Terms & Conditions
These Terms and Conditions (T&C) pertain to and shall govern the
term of participation in the competition cum talent hunt initiative by
Entertainment Network India Limited (‘Company’/ ‘ENIL’/ ‘Radio Mirchi’/Organizers) tentatively
titled “Mirchi Cover Stars 2021” competition (“Competition”)
which may give the interested participants, an opportunity to showcase
their singing talent.
By reading these T&Cs and participating in the Competition you
(‘Participant’) irrevocably and unconditionally accept the same and
undertake to be bound by all the conditions contained herein without
any kind of contestation and/or demur.
Please note that participation in this Competition does not in any
manner guarantee selection for participation in the Competition and the
same is subject to sole discretion of the Selection Panel/Jury (‘Jury’) appointed by the Company for the purpose. Please
further note that nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate the
Company to select any of the Participants for the Competition and the
same is purely discretionary. The Company reserves its right to
cancel/call off the Competition or terminate the participation of any
Participant at any stage or time, without assigning reasons and without
requirement of notifying the same anywhere.
If you do not agree to these T&Cs, you should not participate in
the Competition.
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Entry Procedures to the competition
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Registration for participation in the competition shall be open
from 19/12/2020 12:00:00 hrs to 11/01/2021 at 12:00:00hrs on
the Smule Application for Android and IOS only
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The Participants shall fulfil the following criteria:
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The Competition is open to the participants between the
ages 18 and 35 years of age as on December 19,2020. The
information provided by the participants including the
links of the video should be reviewed and authorized by the
participants
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Citizens of India
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Person of sound mind
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Person with any criminal record/s will not be eligible to
participate
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Participants must enter the Competition on their own
behalf, entry by proxy is not allowed.
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Participant should not be an employee or immediate family
or relative, of an employee of the Company, or its
sponsors/ partners/ associates/representatives including
Smule, Music School.
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The Smule App submission (“Entry”) for participating
should have been completed on or before closing of the call for
entry period i.e. 8/12/2021 at 12:00:00hrs and should be in
correct format to be considered as a valid entry (“ Valid Entry”).
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The cellular number or Email ID from which the
registration is received will be used as unique identification
number received to identify the Participants. Each Participants
can submit only one entry for the competition. In case
of duplication the entry receiving the highest score on fixed
parameters will be considered by the management for the next
round
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How to enter the competition
1.5.1 Generic Participation process:
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Participants need to download Smule App from Google/Apple store for
entering the competition
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Participant needs to click on the Mirchi Cover Star Banner – Generic Participation which will
direct them to the list of songs shortlisted for the Competition
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There are 13 songs shortlisted by the management as listed in the
Smule App
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Song
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Movie
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Label
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1
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Iktaara
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Wake Up Sid
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Sony Music
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2
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Ye Dooriyan
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Love Aaj Kal
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Sony Music
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3
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Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si
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Rajneeti
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Sony Music
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4
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Tumhi Dekho Na
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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
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Sony Music
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5
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Hawayein
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
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Sony Music
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6
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Channa Mereya
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
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Sony Music
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7
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Main Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga
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Half Girlfriend
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Zee Music Company
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8
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Nazm Nazm
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Bareily Ki Barfi
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Zee Music Company
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9
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Zaalima
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Raees
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Zee Music Company
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10
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Teri Ore
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Singh Is Kinng
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Times Music
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11
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Kar Gayi Chull
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Kapoor and Sons
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Sony Music
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12
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Kala Chashma
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Baar Baar Dekho
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Zee Music Company
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13
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Chandigarh Mein
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Good Newwz
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Zee Music Company
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The Participants shall record video as per the specifications of
the application and instructions given in the Smule App (“ Audition Videos”)
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Post uploading of the audition video, the participant will be
directed to a page to register their phone number and date of birth
post which the entry is complete for submission
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Participants shall ensure that the Audition Videos of the
Participants must conform to the requirements:
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Performance must be a cappella (no instruments or backing
track)
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No visual or special effects to be used while filming the
audition video
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Audition Videos must have been recorded within time limit
specified by the application
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Audition Videos must only contain the Participant and no other
member and/or voice of any other person
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Audition Videos must NOT contain material which is sexually
explicit, obscene, pornographic, violent (for example, relating
to murder, weapons, cruelty, abuse, etc.), discriminatory
(based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical
disability, sexual orientation or age), illegal (for example,
underage drinking, substance abuse, computer hacking, etc.),
offensive, threatening, profane or harassing.
