The Jill Scott Block Party Singer Search Contest (“Contest’) Will Begin on Monday, April 23, 2012 and End on May 18, 2012 (“Contest Period”)
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Jill Scott Block Party Singer Search Contest CONTEST RULES CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The Jill Scott Block Party Singer Search Contest (“Contest’) will begin on Monday, April 23, 2012 and end on May 18, 2012 (“Contest Period”). One (1) grand prizewinner will be awarded an opportunity to sing at Jill Scott’s Block Party concert in Atlanta Georgia on Saturday, June 30, 2012, and round-trip air transportation and hotel accommodations for the winner and a guest. One (1) winner, who participates in the voting phase of the Contest, will be awarded round-trip air transportation, hotel accommodations and two (2) tickets to Jill Scott’s Block Party concert in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, June 30, 2012. HOW TO ENTER: Listeners of WMMJ-FM (the “Station”) who are legal residents of the U.S., residing within Silver Spring, MD metropolitan area, and are twenty-one (21) years of age and older will be able to take part in this Contest. To participate in the Contest, listeners must do the following: 1. Local music artists must submit a video or video embed code of themselves singing Jill Scott’s song “Blessed” to the Station’s website at MyMajicdc.com. Accepted video files are .AVI, .DV, .MOV, .QT, .MP4, .MPEG, .3GP, .ASF, .WMV, and .MPG formats only and no more than 200MB in file size. Submitted videos should be no longer than three (3) minutes in length. Videos containing explicit language or not using Jill Scott’s song “Blessed” will be rejected. No sampling of other artists’ material, music or videos is permitted, and will lead to disqualification. This contest is for amateurs. No contestant will be able to participate if they are a professional recording artist, have already or in the process of recording for a record label or artist, of have received any type of compensation for any type of performance. 2. Submitted entries must be “family friendly” and appropriate for all audiences. 3. Upon entering the Contest website, participants are to follow the on-screen instructions, including entering their name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, video entry, and any optional or additional contact information, as requested, to register for a chance to win. 4. All Internet entries must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, May 11, 2012, or they will be void. 5. Entries will be posted online for public voting. The voting period will take place from Monday, May 14 at 12:00AM local time through Friday, May 18, 2012 11:59PM local time. 6. One (1) finalist (and two (2) alternates) from each participating station that receive the highest number of online votes will be presented to Jill Scott to review. Jill Scott will choose the grand prize winner to perform at her concert in Atlanta, Georgia. 7. One entry per person per day per email address during the Contest Period. 8. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a participant’s online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by the authorized holder of the e-mail account at the time the entry was made. 9. By uploading a submission and entering this Contest, each participant represents and warrants to be bound by the Official Contest rules, that they are authorized to and have the rights to submit the content in the entry, and that all of the below-listed requirements have been met. Entry Requirements: • Entry must be three (3) minutes or less in length • Entrants must sing Jill Scott’s song “Blessed”. • Entries may not be patently offensive, illegal, pornographic or obscene, or similarly inappropriate in Sponsors’ sole discretion. • Entries must be family friendly and not contain any profanity, obscene language, lewd or sexual content, references or graphics. • Submissions may not infringe upon any rights of any third party including without limitation, copyright, trademark and right of publicity or privacy • Entries must be unpublished and not have been submitted in other competitions • Submissions must not contain: unnecessary violence, derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, humiliate other people (publicly or otherwise), or otherwise assault or threaten others • If additional individuals are featured in the entry, each entrant warrants and represents that the entrant has obtained permission from each person who appears in the submission ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: 1. The Contest is open to listeners of the Station who are twenty-one (21) years of age and older and are legal residents of the U.S. residing within the Silver Spring, MD metropolitan area. 2. Employees of the Station, Radio One, Inc. (the “Company”), its subsidiaries, affiliates, general sponsors, advertisers, competitors, promotional partners, other radio stations in the Silver Spring, MDmetropolitan area, and members of the immediate families or those living in the same households of any of the above (whether related or not) are NOT eligible to participate or win in this Contest. For purposes of this Contest, immediate family members mean spouses, parents, grandparents, children, and siblings and their respective spouses. 