Who's Next 2025

Step 1: Review the official Who’s Next 2025 Contest Rules
Step 2: Upload your entry track on YouTube or SoundCloud
Step 3: Complete and submit the entry form below
Step 4: On April 14 online voting begins right here — tell your friends!
Step 5: On May 14, 2025, three participants will be selected for the live performances
Step 6: On May 27, 2025 live performances at S.O.B.’s on Varick Street
Step 7: One of the three live performers will be selected as the 2025 Who’s Next WInner
Step 8: The 2025 Who’s Next Winner will be mentored and invited to perform at the 2025 Summer Jam Festival Stage on June 20, 2025.

Who’s Next 2025

Official Entry Form for Hot 97’s Who’s Next 2025

Legal Name(Required)

First Last

The name on your birth certificate.

Performance Name

What do your fans call you?

Mobile Phone(Required)

By providing your mobile number, you authorize WQHT HOT 97 to contact you via text or telephone with questions, updates, and information related to HOT 97’s Who’s Next, Summer Jam, and related promotions and events.

Email(Required)

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Entry Title(Required)

Enter the name of your Who’s Next entry.

Your Who's Next Entry(Required)

All entries must be submitted as either YouTube or SoundCloud links. First, upload your track to either YouTube or SoundCloud, then paste a link to it here.