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Audition Videos must NOT include mention or feature any
uncleared copyrighted material, including but not limited to
music, films, books, television programming, artwork,
sculpture, photographs, etc., or identifying descriptions of
any copyrighted material.
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Audition Videos must NOT contain derogatory references to the
Producer, the Company, the Channel, etc.
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Audition Videos must NOT include any third-party trademarks,
logos, insignia, location signage, etc.
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Songs Sung in the Audition Videos should be in Hindi only
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A Participant can upload only one video for Registration
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In case of duplication the entry receiving the highest score on
fixed parameters will be considered by the management for the next
round
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The Participants must then check the box that signifies his/her
agreement with the Terms and Conditions governing the Competition
and the information provided is correct
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All videos uploaded by the Participants on the website should be
original and should not attract any copyright issues/ claims by any
other individual/ party
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Jam with the Judges Participation process:
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Participants need to download Smule App from Google/Apple store
for entering the competition
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Participant needs to click on the
Mirchi Cover Star Banner – Jam with the Judges
Participation
which will direct them to the list of songs shortlisted for the
Competition
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There are 5 songs shortlisted by the management as listed in
the Smule App
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The Participants shall record video as per the specifications
of the application and instructions given in the Smule App
(“Audition Videos”)
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Post uploading of the audition video for Jam with the Judges,
the participant will be directed to a page to register their
phone number and date of birth post which the entry is complete
for submission
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Participant needs to select their choice of judges to jam with
their choice of song
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Organizers will not be liable or held responsible in case of any
disputes / copyright issues with respect to the Audition Videos
uploaded on to the application by the participants
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Organizers will be given the undisputed right to use the Audition
Videos uploaded by the Participants and to cut / edit / alter the
same to suit its use in promotion of the Competition and / or post
it on its website or any medium in any manner now known or
hereinafter invented
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All audition videos shall be evaluated. The Organizer will decide
whether the same will be performed by an independent set of jury
members or through an online software.
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The Organisers not liable to disclose its scoring / selection
process and will not entertain any questions with respect to the
same
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Organizers will not be responsible for the audition videos that
have been lost due to traffic, service breakdown at the end of the
internet service provider, or the closure of the registration lines
while the registration is in progress.
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The Smule application or the
www.mirchicoverstar.com
website are provided on an “As Is”, “As Available” basis without
warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but
not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties if
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than
those warranties which are implied by and incapable of exclusion,
restriction or modification under the laws applicable to this terms
and conditions.
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By submitting the Audition Videos, the Participants hereby grants
to the Organizers , in perpetuity, an exclusive, irrevocable,
royalty-free, sublicensable and freely transferable right to use,
reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, adapt,
reformat, translate, and otherwise exploit and perform all or any
portion of the Audition Videos for any purpose whatsoever,
throughout the universe, including, without limitation, in
connection with (I) the Competition, including, without limitation,
advertising, marketing, promotion, merchandising and the
exploitation of any and all ancillary and subsidiary rights, and
redistributing part or all of the Competition (and derivative works
thereof), and (ii) the business of Organizers network of Internet
websites, wireless applications, interactive television, video on
demand and any other media or technology (including, without
limitation, Internet protocol, wireless or interactive platforms or
interfaces) through which the Organizers may distribute content to
end users, whether now existing or hereafter developed (together,
the "Platforms"), in any and all media formats and through
any and all media distribution and advertising and promotional
purposes, without accounting, notification, credit or other
obligation to the participants.
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Any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate
operation of this online registration portal may be a violation of
criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the
Organizers entities reserve the right to seek damages fully of
the law.