3. Travel guest of winner must also be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and a legal resident of the U.S. Winner and guest must each possess a valid driver’s license or other government-issued photo I.D. prior to departure and must travel on the same itinerary. Travel guests will be required to sign and submit all requested release forms along with the winner. 4. Once an individual wins a prize in this Contest, they are not eligible to win another prize in this Contest except as specified within these rules. 5. Persons who have won a prize in another contest or promotion of any kind from the Station within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the start date of this Contest are not eligible to participate. Only one person per family or household (whether related or not) may win in any promotion from the Station during any thirty (30) day period. PARTICIPATING RADIO ONE STATIONS The following is a list of participating Radio One stations for this Contest: Station Market Website WAMJ-FM (WUMJ) Atlanta, GA MajicATL.com WWIN-FM Baltimore, MD MagicBaltimore.com WQNC-FM Charlotte, NC My927Charlotte.com WZAK-FM Cleveland, OH WZAKCleveland.com WXMG-FM Columbus, OH MyColumbusMagic.com WDMK-FM Detroit, MI KissDetroit.com KMJQ-FM Houston, TX MyHoustonMajic.com WTLC-FM Indianapolis, IN TLCNapTown.com WRNB-FM Philadelphia, PA RNBPhilly.com WFXK-FM Raleigh/Durham, NC FoxyNC.com WKJS-FM (WKJM) Richmond, VA KissRichmond.com WFUN-FM St. Louis, MO Foxy955STL.com WMMJ-FM Washington, DC mymajicdc.com If your local radio station or geographic market is not listed above, then you are not eligible to enter the Contest or to be awarded any prizes for your participation. Radio One, Inc. and its affiliates shall not be liable for any claims by ineligible contestants. PRIZES: Grand Prize package will include the following: • Round-trip airfare for winner and a guest from winner’s city to Atlanta, Georgia (if the grand prize winner resides within the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area, airfare will not be provided). • Hotel accommodations for three (3) days / two (2) nights, based on double occupancy for winner and a guest • A scheduled slot to perform on the Jill Scott Summer Block Party concert in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, June 30, 2012. • Ground transportation to and from the airport and the performance venue, meals, beverages, gratuities, hotel room service, souvenirs, and incidentals are the responsibility of the winner and his or her guest. One (1) voting participant will be awarded the following: • Round trip coach airfare for two (2) to Atlanta, GA from an airport closest to the winner’s residence (if the winner resides within the Atlanta, GA area, airfare will not be provided). • Hotel accommodations for three (3) days / two (2) night, (one (1) standard room, double occupancy • Ground transportation, meals, beverages, gratuities, hotel room services, souvenirs and incidentals are the responsibility of the winner and his or her guest. 1. To the extent that prize elements are provided by third-party providers, winner agrees to look solely to applicable prize providers with respect to any claims, losses, or disputes in connection therewith. 2. If for any reason a portion or whole prize cannot be awarded, the Station, the Company and / or Sponsor reserve the right to award a prize of equal or greater value. 3. Prizes that are not mailed (via us mail or UPS) or provided by the participating sponsor must be claimed at the Station’s offices within three (3) days of the date of winning. 4. No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by station management and/or the sponsor in its sole discretion. 5. All contest winners must sign and date official station release and waiver forms as requested. Failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting the prize. 6. Dates and times of concerts, events, and activities promoted by Contest sponsors are subject to change and those changes are deemed to be beyond the control of the Station. Changes of venue, cancellation of engagements by performing artists, and/or their management may be permanent in nature. The Station is not obligated to make any effort to find an alternative prize under these circumstances. 7. In the event any winner is found to be in violation of these Official Rules or is otherwise determined by the Station in its sole discretion to be ineligible, he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse the Station or the Sponsor for the stated value of a prize if such a violation is found after the prize has been used by the winner.