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Official Rules
Eligibility

The Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos 2007/2008, hereby referred
to as The ASCJS 09/10, is open to contestants age 10 and above.

Contestants who have professionally recorded a complete solo album are not eligible to take part in The ASCJS 07/08. Should it be discovered that a finalist has professionally recorded a solo album in the past, the finalist must reimburse The ASCJS 07/08 the full cost of the recording/s and/or return any prize collected.

 

Two Competing Categories

Contestants between the ages of 10 and 15 at the time of registration will be placed in the Juvenile category.

Contestants age 16 and older will be placed in the Adult category.

 
Entry

By entering, you (and your parents/legal guardians if you are a minor) agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of The ASC 2007 committee, which are final and binding in all respects.

To enter The ASC 2007, complete the registration form by filling out your full name, complete home address (including postal code), home telephone number (including area code), date of birth, gender, e-mail address, and any other requested fields.

The ASC 2007 committee reserves the right to increase or decrease the maximum number of entries permitted in to the Contest. Any such increase/decrease will be announced, in a manner deemed appropriate by The ASC 2007 Committee in which case the increase/decrease will become effective immediately. The Singing Contest 2007 committee shall, however, be under no obligation to make any such
increase/decrease.

The Singing Contest committee reserves the right to change any qualifying dates, and will notify contestants of any date changes as soon as possible.

A maximum number of 18 contestants will participate in the qualifying rounds.

Additional registrants will be placed on a waiting list. At the end of each month, 4 contestants will move to the semi-final round thereby providing an opportunity for 4 new contestants from the waiting list to participate. In the event that there are more than 4 people on the waiting list, the current contestants with the lowest voting score, will be asked to give their position to a new contestant and will be placed on the waiting list.
Voting

Contestants will be notified of any changes in the schedule at least one week prior to the qualifying round. Contestants are required to be on time the day of the qualifying round.
The start of the voting process is tentatively set within the time period of the monthly contest. Voting will be conducted under the supervision of The ASC 2007 Committee.

At the end of the each voting period, the winners will be announced.

Counting of the voting ballots will be witnessed by randomly selected members of the voting audience.

Two types of voting periods will occur to determine which contestants will advance.
  1. The Qualification vote period
All qualification rounds, including the final round, will be determined by the audience and a panel of judges. The contestants will perform in front of the audience & panel of judges. Each member of the audience & panel of judges will select two contestants from each category. The combined audience vote and the combined judges vote will each account for 50% of the final vote. At the end of the voting period, contestants from each
competing category (i.e. juvenile, adult) who have received the majority of votes will be declared the Qualification winners. Qualification winners will advance to the 2 semi-final rounds in March 2007.
__2. The Semi-final round, March 2007

There will be 2 semi-final rounds in March 2007 in which 10 finalists will be chosen to move on to the final round in April 2007.

The semi-final round vote will be determined by the audience and a panel of judges.
The voting process for the semi-final round will be the same as the qualification voting process as illustrated above.

 
Judges

Judges will be selected by The Amateur Singing Contest committee. Judges selected will have some type of professional music experience. Parents and the immediate family or members of the households of such contestants, including qualifying & final round winners, are not eligible to be judges.

 
General Conditions
  • If a contestant is found to be not in compliance with these Official Rules or otherwise ineligible, it may result in their disqualification and an alternate winner selected.
  • Contestants cannot compete with the same song two months in a row.
  • Contestants agree to attend all the weekly practices.
  • If we are not informed of your absence prior to a practice, you may be disqualified and may only compete depending on the future availability of positions in the contest.
  • Where permitted by law, contestants and in the case of minors, their parents and/or legal guardians grant (both on behalf of themselves and winner) to The ASC 2007 and those acting pursuant to its direction or control, (and agree to confirm such grant in writing upon request), the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, at any time or times, the contestant's and parents and/or guardian’s name, portrait, picture, video, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration and without notification,
    review or approval.
  • Contestants that have qualified shall sign a commitment form to continue in the competition.
  • The song that the contestant qualified with shall be recorded and be part of a professionally mastered CD. Recording rights of the CD belong to The ASC 2007.
  • The album shall tentatively be released in April 2008 at The ASC 2007 final.

 
Disqualification
  • The ASC 2007 committee reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to
    annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any contestant disqualified from The ASC 2007 may be banned from joining The ASC in the future.

If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned due to unauthorized intervention, fraud, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of The ASC 2007 committee, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, The ASC 2007 committee reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest indefinitely

 
Tentative Schedule

Weekly Rehearsals:
• The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Wednesdays of each month in Toronto at Cervejaria Bar and
Grill, 842 College Street.
• Each Tuesdays of each month in Bradford at Laurinda’s Bar, 19 Simcoe Road.
• Contestants must attend all practises taking place where they signed up but may
also attend the other site for extra practise if they so desire.
All qualifying rounds will take place in Toronto at Cervejaria Bar and Grill, 842 College
Street.

Qualifying Rounds
October 31, 2007: 4 qualifying round winners (2 juvenille, 2 adult)
November 28, 2007: 4 qualifying round (2 juvenille, 2 adult)
December 26, 2007: 4 qualifying round winners (2 juvenille, 2 adult)
January 30, 2008: 4 qualifying round winners (2 juvenille, 2 adult)
February 27, 2008: 4 qualifying round winners (2 juvenile, 2 adult)
March 5, 2008: 5 qualifying round winners advance to final (3 juvenille, 2 adult)
March 19, 2008: 5 qualification round winners advance to final (2 juvenille, 3 adult)
Final Round
April, 2008: 10 finalists (5 juvenile, 3 adult). Location and date to be announced.