2025全球客家流行音樂大賽活動簡章
2025 GLOBAL HAKKA MUSIC AWARDS
一、 目的
為推動傳承客語文化發展，擴大推廣客家流行音樂，帶動流行音樂新風潮，尋找客家流行音樂未來之星，從發掘新人、培訓、音樂創作、演出製作及培力客曲新血進軍主流音樂市場。
二、辦理單位
主辦單位：客家委員會。
承辦單位：新視紀整合行銷傳播股份有限公司。
三、參加資格
不限國籍、年齡，凡對客家文化、音樂創作、歌唱有興趣者，均可報名參加。
四、參賽活動期程
- 初賽報名期間：114 年 7 月 17 日至 9 月 30 日止。
- 入圍複賽名單公布日期：114 年 10 月 20 日。(初賽評選 10/1-10/15)
- 入圍複賽者專業培訓：114 年 11 月 1 日、11 月 2 日。地點: 1500 Sound Academy 聲量音創學院
- 複賽時間：114 年 12 月 6 日(六)下午 1 時，地點:西門紅樓北廣場。
- 入圍決賽者專業培訓：114 年 12 月 20 日、12 月 21 日。(依實際狀況調整)
- 決賽與頒獎典禮：115 年 1 月 17 日(六) 晚上 7 時，地點: Legacy Taipei 傳音樂展演空間。
五、 參賽組別
本賽事組別分為「原創組」與「演唱組」。
六、 報名方式：
一律採網路報名(http://www.hakkapopmusic.com.tw)
(一) 原創組報名方式
- 個人、組合、樂團等形式不拘，惟組成人員之主要成員不得與其他團隊成員重疊，且不可跨組重複報名。
- 報名演唱之歌曲須以原創自創曲的形式，每人(組)報名參選作品總計至多三件（含共同創作）；詞或曲分屬不同人創作者，連同演唱人都應共同報名參賽。
- 報名請至活動官網填寫報名表、上傳作品音檔、照片(正面清晰半身或全身照)等相關資料，始完成報名程序。(照片規格: JPEG檔，檔案大小至少1MB；音檔格式:WAV、MP4)
(二) 演唱組報名方式
- 歌唱組得以獨唱、重唱或合唱等方式表演，形式不拘，惟組成人員之主要成員不得與其他團隊成員重疊，且不可跨組重複報名。
- 報名演唱之歌曲須自選一首客家流行歌曲，每人報名參選作品總計至多一件，初審以提供清唱影音檔為主。
- 報名請至活動官網填寫報名表、上傳清唱影音檔、照片(正面清晰半身或全身照)等相關資料，始完成報名程序。(照片規格: JPEG檔，檔案大小至少1MB；報名影片請提供YouTube連結)
七、 參賽歌曲形式：
(一) 原創組參賽歌曲形式
- 須為原創作品，參賽原創作品之定義為同時包含詞、曲創作，以同一團隊名義報名之原創作品，詞或曲可由該團隊不同人創作。
- 參賽作品皆須提供歌曲說明介紹。
- 參賽作品內容風格、曲風不限，惟須涵蓋客家元素，每首歌以3~6分鐘為限。
- 參賽之原創作品，應未於其他公開比賽獲獎或數位/實體發行，此規範至決賽賽事完畢前均不得違反本項規定。
(二) 演唱組參賽歌曲形式
自選一首流行歌曲，須涵蓋客家歌詞或客家音樂元素等，清唱影片時間長度以2~3分鐘為限。
八、 外國人士參賽說明：
(一) 外國入圍者指居住於本國(臺、澎、金、馬以外)之具備外國國籍參賽者。
(二) 初賽一律採網路報名，同第六點報名方式辦理參賽。
(三) 入圍複賽或決賽之外國個人（團隊），來臺須配合該期間臺灣入境管制措施相關規定，除第十一點外國入圍者相關補助外，其餘費用需自行負擔。
九、 評審方式：
(一) 由主辦單位遴聘專業人士組成評審團，負責評審工作，評審作業分初賽、複賽及決賽階段。參賽作品審查內容如下：
- 初賽：以參賽者報名時所提供之音樂作品作為評分依據。創作組包含詞、曲、編曲、演唱、音樂完整度等項目。
- 複、決賽：須以Live Band形式演出。原創組Live Band編制與形式不拘，演唱組則會安排音樂總監協助每首參賽歌曲，改編成現場表演版本，並規劃事前彩排和練團，當天由樂手幫參賽者伴奏表演。以呈現演出完整度為評分考量，包含詞、曲、編曲、演唱、現場舞臺演繹、服裝造型等項目。每組隊伍演出時間以3~6分鐘為限，未達或超過限定時間者，將依評審團決議酌量扣分。
- 各組入選複賽者以10組為原則、各組入選決賽者以6組為原則，實際名額由評審團決定。
十、 獎項、名額及獎金：
(一) 原創組
- 首獎１名：獎金新臺幣30萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV 1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 貳獎１名：獎金新臺幣20萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 參獎１名：獎金新臺幣10萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 佳作3名：獎金各新臺幣5萬元、獎狀(含框)各1面。
(二) 演唱組
- 首獎1名：獎金新臺幣15萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
- 貳獎1名：獎金新臺幣10萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
- 參獎1名：獎金新臺幣5萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
