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ABOUT VOTINGS
Votings are a crucial part of a kpop stan life. Several korean awards are granted to artists with the help of votings (along with some other criteria), meaning that fandoms who are able to prepare in advance have greater chances to achieve their goals.Votings require time (to collect and vote, specially if you have multiple accounts), perseverance (to keep participaticipating in votings despite the odds) and teamwork (with good communication we can organize and come up with strategies to get better results, and keep motivating each other).That said, in Kpop we have essentially three types of votings:• Votings for Music Shows
• Votings for Year-End Awards
• Votings for miscellaneous rewardsYou can find more about them in ourVOTING GUIDES , and download the apps in DOWNLOAD APPS.
VOTING GUIDES
For The Show
For Show Champion
For MCountdown
For Music Core
For Inkigayo
MUSIC SHOWS
Music shows are tv programs broadcasted by the largest broadcasting companies of South Korea. There, artists can perform to promote their music, and be eligible to receive a “win” if they attend some criteria.Getting “wins” on Music Shows is important especially for idols because it gives them more visibility and recognition within the kpop industry.Currently there are six music shows:The Show (SBS MTV),
Show Champion (MBC M),
MCountdown (Mnet),
Music Bank (KBS),
Show! Music Core (MBC)
and Inkigayo (SBS).You can learn more about them below:
The Show
AIRS EVERY TUESDAY, 6 PM KST
| Pre-voting | FRIDAY 8PM - MONDAY 2PM KST |
| Live-voting | TUESDAY, 6:05PM - 7:00PM KST |
Notes:
Attendance on the day of broadcast is required to be eligible for nomination.Criteria:
- 40% Digitals - Circle Digital Chart (max 4.000 pts)
- 10% Physical - Hanteo Album Chart (max 1.000 pts)
- 15% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on SBS MTV shows (max 1.500 pts)
- 20% SNS - Youtube MV views (max 2.000 pts)
- 5% Pre-voting - via Star Planet app (max 500 pts)
- 10% Live-Voting - only for 1st place nominees, via Star Planet app (max 1.000 pts)Scores:
- Max of 10.000 pts
- Eligible songs with the highest score in each category will receive the maximum number of points in that category.Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Saturday to Friday
Show Champion
AIRS EVERY WEDNESDAY, 6 PM KST
| Pre-voting | FRIDAY 8PM - MONDAY 2PM KST |
Notes:
OSTs, CF singles and songs with three wins (Triple Crown) cannot be eligible.Criteria:
- 35% Digitals - Melon, Genie, Bugs, Flo (max 3.500 pts)
- 15% Physical - Hanteo Album Chart (max 1.500 pts)
- 20% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on MBC M programs (max 2.000 pts)
- 10% SNS - Youtube MV views (max 1.000 pts)
- 20% Pre-voting - via Idol Champ: 1000 pts from Korea & 1000 pts from Global & China (max 2.000 pts)Scores:
- Eligible songs with the highest score in each category will receive the maximum number of points in that category.
- Broadcast score requires attendance OR appearance on MBC M tv shows (such Weekly Idol).Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Monday to Sunday.
MCountdown
AIRS EVERY THURSDAY, 6 PM KST
| Pre-voting | SAT 12AM - MON 11:59PM KST |
| Live-voting | THU, 6:05PM-07:00PM KST |
Notes:- Songs are eligible for 4 weeks after its release.
- Songs with three wins (Triple Crown) cannot be eligible.Criteria:
- 50% Digitals - Circle Chart (max 5.000 pts)
- 15% Physical - Circle Chart (max 1.500 pts)
- 10% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on Mnet programs, and M2 content (max 1.000 pts)
- 10% SNS - Youtube MV views (max 1.000 pts)
- 15% Pre-voting - via Mnet Plus, by all fans (max 1.500 pts)
- 10% Live-voting - only for 1st place nominees, via Mnet Plus, by all fans (max 1.000 pts)Scores:
- Max of 11.000 pts
- Eligible songs with the highest score in each category will receive the maximum number of points in that category.Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Monday to Sunday.
Music Bank
AIRS EVERY FRIDAY, 5 PM KST
Notes:
- Song must be in the TOP 200 WEEKLY of at least 1chart (Melon, Genie, Flo, Vibe, Bugs) to be eligible.
- There’s no voting on Music Bank.Criteria:
- 60% Digitals - Melon, Genie, Bugs, Flo and Vibe
- 5% Physical - Circle Chart
- 20% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on KBS TV and radio programs
- 5% SNS - Youtube MV views and TikTok
- 10% Viewers Committee - Weekly surveys randomly sent to registered viewers for KBS panel surveyScores:
ALL ARTISTS always score 0 on Viewers Committee criteria during their first week nomination (their second week of promotions).Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Monday to Sunday.
