The One Show has announced its finalists after two rounds of judging, 1,669 of them from 46 countries. Every finalist will earn at least Merit honours, with others winning Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencils.
McCann New York has the most One Show 2020 finalist entries with 66, followed by BBDO New York with 40 and FCB Chicago with 31.
Burger King Moldy Whopper, created by INGO Stockholm with DAVID Miami and Publicis Bucharest, has the most finalist spots with 24.
Agencies and studios in 14 countries throughout Asia-Pacific collected 224 entries on The One Show 2020 finalists list.
Japan leads the way in the region with 44 One Show 2020 finalists. Dentsu Tokyo has 13, including four for Mori Building Co. Designing Tokyo.
TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo has 11 finalists, including five for Japan Para Table Tennis Association The Most Challenging Pingpong Table.
Geometry Ogilvy Japan Tokyo has five One Show finalists, all for JFOODO The Edible Sushi Omamori. SHA Inc. Tokyo has four, all for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) The Hidden Essence.
14 Australian agencies have 29 finalists spots this year. CHE Proximity Sydney has five, including four for Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation Curing Homesickness.
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DDB Sydney, Haystac Windsor, McCann Melbourne and TBWA Melbourne have three each.
New Zealand has 23 One Show Finalist entries. DDB Group New Zealand Auckland leads the country with 12, including four for Kiwirail Near Miss Memorials.
Colenso BBDO Auckland and Special Group Auckland have four finalists each, and Clemenger BBDOWellington has two.
India’s agencies have 43 One Show finalists, led by FCBIndia Mumbai with 16 for Mumbai Police The Punishing Signal.
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FCBIndia Gurgaon has seven, all for The Times of India Out and Proud Classified.
Dentsu Webchutney Bengaluru has five, including three for Swiggy (Bundl Technologies) Voice of Hunger.
Mainland China agencies have 31 One Show finalists, including six for Ogilvy Shanghai, five for Cheil PengTai Beijing, and three each for Accenture Interactive China Shanghai and Ogilvy Beijing.
Hong Kong has 20 One Show finalists, including 13 from Cheil Hong Kong Bangkok (eight for Chupa Chups (Snack To Home) A Sweet Escape.
Taiwan has two.
Thailand has 12 finalists, including eight for Ogilvy Group Thailand Bangkok, eight from Singapore, five from Republic of Korea, three from Philippines, two from Malaysia, and one each from Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
“People in the industry are eager for some good news, we’ve been inundated with inquiries about who made the final cut for The One Show,” stated Kevin Swanepoel, chief executive officer, The One Club. “In a year when other awards have been cancelled, The One Show is the leading global awards program to elevate and celebrate the broad range of advertising and design work from around the world.”
The complete One Show 2020 finalists list can be viewed here.