(三) 得獎獎金應由共同得獎者自行決定獎金分配。
(四) 本賽事得視參賽作品增減獎項名額或從缺。
十一、 非居住雙北或外國入圍者相關補助規定：
(一) 非居住雙北地區之本國入圍者：
- 複賽或決賽入圍者皆可提出申請交通及住宿補助。
- 需於複賽日或決賽日前2週以電子郵件方式提出申請，並填寫申請表格(如附件)，申請名額僅限報名時填寫之演出人員人數。
- 提供完成申請者每場賽事經濟艙之飛機、高鐵、船舶、臺鐵、客運等交通工具，以及2晚住宿補助(3天2夜)，住宿每人每晚上限新臺幣4,500元，屆時檢據覈實核銷支付。
- 駕駛自用汽（機）車者，其交通費得按同路段公民營客運汽車最高等級之票價報支，並提出票價證明。且不得另行報支油料、過路（橋）、停車等費用。
- 請款需檢附交通工具搭乘存根及住宿收據或發票等證明文件，連同申請人之匯款帳號影本，並於活動結束後15日內提出，以後續審查。
(二) 外國入圍者：
- 複賽或決賽入圍者皆可提出申請交通及住宿補助。
- 需於複賽日或決賽日前2週以電子郵件方式提出申請，並填寫申請表格(如附件)，申請名額僅限報名時填寫之演出人員人數。
- 提供完成申請者每場賽事經濟艙之飛機、高鐵、船舶、臺鐵、客運等交通工具，以及3晚住宿補助(4天3夜)，住宿每人每晚上限新臺幣4,500元，屆時檢據覈實核銷支付。
- 請款需檢附登機證存根以及住宿收據或發票等證明文件，連同申請人之匯款帳號影本，並於活動結束後15日內提出，以利後續審查。
十二、 注意事項：
(一) 參賽作品及報名相關資料恕不退件。
原創組作品歌詞如使用客家字，須以「客語漢字」表示，客語漢字請參考：教育部臺灣客家語常用詞辭典（網址：https://hakkadict.moe.edu.tw/），客語拼音則以教育部《客家語拼音方案》為準。得獎作品之後續宣傳(包含MV、合輯製作、出版等)露出資訊，亦同，且主辦單位保有修正之權利。
(二) 參賽者/團隊須配合主辦單位所安排時間、地點參加培訓、彩排、練團，不得任意更改或取消，若無故缺席，主辦單位有權取消決賽參賽資格。
(三) 完成報名後原報名成員不得任意更換，違反者，不列入比賽評分。若有特殊情形需先向主辦單位提出申請，待主辦單位核定為準。
(四) 複賽與決賽當日演唱順序事前以抽籤決定，並將結果公布於現場與活動官網網站。
(五) 原創組參賽作品需為參賽者自行創作，且須未得獎、未數位/實體公開發行之作品，且無發生侵害第三人著作權之情事；如有抄襲、重製、侵權、誹謗或違反其他法令等情形發生，除取消得獎資格，追回獎金外，將由參賽者自負相關法律責任，並得對得獎者求償主辦單位之得獎作品專輯修正、發行及銷毀之費用；得獎者應無條件繳回已領之獎金、獎座、獎狀等。
(六) 本活動頒發之獎金將依所得稅法扣繳百分之十，外籍人士則扣繳百分之二十。
十三、 授權及配合推廣義務：
(一) 為達到活動宣傳效果及系列報導之延續完整性，所有報名參賽者即視為同意主辦單位授權於相關指定合作媒體或平臺，得無償使用參賽者之姓名、肖像、視聽著作及錄音著作，於各相關活動宣材、報導刊登及廣播、電視、網路等媒體，進行公開播送及公開傳輸。
(二) 公布決賽入選名單團隊後，入圍者應配合主辦單位規劃，協助有關決賽演出等重要相關訊息之揭露與宣傳（包含但不限於運用新媒體作訊息發布、訊息轉貼/轉知、接受媒體訪問等）。
(三) 獲獎者之得獎作品，應同意於著作權存續期間內無償授權主辦單位得在非商業及商業數位發行用途下，由主辦單位或其授權之第三人將該得獎作品包括但不限於歌詞與曲譜重製、編輯、出版、再版，以及歌曲錄製成CD專輯及音樂錄影帶(MV)由國內外重製、散布、改作、編輯、公開演出；並於無線、有線、衛星之類比及數位電視頻道、廣播電臺、電影院、集會場所及電腦網路，進行公開播送、公開上映及公開傳輸。
(四) 得獎者應配合參加主辦單位所舉辦之頒獎典禮，錄製得獎作品合輯，以及參加其他宣傳推廣活動。惟經主辦單位同意或有正當理由無法親自參加，得獎者應同意無償授權主辦單位指定第三人公開演出得獎作品。
(五) 得獎者應配合參加主辦單位所安排之培訓課程與宣傳活動等規劃。
(六) 主辦單位將於賽程現場專人錄影及拍照紀錄，參賽團隊不得有異議。
十四、 相關事項如有疑義或其他未盡事宜，由主辦單位解釋，另主辦單位保留活動修改變更之權利。凡參加本活動者視為同意以上之規定。
初賽報名期間：114年7月17日至9月30日止。1. Purpose:
To promote the preservation and development of Hakka language and culture, increase the reach of Hakka pop music, inspire a new trend in the music industry, and find the next generation of Hakka pop artists. By scouting talent, providing training, creating music, producing performances, and nurturing emerging Hakka musicians, the competition aims to help Hakka music enter the mainstream market.
