TikTok names its 2026 Music on Stage winners
Mexico’s JUDÁ and Thailand’s PJung won TikTok LIVE’s 2026 Music on Stage finals; six finalists are due SoundOn EP support.
TikTok LIVE named Mexican singer JUDÁ and Thai singer PJung the global champions of Music on Stage 2026. JUDÁ won the EMEA and Americas final; PJung won the Asia-Pacific final after auditions and regional rounds that began in August.
TikTok says more than 320,000 creators signed up, around 13 times its 2025 entry count, and the two global finals drew a combined 3.9 million viewers. These are platform-reported figures; TikTok did not publish an independent audit of the audience measurement.
The opportunity extends beyond the two winners. TikTok says the top three artists in each regional final will receive SoundOn deals to produce, distribute and promote EPs. The other finalists are Anyelique Solorio and Las Hermanas Machado in EMEA and the Americas, and AYANE and Faz Gading in Asia-Pacific.
There is an early example of what that support can involve: returning finalist Solorio won the 2025 competition, released her SoundOn-supported EP No Tengo Duda, and placed second this year. TikTok attributes a rise in her Spotify monthly listeners to the period after that release, but that single artist’s result is not a forecast for this year’s finalists.
The announcement gives no release dates for the six planned EPs. For fans, the next concrete milestone is the music itself rather than the competition’s sign-up and viewing totals.