El Karaoke World Championships (Mundial del Karaoke) es la más grande y prestigiosa competencia global de talento utilizando karaoke profesional.

Reúne cantantes de todo el mundo ofreciéndoles la oportunidad a futuros artistas, de mostrar su extraordinario talento al mundo y de brindarle a la audiencia del evento una experiencia inolvidable.

La competencia se realiza anualmente de forma ininterrumpida desde el año 2003, cuando se fundó en Finlandia. Puede leer sobre los ganadores y los lugares en detalle aquí.

Participando en la competencia nacional de KWC en tu país. Quienes ganen obtendrán un viaje pagado para representar a su nación en el Mundial del Karaoke. Si tu país aún no tiene un socio local que organice el evento, puedes ser elegible para el KWC Global Video Challenge.

Sí, los representantes locales de KWC son empresas o empresarios que organizan el evento localmente, puedes aprovechar una gran oportunidad de negocio representando a KWC en tu país comprando una licencia anual. Esta incluye información y acompañamiento para organizar tu primera competencia nacional. Los “PARTNERS” no pueden representar a su país cantando, deben organizar una competencia nacional y acompañar a los y las ganadoras al evento internacional anual. Para más información: productor@kwcpanama.com.

En este enlace puede revisar si su nación está entre los Países asociados (PARTNERS). encontrará un enlace a su sitio web local, donde podrá conocer detalles de los eventos para clasificar.

Si tienes más de 18 años de edad y te consideras cantante, que no ha firmado contrato de representación con ninguna agencia o disquera, entonces podrías ser elegible, contacta a tu organizador local para mayores detalles.

Sí. debes poder probar que tienes ciudadanía o por lo menos tres años de vivir en este país.

Eres libre de interpretar cualquier canción en cualquier idioma, estilo o género. Es posible que pidamos una traducción al inglés de las letras.

Quien gane la competencia recibe el título de Campeón Mundial (Karaoke World Champion) y una invitación con los gastos pagos para presentarse en la final mundial del año siguiente, un premio en efectivo y de patrocinadores.

Sí, a excepción de los campeones mundiales. Sólo se puede ganar una vez el título mundial. Algunos países pueden tener reglas de tomarse un descanso antes de volver a intentar representar a su país.

ELIGIBILITY

In Karaoke World Championships singers are eligible to participate when they do not have a management contract or a recording contract as a singer with a major label or a production.

-18 is the minimum age to participate in KWC.

-The contestant must represent a country and be a citizen: has lived in the country for the past 3 years or have a citizenship (i.e. a national passport and social security number) of the country he or she is representing.

-Country partners are not eligible. If you are the person (or one of the persons) responsible in producing your national competition and forming your national jury, you can not participate as a singer. The only exception is in duets for first-time partners. They can join their contestant in the Duets competition but only once.

-The organizers reserve the right to make the final assessment regarding any entrant’s eligibility over and above these conditions of entry. Entrants may be asked to sign a legal document and provide proof regarding their eligibility.

All KWC competitions are judged according to the KWC Judging criteria
-Voice and technique: Quality of Voice, range, dynamics, skill, timing, breathing, pitch etc.
-Artistry and Stage Presence: Expressiveness, musicality, song choice, confidence, appearance and the special X factor in the performance

Always perform as if you were in front of an audience. Stage presence is one of the judging criteria.

We are looking for singers and karaoke lovers from all over the World. We are looking for aspiring talent and voices that should be heard in other countries. We are looking for the World Champions of karaoke!

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