K-Pop in Festivali I Globe Contest

**K-Pop in Festivali I Globe Contest** are some of the most impactful and important entries. K-Pop entries are known to receive extremely high results, so countries that are eligable to send K-Pop entries are some of the most valuable and sought-after countries for delegate leaders. However, as of recently, these results have declined, leading to K-Pop's noteable absence in recent editions. As of Edition 13, there have been 35 K-Pop entries sent to the contest, 3 of which being winners.

## Countries

Technically, the rules state that in order to for a group to be eligable, at least 50% of members have to be from that country, however this has not been enforced for several editions, with several non-Korean countries sending K-Pop groups with only one or two members from that country.

Below is a list of every country that has sent at least 1 K-Pop entry.

  North Korea | 13
  China | 4
  Japan | 3
  Thailand | 1

### South Korea

South Korea is the country that most delegates attempt to run, however it often gets taken extremely fast. South Korea is the home of the majority of k-pop groups, and usually receives better results than other countries sending k-pop.

### North Korea

Since Edition 1, North Korea has been allowed to borrow from South Korea, meaning they can send artists from the south without any members needing to be from the north. This makes North Korea also a high priority country.

### China

China rarely participates, however when they do they have almost always sent a k-pop entry. This is due to a number of k-pop groups having members from China. China is of a lesser priority for delegates wanting to send k-pop, however still an option that does get selected.

### Japan

Japan has the lowest percent of k-pop entries out of these countries, due to the j-pop industry that Japan also uses. Despite this, on the three occasions that they have sent k-pop entries, they have received 1st, 4th and 9th place. Japan is usually the backup country that delegates choose when they want to run a k-pop delegation, but when South Korea and North Korea are taken.

### Thailand

Thailand has only participated two times, however sent a k-pop entry in their most recent participation of Edition 13. They are usually considered a low-priority country for k-pop sending delegates.

## Changes made due to high demand

There are usually a large amount of delegates that want to send a k-pop entry, but due to South Korea and North Korea being taken, send a different country and genre instead. As a result of this, North Korea has been allowed to borrow from South Korea since Edition 1, and the contest hosts have informally stopped recognising the 50% of members rule. There have also been discussions to allow other South-East Asian countries to borrow from South Korea due to the demand without needing members from that country, however these have not been put into effect yet.

## Incidents

### "K-Flop"

*See also: Edition 16*

In Edition 16, after the results of the contest, South Korea, North Korea and Japan all announced that they would be withdrawing until further notice due to the poor results this edition. This was due to North Korea coming last and getting the first ever 0 points in FIGC history, and due to North Korea and South Korea both receiving 0 points from the televoters. Despite their 8th place result, Japan also withdrew in solidarity of the K-Pop in the contest. This event, dubbed as "K-Flop", marked the first time North Korea and South Korea would ever withdraw from the contest.