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@pokemoncontestmuseum
Ash ribbon case
Ash participated in an official contest for the first time in Jubilife City. The receptionist hands him and Dawn a couple of ribbon cases and ball capsules. The blue case ribbon to the left belongs to Ash. We never see the case again though, since Ash doesn't make a career as a coordinator and never wins any contest. Still interesting that he technically has one.
Lilian has a pokemon
She is the only contest MC known to have a pokemon. She commanded her Espeon to perform a beautiful practice performance, which was necessary to prepare the contest stage production the day before the official event took place at Saffron City.
Sinnoh Grand Festival rankings
Eliminated in the first round - Kenny
Top 32 - Ursula
Top 4 - Jessilina and Nando
Top 2 - Dawn
Winner - Zoey
Kanto Grand Festival rankings
Harley - Top 16
Drew - Top 8
May - Top 4
Soledad - Winner
Hoenn Grand Festival rankings
Top 32 - Harley
Top 16 - Anthony
Top 8 - May
Top 2 - Drew
Winner - Robert
Jessie's worst performance!
Jessie got a zero in her first performance as a coordinator.
Perfect Scores
Janet, Drew, Robert and Jessie are some of the few coordinators to achieve a perfect score in a contest performance.
Jessie was a reporter for two pokemon contest events
Under her alias Jessadia she worked as an assistant reporter for the Kanto Grand Festival and The Wallace Cup. MC Lilian and Marian recognized her for the good work.
Curious Contest Rules
1- Is it not against the rules to borrow a pokemon from someone else to participate in a pokemon contest. Jessie uses many of Jame's pokemon multiple times.
We also see Jessie borrowing Harley's Cacturne and Banette for the Mulberry pokemon contest.
2- If two coordinators refuse to battle, they are issued a yellow card because they are not giving the judges anything to judge. Both coordinators also lose a lot of points and are warned that a second yellow card would result in disqualification. There's an example of this in the Saffron contest when Harley refused to attack Jessie's Wobbuffet for fear of being hit with counter attack.
3- While most people in Sinnoh dress up for contests, is it not against the rules to participate in street wear, as we see Ash and Princess Salvia participated in Sinnoh contests without switching to a more formal attire.
4- "Battle off" is when the judges deem that one of the pokemon is not able to continue battling. It happened to May in her first contest battle.
5- "Ilegal performance" is when a coordinator resorts to cheating to win a contest. Such as Meowth using a fake transform to battle, as seen in the Pacifidlog contest.
6- "Sudden Death Overtime" is when two competitors are tied in points and the time runs out. The battle continues (without the clock running) until either side loses all of their points or knocks the other out. It happened in the Mulberry pokemon contest.
EXTRA: You can't impersonate someone to participate in a contest lol
First Victories
May's first contest victory was against Coordinator Grace in Fallarbor Town, someone who May & co. befriended previous to participating in the contest. She was experienced enough to defeat Drew with her Medicham.
May won her first contest using Beautifly.
Next up, we have Dawn. Her first contest victory was against her childhood friend Kenny. He was using Prinplup to face off against her.
Dawn won using her Piplup for the battle round and Pachirisu in the appeals round.
Finally, we reach Jesselina. She won her first official contest in Solaceon Town. Her victory was against Kenny. Once again, he was using Prinplup in the battle round.
Jesselina used her Dustox to win (appeal and battle round).
Top Coordinators
Top Coordinators are trainers who won the Grand Festival. The first one to win the Grand Festival onscreen was coordinator Robert in the Hoenn Region. His known pokemon are Milotic and Claydol, which gave him the victory. He was the first coordinator to defeat Drew onscreen at the Slateport Contest. He also gave some tips to Ash's Snorunt on how to focus his ice beam attack. He had a small role in the anime and not much is known about him.
Dr. Abby was the first top coordinator to be introduced in the anime, but by the time May & co. meet her, she is already retired and working as a pokemon doctor. She learned there are different ways to interact with pokemon and decided to move on from contests. Her Skitty evolved into Delcatty and helped May's Skitty learn Blizzard attack.