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The participants acknowledges and agrees that the Organizers
Entities, their agencies, web masters/suppliers, contractors and
vendors are not responsible for any costs, injuries, losses, or
damages of any kind arising from or in connection with: incomplete,
lost, late, misdirected, or illegible submissions or for failure to
receive submissions due to any cause, including without limitation
human, transmission, or technical problems, failures, or
malfunctions of any kind, whether originating with sender, with the
Organizer Entities or otherwise, that may limit a participant’s /
Participant’s ability to participate in the Online registration
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Selection process:
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All valid correct entries received on the Smule App will be
screened by a software and/or set of independent juries on a
pre-defined rating scale
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While multiple entries from the same mobile number will be
submitted by the participant, then the entry receiving the
highest score on fixed parameters will be considered by the
management for the next round
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Informing Participants about Audition shortlisting
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Valid Entries which are selected as decided by the Jury from
the Participants received from Online Application based
platform will be informed by any of the mediums like SMS &
Out bound dialer call on the number used for / provided during
registration/ email ID verified/as per the details available
with the Organizers
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The Company shall not be responsible and/or liable in any
manner whatsoever in case the Participants(s) is unable to
participate in the audition process due to failure in delivery
of the confirmatory message
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The Participants shall not and waives any right to question the
selection process, non-selection of the Participants and/or the
selection of any other Participants.
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The registration does not guarantee the selection or
participation of the Participants in the Audition and such
selection shall be as per the sole discretion of Organizer. The
Participants(s) shall not and waives any right to question the
selection process, non-selection of the Participants and/or the
selection of any other Participants.
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The Organizers shall not be held responsible to verify the
identity of the Participants. No claims / queries in respect of
the same shall be entertained. In case of any doubts / queries
with respect to the same, the Organizer may, without providing
any notice and reason, disqualify the Participants from further
participation in the competition
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Any Entry made by the Participants are not transferrable in
case of any other relation of the Participants other than the
Participant whose details have been entered.
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If a registration is submitted and it is not possible to
determine with certainty of the person who registered from that
telephone number/e-mail ids, the entry would be disqualified.
Participants are requested to use phone numbers which are
unique to them and where they do not foresee such difficulties.
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Timelines are subject to change based on on-ground conditions,
degree of participation, technical issues, force majeure
reasons, etc. Channel and Company are not responsible if the
out bound dialer call for informing the participant is not
successful due to:
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Line being busy
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Congestion
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No answer received
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Poor call conditions / unclear reception
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Number engaged
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Call drop
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Other reasons that could render a call unsuccessful or terminate
it.
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Organizers and its agents, affiliates and representatives will use
their best efforts to contact the selected Participants, but will
not be responsible or liable in any way whatsoever if the
Participants cannot be reached by Email, SMS and by Out bound
dialer call 2 attempts each made by the Company
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The Company will attempt to inform the Participants about his/her
selection at least 2 days prior to the audition for which he/ she
has been shortlisted. This shall be done on a best effort basis and
shall not be deemed to be grounds based on which the Participants
changes his / her location of the audition.
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Post submission of the entry, the Participants(s) will not be
permitted to modify / alter / change any details submitted.
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If entries are received for participation, it is assumed that the
person sending in the entry has provided us with permission to send
SMSs to or call him / her, if such sender is registered on the
National Do Not Call registry. Organizers and/or its authorized
agents, affiliates and representatives will use their reasonable
efforts to contact the Parent(s) / Guardian(s) of the selected
Participants(s), but will not be responsible or liable in any way
whatsoever if the Participants(s) cannot be reached again in the
event the call gets dropped or disconnected.
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Organizers and/or its authorized agents, affiliates and
representatives will use their reasonable efforts to contact the
selected Participants, but will not be responsible or liable in any
way whatsoever if the Participants cannot be reached again in the
event the call gets dropped or disconnected
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The Participants will be contacted to share the following documents
with the management for verification:
For valid name proof (any one of the following):
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Aadhar Card
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Passport
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Voter ID or
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Driver’s License
For Valid address proof (any one of the following):
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Aadhar Card
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Landline Phone / Electricity Bill
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Passport
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Voter ID
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Driver’s License or
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Ration card
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All the above-mentioned documents must be in Hindi or English only.
