Gold Award(9.1-10):

The Gold participants will be awarded ：

Live Contest:August 9-10, 2025

The Live Contest will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

Virtual Contest:August 16-17, 2025

Participants in China and other regions use Tencent Meetings to participate.

Virtual Contest: $300, RMB 2189.82

Live Contest: $450, RMB 3284.69  (participants +2 escorts, excluding accommodation)

* Note: According to the latest US dollar exchange rate fluctuation of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong on January 1, 2025, and the latest adjustment of the official relevant organization funds of the Ivy Events Committee.

The fee includes (but is not limited to) :

Hardware and software technical support, event venue, registration, trophies, certificates, bonuses and information fees for the Asia Pacific Finals, souvenirs, international delivery fees, Ivy Cup organization, systems, publicity, international judging staff and public welfare donations.

* Note: 1. Please confirm the event name + region carefully; Participants only need to select one of the venues to register. Participants can choose the venue by themselves. The content and scoring standards of the virtual and live contest are the same. The contest is judged by the professional jury and conducted in accordance with the principle of fairness.

2. Refund instructions: non-objective reasons are not refundable. As the venue, staff, materials and all preparations are in place, participants will not apply for refund after the announcement of the specific time of the contest. If the participant requests a refund due to force majeure, we will deduct 10% of the registration fee.

The judges are the professors / teachers of the universities from Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Brown University or local authorized academic institutions. The full score is 10 points.

Part Ⅰ：Surprise Me！-Talent Show（2 mins Solo)

The Surprise Me Talent Show could be any forms, such as speech, singing, dubbing and drama or more. The costumes and any props involved in the performance should be prepared by the participants, as well as the USB devices for the accompaniment music. The participants will be asked some questions by the foreign judge after the show according to the performance and the relevant guidelines provided. The partcipants must present their English skills in Part I, which will be scored on language skills and the performance.

Part Ⅱ：Convince Me!

This part is to test the participants' language foundation and application ability, and qualify for the Asia-Pacific Top 10 competition.

(70% of the content of the Asia-Pacific finals comes from the Quiz Bank. The content of the Top 10 Championship is not from the Quiz Bank.)

Part Ⅲ: Asia-Pacific Top 10 Championship!

This part is to test the participants' on-the-spot play and adaptability, and compete for the second and third place of the Asia-Pacific Top Ten champions.