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cortis voting hub

this carrd has been created by @cortiskive on twt/X as a central location for voting information for cortis community members! this carrd will help us support the boys by supplying voting information with tutorials for awards.cr. to @cortisboys on twitter/X for most of the tutorials listed here!

✮MUSIC SHOWS
includes information regarding music show voting, such as m-countdown, inkigayo, music bank, and others
✮YEAR-END SHOWS
includes information regarding year-end show voting, such as mama, aaa, golden disc, and others
✮EXTRA VOTING
information regarding extra voting not for physical awards, such as choeaedol, ktopstar, and others

music show voting

music shows usually take place each week, with one for each day of the week.to the right are all the music shows that cortis has a chance of being nominated on, and tutorials on how to vote and support them for a win!NOTE: ALL MUSIC SHOW VOTING TAKES PLACES ON MOBILE APPS

award show voting

there are 9 award shows (usually referred to as year-end award shows) that take place in korea.to the left are all of the award shows that cortis has a chance of being nominated for (in order of date), and tutorials on how to vote and support them for a win!note: only the asia artist awards (AAA) has been updated with a tutorial!

extra voting

extra voting is often done through fan polls, and the prizes can be subway/billboard advertisements in korea or other things like that. the key difference is usually extra voting does not result in a physical award for the boys.to the left are all the apps were extra voting for cortis often takes place, and tutorials on how to vote and support them for a prize!

show champion

show champion broadcasts every wednesday at 6pm KST (5am EST)

✮pre-voting
takes place on the idol champ app, linked below — starts on fridays at 8pm KST (7AM EST) until monday 3pm KST (3am EST)

note: show champion voting is unlimited. blue tickets expire at the end of each month and ruby tickets do not expire.

to vote on idol champ, click the vote button in the middle of the taskbar on the bottomone vote is one ticket, which is equals 1 ruby ticket or 5 time tickets

m-countdown

m-countdown broadcasts every thursday at 6pm KST (5am EST). you can watch live on the mnet plus app!

✮pre-voting
takes place on the mnet plus app, linked below — starts on saturdays at 0am KST (friday 11AM EST) until sundays 11:59pm KST (10:59am EST)
✮live-voting
takes place on the mnet plus app, linked below — starts during broadcast on thursdays at 6pm KST (5am EST) until 7pm KST (6am EST)

note: m-countdown pre-voting and live-voting does NOT require a currency, for each vote you simply watch an ad. there is a limit of 5 votes per device/account for each vote.

music bank

music bank broadcasts every friday at 5pm KST (4am EST)

✮pre-voting
takes place on the fancast app, linked below — starts on sundays at 3pm KST (2AM EST) until wednesdays 11am KST (tuesday 10pm EST)

note: fancast voting is unlimited

music core

music core broadcasts every saturday at 3:30pm KST (2:30am EST).

✮pre-voting
takes place on the mubeat app, linked below — starts on tuesdays at 6pm KST (5AM EST) until thursdays 11am KST (wednesday 10pm EST)
✮live-voting
takes place on the mubeat app, linked below — starts during broadcast on saturdays at 3:30pm KST (2:30am EST) until 4:30pm KST (3:30am EST)

note: music code PRE-voting is unlimited. LIVE voting is limited to 5 votes per account/device. heartbeats (voting currencies) expire after 90 days.

inkigayo

music core broadcasts every sunday at 1:30pm KST (saturday 12:30am EST).

✮pre-voting
takes place on the LINC app, linked below — starts on mondays 12pm KST (sunday 11pm EST) until friday 11:59pm KST (10:59am EST)
✮live-voting
takes place on the HIGHER app, linked below — starts during broadcast on sundays at 1:30pm KST (saturday 12:30am EST) until 2:30pm KST (1:30am EST)

18note: PLEASE note that pre-voting and live-voting take place on two seperate apps.currencies expire on linc after 180 days, while currenies on higher expire after 90 days.

the fact music awards (tma)

usually held in october

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korean grand music awards (kgma)

usually held in november

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mnet asian music awards ( mama)

usually held in november/december

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melon music awards (mma)

usually held in december

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asia artist awards (aaa)

will be held december 6-7th, 2025

✮EARLY VOTING (sept.9th-sept.18th) FINISHED
usually occurs at the start of september on the STARPOLL APP — 30 groups will advance to the preliminary voting
✮PRELIMINARY VOTING (sept. 24th-oct. 13th)
usually occurs in at the end of september/start of october on the IDOLCHAMP APP — 10 groups will advance to the final voting
✮FINAL VOTING (oct. 16th-nov.4th)
usually occurs mid-october to start of november on the IDOLCHAMP APP — winner will be determined by combining 30% of preliminary votes and 70% of final votes

NOTE: the idol champ app is also used for the music show show champion; an app tutorial is listed under that categoryboth the starpoll and idolchamp apps are linked below!

hanteo music awards (hma)

usually held in december

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golden disc awards (gda)

usually held in january

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seoul music awards (sma)

usually held in january

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circle chart music awards (ccma)

usually held in january

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korean music awards (kma)

usually held in february

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choeaedol

an app used to vote with hearts for idols. rewards are usually subway/billboard advertisements in korea.

✮VOTING
voting is quick and easy, and daily log in tasks to collect hearts usually take 5 minutes at the most. the app is linked below the voting guides for both ios and android!

ktopstar

fan voting app

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