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Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the following category of persons
are not eligible to enter, take part nor participate in the
Competition: (a) full-time employee(s) of Company, partners, and
immediate family members of such employee(s) as may be determined
by the Organizers in its sole and absolute discretion; and (b) the
employee(s) of any company that are part of the production of the
Competition, including the prize providers.
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In the event the Participants(s) uses a public phone or phone or
sim card not registered in his/her name for registration, the
Organizers will not be responsible to track the Participants(s).
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In the event is it not possible to determine with certainty the
person who registered from a particular telephone number/mobile
number, that entry would be disqualified. Participants(s) are
requested to use phone numbers which are unique to them.
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Organizers shall not be liable for any failure of the IVR or SMS
server or system, any call drop during participation or incomplete
registrations submitted by Participants(s).
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The Organizers shall endeavour to make all reasonably practicable
arrangements to minimise website server difficulties, ensure uptime
of systems / servers, back-up of data, telephone system / website
server capacity, and prevent other technical impediments, but
cannot provide any guarantee in respect thereof as these are
dependent on external utilities/ service providers.
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Organizers and its sub-contractors are not responsible for delayed
receipt or non-receipt or incomplete receipt or corrupt receipt of
Registration entries.
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The Organizers accepts no liability and shall not be responsible
and/or liable in any manner whatsoever in case the Participants(s)
are unable to participate in the Audition due to failure on the
part of the telecom operator / website/ app service provider,
facility provider, etc, or due to capacity constraints.
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Winner determination
Subject to completion of documentation as prescribed by Organizers, the
Participants will have to go through following rounds:
3.1 Generic Participation Winner Determination Process:
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Jaming round on the Smule app round: Where the shortlisted
participant will have to upload a fresh video for round 2 from the
list of songs shortlisted by the management
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The video will have to be uploaded only on the participants Smule
handle by the shortlisted participants
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Participants will be shortlisted based on the scores received
across the following:-
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Scores received by the computerized software on fixed
parameters
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Engagement activity generated on the Smule app i.e. likes,
shares, views, jam sessions, etc
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Jury scores received on pre-defined parameters
Please note: The percentage allocated to each of the above will be
based on management’s decision
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Post shortlisting in round 2 on the above-mentioned parameters, Top
5 participants will be shortlisted to perform live in front of the
judges
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Jury to score the finalists based on pre-defined parameters to
determine the winner who will get a chance to perform Live at the
Mirchi Music Awards night ceremony
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Jam with the Judges Winner Determination Process:
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Jam with the judges’ round on the Smule app round: Where the
shortlisted participant will have to upload a fresh video for
round 2 from the list of songs shortlisted by the management
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Based on the jamming sessions uploaded by the shortlisted
participants the Judges with whom the jamming session is
uploaded will select the best jammer
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The winner will be determined based on judges scores
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The winners of the Jam with the judges will be given a cash
prize of INR 1 Lakh
Prizes above Rs. 10,000 /- (Indian Rupees Ten Thousand only)
Prize is subject to the laws of India and deduction of taxes, levies
and other statutory payments shall be as applicable and borne solely by
the Winner and paid solely by the Winner. Prize would be delivered/
handed over to the Winner on proper identification and verification and
also on providing proof of payment of all applicable taxes and levies.
The Winner shall pay all taxes and it shall be the condition precedent
before the winner is actually allowed to avail the Prize
, which will be deducted from the winning prize amount. The
disbursal of prizes to the Winners shall be after levy of all
applicable taxes/levies [viz. tax deduction at source – “TDS”] and
subject to timely submission of release documents (including, but
not limited to duly attested PAN Card, Government identity proof
etc.) as intimated by ENIL within a stipulated time as directed by
ENIL. Failing which ENIL shall be at liberty to replace such winner
by disbursing the prize to the next waitlisted Participant in the
applicable Prize category. Such choice of new Winner by the
management shall be final and binding and such invalidated
winner(s) shall have no claims of whatsoever nature and no further
communications will be entertained.
