The Philippines' first ever KPop Nation, with over 5000 attendees, made sure Filipino fans ended the year with a bang!




This highly anticipated event organized by the KFest Management opened its doors in SM Megatrade Halls 2 & 3 to KPop fans at 10 AM.



Various KPop merchandises of our favorite KPop artists were sold and the event area became busy for those who were shopping their hearts out! Booths were not only for these merchandises but there was also this so-called "Marriage Booth" where you can have a marriage certificate... and even a "you may kiss the bride/groom" part!


Hosts Jobel Gomez and Mikko Gusi pumped up the crowd for the performances that followed! Performances from different artists were present. One of which was 1:43, an all-male group, even danced to T-ara's hit, "Bo-Peep."



Futhermore, the crowd cheered on as Dasuri, choreographer of KPop hits such as Abracadabra of Brown Eyed Girls and Nobody of Wonder Girls, performed onstage with the girls of X-Crew.


The event also covered cosplay competitions for both solo and group category were also present during the event. Each cosplayer was given a minute for them to role play who they are cosplaying for. I'm A KPop Star contestants also showed off their vocal and dancing talents onstage.










And, finally, cover groups who danced their hearts out to perform for their favorite KPop artists!



HotMinute made their way to be one of the three comeback cover groups for the event!

X-Crew for their special performance!


Cyber Swiss Girls for f(x)

So Nyeo Hakkyo for After School

BEST - Beast

Ku-Kiss - U-Kiss

Collaboration of Nine Flames (SNSD) and ElementShine (SHINee)

13Seouls (Super Junior)

Panic (Brown Eyed Girls)

Technicolor (Rainbow)

Teen Tough (Teen Top)

V1stAr (Sistar)

Last but not the very least, The Philippines' First KPop Cover Group Awards was held!

Jethro Paguio- Cover Boy of the Year
Abby Shin- Cover Girl of the Year
13seouls- Best Rookie KPOP Cover Group of the Year
X Crew- Best Performance of the Year
BEST- Best KPOP Cover Group of the Year

KPop Nation 2010 is an amazing event for all KPop fans out there! Fans showcased their talents, shopped for their favorite merchandises and cheered for their favorite cosplay and dance cover groups! Be sure to watch out for the next events!!~

Video credits: tempestfilmsph@YT, unichavrhil@YT
Photo credits: Jea@dkpopnews, SekaiLee@dkpopnews, Frances@dkpopnews, KPop and Culture Fest FB fanpage