Music Core
AIRS EVERY SATURDAY, 03:15 PM KST
| Pre-voting | TUESDAY 6PM - THURSDAY 11AM KST |
| Live-voting | SATURDAY 03:15-04:15PM KST |
Notes:
- New songs within two months, since release date, are eligible.
- Songs with five wins (Quintuple Crown) cannot be eligible.
- Only one song per artist can be included in the chart.Criteria:
- 50% Digitals - Circle Digital Chart (max 5.000 pts)
- 10% Physical - Circle Album Chart (max 1.000 pts)
- 10% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on MBC TV and radio programs (max 1.000 pts)
- 10% SNS - Youtube MV views (max 1.000 pts)
- 5% Viewers Committee - Surveys randomly sent to 2.000 registered viewers on MBC panel survey (max 500 pts)
- 5% Pre-voting - via Mubeat (max 500 pts)
- 10% Live-voting - only for 1st place nominees; 5% Mubeat - Global, 5% SMS - Korea (max 1.000 pts)Scores:
- Max of 10.000 pts
- Eligible songs with the highest score in each category will receive the maximum number of points in that category.
- The song needs to be in the TOP 200 Weekly to earn digital score.Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Monday 12PM KST to Monday 11:59AM KST.
Inkigayo
AIRS EVERY SUNDAY, 03:40 PM KST
| Live-voting | SUNDAY 03:40-04:40PM KST |
Notes:
- Song must be in the TOP 200 of Gaon Digital Chart to be eligible.
- Songs with three wins (Triple Crown) cannot be eligible.
- Up to two songs per album are allowed to be included in the charts.Criteria:
- 55% Digitals - Melon, Genie, Flo (max 5.500 pts)
- 10% Physical - Circle Album Chart (max 1.000 pts)
- 10% Broadcast - Based on how much the song is played on SBS TV and radio programs (max 1.000 pts)
- 30% SNS - Youtube MV views (max 3.000 pts)
- 5% Pre-voting - via Melon Music app - for koreans (max 500 pts)
- 5% Live-voting - only for 1st place nominees, via Super Star X (max 500 pts)Scores:
- Max of 11.500 pts.
- Eligible songs with the highest score in each category will receive the maximum number of points in that category.Tracking Period
(for Digitals, Physical, SNS and Broadcasts scores)
Monday to Monday.
DOWNLOAD APPS
FOR MUSIC SHOWS
FOR AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
FOR MISCELANEOUS REWARDS
MUSIC SHOWS
Click on the icons to check guides and tutorials.
What will you find in this guide:
About the app
MUBEAT is mainly used for Music Core and Music bank votings and regular polls offering miscellaneous rewards. Sometimes it’s used for some year-end award shows as well.The main currency is **Heart Beats **which does expire after 3 months (90 days). Therefore, it's best not to collect on this app until a comeback is rumored to be near.
Registration
There are five signup options for MUBEAT: Apple (if you’re using an iOS) Facebook, Twitter, Google, and standard email registration.
There are no email restrictions when using the quick signup options, which means a Facebook and Twitter account can both be used, even if they use the same email.
Although you can register multiple accounts with the same device, you’re only allowed to collect with around 6 accounts (may vary) per device - therefore, to be able to use more accounts, emulators or multiple devices are needed.
Currencies
There are three different voting currencies on MUBEAT: Heart Beats, Voting Tickets and Star Beats.
Heart Beat
It’s the currency used for both pre-voting (Music Core and Music Bank) and live-voting (only Music Core, by exchanging it for Voting Tickets), as well as for some polls. It’s only obtainable through daily ads, missions, and quizzes, and it expires 3 months after its acquisition.Voting Ticket
Music Core Voting Ticket it’s the currency used during live-votings, and can be acquired by exchanging Heart Beats, or by purchase. It expires 30 days after its acquisition, so do not rush to get them.Star Beat
It’s the currency mainly used for ad projects and sometimes for polls, only obtainable through purchase. It doesn’t expire, but please, DO NOT BUY it, since Heart Beats and Star Beats are not equivalents.
Collecting Votes
❤️ HEART BEATS (Expire 3 months after its acquisition)• Watch 15 ads per day (3 Heart Beats per ad): 45 ❤️
• Take quizzes: 30~100 ❤️
• Do offerwall missions: variable amount ❤️🎫 VOTING TICKETS (Expire 30 days after its acquisition)• Exchange 30 Hearts Beats per ticket: 5 🎫🌟 STAR BEATS (Do not expire)• Purchase at the store.