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The number of Participants to be selected and the number of
selection rounds to be conducted shall be at the sole discretion of
the Organizers.
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Based on the Organizers ’s requirement and creative discretion, the
final selection Participant(s) for the next round of the
Competition will be made from amongst the shortlisted pool of
Participants at the Jury round
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The Organizers will notify the Participants(s) who will be required
to perform in the Final
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The Organizers shall be responsible for the travel (shortest route
possible) and hotel stay arrangements of the Participants and the
Participant(s). The travel and stay arrangements will be made as
per the Organizers’ discretion and any request in this regard by
the Participants shall not be entertained. However, in case of
Participant and Participant(s) residing in Mumbai the Organizers
shall not be responsible for making any accommodation arrangements
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There will be video shoots held in the studios for these
participants
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Participants must ensure that they maintain decorum at the studio.
Further, the instructions of the Organizer’s shall be adhered to
strictly. Any Participants who acts in contravention to the
instructions of the Organizers or creates nuisance either to the
Organizers or to any other person, shall immediately be
disqualified from participating in the Audition and the Competition
and shall be asked to leave the venue
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The Participant(s) will be invited to perform whole or part of a
song in Hindi following which winners will be announced.
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Jury will be scoring them on pre-defined parameters
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The decision of the Jury relating to the Audition including but not
limited to short listing the Participants and determining winners
will be final & binding and is non-contestable. In case of any
dispute or difference in respect of the competition, the decision
of the Jury shall be final and binding on all concerned
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Participant (s) will perform only once at the finale round of the
Competition
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It is anticipated that recording of the Finals will take place
tentatively around [02/02/2021 to 04/02/2021]
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The Organizers shall make the best effort to abide by the timelines
provided. In case of any changes to the timelines, the Organizers
have the sole right to alter / prepone / postpone the timelines
without providing any Participants(s)/ Participant / Viewer with
any reason for the same.
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The Organizers shall not be liable nor responsible for any damages,
losses, costs, expenses or otherwise suffered by any of the
Participants in the event
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All cost incurred for participating in Auditions unless specified
is to be solely borne by Participants(s) on behalf of the
Participants and the Organizers shall not be liable in any manner
whatsoever.
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If a Participant along with Participants are unable to appear for
the Finale at the stipulated venue and time, he/she shall be
disqualified from further participation.
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Organizers shall not entertain any request by the Participants(s)
or the Participant for change in the dates and venues of
finale/audition.
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The Finale process in the studio may take more than one day, and
the Participants would be required to be present for the entire
period of the Audition as informed by the Organizers and all costs
including but not limited to boarding, lodging etc will be borne by
the Participant
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Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, the
Organizers may, at its sole and absolute discretion, cancel or
reschedule the Finale event and at such places as it may determine
and the Participant(s) shall adhere to and abide by all
instructions, requirements and timing stipulations as determined by
the Organizers and shall attend at all such additional Auditions.
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Cameras and photography by the Participant will not be permitted at
the Finale or the Shoot venues.
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The Participants(s) understands that getting shortlisted at any
stage is only a preliminary step towards further participation of
the Participant in the Competition and it shall be the absolute and
sole discretion of the Jury to allow participation based on
creative requirements.
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All Auditions will be subject to such timing stipulations and
requirements as may be determined by the Organizers makes no
representations, warranties nor provides any undertaking to any of
the Participant that any or all the Participant will be able to
perform or audition (whether before the Judges or otherwise) at the
time and/or place in accordance with the invitation for Audition.
Organizers shall not be liable nor responsible for any damages,
losses, costs, expenses or otherwise suffered by any of the
Participants if the Organizers is not able to permit the
Participants to perform or audition in accordance with any of the
foregoing provisions.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, the
Organizers may, at its sole and absolute discretion, hold
additional Auditions on such other dates and at such places as it
may determine and the Participant shall adhere to and abide by all
instructions, requirements and timing stipulations as determined by
the Organizers and shall attend at all such additional Auditions.