2. Organizer:
Organized by: Hakka Affairs Council of Taiwan
Implemented by: New Vision Integrated Marketing Communication Co., Ltd.
3. Qualification:
Participation are open to all nationalities, ages, and those that are interested in Hakka culture, music composition, and singing.
4. Contest Schedule:
(1)Deadline for Preliminary Registration: From July 17 to September 30, 2025.
(2)Announcement date for Semi-Finalists: October 20, 2025.
(3)Professional Training for Semi-Finalists: November 1–2, 2025. Venue: 1500 Sound Academy
(4)Semi-final Schedule: December 6, 2025 ( Saturday ). Venue: Ximen Red House north plaza.
(5)Professional Training for Finalists: December 20–21, 2025 (Adjust according to the actual situation.)
(6)Finals and Award Presentation Ceremony: January 17, 2026 (Saturday). Venue: Legacy Taipei
5. Contest Category:
This competition are divided into “Composition Category” and “Singing Category.”
6. Registration:
Online registration only. (http://www.hakkapopmusic.com.tw)
(1) Registration for Composition Category
- Open to individuals, teams, and bands. However, the main members of the compositions may not overlap with members of other registration or register concurrently through other categories.
- The songs that are registered to perform must be original song. Each person (category) can register up to 3 songs (including joint composition). Different artists of lyrics or music should be applied for contest registration along with the performer.
- For registration, please complete the application form from the main website, upload the audio file of the entries, photo (full-faced and high-resolution half-length or full-length photo), and other information before completing the registration procedures (Photo specification: JPEG file with the size of at least 1MB; Audio file format: WAV、MP4)
(2) Registration for Singing Category
- The singing category may be performed through solo, ensemble, or chorus, without the restriction of mode.
However, the main members of the compositions may not overlap with members of other registration or register concurrently through other categories. - The songs that are registered for performance must be Hakka pop Music ( at least per person one ). The preliminary round requires mostly the audio of cappella.
- For registration, please send out the application form to the main website, upload the audio of the cappella work, photos (full-faced and high-resolution half-length of full-length photo), and other information before completing the registration procedures. (Photo specification: JPEG file with the size of at least 1MB. Please provide the YouTube link for the registration video).
7. Form of contest music:
(1) Composition Category Music
- Music must be an original song. The definition of original song includes the lyrics and music composition, the original song concurrently registered under the same category. The lyrics or music can be composed by a different person from the team.
- All entries works must be companied by the introduction and description of the lyrics.
- The content and musical style of the entries are not limited. However, the entries must include Hakka elements and the length of song limit is about 3~6minutes the most.
- The original song for the competition should not have won awards in other public competitions or have been digitally/physically distributed.
(2) Singing Category Music
A pop song of your choice, which must cover Hakka lyrics or Hakka music elements, etc. The length of a cappella is limited to 2-3 minutes.
8. Instruction for overseas contestants:
(1) Foreign finalists refer to those with foreign nationality who live abroad (other than Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu).
(2) Online registration is only for preliminary rounds and the registration for the contest is the same as the way in Clause 6.
(3) Overseas teams for semi-final or finals must comply with the arrival control measures and anti-pandemic requirement of Taiwan during that period. Apart from the relevant funding for overseas semi-finalists and finalists as described in Clause 11, such overseas contestants shall pay for other expenses at their own expense.
9. Judgement:
(1) The organizer shall select professionals to form a judging team who is responsible for the evaluation. The evaluation process includes the preliminary, semi-finals, and finals. The entries are reviewed for the following content:
- Preliminary: The music entries provided by the contestant for registration shall be used as a scoring basis. The composition category includes lyrics, music, arrangement, performance, and musical richness.
- Semi-Finals: Must be performed through Live Band. The live Band of composition category is not confined to any arrangement and form while the singing category will be arranged with the music director to assist in arranging every entries song into a liver performance version. The director also plans the pre-rehearsal and band practice. Musicians will accompany the contestant on performance day. The score is based on the completeness of the performance, including lyrics, music, arrangement, singing, live stage performance, costume modeling and other extra props. Each team is limited to 3~6 minutes of performance time. Those without reaching or exceeding the specified time limit shall be deducted for points according to the resolution of the judging team.
- The semi-finalists of each category are limited to 10 teams, with each category of finalists limited to 6 teams in general. The actual number of teams shall be determined by the judges.
10. Awards, Places and Prizes pool:
(1) Composition Category
- One 1st Place: Prize pool of NTD300,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 2nd Place: Prize pool of NTD200,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 3rd Place: Prize pool of NTD100,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- Three Honorable Mention: Prize pool of NTD50,000 and a Certificate of Merit.
(2) Singing Category
- One 1st Place: Prize pool of NTD150,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 2nd Place: Prize pool of NTD100,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 3rd Place: Prize pool of NTD50,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
(3) The award prize should be determined by the co-winners at their own discretion.
(4) This competition may increase or decrease the number of awards there for depending on the entries.
