{"id":105813,"date":"2017-12-15T19:24:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T10:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?p=105813&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-02-01T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:30:19","slug":"recruiting-foreigners-to-sing-in-japanese-in-a-karaoke-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/recruiting-foreigners-to-sing-in-japanese-in-a-karaoke-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Foreigners to Sing in Japanese in a Karaoke Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fukuoka Shunsetsu Executive Committee is recruiting foreign participants for a karaoke contest at their Spring Festival on Feb. 25, 2018. Applicants must be over 18 years old and be able to sing Japanese songs, or naturalized citizens of Japan. The grand prize winner will win \u00a5100,000 cash and a luxurious gift. For those who are interested, follow the instructions below and apply by Jan. 25.<\/p>\n

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1. Date and time<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Feb. 25, 2018 (Sun.), meeting time: 12:00
\n\u2022 Preliminary rounds & finals: 14:00~17:00
\n\u2022 Finals (5 participants): A champion will be selected as well as a second and third place finisher.<\/p>\n

2. Venue<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Canal City Hakata Sun Plaza Stage<\/a> (B1F Fountain Square)<\/p>\n

3. Application qualification<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Foreigners who can sing Japanese songs, or naturalized citizens of Japan.
\n\u2022 Must be over 18.<\/p>\n

4. Application system<\/strong>
\n\u2022 If interested, please send an email to: karaoke@lovefm.co.jp<\/a> (deadline was Jan. 25, 2018)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Love FM will reply with the application guideline and an entry sheet. After you receive that, read the guidelines carefully. Then fill out the entry sheet and send it via email together with an audio file of your singing. <\/p>\n

5. Gratuity<\/strong>
\n\u2022 All participants will receive \u00a52,000.<\/p>\n

6. Application deadline<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Jan. 25, 2018 (Thu.)<\/p>\n

7. Prizes<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Grand prize: \u00a5100,000 in cash + supplementary prize
\n\u2022 2nd prize: \u00a550,000 in cash + supplementary prize
\n\u2022 3rd prize: \u00a520,000 in cash + supplementary prize \u203bparticipation prizes awarded to all applicants<\/p>\n

8. Contact<\/strong>
\nLove FM Spring Festival in Fukuoka 2018 \u201cForeign Singer Karaoke Competition\u201d
\n\u2022 5F Love FM International Broadcasting Corporation, 1-12-23 Imaizumi, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
\n\u2022 Tel.: 092-734-5462
\n\u2022 Fax: 092-734-1982
\n\u2022 E-mail: karaoke@lovefm.co.jp <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fukuoka Shunsetsu Executive Committee is recruiting foreign participants for a karaoke contest at their Spring Festival on Feb. 25, 2018. Applicants must be over 18 years old and be able to sing Japanese songs, or naturalized citizens of Japan. The grand prize winner will win \u00a5100,000 cash and a luxurious gift. For those who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":105814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"105813","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","location-nakasu","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/karaoke_B5_171215-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C1977&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107194,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105813\/revisions\/107194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}