2025 Korean Festival x PLEDIS K-POP Talent Contest

The festival is proud to announce a partnership with one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korea - PLEDIS, a subsidiary of the HYBE Corporation.

Current popular PLEDIS artists include Seventeen, TWS and fromis9. PLEDIS is looking for talent in Hawaii and will be collaborating with the Korean Festival to find Hawaii’s next star. HYBE recently discovered Honolulu born and raised Megan Skiendel, who is now a member of the KPOP group “Katseye”.

FINALISTS: 

• Ayshya Goings

• Claire Hadley

• India Ching

• Jasmine Quilit

• JAY 

• Kalehua Chock

• Krystle Imamura

• Len Tien Nguyen

• Lina Nguyen

• Lino Tomita

• Mira Tsunoda

• Olivia Lee

• PAVVS

• Ryan Louie Nolasco

• Rui Han

• Yechan Park 

The finals will take place live from 4:30pm - 6:00pm at the Korean Festival Stage.
Listing is in alphabetical order, this is not the order of performances.

Judges:

• PLEDIS Guest Judges

• Ivan Garo from POP 101.9 FM

• Van Ohumukini (has judged Korean Festival talent contest for over 10 years) 

Prizes:

• 1st Place $500

• 2nd Place $300

• 3rd Place $200

• Pledis Special Award: $100 

Congratulations to the finalists and watch their performances on August 2.