11. Regulation governing funding for semi-finalists or finalists living outside of Taipei City/New Taipei City or overseas:
(1) Living outside of Taipei City/New Taipei City:
- Semi-finalists or finalists may apply the funding for transportation and accommodation.
- Submit the application via email within 2 weeks prior to the date of semi-final or final, fill out the application form (as shown in the appendix). The number of applications are limited to the number of performers that filled out for registration.
- The flight ticket for economy class, high-speed railway ticket, vessel, Taiwan Railway, bus, and other transportations, as well as funding for accommodation (3 days and 2 nights) for each round of the contest will be provided for completion of the application. The reimbursement of an accommodation for per person per night is limited to NTD4,500, with the submission of invoices.
- Those who drove or rode themselves shall be reimbursed with the transportation fees equivalent to the highest class of fare for the public bus on the same road section, with the submission of proof of fare price. The applicant may not receive reimbursement for gasoline, road (bridge) tokens, and parking fees.
- For reimbursement, enclose the stubs of transportation mode taken and receipt/invoice of accommodation as well as other supporting documents along with the copy of the applicant’s bank remittance account to submit in 15 days after the end of the activity for review later.
(2) Foreign finalists:
- Semi-finalists or finalists may apply the funding for transportation and accommodation.
- Submit the application via email within 2 weeks prior to the semi-final or final date and fill out the application form (as shown in the appendix). The number of applications are limited to the number of performers that filled out for registration.
- The flight ticket for economy class, high-speed railway ticket, vessel, Taiwan Railway, bus, and other transportation modes, as well as funding for accommodation (4 days and 3 nights) for each of the contest will be provided for completion of the application. The reimbursement of an accommodation for per person per night is limited to NTD4,500, with the submission of invoices.
- For reimbursement, enclose the stubs of boarding pass and receipt/invoice of accommodation as well as other supporting documents along with the copy of the applicant’s bank remittance account to submit in 15 days after the end of the activity for review later.
12. Notice:
(1) The contest entries and registration-related documents will not be returned.
Lyrics in the composition category must be “Hakka Chinese Character” for the use of Hakka words. For Hakka Chinese characters, please refer to the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka (website: https://hakkadict.moe.edu.tw/） and use the “Hakka Pingyin Plan” from the Ministry of Education for Hakka pinyin. The same procedures apply to the disclosed information of subsequent promotion (including Music Video, joint production, and publication) of the winning entries. The organizer reserves the right to make the correction without notice.
(2) Participant/team must participate in the training, rehearsal, and group practice according to the time and venue specified by the organizer. The participant/team may not change or cancel the participation without authorization. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify the contest from the final round if the participant/group is absent without a proper reason.
(3) Do not change the member initially registered upon completion. Violators may be excluded from contest scoring. For any special circumstance, submit the application to the organizer in advance for approval.
(4) The order of performance on the day of the semi-finals and finals is determined by drawing lots. The results will be published on the official website and the event.
(5) The works for the composition category must be composed by the contestant without prior award winning and digital/physical publication. The entries may not infringe the copyright of a third party will be disqualification from award winning and the entrants will be responsible for the relevant legal responsibilities.
Contestants will be required to return the prize and bear the
relevant legal liability solely. The organizer may also claim for any correction, publication, and disposal fees for the winning entries albums from the winners. The winners shall return the prize, trophy, and certificate of merits immediately.
(6) The prizes awarded by this activity will be withheld 10% as income tax according to the Income Tax Act and 20% for foreigners.
13. Authorization and Obligation of Promotion:
(1) For the extensive completion of promotion and series reporting, all contestants registering shall be deemed as consent for the organizer to authorize assigned media or platform for the use of the contestant’s name, portrait, video publication, and audit publication, for public broadcasting and transmission in relevant activity promotion materials, report publication and radio station, TV and internet media for free.
(2) After announcing the finalists, they shall cooperate with the organizer about the disclosure and promotion of important information related to the final performance (including but not subject to the use of new media as information release, information re-post/forward, and acceptance of media interview).
(3) The winners shall agree on free authorization to the organizer under the duration of copyright for the winning song. For the purpose of non-commercial and commercial digital publication, the organizer or authorized third party may reproduce, arrange, publish and republish the winning works, including but not limited to the lyrics and music. The organizer or authorized third party
may also record the songs in CD albums and music videos (MV) to reproduce, distribute, alter, arrange, and perform to public in Taiwan or abroad; in addition to broadcast to public and transmit throughout wireless, cabled, satellite analog and digital TV channels, radio stations, movie theaters, assembly venue, and computer network.
(4) The winners shall attend an award giving ceremony held by the organizer and record an CD album of their winning song, and participate in other promotional campaigns. However, if the organizer agrees on the winner could not participate in person themselves with a good reasons, they will be assigning to a third party to perform the winning enties of their own to the public for free.
(5) The winners shall participate in training courses and promotional activities that are arranged by the organizer.
(6) The organizer shall assign a specialist to record some clips and take photos. The teams can’t oppose.
14. The organizer shall explain any matter of doubts or not mentioned herein. The organizer may also revise or change the activity without notice. All contestants from the activity are deemed as agreeing to the aforementioned terms and conditions.
