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The '''Kanto Grand Festival''' is an {{pkmn|anime}}-exclusive event held in the [[Indigo Plateau]]. All [[Pokémon Coordinator]]s who earn five ribbons in Kanto are eligible to enter. [[Lilian Meridian|Lilian]] is the announcer of the Kanto Grand Festival.

The winner of the Kanto Grand Festival gets the [[Ribbon Cup]] as their prize.

==Competition==
During the Grand Festival, which began in the episode ''[[AG180|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]'', 270 participants were entered. After the first appeals round, the number of participants was reduced to 64.  After the second appeals round, the number was reduced to 32 for the round of 32, and then to 16 for the round of 16. 

Apart from the usual panel of judges made of [[Raoul Contesta]], [[Mr. Sukizo]] and a Nurse Joy, the host of the Contests in [[Hoenn]], [[Vivian Meridian]], was also a guest judge while three other [[Nurse Joy]]s gave the scores. [[Jessie|Jessadia]], who was Jessie in disguise, also hosted the Grand Festival with [[Lilian Meridian|Lilian]]. Jessadia had [[James]], {{MTR}} and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} as her crew.

==Rounds==
Each round is judged by a panel of five individuals. They include [[Contesta]], [[Sukizo]] and three [[Nurse Joy]]s from the [[Kanto]] region.
===Appeals===
Just like ordinary contests, the first round is the appeals stage. Coordinators have their Pokémon perform various [[move]]s in order to impress the judges. There were two rounds included for this.  The first of which the coordinators had their Pokémon perform with only one move.  The next round had the coordinators have their Pokémon use as many moves as necessary.  The top scoring coordinators from this round move on to the next stage.

===Double-battle Rounds===
The next rounds show how skilled coordinators and their Pokémon are when put into battle. Whoever loses is out of the tournament, and the winner keeps going until he or she gets to the fifth and final round. The winner of the final round is then declared the winner of the Kanto Grand Festival.

==Known contestants==

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|-
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! style="background:#{{contest color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}};" | {{color|{{contest color dark}}|Place}}
|- align="center" style="background:#fff"
| [[Solidad]]
| [[AG182|Winner]]
|- align="center" style="background:#fff"
| {{an|May}}
| [[AG182|Top 4]]
|- align="center" style="background:#fff"
| [[Drew]]
| [[AG182|Top 8]]
|- align="center"
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybl|5px}};" | [[Harley]]
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}};" | [[AG181|Top 16]]
|}{{-}}

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[[Category:Pokémon Contests]]
[[Category:Kanto]]
[[Category:Pokémon competitions]]

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