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Information
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Participants is required to furnish necessary supporting
documentation as proof of age, address, name, photo identity
and nationality i.e. one original and attested photocopy each
of either (I) passport/driving license or (ii) PAN Card along
with birth certificate and ration card or (iii) voter identity
card with birth certificate (iv) Aadhaar card. These documents
must be in English or Hindi language.
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Organizers may, at its discretion contact the Participants(s),
if required, for any clarifications needed for the information
provided in the registration.
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The Organizers have the right at any time to require proof of
identity and/or eligibility. Failure to provide such proof
within a reasonable time could result in disqualification from
the Competition.
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In case there is any mismatch of details in any round of the
Competition, the Participant(s) may be disqualified from
further participation in the Competition
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All personal details and information requested by and supplied
to the Organizers by each Participants must be truthful,
accurate and in no way misleading. The Organizers reserves the
right to disqualify any Participant(s) from the Competition or
Audition in its sole discretion, should the participant at any
stage supply untruthful, inaccurate or misleading personal
details and/or information or should at a later stage it is
found that the details so provided are incorrect or misleading.
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If at any time, including after winner announcement, any
information submitted by the participant(s) is found to be
incorrect, false, or otherwise misrepresented or misleading,
the participant(s) shall be disqualified.
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Organizers may use the information provided by the
Participant(s) to verify age and identity and to carry out
background checks with law enforcement and government agencies.
Organizers may share the information provided by the
Participants as part of the selection process and about the
production and promotion of the Competition.
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Organizers shall keep all the information collected from the
Participant (s) confidential and shall share the same with the
agency/third party/sponsors for inviting the Participant(s) for
bringing the Participant(s) for the audition, if selected.
Organizers shall ensure that the Participant(s) are contacted
by the Organizers or on behalf of the Organizers only for the
present Competition and all such information collected by the
Organizers shall be destroyed if the Participants are not
selected. Organizers shall not share the information so
collected with any party, save and except for the purpose of
the present Competition. The Participant(s) by providing the
aforesaid sensitive personal information hereby agree that the
Organizers shall have the right to share the information so
collected with such other third party and the Organizers as
required for the Competition and hereby agreed that they shall
not file any claim against the Organizers for sharing for such
personal information.
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Speaking to the media and third persons
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None of the Participants shall, without the prior written
approval of the Organizers, speak to the press or any other
media or any third person, nor give any interviews or comments
relating to the Auditions or any aspect of the Competition or
write blogs, post any messages in social networking or any
social media platforms. The Participant(s) shall not disclose
any information whatsoever relating to the Organizersto any
other party. Violation of this clause shall immediately
disqualify the Participant’s prospects of further
participation.
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The Participant(s) shall always keep confidential the selection
process and all details regarding the Competition including
Audition which he/she might be informed of or which he/she
might learn or come to know of as a Participant(s) or as a
short listed potential candidate.
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Intellectual property rights and access to personal information
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On request of the Organizers, the participants shall also
decide for the Organizers to have access to Participant(s)’ the
residence, work, place, favourite hangouts, pets, etc. and
obtain necessary permissions from his / her parents, siblings,
friends, colleagues to be photographed, interviewed and to
record or click their photographs, videos etc.
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Participants shall ensure that the winner Participant(s) of the
Competition shall make himself/herself available from time to
time and co-operate with the Organizers and participate in any
activity and/or campaign (“Promotional Activity”) of any nature
whatsoever without any monetary compensation. Further, the
Participants shall ensure that the winner Participant(s) shall
cooperate with the Organizer for any Promotional Activity as
required by the Organizers. The Participants agree that the
copyright and all other intellectual property right in any
audio-visual content of the winner Participant(s) or their
performances shall vest with the Organizers, for worldwide and
in perpetuity. The Participants agree and acknowledge that the
performances of the Participant(s) are incidental to the
Competition and are not in any way the lead performances
determining the success or failure of the Competition.
