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The '''Grand Festival''' is the final challenge for all [[Pokémon Coordinator]]s. In order to qualify, Coordinators must win five ribbons from [[Pokémon Contest]]s throughout a specific region. The winner receives the [[Ribbon Cup]].

The tournament follows a similar structure to Pokémon Contests with a few differences. A key difference is that there are more judges - in [[Hoenn]] there were two extra [[Nurse Joy]]s while [[Vivian]] joined the three judges in [[Kanto]] and [[Fantina]] joined them in [[Sinnoh]].

The [[Hoenn Grand Festival]] is held in [[Slateport City]] while the [[Kanto Grand Festival]] is held at the [[Indigo Plateau]]. The [[Sinnoh Grand Festival]] is held at Lake Valor, which was the same location where the [[Wallace Cup]] was held.

==Competition==
===Rounds===
====Preliminaries rounds====
The first two rounds are Appeal stages. Coordinators must twice produce impressive appeals with their Pokémon in order to progress through the tournament and only the best sixteen coordinators go through to the finals. Each round takes place on a separate day.

====Finals rounds====
On the third day of the tournament, the Coordinators face each other in knock-out double battles. Matches last for five minutes and the Coordinator with the least points loses if both oppenents still have a Pokémon standing. The Coordinator who wins all four matches is the winner of the tournament.

===Coordinators who have participated in a Grand Festival===
The following coordinators have competed in the final rounds of the Grand Festival: 
* {{an|May}} of [[Petalburg City]]
* [[Drew]] of [[LaRousse City]]
* [[Harley]] of [[Slateport City]]
* {{OBP|Anthony|coordinator}}
* {{an|Dawn}} of [[Twinleaf Town]]
* [[Ursula]]
* [[Jessilina]]
* [[Zoey]] of [[Snowpoint City]]
* [[Nando]]

===Top Coordinators===
Top Coordinators are Grand Festival winning Coordinators, earning the [[Ribbon Cup]]. The following coordinators have won the Grand Festival in the region in parentheses:
* [[Dr. Abby]] of [[Foothill Town]] ([[Hoenn]])
* [[Yuma]] 
* [[Wallace]] of [[Sootopolis City]] 
* [[Juan]] of [[Sootopolis City]] ([[Hoenn]])
* {{an|Robert}} of [[Silver Rock Isle]] ([[Hoenn]])
* [[Solidad]] of [[Pewter City]] ([[Kanto]])
* [[Johanna]] of [[Twinleaf Town]] ([[Sinnoh]])
* [[Zoey]] of [[Snowpoint City]] ([[Sinnoh]])

==Trivia==
* The Grand Festivals shown in the anime<!--previous ones were not shown--> took place in the number of episodes corresponding to the current generation when the episodes premiered. The Hoenn and Kanto Grand Festivals lasted for [[Generation III|three]] episodes while the Sinnoh Grand Festival lasted for [[Generation IV|four]] episodes.

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