Yuma is a top coordinator and Breeder who decided to pursue a career training beginner coordinators. She considered taking Brock under her wing, but after seeing his impressive performance at the pokemon contest she decided to pass and teach another student instead.
Juan is the 8th gym leader Ash faces when traveling in the Hoenn Region, but he is also a top coordinator and has a dedicated fanbase. He owns a variety of water pokemon such as Sealeo, Luvdisc, Seaking, Milotic, Whiscash, Seadra, Gorebyss, Azurill, Corsola, Goldeen, Wailmer, Barboach, Chinchou etc. He does not use all of them in gym battles and some are shown on his water shows.
Soledad became the winner of the Kanto Grand Festival. She defeated May in the Top 4 and proceeded to defeat an unknown coordinator in the following round. Her pokemon team consists of Butterfree, Slowbro, Lapras and Pidgeot. She met May before the Grand Festival began and revealed she defeated Drew on his first ever pokemon contest.
Wallace is well known for being the gym leader of Sootopolis City and becoming Champion Master of the Hoenn region. However, eventually he also became top coordinator and began hosting his own competition "The Wallace Cup" in which he participates as an extra judge. His main pokemon is Milotic.
Johanna is well known for being Dawn's mother, but back in the day she was a fierce pokemon coordinator and eventually won the Grand Festival. Her only known pokemon are Glameow and Umbreon. She also teaches contest classes and served as a contest judge one time that Nurse Joy was unable to make it.
Fantina is well known for being absent from her gym, but she also is a top coordinator and served as a special guest judge at the Sinnoh Grand Festival. She specializes in ghost type pokemon and some of her pokemon are Gengar, Drifblim and Mismagius.
During Dawn's adventures in Sinnoh it is confirmed that Marina has become a top coordinator. There's a video of her performing in the pokemon contest site. She used Feraligart and Jigglypuff for her demonstration.
Zoey became top coordinator in the Sinnoh Grand Festival after narrowly defeating Dawn in the final round. She is also the only top coordinator to have a full team of six pokemon onscreen. Her team consists of Glameow, Gallade, Mismagius, Leafeon, Gastrodon and Lumineon. She is also one of few top coordinators to be a major recurring character in the anime, as she served as both a friend and rival to Dawn.
Pokemon Contest Announcers
Before Vivian took the role as contest announcer, there was a different unnamed host for the first pokemon contest ever. He never appeared again after that contest.
Funnily enough, an announcer with his same face, clothing and hairstyle is seen much earlier in the anime, in the Queen of the Princess Festival in Kanto. Although I know this sort of thing happens because the animators sometimes recycle characters with small roles, it's still funny to imagine that this is just the same guy getting gigs at different events.
Below the MC's for the contests in Hoenn, Kanto and Sinnoh.
Vivian
Lilian
Marian
Pokemon Contest Judges
The panel of judges is usually composed of Mr. Contesta, Mr. Sukizo and your local Nurse Joy. However, additional judges are brought in for the Grand Festival and special contests such as the Wallace Cup. Dawn's mother also served as a judge because Nurse Joy wasn't available for one contest.
For the Hoenn Grand Festival three Nurse Joys were brought in to help evaluate the coordinators pokemon. It is also done again for the Kanto and Sinnoh Grand Festival.
Vivian was invited as an special guest judge for the Kanto Grand Festival.
Wallace served as a judge in the Wallace Cup.
Fantina was an extra judge at the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
Johanna as a substitute judge in the Neighborly Town pokemon contest.
The first ever pokemon coordinators
Janet and Chaz are the first coordinators introduced in the anime. They both make it to the final round and battle each other. Ultimately Janet won the contest with her Beautifly.
Janet's performance!
Chaz performance!
Chaz also used his Sentret to show Ash how to teach Iron Tail attack to his Pikachu!
The winner!
The very first contest ribbon!