Starcognito is the only stage where your talent competes with the mask on — and your name, face, and follower count stay out of it. Here's how the climb works, and where it can take you.
Record or upload a 60-second performance — our emoji mask locks onto your face and never comes off. Zoom and crop tools let you hide anything else that could identify you. Writers just pick a pen name.
Choose your category and stage name, verify your email, and you're live. Your real identity is stored encrypted and never shown — not on the post, not anywhere.
The audience gives stars all week — one per person per entry, tallies hidden until results night so every entry gets a fair shot. The most-starred entries take the week.
Every star you collect moves you up a ladder that runs all year long — so one great minute of talent can keep climbing for months.
Top-starred entry in each category wins the week and a permanent winner badge on their profile.
Weekly winners face off head-to-head. One champion per category moves on to the big stage.
Twelve monthly champions per category. One winner — who chooses their own ending: unmask in front of everyone, or stay a legend in disguise.
Every performer competes masked — that's the whole point, so votes go to the work and nothing else. But unmasking is a privilege you can earn two ways. Either one unlocks your reveal: a staged moment built to be shared. And it's always your choice — qualify and stay a legend in disguise if you'd rather.
Take your category's monthly championship and you've earned the right to step out from behind the mask — in front of the whole audience that voted you there.
Collect 10,000 lifetime stars across all your entries and you hit Star Status — reveal rights unlock, no monthly win required. Popularity earns its own spotlight.
A reveal claims the credit, not the footage. Your performances stay masked forever — so revealing is a moment you own, never something that exposes old videos.
Winning here isn't just bragging rights. As the Starcognito stage grows, we're building real opportunities for the performers the audience falls in love with.
Winners and breakout performers get first look at campaigns from partner brands — masked or unmasked, your choice. Your stage name becomes something brands want next to theirs.
Category finals and the Annual Championship backed by sponsors — bigger stakes, bigger audiences, and prize support that grows with the community.
Opt-in introductions to agents, labels, and studios scouting the leaderboards. You control everything: whether you're contactable, and whether you ever unmask.
Awards are currently recognition-based — titles, badges, and featured placement — while brand and sponsorship programs are being built. As partnerships land, they'll be announced here first, and official rules will be published before any prize of value is offered.