World Cosplay Summit
Minutes after the end of 1st Stage, an error in the vote counting was discovered which had caused the Germany and South Korea teams to not be admitted to 2nd Stage. The organization decided to admit them while not excluding other teams that had passed due to the error, bringing the total number of 2nd Stage participants to 18 teams. This was the first year of the World Cosplay Summit has become available used backscreen for enhance abilities representative's performance.