Celebrities from across fields, including LOTTE WORLD’s iconic characters Loti and Lori, baseball star Kim Won-jung of the Lotte Giants, and the boy group AIDIT, delivered special tribute videos as the night opened.

LOTTE World announced on the 12th that it had successfully completed the 2025 Cast Festival, LOTTEWORLD’s STAR. LOTTEWORLD’s STAR is a festival designed to let casts who have dedicated themselves to creating precious memories for guests become the stars on stage themselves and showcase their talents while promoting harmony.

This year, LOTTEWORLD’s STAR underwent roughly three weeks of fierce preliminaries, producing a final stage with ten teams (34 performers). At around 9:40 p.m., about 450 casts, including current and retired staff, gathered at the LOTTE World Adventure Gardens Stage. Attendees waved cheering tools and enthusiastically cheered on their colleagues. Upon entry, attendees received LOTTE WORLD STAR commemorative badges, adding symbolic meaning to the festival.

On the final stage, performances across genres—singing, dancing, instrumental performances, rap, and musicals—were presented. Each team showcased their honed skills on stage to strong audience reactions. In the middle of the event, a special performance by the previous year’s LOTTEWORLD STAR winning team and a lively prize draw further added to the fun.

Prizes were awarded to four teams: one grand prize, two excellence prizes, and one popular prize, determined by judges’ scores and on-site votes. The grand prize went to the group that performed ‘This Is Me’ from the movie The Greatest Showman, the team ‘10 out of 10.’ The group was noted for outstanding vocal ability and dynamic performances. The team said they joined to build memories with their colleagues and were delighted with the result, thanking LOTTE WORLD for hosting a fun festival.

Park Sang-il, head of LOTTE WORLD’s Management Support, who organized the festival, said it was a valuable time to see casts’ talents up close and hoped the experiences and memories would serve as a stepping stone to a brighter future.

Meanwhile, LOTTE WORLD continues to hold events to strengthen cast communication and camaraderie. In July, the World Cast League, featuring relay skipping and other team events, was held successfully. The company plans to continue offering programs to ensure casts work in a joyful and happy atmosphere.