Pairs Rules – (clicca qui per la versione italiana)

The competition consists of a pre-judging (point 5) in which a dossier will be provided to the jury (paragraph Jury) and a performance (paragraph Performance and Acting).

All the contestants must be over 18 years old.

Official Criteria

Jury

1. 1. 1. The jury is not allowed to follow the process of the creation of costumes, presented by the participants. In case it happens, the jury will not be allowed to take this information into account when judging.
      2. All the participants will be evaluated before the contest. During the pre-judging a dossier of 4-8 pages showing the process of the work will have to be handed in. The dossier shall have English translation for any writing. The cover page will contain the reference picture of the character and will not be included into the 8 pages allowed. Without the dossier the participant will be disqualified. The dossier shall contain English translation of the performance.
      3. The costumes and accessories presented during the ‘pre-judging’ must be 100% those that will be used for the performance.
      4. The jury will not debate on the contest or on the participants before or after the contest. In case a participant approaches a member of the jury, the organization will be informed and will take necessary measures. If a participant needs advice on the future contest, it will be given without taking into account the current one: the judges can’t talk about the deliberation with the cosplayer but they can give advice for future competitions.
      5. The decision of the jury will be irrevocable.
      6. A “second place” will be announced as back-ups in case first place individual is not able to attend ori s disqualified for non compliance discovered after the award (see Craftmanship paragraph).
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GRADING CRITERIA

40% of the grade will be given for the cosplayers’ costumes and resemblance with the source, and 60% for the performance, acting and staging.

Craftmanship

The quality of the costume will be evaluated in general, that is, some parts cannot be of higher quality that others – this will lower the final grade. Parts will not be judged separately.

Performance and acting

1. 1. 1. The performance cannot last for less than 1 minute or more than 2 minutes and a half without any exceptions.
      2. The originality of the show and acting will be highly rated, as well as the body expression.
      3. The participant will have to set up the performance on their own and without any creative help.
      4. No microphone will be provided, the performance has to be prepared beforehand.
      5. When it comes to cosplays of idols or of similar thematic (Love Live, Vocaloid, , AKB0048…), the performance has to contain something apart from dancing choreography or singing. If it occurs, dancing or lip-syncing cannot last for more than 30 seconds. Playbacks of general songs are allowed. (Example: a group of Love Live cannot dance and lip-sync during all the performance, but a cosplayer of Ursula from Little Mermaid can perform her song while she is acting).
      6. Erotic or pornographic scenes are forbidden, as well as any immoral acts unnatural for the character which could disrupt the order of the contest or disturb the audience.
      7. If there are dialogues in the performance, we recommend providing a clean recording without noise, as the quality of such can deduct points for the performance.
      8. Costume change is allowed: it must be from the same source but the character can be different.
      9. Only the pair of competitors can participate in the performance. Any helper must leave the stage before the start of the performance and must not interact with the performance in anyway.
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