2025 YZU Language Talents Show

ILCC always thinks of ways to motivate YZU students to improve their foreign language learning by organizing various activities and contests. This time, the center is organizing its 7th talent contest. All you have to do is to video yourself singing a song, performing a skit or comedy routine, or reciting a poem (in English or Chinese, depending on category) and upload it onto YouTube. The 20 best from each category (Singing & Spoken Word) will then be entered into the final stage live performance and may win a PRIZE.

Key Dates

1.Deadline: Upload videos before November 14, 2025

2.Final contestants announced: November 21, 2025

3.Final live performance: Noon, December 3, 2025

Prizes

1st Place: NTD3000

2nd Place: NTD2500

3rd Place: NTD2000

4th Place: NTD1500

5th Place: NTD1000

Rules for the Contest

Eligibility

The contest is open to all YZU students. The contest will be held in 4 performance categories:
  1. Spoken Word -English section: Can be a skit, comedy routine, poem, rap, or mixed performance.

2. Spoken Word-Chinese section: Can be a skit, comedy routine, poem, rap, or mixed performance.
3. Singing – English Section: Any song performed in English. Open only to Taiwanese Students.
4. Singing – Chinese Section (New): Open only to International Students.

Not eligible: Overseas Chinese students, students whose family members speak Chinese, and native Chinese speakers. If you are a native Chinese speaker, please register for the English section instead.

Note: Each participant may register once per section (e.g., one entry per event). You may join different sections such as Singing and Spoken Word, but not twice in the same one.

Topic

Participants can record:
Singing - A song (English or Chinese, based on category)
Spoken Word - A skit or comedy routine (English or Chinese, based on category)
                     - A poem (English or Chinese, based on category)All performances must be decent in content and performed in English or Chinese as specified by the category.

Number of Participants

The number of participants is no more than 10 as video recordings will be viewed by judges online.

Time Limit

Maximum of 4 minutes per performance.

Closing Date

• Entries must be submitted onto YouTube no later than November 14, and the video link must be provided at the time of registration.
• No entries will be considered if submitted after this date. (ILCC reserves the right to handle any unexpected situations in their own way without explanation.)

How to Enter (Online Registration)

Register as a team (1 team = 1 registration). Please make sure you include the following information:
1. Team leader’s name
2. Student ID number
3. Department and major
4. Email address
5. Phone number
6. YouTube video link (must be public on youtube)
7. List of all performers (names, student ID numbers, departments, and majors)
8. For Singing or Spoken word categories, select the correct section (English / Chinese)ONLINE REGISTRATION Link: https://pse.is/8amxma

Within group performances: Only singers are eligible to win prizes. Instrumentalists or supporting members may perform in multiple groups but are not eligible for duplicate awards.
Contestants cannot win multiple places in the same category.

Competition Procedure

(1) Preliminary Round (Online)

Participants must upload their videos and complete registration by the deadline.

ILCC will select finalists based on video performance. Around 10 entries will advance to the final round, with the final number adjusted according to the total submissions and overall performance quality.

The preliminary round will use a 70/30 scoring system:

70% from the judges’ evaluation (Speaking & Language Skills – 50%, Performance Techniques – 30%, Content – 20%)

30% from the number of YouTube likes, (The participant with the highest number of likes will receive the full score of 30 points; the others will be graded according to the formula:(30 points / highest number of likes) × number of likes) to boost engagement and fun.

(2) Final Round (On-Site)

The finalists will be announced by November 21.

Finalists will perform live on December 3.

Judges will evaluate performances based on the following criteria:

Language and oral ability – 50%

Performance skill and stage presence – 30%

Creativity and content – 20%

The copyright of all awarded videos belongs to ILCC.