一、 目的
為推動傳承客語文化發展，擴大推廣客家流行音樂，帶動流行音樂新風潮，尋找客家流行音樂未來之星，從發掘新人、培訓、音樂創作、演出製作及培力客曲新血進軍主流音樂市場。
二、辦理單位
主辦單位：客家委員會。
承辦單位：新視紀整合行銷傳播股份有限公司。
三、參加資格
不限國籍、年齡，凡對客家文化、音樂創作、歌唱有興趣者，均可報名參加。
四、參賽活動期程
- 初賽報名期間：114 年 7 月 17 日至 9 月 30 日止。
- 入圍複賽名單公布日期：114 年 10 月 20 日。(初賽評選 10/1-10/15)
- 入圍複賽者專業培訓：114 年 11 月 1 日、11 月 2 日。地點: 1500 Sound Academy 聲量音創學院
- 複賽時間：114 年 12 月 6 日(六)下午 1 時，地點:西門紅樓北廣場。
- 入圍決賽者專業培訓：114 年 12 月 20 日、12 月 21 日。(依實際狀況調整)
- 決賽與頒獎典禮：115 年 1 月 17 日(六) 晚上 7 時，地點: Legacy Taipei 傳音樂展演空間。
五、 參賽組別
本賽事組別分為「原創組」與「演唱組」。
六、 報名方式：
一律採網路報名(http://www.hakkapopmusic.com.tw)
(一) 原創組報名方式
- 個人、組合、樂團等形式不拘，惟組成人員之主要成員不得與其他團隊成員重疊，且不可跨組重複報名。
- 報名演唱之歌曲須以原創自創曲的形式，每人(組)報名參選作品總計至多三件（含共同創作）；詞或曲分屬不同人創作者，連同演唱人都應共同報名參賽。
- 報名請至活動官網填寫報名表、上傳作品音檔、照片(正面清晰半身或全身照)等相關資料，始完成報名程序。(照片規格: JPEG檔，檔案大小至少1MB；音檔格式:WAV、MP4)
(二) 演唱組報名方式
- 歌唱組得以獨唱、重唱或合唱等方式表演，形式不拘，惟組成人員之主要成員不得與其他團隊成員重疊，且不可跨組重複報名。
- 報名演唱之歌曲須自選一首客家流行歌曲，每人報名參選作品總計至多一件，初審以提供清唱影音檔為主。
- 報名請至活動官網填寫報名表、上傳清唱影音檔、照片(正面清晰半身或全身照)等相關資料，始完成報名程序。(照片規格: JPEG檔，檔案大小至少1MB；報名影片請提供YouTube連結)
七、 參賽歌曲形式：
(一) 原創組參賽歌曲形式
- 須為原創作品，參賽原創作品之定義為同時包含詞、曲創作，以同一團隊名義報名之原創作品，詞或曲可由該團隊不同人創作。
- 參賽作品皆須提供歌曲說明介紹。
- 參賽作品內容風格、曲風不限，惟須涵蓋客家元素，每首歌以3~6分鐘為限。
- 參賽之原創作品，應未於其他公開比賽獲獎或數位/實體發行，此規範至決賽賽事完畢前均不得違反本項規定。
(二) 演唱組參賽歌曲形式
自選一首流行歌曲，須涵蓋客家歌詞或客家音樂元素等，清唱影片時間長度以2~3分鐘為限。
八、 外國人士參賽說明：
(一) 外國入圍者指居住於本國(臺、澎、金、馬以外)之具備外國國籍參賽者。
(二) 初賽一律採網路報名，同第六點報名方式辦理參賽。
(三) 入圍複賽或決賽之外國個人（團隊），來臺須配合該期間臺灣入境管制措施相關規定，除第十一點外國入圍者相關補助外，其餘費用需自行負擔。
九、 評審方式：
(一) 由主辦單位遴聘專業人士組成評審團，負責評審工作，評審作業分初賽、複賽及決賽階段。參賽作品審查內容如下：
- 初賽：以參賽者報名時所提供之音樂作品作為評分依據。創作組包含詞、曲、編曲、演唱、音樂完整度等項目。
- 複、決賽：須以Live Band形式演出。原創組Live Band編制與形式不拘，演唱組則會安排音樂總監協助每首參賽歌曲，改編成現場表演版本，並規劃事前彩排和練團，當天由樂手幫參賽者伴奏表演。以呈現演出完整度為評分考量，包含詞、曲、編曲、演唱、現場舞臺演繹、服裝造型等項目。每組隊伍演出時間以3~6分鐘為限，未達或超過限定時間者，將依評審團決議酌量扣分。
- 各組入選複賽者以10組為原則、各組入選決賽者以6組為原則，實際名額由評審團決定。
十、 獎項、名額及獎金：
(一) 原創組
- 首獎１名：獎金新臺幣30萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV 1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 貳獎１名：獎金新臺幣20萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 參獎１名：獎金新臺幣10萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面、得獎歌曲單曲錄製、MV1部及得獎者專業培訓。
- 佳作3名：獎金各新臺幣5萬元、獎狀(含框)各1面。
(二) 演唱組
- 首獎1名：獎金新臺幣15萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
- 貳獎1名：獎金新臺幣10萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
- 參獎1名：獎金新臺幣5萬元、獎座1座、獎狀1面及得獎者專業培訓。
