Official Rules |
Eligibility |
The Amateur Singing Contest with John Santos 2009/2010, hereby referred to as The ASCJS 09/10, is open to contestants age 10 and above. (Special consideration may be given to children under 10 who demonstrate exceptional ability combined with the level of maturity deemed necessary to compete in this contest.) Contestants who have professionally recorded a complete solo album are not eligible to take part in The ASCJS 09/10. Should it be discovered that a finalist has professionally recorded a solo album in the past, the finalist must reimburse The ASCJS 09/10 the full cost of the recording/s 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.
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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 09/10 committee, which are final and
binding in all respects. The ASCJS 09/10 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 09/10 Committee in which case the increase/decrease will become effective immediately. The ASCJS 09/10 committee shall, however, be under no obligation to make any such increase/ decrease. The ASCJS 09/10 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 based upon their date of registration. At the end of each month, 4 contestants (in general, 2 Adults & 2 Juveniles) will move to the final qualifying round (semi-finals) 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 contestants who receive the lowest voting scores in the month, will be moved to the waiting list and the new contestants from the waiting list will participate in the next month’s qualifying round.
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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 09/10
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 rounds or Semi-finals on March 6 & 13, 2010. |
| __2. The Final Qualifying rounds (Semi-Finals), March 6 & 13, 2010 |
There will be 2 semi-final rounds round on March 6 & 13, 2010 in which 10 finalists will be chosen to move on to the Final on April 17, 2009. The voting process for the semi-finals 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 09/10 committee, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, The ASCJS 09/10 committee reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest indefinitely.
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Management |
From time to time, John Santos may be in a position to offer some contestants the
opportunity to perform in venues outside of the contest. This can provide the
contestants with invaluable stage experience. Should a contestant be asked and accept to
perform beyond the normal boundaries of the contest, they must allow John Santos to
take a managerial position (free of charge) with their careers, in that he must be
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Tentative Schedule
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ʼ09
DECEMBER ʼ09 JANUARY ʼ10 FEBRUARY ʼ10 MARCH ʼ10 APRIL ‘10 |