Cosplay Performance - ECG Qualifier

Cosplay Performance – ECG Qualifier

Do you enjoy being on stage and have you always wanted to wow the audience with your performance?

Your cosplay isn’t complete if you can’t make an incredible appearance in it? Or is performing simply in your blood? Still want to make your costume as accurate as possible and spend months crafting? Then this competition is perfect for you! Whether solo or in a group, get on stage and be part of it!

This year, YuniCon (and Austria) will once again host a qualifier for the Extreme Cosplay Gathering (ECG) in Paris, the largest and most prestigious cosplay competition in Europe. And you have the chance to be there! The winners will be allowed to fly to the final in Paris. The date for the ECG final in Paris will be announced. Travel costs will be covered by us.

Important: Competition from 18 years

If information is missing, a reminder will be sent out; if the third reminder is not answered within 2 days, the registration will be canceled.

Rules Yunicon:

In this competition, cosplay and performance are judged equally. This means that both the performance and your costume each contribute 50% to the overall rating.
The cosplay must be 80% self-made.
Participants can appear in costumes representing characters from anime, manga, comics, video games, movies, TV series, comics, J-Music. Only characters with an official reference are eligible for the final, so personal creations and fanart are not allowed in this competition.
All performances are permitted, whether dance, monologue, dialog, etc.
Both groups (maximum of 3 people) and individual participants are welcome. For groups, all characters must be represented from the same source. Please keep your performance adult-free, i.e. no depiction of violence or pornographic content. Please also make sure that your costumes fit well and use shorts/safety pants to avoid wardrobe mishaps.
If you need sound for your performance, the file must be submitted in advance.
It is also not possible to integrate microphones on stage.
So if you have dialog in your performance, it must be recorded in advance and sent along. Only one audio file per performance is possible, so please cut it accordingly.
It is also possible to submit a video file instead of an audio file. This must already contain audio (if required).
Permitted file formats: MP3, MP4
Winning the contest obliges you to take part in the ECG. If participation is refused or is not desired, victory is forfeited and second place moves up.

The length of the performance is limited:

Solo – 1m 15 sec
Group 2m 30 sec
If you exceed the time limit, points will be deducted accordingly

In principle, participation is linked to your nationality. You may only participate if you have Austrian citizenship or a permanent residence permit in Austria. However, you will then no longer be allowed to compete for your home country the following year.
If the winners are unable to attend at the time of the final, the runner-up will move up to take part in the final.
Costumes that have already placed in other competitions are excluded from participation. The same applies to own creations/OCs.

Props:
For your performance it is possible to have up to 3 stage props/props on stage.
These are divided into 3 categories (one allowed per category): Heavy: maximum 20 kg, must be able to be brought on and off the stage by two helpers within 15 seconds. Medium: Max. 10 kg, must be able to be carried on and off the stage by a helper within 15 seconds Light: Max. 3 kg, must be able to be carried on and off the stage by the cosplayer within 15 seconds.
These props are different to your cosplay prop (swords, pistols etc), and do not count towards the costume rating. They only serve your performance. A prop that is part of your cosplay will be included in the preliminary evaluation.

Evaluation criteria:
Costume: Accuracy (10), workmanship details (10), complexity and techniques (10)
Performance: acting and staging (15), media quality and use of stage props (5), creativity and entertainment (10)

To the Qualifier Final rules

Prices:

1st place: €200 + non-cash prizes from Cosplayshop + trip to the grand finale at the Japan Expo in Paris, 2025
2nd place: 100€ + prizes + from Cosplayshop
3rd place: 50€ + prizes + from Cosplayshop

Registration:

To register, please fill out the following form!

Important: We need a portfolio in PDF format!
This should include:

min. 1 to max. 5 well detailed reference images
5 to max. 15 WIPs (Work In Progress pictures, i.e. pictures of your work process)
An approximate list of the materials used
(Brief) description of your work steps as well as your choice of materials (in English)
Picture of the 70-80% completed cosplay
The portfolio should not exceed 30 pages.
A reference image of the character (displayed on stage, max. 5 MB).

Important! Only registrations in this format will be accepted, so please stick to the template!
IMPORTANT! Maximum file size is 5 MB, maximum email size 25 MB! If your video file is larger, please send us a wetransfer link or similar in the notes. Submissions over 50 MB will not be accepted.

The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Sunday and the prizes presented there. If you are unable to attend the award ceremony, please provide your contact details at the information stand.