(三) 得獎獎金應由共同得獎者自行決定獎金分配。
(四) 本賽事得視參賽作品增減獎項名額或從缺。
十一、 非居住雙北或外國入圍者相關補助規定：
(一) 非居住雙北地區之本國入圍者：
- 複賽或決賽入圍者皆可提出申請交通及住宿補助。
- 需於複賽日或決賽日前2週以電子郵件方式提出申請，並填寫申請表格(如附件)，申請名額僅限報名時填寫之演出人員人數。
- 提供完成申請者每場賽事經濟艙之飛機、高鐵、船舶、臺鐵、客運等交通工具，以及2晚住宿補助(3天2夜)，住宿每人每晚上限新臺幣4,500元，屆時檢據覈實核銷支付。
- 駕駛自用汽（機）車者，其交通費得按同路段公民營客運汽車最高等級之票價報支，並提出票價證明。且不得另行報支油料、過路（橋）、停車等費用。
- 請款需檢附交通工具搭乘存根及住宿收據或發票等證明文件，連同申請人之匯款帳號影本，並於活動結束後15日內提出，以後續審查。
(二) 外國入圍者：
- 複賽或決賽入圍者皆可提出申請交通及住宿補助。
- 需於複賽日或決賽日前2週以電子郵件方式提出申請，並填寫申請表格(如附件)，申請名額僅限報名時填寫之演出人員人數。
- 提供完成申請者每場賽事經濟艙之飛機、高鐵、船舶、臺鐵、客運等交通工具，以及3晚住宿補助(4天3夜)，住宿每人每晚上限新臺幣4,500元，屆時檢據覈實核銷支付。
- 請款需檢附登機證存根以及住宿收據或發票等證明文件，連同申請人之匯款帳號影本，並於活動結束後15日內提出，以利後續審查。
十二、 注意事項：
(一) 參賽作品及報名相關資料恕不退件。
原創組作品歌詞如使用客家字，須以「客語漢字」表示，客語漢字請參考：教育部臺灣客家語常用詞辭典（網址：https://hakkadict.moe.edu.tw/），客語拼音則以教育部《客家語拼音方案》為準。得獎作品之後續宣傳(包含MV、合輯製作、出版等)露出資訊，亦同，且主辦單位保有修正之權利。
(二) 參賽者/團隊須配合主辦單位所安排時間、地點參加培訓、彩排、練團，不得任意更改或取消，若無故缺席，主辦單位有權取消決賽參賽資格。
(三) 完成報名後原報名成員不得任意更換，違反者，不列入比賽評分。若有特殊情形需先向主辦單位提出申請，待主辦單位核定為準。
(四) 複賽與決賽當日演唱順序事前以抽籤決定，並將結果公布於現場與活動官網網站。
(五) 原創組參賽作品需為參賽者自行創作，且須未得獎、未數位/實體公開發行之作品，且無發生侵害第三人著作權之情事；如有抄襲、重製、侵權、誹謗或違反其他法令等情形發生，除取消得獎資格，追回獎金外，將由參賽者自負相關法律責任，並得對得獎者求償主辦單位之得獎作品專輯修正、發行及銷毀之費用；得獎者應無條件繳回已領之獎金、獎座、獎狀等。
(六) 本活動頒發之獎金將依所得稅法扣繳百分之十，外籍人士則扣繳百分之二十。
十三、 授權及配合推廣義務：
(一) 為達到活動宣傳效果及系列報導之延續完整性，所有報名參賽者即視為同意主辦單位授權於相關指定合作媒體或平臺，得無償使用參賽者之姓名、肖像、視聽著作及錄音著作，於各相關活動宣材、報導刊登及廣播、電視、網路等媒體，進行公開播送及公開傳輸。
(二) 公布決賽入選名單團隊後，入圍者應配合主辦單位規劃，協助有關決賽演出等重要相關訊息之揭露與宣傳（包含但不限於運用新媒體作訊息發布、訊息轉貼/轉知、接受媒體訪問等）。
(三) 獲獎者之得獎作品，應同意於著作權存續期間內無償授權主辦單位得在非商業及商業數位發行用途下，由主辦單位或其授權之第三人將該得獎作品包括但不限於歌詞與曲譜重製、編輯、出版、再版，以及歌曲錄製成CD專輯及音樂錄影帶(MV)由國內外重製、散布、改作、編輯、公開演出；並於無線、有線、衛星之類比及數位電視頻道、廣播電臺、電影院、集會場所及電腦網路，進行公開播送、公開上映及公開傳輸。
(四) 得獎者應配合參加主辦單位所舉辦之頒獎典禮，錄製得獎作品合輯，以及參加其他宣傳推廣活動。惟經主辦單位同意或有正當理由無法親自參加，得獎者應同意無償授權主辦單位指定第三人公開演出得獎作品。
(五) 得獎者應配合參加主辦單位所安排之培訓課程與宣傳活動等規劃。
(六) 主辦單位將於賽程現場專人錄影及拍照紀錄，參賽團隊不得有異議。
十四、 相關事項如有疑義或其他未盡事宜，由主辦單位解釋，另主辦單位保留活動修改變更之權利。凡參加本活動者視為同意以上之規定。
1. Purpose:
To promote the preservation and development of Hakka language and culture, increase the reach of Hakka pop music, inspire a new trend in the music industry, and find the next generation of Hakka pop artists. By scouting talent, providing training, creating music, producing performances, and nurturing emerging Hakka musicians, the competition aims to help Hakka music enter the mainstream market.
