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The '''Sinnoh Grand Festival''' (Japanese: '''シンオウグランドフェスティバル''' ''Sinnoh Grand Festival'') is an {{pkmn|anime}}-exclusive event during the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}. All [[Pokémon Coordinator]]s who earn five {{pkmn|Contest}} [[Ribbon]]s from the [[Sinnoh]] region are eligible to enter.

In ''[[DP041|A Stand-Up Sit-Down!]]'', [[Zoey]] mentioned that the Sinnoh Grand Festival would follow the [[Double Performance]] rule. In ''[[DP163|Fighting Ire with Fire!]]'', [[Marian]] announced that the competition would be held at [[Lake Valor]], the site of the most recent [[Wallace Cup]].

The Sinnoh Grand Festival started in ''[[DP174|Last Call — First Round!]]'' and ended in ''[[DP177|A Grand Fight for Winning!]]''. Like all [[Sinnoh]] [[Pokémon Contest]]s, [[Marian]] is the announcer. During the Grand Festival, 108 participants were entered.

Instead of the usual three judges, the Sinnoh Grand Festival has six judges in attendance: [[Raoul Contesta]], [[Mr. Sukizo]], [[Lilycove City]]'s [[Nurse Joy]], her sisters from [[Pastoria City]] and [[Jubilife City]] and special judge [[Fantina]], the [[Hearthome Gym]] [[Gym Leader|Leader]] and a Contest master. The Nurse Joy from Pastoria and Jubilife only judged the [[appeal]]s round.

The winner of the competition receives the [[Ribbon Cup]] as their prize and becomes {{DL|Grand Festival|Top Coordinator}}.

For the tournament, {{an|Dawn}}, as well as her rivals, wore new costumes.

Unlike the other Grand Festivals, Sinnoh Grand Festival only has one [[appeal]]s round instead of two. The competition is held under the [[Double Performance]] rule, which means that {{pkmn|Coordinator}}s must use two Pokémon in all rounds.

Due to the number of participants, the appeal stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival was divided up onto three stages; the Red Stage, the Green Stage, and the Blue Stage. The Red Stage was judged by Fantina and the Nurse Joy from [[Jubilife City]], while Mr. Sukizo and the Nurse Joy from [[Pastoria City]] judged the Green Stage. The Blue Stage was judged by Mr. Contesta and the Nurse Joy from [[Lilycove City]]. The stages could be modified for each Coordinator (for instance, when [[Zoey]] appealed with her {{p|Gastrodon}} and {{p|Lumineon}}, the stage transformed into a pool which was perfect for the two {{type|Water}} Pokémon to use). Each Coordinator performed on one of the stages. Once everyone had appealed, the 32 top scoring Coordinators progressed to the second round.

The second round marked the beginning of the Grand Festival's [[Contest Battle|battle round]]s with some changes to the layout. The number of Coordinators in the second round is reduced to 32 and the battles were conducted on a single stage instead of a trio of stages. Also, the amount of judges is reduced from six to four. All Coordinators were matched-up randomly by computer up to the semi-finals. Coordinators who run out of points, have their Pokémon [[fainting|knocked out]] or have the least amount of points once the time runs out are eliminated from the Grand Festival.

[[File:Zoey Ribbon Cup.png|thumb|Zoey, the winner, with the Sinnoh Ribbon Cup]]

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