Dentsu Japan, Ogilvy & Mather Japan, BBDO Bangkok and Ogilvy & Mather Thailand lead the way at finalist stage of AdStars 2017

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Ad Stars 2017 logo.jpgAd Stars has unveiled this year’s finalists selected from a total of 21,530 entries – up from 18,063 entries last year. The festival recruited 210 online judges from 62 countries who selected just 1,799 finalists.

From Asia, Dentsu Japan leads the way with 77 finalists, followed by Ogilvy & Mather Japan with 68, BBDO Bangkok with 61 and Ogilvy Thailand with 55.

“It’s hard to believe how quickly our awards show has grown since we first launched in 2008. We received over 21,500 entries to the Ad Stars Awards, which shows our mandate of being a global awards show that is free to enter and committed to ‘creativity for good’ is resonating with creative communities around the world. I’m especially proud of the diversity of entries and judges we have attracted this year,” says Eui Ja Lee, Co-chair of the AD STARS Executive Committee.

Ad Stars is the only global festival that is free-to-enter and offers a US$10,000 cash prize for the two Grand Prix of the Year winners. With entries from 40 countries, Ad Stars received the highest number of submissions from Japan, followed by Thailand, Korea, Australia, Philippines, China and New Zealand.

Agencies with 10 or more finalists from Asia include:

Dentsu Inc. (Japan) 77 finalists

Ogilvy & Mather (Japan) 68 finalists

BBDO Bangkok (Thailand) 61 finalists

Ogilvy Group (Thailand) 55 finalists

Hakuhodo Inc. / Kettle (Japan) 49 finalists

TBWA Santiago Mangada Puno (Philippines) 43 finalists

Innocean Worldwide (Republic of Korea) 42 finalists

TBWA Hakuhodo (Japan) 36 finalists

Cheil Worldwide (Republic of Korea) 32 finalists

TBWA (Thailand) 30 finalists

MullenLowe (Singapore) 25 finalists

Daiko Advertising Inc. (Japan) 22 finalists

Cheil (Hong Kong) 21 finalists

Serviceplan (Republic of Korea) 21 finalists

Leo Burnett (Taiwan) 21 finalists

Cheil (China) 20 finalists

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (Japan) 20 finalists

GREY (Thailand) 18 finalists

BBH Asia Pacific (Singapore) 17 finalists

Innored (Republic of Korea) 17 finalists

BBDO (Pakistan) 16 finalists

Tokyu Agency Inc. (Japan) 15 finalists

Publicis (China) 14 finalists

SIX INC (Japan) 14 finalists

Ogilvy & Mather Group (Hong Kong) 13 finalists

J. Walter Thompson Shanghai (China) 12 finalists

McCann Worldgroup (Philippines) 12 finalists

Leo Burnett (Malaysia) 12 finalists

Publicis JimenezBasic (Philippines) 11 finalists

BBDO Guerrero (Philippines) 11 finalists

Hakuhodo (Indonesia) 10 finalists

CJ WORX (Thailand) 10 finalists

Over 30 final judges will soon meet in Busan, South Korea on 22-23rd August to decide this year’s winners, which will be announced in a gala ceremony on Saturday 26th August.

Ad Stars is now offering a 10% discount on early bird ticket sales to attend the 10th Ad Stars festival, which runs from 24th to 26th August in Busan, South Korea.

With eight different registration packages to choose from, delegates can choose to attend both Ad Stars 2017 and AD tech 2017, or purchase individual tickets to either conference, which take place concurrently at BEXCO Exhibition Centre. One-day passes and tickets to this year’s awards gala on Saturday 26th August are also available.  

Purchase tickets to Ad Stars 2017 here.