2. Organizer:
Organized by: Hakka Affairs Council of Taiwan
Implemented by: New Vision Integrated Marketing Communication Co., Ltd.
3. Qualification:
Participation are open to all nationalities, ages, and those that are interested in Hakka culture, music composition, and singing.
4. Contest Schedule:
(1)Deadline for Preliminary Registration: From July 17 to September 30, 2025.
(2)Announcement date for Semi-Finalists: October 20, 2025.
(3)Professional Training for Semi-Finalists: November 1–2, 2025. Venue: 1500 Sound Academy
(4)Semi-final Schedule: December 6, 2025 ( Saturday ). Venue: Ximen Red House north plaza.
(5)Professional Training for Finalists: December 20–21, 2025 (Adjust according to the actual situation.)
(6)Finals and Award Presentation Ceremony: January 17, 2026 (Saturday). Venue: Legacy Taipei
5. Contest Category:
This competition are divided into “Composition Category” and “Singing Category.”
6. Registration:
Online registration only. (http://www.hakkapopmusic.com.tw)
(1) Registration for Composition Category
- Open to individuals, teams, and bands. However, the main members of the compositions may not overlap with members of other registration or register concurrently through other categories.
- The songs that are registered to perform must be original song. Each person (category) can register up to 3 songs (including joint composition). Different artists of lyrics or music should be applied for contest registration along with the performer.
- For registration, please complete the application form from the main website, upload the audio file of the entries, photo (full-faced and high-resolution half-length or full-length photo), and other information before completing the registration procedures (Photo specification: JPEG file with the size of at least 1MB; Audio file format: WAV、MP4)
(2) Registration for Singing Category
- The singing category may be performed through solo, ensemble, or chorus, without the restriction of mode.
However, the main members of the compositions may not overlap with members of other registration or register concurrently through other categories. - The songs that are registered for performance must be Hakka pop Music ( at least per person one ). The preliminary round requires mostly the audio of cappella.
- For registration, please send out the application form to the main website, upload the audio of the cappella work, photos (full-faced and high-resolution half-length of full-length photo), and other information before completing the registration procedures. (Photo specification: JPEG file with the size of at least 1MB. Please provide the YouTube link for the registration video).
7. Form of contest music:
(1) Composition Category Music
- Music must be an original song. The definition of original song includes the lyrics and music composition, the original song concurrently registered under the same category. The lyrics or music can be composed by a different person from the team.
- All entries works must be companied by the introduction and description of the lyrics.
- The content and musical style of the entries are not limited. However, the entries must include Hakka elements and the length of song limit is about 3~6minutes the most.
- The original song for the competition should not have won awards in other public competitions or have been digitally/physically distributed.
(2) Singing Category Music
A pop song of your choice, which must cover Hakka lyrics or Hakka music elements, etc. The length of a cappella is limited to 2-3 minutes.
8. Instruction for overseas contestants:
(1) Foreign finalists refer to those with foreign nationality who live abroad (other than Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu).
(2) Online registration is only for preliminary rounds and the registration for the contest is the same as the way in Clause 6.
(3) Overseas teams for semi-final or finals must comply with the arrival control measures and anti-pandemic requirement of Taiwan during that period. Apart from the relevant funding for overseas semi-finalists and finalists as described in Clause 11, such overseas contestants shall pay for other expenses at their own expense.
9. Judgement:
(1) The organizer shall select professionals to form a judging team who is responsible for the evaluation. The evaluation process includes the preliminary, semi-finals, and finals. The entries are reviewed for the following content:
- Preliminary: The music entries provided by the contestant for registration shall be used as a scoring basis. The composition category includes lyrics, music, arrangement, performance, and musical richness.
- Semi-Finals: Must be performed through Live Band. The live Band of composition category is not confined to any arrangement and form while the singing category will be arranged with the music director to assist in arranging every entries song into a liver performance version. The director also plans the pre-rehearsal and band practice. Musicians will accompany the contestant on performance day. The score is based on the completeness of the performance, including lyrics, music, arrangement, singing, live stage performance, costume modeling and other extra props. Each team is limited to 3~6 minutes of performance time. Those without reaching or exceeding the specified time limit shall be deducted for points according to the resolution of the judging team.
- The semi-finalists of each category are limited to 10 teams, with each category of finalists limited to 6 teams in general. The actual number of teams shall be determined by the judges.
10. Awards, Places and Prizes pool:
(1) Composition Category
- One 1st Place: Prize pool of NTD300,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 2nd Place: Prize pool of NTD200,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 3rd Place: Prize pool of NTD100,000, a Trophy, a Certificate of Merit, an Award-winning song recording and MV, and professional training for winning contestants.
- Three Honorable Mention: Prize pool of NTD50,000 and a Certificate of Merit.
(2) Singing Category
- One 1st Place: Prize pool of NTD150,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 2nd Place: Prize pool of NTD100,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
- One 3rd Place: Prize pool of NTD50,000, a Trophy, and a Certificate of Merit and professional training for winning contestants.
(3) The award prize should be determined by the co-winners at their own discretion.
