By decision of the jury members, the following contestants advanced to the 2nd round of the competition:
- Inna Yakusheva (25), Russia
- Ruifeng Lin (23), China
- Rok Zaletel-Černoš (24), Slovenia
- Yinuo Fang (16), China
- Daniil Leonid Kogan (30), Russia / Canada
- Aleksandra Li (28), Russia
- Yinan Zhao (24), China
- Imagawa Kokoro (25), Japan
- Abylai Nurlybek (25), Kazakhstan
- Stefaniya Pospekhina (16), Russia
- Valeriya Abramova (21), Russia
- Galiya Zharova (31), Russia
- Xu Yujie (21), China