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Any photographs, videos, etc. submitted to the Organizers or
recorded by the Organizers during the Audition or registration
procedure shall on submission / creation become the property of
the Organizers and shall be available to the Organizers for
exploitation throughout the world in perpetuity. The
Participant(s) shall ensure that the photos or videos of the
Participant(s) submitted by them in any public domain or their
performances shall not be obscene, vulgar, defaming,
denigrating women or children, hurting religious sentiments,
depicting violence or shall not infringe the rights of a third
person. In the event of any violation to the, the
Participant(s) shall immediately be disqualified from taking
part in the Competition or any further rounds of participation
and such Participant(s) shall solely remain liable for any
action (criminal/civil) arising therefrom.
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Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions by the Participant(s)
constitutes permission for the Organizers its affiliates and
Organizers to click photographs, record videos of the
Participant(s) and use the name, photographs, likeness, voice
and comments of the Participant(s) for advertising and
promotional purposes in any media worldwide for purposes of
advertising and trade without any additional compensation
whatsoever.
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General Rules of the Competition
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Participation in the Competition by sending entries in any of
the aforesaid manner shall be acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions.
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There is no registration fee to participate in the Competition.
The only way to participate in the Competition is through the
defined processes of registration and audition announced by
organisers. Any person claiming otherwise is
defrauding/misleading you.
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Participants must enter the Competition on to enable being the
Participant(s) and entry(is) by proxy will not be accepted,
even for their family members.
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An entry is not transferrable.
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Employees of the Company, Organizers, advertising agency,
auditors, Organizers contractors which have been appointed from
time to time, and employees of the sponsors; and their
respective families; persons other than nationals, or nationals
living out of India, or those who do not qualify under the
definition of resident of India as per the Income Tax Act, 1961
or those not conversant in spoken Hindi, are ineligible to
enter the Competition. Failure to provide proof or affidavit of
eligibility, including the proof of name, address and correct
date of birth within a reasonable time upon request by the
Organizers may result in disqualification. The Organizers also
reserves the right to disqualify a Participants(s) and/or the
Participant in case a discrepancy is found to exist in the
information furnished/provided/stated by the Participant(s)
during the conversation with the Organizers or any of the
Organizers sub-contractors and vendors in the Competition,
and/or in the information stated in the documents furnished by
the Participant.
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The Participant(s) hereby represents that he/she is not under
any exclusive contracts with any other third party/ agency or
is not under any kind of disqualification under law to enter
into an agreement with the Organizers or its affiliates, for
being the Participants.
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The Participant(s) shall undertake, warrant and guarantee to
the Organizers that the Participant(s) has the full legal
capacity to participate in the Competition in accordance with
these Terms and Conditions.
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The Participant (s) hereby agree that he/she is entering this
Competition as an independent party/person and nothing herein
establishes an employer-employee relationship between him/her
and the Company and that he/she is acting voluntarily, using
his/her own time and resources to participate in the
Competition, solely at his/her own risk.
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By registering for the Competition, the Participant(s)
represents that Participant(s) is medically fit and do not have
present or past psychological ailments. If in the past
Participant(s) has had any psychological ailments or have been
under medication for any psychological, anxiety, hypertension,
depression or any other medical problems, the same shall be
disclosed to the Organizers by the Participant(s) in writing
along with a copy of the certificate from a qualified medical
practitioner declaring Participant(s) to be fit for
participation in the Competition.
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It is a condition of entry and participation in the Competition
that the Participants(s) has to ensure that the Participant(s)
has not entered into any contractual, commercial, sponsorship
agreement (including but not limited to recording, performing
and/or merchandising contracts) or other arrangement for
example with a management company or an individual to act as
the Participant’s manager in respect of his/her musical or
performing abilities or the products thereof or in respect of
his/her name, likeness, image or biography which might be in
breach of the Participant Release Form or the Terms and
Conditions or otherwise prevent the Participant(s) from
participating in the Competition or the broadcast, promotion,
exploitation or sponsorship thereof.
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Each Participants(s) himself or herself is also required to
refrain from wearing any clothing items bearing designer or
sports logos or bearing the name or likeness of a celebrity,
living or dead, during the Studio Part of the Competition and
ensure the same for the Participant(s). Participants are also
not permitted to wear or mention any competing TV channel
names, or names of competitors of sponsors of the Competition.