OBSERVATIONS:
ADS LIMITATION: Each device is limited to 100 ads per day. That means a single device can watch a full 15 ads on at most six accounts (90 ads). It's best to stick with 5-6 accounts per device since there are often errors when watching ads.
VOTING TICKETS LIMITATION: Each account is limited to 5 Voting Tickets.
TAKING QUIZZES: quizzes are limited per device, which means even if you have multiple accounts, you won’t be able to take the same quiz with all your accounts. You can find the answers for quizzes here: @MubeatQuiz, but BE CAREFUL while taking them because not only Mubeat shuffles the questions AND the options, you also have a limited amount of time to answer.
EXPIRING HEART BEATS: You can keep track of expiring Heart Beats, by visiting the BEATS tab on your profile page. Expiring Heart Beats should be offloaded if they can't survive until the comeback, if possible. The options are on a poll or ad project. However, it can be quite rare to find one of the girls or group for these options
Voting
Voting on Mubeat is quite simple. The only thing we strongly recommend is to check the strategy with fanbases, BEFORE dropping your votes. Thats because it's not always best to vote right away, so we always vote according to our projections - depending on the projections, it may be better to place 2nd or 3rd for the pre-vote for one week and go for 1st the next, for example.
Music Bank Pre-Voting
From MONDAY 11AM KST to WEDNESDAY 11 AM KST;
Voting is unlimited - each vote costs 3 Heart Beats;
There is a USE ALL option when voting. The other option is to manually increment to the desired amount.
Although MUSIC BANK doesn’t have live voting, remember that MUSIC CORE HAS. So BEFORE casting your votes here, MAKE SURE you have already exchanged your Voting Tickets for MUSIC CORE, OR save enough Heart Beats to exchange them later. You’ll need 150 Heart Beats for that.
Music Core Pre-Voting
From TUESDAY 6PM KST to THURSDAY 11 AM KST;
Voting is unlimited - each vote costs 3 Heart Beats;
There is a USE ALL option when voting. The other option is to manually increment to the desired amount.
BEFORE voting, MAKE SURE you have already exchanged your Voting Tickets, OR save enough Heart Beats to exchange them later. You’ll need 150 Heart Beats for that.
Music Core Live-voting
During Music Core broadcast - every SATURDAY, from ~3:30 PM KST to ~4:30 PM KST;
Only the top three eligible artists/groups are nominated and part of the live vote.
Allows only 5 votes per account, using Music Core Voting Tickets.
Mubeat: Video Tutorial
Time stamp:
Login: 0:04 | Collecting Votes: 0:10 | Voting: 0:55 | Pre-Voting: 1:03 |
Exchanging Tickets: 1:12 | Live-Voting: 1:21
What will you find in this guide:
IDOLCHAMP is mainly used for Show Champion votings and for regular polls offering miscellaneous rewards. Sometimes, it’s used for some year-end awards as well.IDOLCHAMP has a system where you get perks according to your level - the higher, the better -, so it’s highly recommended to actively collect on it.
Registration
There are currently six signup options for IDOLCHAMP: MBC Plus, Google, Facebook, Kakao, Line and Apple.
There are no restrictions on email addresses, which means a Google account and a Facebook account can have the same email address.
Although you can register multiple accounts with the same device, you’re only allowed to collect and vote with one account per device - therefore, to be able to use multiple accounts, emulators or multiple devices are needed.
Currencies
There are three different types of voting currencies on IDOLCHAMP: Ruby Chamsins, Time Chamsims, and Stars.
Ruby Chamsims
It’s the most valuable currency, because it doesn’t expire, and can it be used in year-end award votings, as well in every other IDOLCHAMP poll.Time Chamsims
It’s the second most valuable currency, because it can be used for polls, the chart, and ad fundraisings, but expires at the end of each month.Stars
Stars are a separate currency only used for Star Donation, and also do not expire.
Chamsim is the primary voting currency used in IDOLCHAMP, therefore it's important to collect both each day since the amount is limited and small, as you’ll see in the next section.
