Congratulations to our amazing well-deserved contest winners!

Close-Up:

Youth Category: Award of Merit — Blake Aleong (BC, Canada)

Adult Category: Award of Merit, People’s Choice for Close-Up — Blaise

Serra (Connecticut, USA)

1st Place Award: — Geno Ploeger (Arizona, USA)

Stage:

Youth Category Award of Merit: People’s Choice for Stage — Layla Wu

(Peoples Republic of China)

Youth Category 1st Place Award: Dokyum Kim (New Jersey, USA)

Award of Merit: Karrell Fox Award for Comedic Excellence: Christopher

Bange (California, USA)

1st Place Award: Roger Ruiz (Florida, USA)

Close-Up:
4F Award – Jeffrey Wang, CA
People’s Choice Award – Jeffrey Wang, CA

Award of Merit – Dreygon Hibbler, MI
1st Place Award– Farren Poage, MI

Stage:

Fantasma Award – Olivier Henning, The Netherlands
People’s Choice Award – Olivier Henning, The Netherlands

Stage – Youth Category

Award of Merit – Anja Steyn, Cape Town, South Africa
1st Place Award – Olivier Henning, The Netherlands

Stage – Adult Category

Award of Merit – Joseph Marchese, New York
1st Place Award – Danny King, Texas

Close-Up Award Winners:

People’s Choice Close Up: Micheal Bloemeke – Raleigh, North Carolina

• Youth Award of Merit: Jackson Oliver – Honolulu, Hawaii
• Youth First Place: Anja Steyn, Cape Town, South Africa
• Adult Award of Merit: Tetro – West Hollywood, California
• Adult First Place: Micheal Bloemeke – Raleigh, North Carolina

Stage Award Winners:

Finalists:

• Danny King – Garland, Texas
• James Irwin – Arlington, Texas
• Rena Cui – Fresh Meadows, New York
• Anjya Steyn – Cape Town, South Africa
• The Wushuong – People’s Republic of China
• Artem Shchukin – Moscow, Russia

People’s Choice Stage: Artem Shchunik – Moscow, Russia

Youth Stage Award of Merit – Rena Cui – Fresh Meadows, New York

Youth Stage First Place – Anya Steyn – Cape Town, South Africa

Adult Stage Award of Merit: The Wushuong – The People’s Republic of China

Adult Stage First Place: Artem Shchunik – Moscow, Russia

Gold Medal: Artem Shchunik – Moscow, Russia