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In the first round, the turn order is determined by how well each Pokémon did in the primary judging. In the rounds after the first, they are ordered from who won the most hearts to the least in the preceding round, unless one of the appealers' moves changes or randomizes the order.

 

If a move a Pokémon uses makes it "settle down just a bit", indicated by a circle icon, it prevents one [[jam]]ming from another Pokémon's move; after a single jam occurs and is prevented or the round is over, the Pokémon loses this protection.

If a move a Pokémon uses makes it "become oblivious to others", indicated by a circle icon, it prevents the user from being jammed at all during the entire round.

If a move a Pokémon uses tries to jam another Pokémon, the user or the other Pokémon are indicated with either a swirly spiral icon or an ear icon.

 

If a Pokémon becomes nervous due to another Pokémon's move, it is indicated by two tildes on top of each other, a bit like an "approximately equals" sign.

 

If a move a Pokémon used in the previous round renders it unable to appeal in the current round, it is indicated by an "X" icon.

 

Stars may be earned in an appeal as marks of "good condition", and may be received from the Judge as a result of an earlier-used move. They add one more heart to the appeal.

When the Judge has a question mark over his head, each Pokémon is indicated with the text "NEXT TURN: ?". When this happens, the turn order for the next round is scrambled.

When the Judge has a number 1 or 4 over his head while watching a Pokémon's appeal, the performing Pokémon is indicated with the text "NEXT TURN: X", where X is the number over the Judge's head. When this happens, the Pokémon becomes first or last in the turn order of the next round, depending on the value of X. If another Pokémon uses a similar appeal and also moves to the beginning or ending, the Pokémon that appealed first will move to the next turn, and "NEXT TURN: X" will change accordingly.

When the Judge has a swirly spiral over his head while watching a Pokémon's appeal, the performing Pokémon has repeated the move it used last turn. The first time a move is repeated, the Pokémon loses two hearts. The second time, it loses three hearts, and so on. There are a few moves to which this rule doesn't apply, such as {{m|Hidden Power}}. To prevent this from happening accidentally, the name of the move used in the previous round is gray when selecting a move to appeal with.

When the Judge has a single exclamation point over his head while watching a Pokémon's appeal, the performing Pokémon is indicated by a flashing red dot, and a [[Contest combination|combo]] is possible with the move just used. If the Pokémon knows a move it can perform a combo with, its name will be red when selecting a move to appeal with.

 

 

====Audience====

The audience's excitement over a Pokémon's appeal influences the number of hearts it earns. This is shown by the excitement meter, a series of five ovals that may be filled or emptied.

 

 

If a Pokémon uses a move and the excitement meter reaches five, the Pokémon receives six extra hearts during its appeal, and the excitement meter returns to zero. In {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, a special animation known as a Spectacular Talent is displayed, depending on the Pokémon's [[type]]. If the Pokémon has two types, it is randomly selected between the two. For example, a {{type|Normal}} Pokémon's animation is known as "Incredible Shining Road" and features the Pokémon running across the floor in zig-zags. If the Pokémon in question is holding a [[Mega Stone]], it will Mega Evolve.

If a Pokémon uses a repeated move that disappoints the judge, the audience will not grow more excited, regardless of the move's Contest type. However, it can still lower the excitement meter.

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[[File:May Skitty Grand Festival.png|thumb|200px|[[May's Skitty]] finishing her appeal in the [[Grand Festival]]]]

In the anime, {{pkmn|Coordinator}}s show off their Pokémon's moves in the '''Appeals Round''' (Japanese: '''アピールステージ''' ''Appeal Stage''), an apparent combination of the rounds found in [[Generation III]]'s Contests used to weed out less talented Coordinators before the [[Contest Battle|second round]]. The object of the round is to demonstrate attacks in a unique and entertaining way. The appeals are awarded points by the competition jury, usually formed by [[Raoul Contesta|Mr. Contesta]], [[Mr. Sukizo]] and the resident [[Nurse Joy]]. The Coordinators with the highest scores proceed to the next round. The number of Coordinators that advance to the second round is different for each Contest. In Contests held under the [[Double Performance]] rule, Coordinators have to appeal with two Pokémon.

* For ''[[DP011|Mounting a Coordinator Assault!]]'', [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about the Appeals Round. He writes this [[Pokémon senryū]] about it: ポケモンが　かれいにまわるよ　コンテスト ''Pokémon spinning beautifully; that is a Contest''.

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