Collecting Votes
❤️ RUBY CHAMSIMS (Do not expire)• Watch all 10 daily ads: ~20 ❤️
• Watch the attendance check-in ad: 10 ❤️
• Do offerwall missions: variable amount ❤️
💙 TIME CHAMSIMS (Expires at the end of the month)• Attendance check-in: 10 💙 + Level Bonus 💙
• Comment on any poll: 20 💙
• Post on (G)I-DLE's community: 20 💙
• Get 30 likes on community post: 20 💙
• Take quizzes: 30~65 💙
• Level up: variable amount 💙
🌟 STARS• Watch all 10 daily ads: 10 🌟
OBSERVATIONS:
GETTING 30 LIKES: During a comeback, as soon as the new day goes live, our voting community will provide a daily post with instructions to help Neverlands posts get 30 likes. You should be able to find it by sorting by Popular or Level.
TAKING QUIZZES: Unless they're about to expire, AVOID taking quizzes. Since TIME Chamsims đź’™ expire every month, and as we'll need them for Show Champion, it's better to save quizzes for the comeback season. You can find the answers here: @onlyquizanswers
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS: You can collect with only 1 account per device. To collect with multiple accounts you have to: 1) use other devices, or 2) use emulators.
Voting
IDOLCHAMP offers several polls, each one demands a type and amount of Chamsims, and you can check this information right below the poll’s title.The number of votes allowed is easy to understand (unlimited, 300 votes, 3 votes, etc). What you must pay attention to is the icon that follows these numbers, cause it’s what signals which Chamsims should be used as currency in the voting:
ONLY RUBY: As the name implies, it means the voting only accepts RUBYs as currency.
MIXED CHAMSIM: It means the voting accepts both RUBY and TIME Chamsims - and in this case, TIME Chamsins will be automatically deducted first from your savings.
ONLY BLUE: It means the voting accepts only TIME Chamsims (it’s very uncommon, but it can happen).
However, apart from the Show Champion voting, we don’t need to delve into the others that much.
Voting on Show Champion
From FRIDAY 12AM KST to MONDAY 2PM KST (4 days of voting)
The first and last days are for less than 24 hours. Those with multiple accounts may need to wake up earlier or stay up later to vote on all accounts.
The currency is MIXED CHAMSIMS, meaning both RUBY and TIME Chamsims are allowed, and that TIME Chamsims will be spent first.
300 votes per day, per account, is allowed - each vote costs 3 Chamsim.
You can vote with only 1 account per device. To vote with more accounts, you can: 1) use other devices, or 2) use emulators.
There is no vote-all option, so the 300 votes have to be cast manually. IDOLCHAMP swaps the place of the competitors when they surpass each other, so be extra careful when the poll is close to not vote for another group.
These are the amounts you will need to vote for:
One day: 300 Chamsim
One week (4 days): 1,200 Chamsim
Two weeks (8 days): 2,400 Chamsim
and so on…
Star Donation
Star Donation is similar to ad fundraising on IDOLCHAMP. Users can donate to try and reach a set goal, but the difference is that the target for Star Donation is uncapped, even though there’s a 500k mark.Star Donation only opens up for artists/groups that are having a comeback, and there are only two winners for each batch of Star Giving. The two artists/groups that use the most Stars are selected, and both winners will get donations made to the Korea Animal Right Advocate (KARA) using their names.Star Donation is difficult to win. Although using Stars (in multiples of 5) yields Ruby Chamsim, it's best to save them until there's a real opportunity of winning.
Idolchamp: Video Tutorial
Time stamp:
Summary: 0:05 | Registration: 0:12 | Collecting Votes: 0:52 | Voting: 1:46
What will you find in this guide:
MNET PLUS is an app created by Mnet, where fans can vote for MCountdown pre-voting and live-voting. There you can also watch MCountdown’s live broadcast and interact with the published content. They also have a website, MnetPlus.World, where you can do everything you can do in the app.
Registration
Since MnetPlus.World it’s completely unrelated to the former voting website, everyone has to create new accounts to be able to vote;
Currently the only registration method is through email, which is needed to get a 6-digit code to complete the registration process;
There’s a limit to the number of accounts you can make in a short period, similar to the Gmail system, so it's best to register as many accounts as possible before voting opens.
It doesn’t matter how you create your account - if via website or via app -, you can login with it on both platforms.
Voting
Voting for MCountdown is relatively simple, since you’re not obligated to download the voting app and you don’t need to collect votes. All efforts revolve around creating multiple accounts and voting. Unfortunately, MNET has made it more difficult to vote with multiple accounts, so using VPN is the best way to bypass these restrictions.There are two voting periods during the week:
Pre-voting
From SATURDAY 12AM KST to MONDAY 11:59AM KST;
Only 1 vote per day, per IP ADDRESS, is allowed;
To vote with more accounts, you can use VPN.
Live-voting
During MCountdown’s broadcast - every THURSDAY, from ~6PM KST to ~7PM KST;
Live-voting is now open to global fans;
Only 1 vote per IP ADDRESS is allowed;
To vote with more accounts, you can use VPN.