(4) This competition may increase or decrease the number of awards there for depending on the entries.
11. Regulation governing funding for semi-finalists or finalists living outside of Taipei City/New Taipei City or overseas:
(1) Living outside of Taipei City/New Taipei City:
- Semi-finalists or finalists may apply the funding for transportation and accommodation.
- Submit the application via email within 2 weeks prior to the date of semi-final or final, fill out the application form (as shown in the appendix). The number of applications are limited to the number of performers that filled out for registration.
- The flight ticket for economy class, high-speed railway ticket, vessel, Taiwan Railway, bus, and other transportations, as well as funding for accommodation (3 days and 2 nights) for each round of the contest will be provided for completion of the application. The reimbursement of an accommodation for per person per night is limited to NTD4,500, with the submission of invoices.
- Those who drove or rode themselves shall be reimbursed with the transportation fees equivalent to the highest class of fare for the public bus on the same road section, with the submission of proof of fare price. The applicant may not receive reimbursement for gasoline, road (bridge) tokens, and parking fees.
- For reimbursement, enclose the stubs of transportation mode taken and receipt/invoice of accommodation as well as other supporting documents along with the copy of the applicant’s bank remittance account to submit in 15 days after the end of the activity for review later.
(2) Foreign finalists:
- Semi-finalists or finalists may apply the funding for transportation and accommodation.
- Submit the application via email within 2 weeks prior to the semi-final or final date and fill out the application form (as shown in the appendix). The number of applications are limited to the number of performers that filled out for registration.
- The flight ticket for economy class, high-speed railway ticket, vessel, Taiwan Railway, bus, and other transportation modes, as well as funding for accommodation (4 days and 3 nights) for each of the contest will be provided for completion of the application. The reimbursement of an accommodation for per person per night is limited to NTD4,500, with the submission of invoices.
- For reimbursement, enclose the stubs of boarding pass and receipt/invoice of accommodation as well as other supporting documents along with the copy of the applicant’s bank remittance account to submit in 15 days after the end of the activity for review later.
12. Notice:
(1) The contest entries and registration-related documents will not be returned.
Lyrics in the composition category must be “Hakka Chinese Character” for the use of Hakka words. For Hakka Chinese characters, please refer to the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka (website: https://hakkadict.moe.edu.tw/） and use the “Hakka Pingyin Plan” from the Ministry of Education for Hakka pinyin. The same procedures apply to the disclosed information of subsequent promotion (including Music Video, joint production, and publication) of the winning entries. The organizer reserves the right to make the correction without notice.
(2) Participant/team must participate in the training, rehearsal, and group practice according to the time and venue specified by the organizer. The participant/team may not change or cancel the participation without authorization. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify the contest from the final round if the participant/group is absent without a proper reason.
(3) Do not change the member initially registered upon completion. Violators may be excluded from contest scoring. For any special circumstance, submit the application to the organizer in advance for approval.
(4) The order of performance on the day of the semi-finals and finals is determined by drawing lots. The results will be published on the official website and the event.
(5) The works for the composition category must be composed by the contestant without prior award winning and digital/physical publication. The entries may not infringe the copyright of a third party will be disqualification from award winning and the entrants will be responsible for the relevant legal responsibilities.
Contestants will be required to return the prize and bear the
relevant legal liability solely. The organizer may also claim for any correction, publication, and disposal fees for the winning entries albums from the winners. The winners shall return the prize, trophy, and certificate of merits immediately.
(6) The prizes awarded by this activity will be withheld 10% as income tax according to the Income Tax Act and 20% for foreigners.
13. Authorization and Obligation of Promotion:
(1) For the extensive completion of promotion and series reporting, all contestants registering shall be deemed as consent for the organizer to authorize assigned media or platform for the use of the contestant’s name, portrait, video publication, and audit publication, for public broadcasting and transmission in relevant activity promotion materials, report publication and radio station, TV and internet media for free.
(2) After announcing the finalists, they shall cooperate with the organizer about the disclosure and promotion of important information related to the final performance (including but not subject to the use of new media as information release, information re-post/forward, and acceptance of media interview).
(3) The winners shall agree on free authorization to the organizer under the duration of copyright for the winning song. For the purpose of non-commercial and commercial digital publication, the organizer or authorized third party may reproduce, arrange, publish and republish the winning works, including but not limited to the lyrics and music. The organizer or authorized third party
may also record the songs in CD albums and music videos (MV) to reproduce, distribute, alter, arrange, and perform to public in Taiwan or abroad; in addition to broadcast to public and transmit throughout wireless, cabled, satellite analog and digital TV channels, radio stations, movie theaters, assembly venue, and computer network.
(4) The winners shall attend an award giving ceremony held by the organizer and record an CD album of their winning song, and participate in other promotional campaigns. However, if the organizer agrees on the winner could not participate in person themselves with a good reasons, they will be assigning to a third party to perform the winning enties of their own to the public for free.
(5) The winners shall participate in training courses and promotional activities that are arranged by the organizer.
(6) The organizer shall assign a specialist to record some clips and take photos. The teams can’t oppose.
14. The organizer shall explain any matter of doubts or not mentioned herein. The organizer may also revise or change the activity without notice. All contestants from the activity are deemed as agreeing to the aforementioned terms and conditions.