Karaoke Contest Rules
Fall Out Boy Karaoke Contest?
I’m actually an international (outside the U.S.), so I was wondering if an actual U.S. citizen could tell me the rules of the contest or tell me where I can get the track because the contest is only for U.S. and Canadian citizens. Thanks.
“Fall Out Boy Karaoke Contest”
Official Rules NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
DESCRIPTION: The “Fall Out Boy Karaoke Contest” (“Contest”) is a singing submission contest of skill administered through the online networking community MySpace. You must be a MySpace member in order to participate in the Contest or win a prize. Membership on MySpace.com is free, and can be obtained by logging on to www.myspace.com (“Website”) and following the onscreen instructions to open an account. The sponsors of the Contest are MySpace, Inc. (“MySpace”), 407 N. Maple Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 and Island Def Jam Music Group (“Def Jam” and, collectively with MySpace, “Sponsors”). The administrator of the Contest is Creative ZING Promotion Group, 100 E. Pine Street, Suite 201, Orlando, FL 32801 (“Administrator”). The Contest will operate as follows:
Contest “Submission Period”: The contest Submission Period begins on March 13, 2009 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time (“PT”) and ends on March 26, 2009 at 3:00 PM PT.
Judging Period: From on or about April 1, 2009 through April 3, 2009 representatives of Sponsors (collectively, the “Judges”) will select their favorite recordings from all eligible “Submissions” (as defined below), according to the criteria outlined in Section 5 below.
Winner Notification: On or about April 6, 2009, potential winners will be selected, as determined by Judges, and will be contacted by Administrator to confirm eligibility and obtain releases, according to Section 7 of these Official Rules.
Winner Announcement: On or about April 27, 2009 the winners’ names will be posted on the “Website” (as defined below).
ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and Washington D.C., and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are at least 13 years of age at time of entry (“Entrant”). Eligible Entrants who are under the legal age of majority in their state or province of primary residence (“Minor”) must get their parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the Contest. A Minor Entrant will be required to provide parental consent in a form satisfactory to the Sponsors before he or she can be declared a winner and any prize can be awarded. Each Entrant must have Internet access and recording capabilities as of March 12, 2009. Each Entrant must be the rightful owner of the e-mail address identified in the entrant’s MySpace account as of March 13, 2009. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any entrant or winner, at the sole discretion of the Sponsors, the entrant or winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the MySpace account was opened. Employees, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, and representatives of Sponsors, Administrator, Fall Out Boy (“Artist”), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, agents, representatives and promotion and advertising agencies (collectively, the “Contest Entities”), together with the immediate family members and those living in the same household of such persons, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For purposes of the Contest, “Household Members” shall mean those people who share the same residence at least three months a year and “Immediate Family Members” shall mean parents, step-parents, legal guardians, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. Contest void where prohibited.
HOW TO ENTER: To enter, Entrants must visit the Contest web site during the Submission Period by logging in to their MySpace profile and going to ksolo.myspace.com/music/falloutboy (“Website”). Each Entrant will then have the opportunity to use the kSolo Recorder application to record him/herself singing the Artist’s song “America’s Suitehearts” along with the posted accompaniment (“Submission”). Submission must be received by 3:00 PM PT on March 26, 2009. Entry will not be complete until Entrant has followed the onscreen prompts to record their Submission using the kSolo Recorder application, made their Submission publicly available, and accepted the Official Rules. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entrants must provide all information requested to be eligible to win.
Submission Requirements
The Submission must meet the following guidelines:
Submission can ONLY feature “America’s Suitehearts” as provided on the Contest Website.
Submission must use the lyrics as they are written and provided on the Website.
Submission must be submitted as a public recording on MySpace Karaoke and enable Feedback and Rating.
Submission must receive at least 100 unique plays to be eligible for judging. Plays generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.
Submission must be made and submitted using the latest available kSolo Recorder application, as part of the MySpace Karaoke player.
The Submission must meet the following content restrictions:
Submission must NOT contain material which is (or promo
Jordin Sparks – “SOS” Karaoke Contest Instructions
