On August 2nd, according to official sources, MEET48, the world's first AIUGC and fan economy ecosystem focused on entertainment, will host the First Web3.0 Global Idol Popularity Audition & Ceremony (WIPA) at the Arena of the Hong Kong Asian International Exhibition Center. In collaboration with the large Chinese youth girl group SNH48 GROUP, they will introduce blockchain mechanisms into the idol selection system, providing exclusive singles, overseas stages, and game endorsements as honor rewards for top-ranking real and AI-Agent virtual idols.
It is reported that WIPA's exclusive title sponsor is the AIUGC virtual idol music and dance cultivation ecosystem simulation game "AuditionsGO", developed by the original operational market team of the world-famous "Audition". Wu Zongxian will appear as an award guest, while Super Junior-D&E, Sandara Park, MIYAVI, and Siba Family artists Xu Jiaqi and SNH48's 11th General Election first-place winner Yuan Yiqi will perform on stage. Gao Shanfeng, Lu Tingyu, and Wu Shanru will serve as hosts.
WIPA's final voting officially closed at 2:00 UTC on August 2nd, with the final results to be announced live at the Arena of the Hong Kong Asian International Exhibition Center. With one week countdown to WIPA, over 48.25 million IDOL were collected, accounting for 1.01% of the total IDOL supply, setting a record in the Web3 entertainment field.