Mnet Plus: Video Tutorial
Time stamp:
Registration: 0:00 | Pre-voting: 0:40 | Voting: 1:08
SUPER STAR X & idolplus
What will you find in this guide:
About the app & the website
IDOLPLUS Website: Click HERE
SUPERSTAR X Download: Android | Apple | Apk
IDOLPLUS is the website where Inkigayo global pre-voting takes place.SUPERSTAR X is the app where Inkigayo live-voting takes place.
Registration
Currently, the only signup option is through email;
Although you can register multiple accounts with the same device, you’re only allowed to collect and vote with one account per device - therefore, to be able to use multiple accounts, emulators or multiple devices are needed.
Currencies
There are two different currencies on the SUPER STAR X app: Ruby and Diamond.Ruby
It’s the currency used for live-voting. It's obtainable through daily ads, and expire 90 days upon collection.Diamond
It's only available through purchase, and can be converted to Ruby. It does not expire.
Collecting Votes
💎 RUBY (Expire after 90 days).• Watch 15 ads per day (1 Ruby per ad): 15 💎
• Watch COUPANG ads every 12h (1 Ruby per ad): 2 💎
• Do offerwall missions: variable amount 💎💎 DIAMOND (Does not expire).• Purchase at the store.
OBSERVATIONS:
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS: You can collect and vote with only 1 account per device. To collect with multiple accounts you have to: 1) use other devices, or 2) use emulators.
These are the amounts you will need to vote for:
One week: 250 Rubies (or 25 Diamonds)
Two weeks : 500 Rubies (or 50 Diamonds)
Three weeks : 750 Rubies (or 75 Diamonds)
and so on…
Live-Voting
During Inkigayo Broadcast - every SUNDAY from ~3:30 PM KST to ~4:50 PM KST;
5 votes per account are allowed - each vote costs 50 Rubies or 5 Diamonds (250 Rubies total or 25 Diamonds total).
You can vote with only 1 account per device. To vote with more accounts, you can: 1) use other devices, or 2) use emulators.
There is no vote-all option, so you'll have to cast each vote separately.
What will you find in this guide:
About the app
STAR PLANET is the place where The Show voting takes place. It includes both the pre-vote and live vote.STAR PLANET is the most difficult app to collect on because of the limited ways to collect Heart Jelly and because Heart Jelly expires in the middle of the month. It is often required to purchase Jelly to be able to full vote.
Registration
There are currently four different registration methods for STAR PLANET. These include Google, KakaoTalk, Ifree (former PASSIKEY), and Apple.
There’s no restriction per device to create accounts, nor to collect.
New accounts can receive 100 Heart Jelly upon registration.
Currencies
There are two different currencies on STAR PLANET, Heart Jelly and Star Jelly:Heart Jelly
It’s the currency used for both pre-voting and live-voting. It’s obtainable through daily ads, missions and conversion of Star Jelly. Expires on the 16th of each month at 4AM (KST).Star Jelly
Is only available through purchase, and can be converted into Heart Jelly. A single Star Jelly is worth 2 Heart Jelly. It doesn’t expire.
Collecting Votes
❤️ Heart Jelly (Expires on the 16th of each month at 4 AM (KST)).• Watch 10 ads per day (5 Heart Jelly per ad): 50 ❤️
• Do offerwall missions: variable amount ❤️
• Create a new account: 100 ❤️
• Conversion of Star Jelly: 2x the amount of Star Jelly purchased.🌟 Star Jelly
• Purchase at the store.
Voting
Not always we’re gonna commit with The Show pre-voting, that’s because pre-vote is only 5% of the overall criteria, while the live vote is worth 10%, so before spending your votes, always check the strategy with fanbases first.
Pre-voting
From FRIDAY 12AM KST to MONDAY 2PM KST (4 days of voting);
The first and last days are for less than 24 hours. Those with multiple accounts may need to wake up earlier or stay up later to vote on all accounts.
Voting is unlimited, and each vote costs 10 Heart Jellies.
BEFORE voting, MAKE SURE you have at least 500 Heart Jellies for live-voting.
Live-voting
During The Show broadcast - every TUESDAY, from ~6 PM KST to ~7 PM KST;
5 votes per account is allowed - each vote costs 100 Heart Jellies (500 Jellies total).
Star Planet: Video Tutorial
Time stamp:
Registration: 0:04 | Collecting Votes: 0:30 | Example of Missions: 0:52 |
Pre-Voting: 1:20 | Live-Voting: 1:32