K-Pop Fever sweeps through Bhopal as regional round of All India K-Pop Contest 2024 concludes

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): After travelling across different parts of India for the past five weeks, the All India K-Pop Contest 2024 regional round caravan arrived in Bhopal. It was here at the picturesque Sardar Vallabhbhai Polytechnic College in Shyamla Hills that the Bhopal regional round of the contest was organised.

The venue was buzzing with energy as K-pop lovers gathered to cheer on the 31 contestants who were selected after 575 registrations were received for the online round-robin competition in the region. A total of 21 teams – 11 in the vocal category and 10 in the dance category – battled it out for their tickets to New Delhi for the semi-finals.

With hundreds of K-Pop lovers supporting each performance and cheering on their favorite contestants, it was the seven-member group ‘Traverse’ who performed on BTS’ ‘Idol’ and won the grand prize in the dance category. The competition in the vocal category was tough, with a duet performance by Honey and Vibhuti Lal being judged the best, performing on Taeyang’s ‘Eyes Nose Lips’. Both contestants will now perform in the semi-finals scheduled for October 19 in New Delhi.

The other contestants who performed in the Bhopal regional round include Mayuri Patil, who was the first runner-up in the dance category. She danced on the popular number ‘Chk Chk Boom’ by Stray Kids. Pratiksha Pawar was the second runner-up in the dance category after performing ‘Lie’ by Jimin (BTS).

Similarly, in the vocal category, Kanchan Devi was declared the first runner-up after she sang on Jung Seung Hwan’s ‘If It Is You’. Nancy Singh came second after she performed on Girl’s Day’s ‘Something’. Some of the popular K-Pop songs that the contestants performed on in Bhopal were Itzy’s ‘Mafia In The Morning’, Stray Kids’ ‘Chk Chk Boom’, IU’s ‘Love Wins All’ and Alexa’s ‘Bomb’.

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Speaking about the K-Pop contest, Zaid Khan, a contestant in the vocal category who sang Lee Hi’s ‘Breathe’ at the Bhopal regional round, said: “As someone who loves music and wants to explore global music, I used to watch videos online about the best vocalists in the world. That’s how I came across an exceptional artist in the form of Kim So-hyang, who is often regarded as the best singer in the world. Her extreme vocals are addictive and soon I came across HyunA and instantly fell in love with her music. That’s how I was introduced to K-Pop music and since then there’s no looking back. As a child, I was often sick and bedridden so I stayed home and listened to only Korean songs. But the All India K-Pop Contest 2024 is my chance to meet other K-Pop fans, sing for them, listen to them and have a lot of fun together.”