{"id":4193,"date":"2014-06-25T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T04:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T04:29:29","slug":"icc-international-student-karaoke-contest-%e3%80%90grand-final%e3%80%91-wwwworld-wide-waseda-karaoke-com-bringing-the-waseda-community-together-through-song-%e2%98%85first-200-audience-members-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news\/2014\/06\/25\/4193\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC International Student Karaoke Contest 2014 GRAND FINAL &#8211; Bringing the Waseda Community Together Through Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pic140625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pic140625.jpg\" alt=\"pic140625\" width=\"286\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date &amp; Time<br \/>\n<\/strong>June 25th (Wed) 6:15-8:00pm (Doors open: 5:55pm)<br \/>\n*After checking in, you may enter and leave freely.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ono Auditorium, Waseda Campus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility<br \/>\n<\/strong>Waseda students, faculty, staff &amp; the general public<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration<br \/>\n<\/strong>Not required (Seating for 200)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fee<br \/>\n<\/strong>Free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>International students enrolled at Waseda University will sing\u00a0their hearts out in Japanese and the winner will be decided by\u00a0a prestigious judging panel. There were over 51 entries who\u00a0competed in the qualifying rounds and now the 12 finalists will\u00a0battle it out in the Grand Final!<\/p>\n<p>This event features the winner of last year&#8217;s Karaoke World\u00a0Championship in Finland and current SILS staff member,\u00a0Mr. Teruhisa Tanaka, as a judge and guest singer.<br \/>\nAlso the winner of the special &#8220;Audience Choice Award&#8221; will\u00a0be decided by the audience at the event!<\/p>\n<p>So which international student is the best singer on Waseda&#8217;s\u00a0global campus?? Watch, listen and let Waseda&#8217;s international\u00a0students move you with their talents!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Students from China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Romania, Singapore,\u00a0Taiwan &amp; Vietnam from various departments (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/08\/55ee6a8e792f0cf50701c14db2715a13.pdf\">FINAL lineup<\/a>) will sing Japanese hits\u00a0ranging from 1980&#8217;s pop all the way to present day rock!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date<br \/>\n<\/strong>June 25 (Wed) 6:15-8:00pm (Doors open: 5:55pm)<br \/>\n*After checking in, you may enter and leave freely.<br \/>\n*Audience voting buttons will be distributed until 6:20pm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language<br \/>\n<\/strong>Japanese &amp; English (songs in Japanese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judging Criteria<br \/>\n<\/strong>A combination of performers Singing Ability,\u00a0Performance, Passion &amp; Visual Impact<br \/>\n*Only audience members who have seen all entries may vote.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judges<br \/>\n<\/strong>Prof. Hiroko Mikami: Director of the Waseda University International Community Center (ICC)<br \/>\nMr. Naohiko Hariki: JTB Corporation, Corporate Sales, Sales Division, Education Department<br \/>\nMr. Teruhisa Tanaka: School of International Liberal Studies Staff Member, 2013 Karaoke World Championship Winner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pic140625-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pic140625-2.jpg\" alt=\"pic140625-2\" width=\"113\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Judge\/Guest Singer<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. Teruhisa Tanaka<br \/>\nBegan working at Waseda University after graduating from\u00a0Waseda&#8217;s School of Political Science and Economics in 2002.<br \/>\nFirst worked in the International Division and currently\u00a0works at School of International Liberal Studies where his duties\u00a0include managing entrance exams and student recruitment.<br \/>\nAfter his success on NHK&#8217;s &#8220;Nodo Jiman&#8221; TV show as a Waseda\u00a0student he went on to appear in several national karaoke competitions.<br \/>\nIn 2003 he received an award from the Minister of Education,\u00a0Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in a national\u00a0competition. He came first in the Karaoke World Championships\u00a0men&#8217;s category in 2013 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/6SoJNjofxd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performance video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2605 <strong>Winner&#8217;s Prizes<\/strong> (decided by the judges)<br \/>\n1) JTB Travel Voucher for 30,000 yen (Sponsor: JTB Corporation, Corporate Sales)<br \/>\n2) BIG ECHO Karaoke Passport (Sponsor: DAIICHIKOSHO CO. LTD)<\/p>\n<p>\u2605 <strong>&#8220;Audience Choice&#8221; Special Award<\/strong> (voted by audience)<br \/>\n1) Book Gift token for 10,000 yen<br \/>\n2) BIG ECHO Karaoke Passport (Sponsor: DAIICHIKOSHO CO. LTD)<\/p>\n<p>\u2605 <strong>Audience Gift<\/strong> (Sponsor: DAIICHIKOSHO CO. LTD.)<br \/>\nThe first 200 audience members will receive a free BIG ECHO (30min)<br \/>\nkaraoke box voucher! This can be redeemed at 8 different branches,<br \/>\nincluding the one in front of Takadanobaba station.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer: Waseda University International Community Center<br \/>\nSponsors: DAIICHIKOSHO CO. LTD.\u00a0\u00a0JTB Corporation Corporate Sales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo140606-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo140606-22.jpg\" alt=\"logo140606-2\" width=\"179\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/logo1406061.jpg\" alt=\"logo140606\" width=\"128\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pst140625.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inquiries: \u3000TEL: 03-5286-3990\u3000E-mail: icc-party@list.waseda.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date &amp; Time June 25th (Wed) 6:15-8:00pm (Doors open: 5:55pm) *After checking in, you may enter and leave f [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[82,133],"class_list":["post-4193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events-en","tag-watch-listen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13216,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193\/revisions\/13216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}