Official Rules |
Eligibility |
The Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos 2008/2009, hereby referred to as The ASCJS 08/09, 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 08/09. Should it be discovered that a finalist has professionally recorded a solo album in the past, the finalist must reimburse The ASCJS 08/09 the full cost of the recording and/or return any prize collected.
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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.
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| Entry |
By entering, you (and your parents/legal guardians if you are a minor) agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of The ASCJS 08/09 committee, which are final and binding in all respects. To enter The ASCJS 08/09, 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 ASCJS ‘08/’09 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 ASCJS 08/09 Committee in which case the increase/decrease will become effective immediately. The Singing Contest 08/09 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 20 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 final qualifying 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.
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| 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 ASCJS 08/09 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.
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| All Qualifying rounds 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 Qualifying winners. Qualifying winners will advance to the final qualifying round on March 7, 2009. |
| __2. The Final Qualifying round, March 7, 2009 |
There will be a final qualification round on March 7, 2009 in which 10 finalists will be chosen to move on to the final round on April 18, 2009. The voting process for the final qualifying round will be the same as the qualifying voting process illustrated above.
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| 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.
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| General Conditions |
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| Disqualification |
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 ASCJS 08/09 committee, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, The ASCJS 08/09 committee reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest indefinitely.
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| Tentative Schedule |
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ’08
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