The 8th Annual International Ukulele Contest 2019 Judges
KU’UIPO KUMUKAHI (Hawaiian Musician/Director of Hawaiian Culture at Hyatt Regency)
KIMO HUSSEY (Ukulele Player/Instructor)
BRYAN TOLENTINO (Ukulele Player)
JAZZOOMCAFE (Ukulele Player/2011 MVP Winner)
KATZ SEIJI (Ukulele Musician)
ROBYN FURUYA (KZOO Radio/Owner)
2019 Finalists and Stage Order on February 9th, 2019
| Entry# (Stage Order) |
Name of Contestant | AGE | |
| Solo KEIKI (age 3-11) | |||
| 1 | Kyler Harrington | 8 | USA・HI |
| 2 | Orion “Sky” Kawabuchi | 6 | USA・HI |
| 3 | Shota Oba | 10 | USA・HI |
| 4 | Hezekiah | 9 | USA・HI |
| 5 | Heren Xiao | 9 | China Tianjin |
| 6 | Tzu Han Huang | 11 | Taiwan |
| Solo TEENS (age 12-18) | |||
| 7 | Kyosuke | 16 | Japan Chiba |
| 8 | Kapono Wong | 16 | USA・HI |
| 9 | Rocco Olmstead | 14 | USA・HI |
| 10 | Jason Takao | 14 | USA・HI |
| 11 | Camren Cheung | 12 | USA・HI |
| 12 | Keenan Lau | 16 | USA・HI |
| 13 | Mayli Winters | 13 | USA・Minnesota |
| Solo OPEN (age over 19) | |||
| 14 | Richard Maxson | 60 | USA・Missouri |
| 15 | Yukiya Oba | 39 | USA・HI |
| 16 | Unko BillyG | 71 | USA・HI |
| 17 | Daniel Purnomo | 43 | Singapore |
| 18 | Wilson WANG | 27 | Taiwan |
| 19 | Naoko Yabushima | 30 | Japan Miyagi |
| Group | |||
| 20 | Singapore Ukulele Revival (SURE) | Singapore | |
| 21 | CAR Ukulele Band | Taiwan | |
| 22 | PoEbAk | Japan | |
