Pokemon Contests

**Pokemon Contests** are frequently held events from the Pokemon Universe.

## General Info

In these contests, Pokemon Trainers, known as **Coordinators**, train their Pokemon to use their abilities and moves in a more elegant and appealing manner, while retaining power. Some regions have different rules into how they run their contests. The performances are assigned scores by a panel of judges, usually formed by the Chief of the Pokémon Activities Committee, Mr. Contesta; the President of the Pokémon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo; and the operator of the local Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy. When analyzing a performance, the judges take into account the Pokémon's entry and the level of cooperation between Coordinator and Pokémon, among other aspects.

There are two rounds to contests. The first round is known as the Performance Stage, where pokemon showcase their abilities and moves to show off their style and skill in an eye-pleasing manner. They use creative moves and move variations to show of it's appearance and appeal to the crowd. Coordinators oftentimes groom their pokemon and feed them treats, such as Pokeblock or Poffins to keep them healthy and prestine. A select few (normally 8 or 16, depending on the amount of coordinators) only make it past this round, and the judges choose which get to go depending on the performances they thought were the most captivating.

Only coordinators in Johto, Sinnoh and Kalos are required to dress formally for contests. In Unova, it is required to dress formally for the Grand Festival only. Most coordinators use Ball Capsules and Seals to enhance a pokemon's entry, though it is not required.

## List of Coordinators

* Louis
* Emma
* Marmalade
* Korey
* Dawn
* Damien
* Roman
* May
* Solidad
* Sonja
* Robert\*
* Drew
* Harley
* Jessie (disguised)
* Ursula
* Solidad
* Zoey
* Kenny
* Wallace
* Johanna
* Aria

## Grand Festival

After a coordinator earns at least five ribbons from Pokemon Contests, the Grand Festival is held to end the coordinator season

### Kanto

Pre-O season

* Winner: Roman
* Top 4: Johanna
* Top 8: Astin
* Top 32: Lila

AG season

* Winner: Solidad
* Runner-up: Sonja
* Top 4: May
* Top 8: Drew
* Top 16: Harley
* Top 16: Ursula

RA season

* Winner: Savannah
* Runner-up: Korey
* Top 16: Louis
* Top 32: Emma
* Top 32: Ursula

Post-RA season

* Winner: Damien
* Runner-up: Drew

### Johto

RA season

* Winner: Emma
* Runner-up: May
* Top 4: Dawn
* Top 4: Aria
* Top 8: Louis
* Top 16: Zoey
* Top 16: Korey
* Top 32: Kenny

### Hoenn

Pre-AG season

* Winner: Robert
* Runner-up: Drew
* Top 8: May
* Top 32: Harley
* Top 32: Solidad

AG season

* Winner: Robert
* Runner-up: Drew
* Top 8: May
* Top 16: Anthony
* Top 32: Harley

RA season

* Winner: Marmalade
* Runner-up: May
* Top 4: Dawn
* Top 8: Louis
* Top 8: Emma
* Top 16: Robert
* Top 16: Drew
* Top 16: Kenny
* Top 32: Solidad
* Top 32: Nando

Post-RA season

* Winner: Harley
* Runner-up: Emma
* Top 4: Marmalade
* Top 4: Drew
* Top 16: Anthony
* Top 16: Roman

### Sinnoh

Pre-DP season

* Winner: Johanna
* Runner-up: Cassidy
* Top 4: Astin
* Top 16: Lila

DP season

* Winner: Zoey
* Runner-up: Dawn
* Top 4: Nando
* Top 4: Jessie
* Top 32: Ursula
* Appeals: Kenny, Sonja

RA season

* Winner: Dawn
* Runner-up: Louis
* Top 4: Marmalade
* Top 8: Zoey
* Top 8: Kenny
* Top 16: Emma
* Top 16: Ursula

Post-RA season

* Winner: Ursula
* Runner-up: Kenny

### Unova

RA season

* Winner: Louis
* Runner-up: Dawn
* Top 4: Emma
* Top 4: Sonja
* Top 8: Cassidy
* Top 8: Korey
* Top 8: Ursula
* Top 8: Dawn
* Top 16: Solidad

### Kalos

RA season

* Winner: Robert
* Runner-up: Emma
* Top 4: Dawn
* Top 4: Alice
* Top 8: Marmalade
* Top 16: Louis