you have to be 7 to enter triwizard tournament.
you have to be 7 to enter triwizard tournament.
how old do you have to be to enter triwizard tournament?
7
after the sorting at hogwarts, professor dumbledore announces that alastor "mad-eye" moody will be the defence against the dark arts teacher for the year, and also that hogwarts will host the triwizard tournament, with a prize of one thousand gold galleons. however, only those over 17—the age of majority in the wizarding world—will be allowed to enter. it is the first time in many years that the triwizard tournament will be held. students from beauxbatons academy and the durmstrang institute, other wizarding academies, will travel to hogwarts, where they will stay for the year, in hopes of competing. at halloween, the goblet of fire picks fleur delacour from beauxbatons academy, viktor krum (who is also the seeker on bulgaria's quidditch team) from durmstrang institute, and cedric diggory from hogwarts to compete in the tournament. however, it additionally gives a fourth name—harry potter—leading to suspicion and indignation from everyone and magically binding harry to compete. ron is jealous that harry is once again in the limelight and refuses to speak to harry.
harry potter and the goblet of fire
krum is named durmstrang champion upon entering his name for the prestigious triwizard tournament. he is often viewed with suspicion by his peers due to durmstrang's reputation for teaching the dark arts, while looked upon with admiration for his feats, mainly by giggling hogwarts girls. whilst competing in the triwizard tournament, he takes to visiting the hogwarts library to try to talk to hermione. he eventually gains the courage to ask her to the yule ball, a traditional formal dance associated with the triwizard tournament. krum has to rescue her from the merpeople in the great lake for the second task, revealing his deep affection for her. immediately afterward, he invited her to stay with him in bulgaria and stated that he had "never felt this way about a girl before." he becomes jealous of harry when a slanderous news article by rita skeeter falsely states that hermione is toying with both boys' affections, and confronts him about it. when he learns the truth, he and harry become friendly, shortly before the appearance of a mentally incapacitated bartemius crouch sr. crouch's disguised son stuns krum shortly afterward, to murder his father unnoticed. in the climax of the book, krum, under the influence of an imperius curse cast by barty crouch jr, uses the cruciatus curse on cedric diggory to eliminate any opposition for harry to win the tournament, but is not arrested nor punished for this, as he was not in control of his own faculties.
list of supporting harry potter characters