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If entries are received for participation, it is assumed that
the Participants(s) sending in the entry has provided us with
permission to send SMSs to or call him / her, if such sender is
registered on the National Do Not Call registry.
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The Participants(s) represent that neither he/she has not been
accused or convicted or is otherwise involved in any criminal
offence and/or is not under inquiry or trial by the police or
judiciary which has not been disclosed to the Organizers in
writing nor has the Participant(s) been involved in any case
under Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. Participants(s) represent
that the Participant(s) is /are not required to be present
before any authority including police or any court of law
during the shooting dates informed by the Company. and has no
other disability which would prevent his/her participation in
the Audition or the Competition (if selected).
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The Participants(s) acknowledges that he/she has voluntarily
chosen to allow the Participant(s) to participate in the
Competition at his / her free-will and is willing to bear all
risk, costs & consequences arising from such participation
in the Competition.
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Participant(s) will not be confirmed as Participants for the
Competition if they are suffering from any kind of ill health,
medical problems (viz.: heart ailment, blood pressure ailment,
final stages of pregnancy, etc.). It is the responsibility of
the Participants(s) to ensure that the Participant(s) are
medically fit for participation. Nevertheless, the final
decision regarding their participation in the Competition rests
entirely with the Organizers.
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The Organizers reserves the right to change the structure of
the Competition as it sees fit including without limitation by
adding auditions / rounds to the Competition or requesting
additional performances from the Participants and / or changing
the anticipated recording schedule and Participants(s) accept,
agree and acknowledge such right of the Organizers and by
participating in the Competition, Participants(s) hereby
acknowledge and accept that Organizers shall have the sole
discretion to do any of the above.
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It is a condition of entry and participation in the Competition
that Participants(s) to ensure the availability of the
Participant(s) to participate in the Competition, and
Participant(s) to agree and sign up the Release Form and abide
by terms and conditions of such Release Form and the rules,
regulations, terms and conditions as devised from time to time
by the Organizers including but not by way of limitation the
Competition Rules.
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Should any Participant be selected to participate in the
Competition , it is a condition of participation that with the
benefit of independent legal advice, the Participants shall
enter into Prize Agreement(s), including a recording agreement,
a prize agreement provided by Organizers or any such other
Agreements with such other parties as may be applicable and/or
designated by the Organizers as well as the Release Form for
the Final 12 for the purpose of ensuring that the
Participant(s) can be engaged for the purposes of recording and
other performances. Should the Participants(s) fail to enter
into these Agreements (or any of them), the Organizers reserves
the right to disqualify the Participant from the Competition.
The Agreement(s) will become fully effective for the final
winner Participant only. The Participants(s) acknowledges that
while the commercial benefits under this Competition Rules may
be available to the Winner only, the restrictions contained in
these Competition Rules and in the Contributors Release Forms
shall apply to the Participants(s) and Participant(s) shall
ensure that Participants follow such Rules and conditions laid
down in the Release Form.
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The Participants(s) shall ensure that the Participants do not
at any stage of the Competition discuss with or take advice
from any or all the Judges on any matters relating to their
participation in the Competition including, without limitation,
their performance, appearance or choice of song.
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The Organizers and Judges’ decision is final and the
Participants(s) acknowledge that the interests of the
Competition shall override those of any Participant and/ or
contributor.
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The Organizers reserves the right to ask the Participant to
perform a specified song or song from a specified genre of its
own choice. At all times during the Competition the Producer
reserves the right of veto over the choice of song, even where
Participants are permitted to select the song they wish to
perform and all songs selected by any Participant shall be
subject to the prior approval of the Organizers
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The Organizers will have no liability to a Participants(s)
Participant who is unable to attend or take part in the
Competition for whatever reason and the Organizers shall be
entitled to disqualify, and at the discretion of the Organizers
replace, any such Participant from the Competition at any time
thereof.
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The Organizers reserves the right to amend the Competition
Rules or terminate the Competition at any time without any
liability to any Participant. The Organizers further reserves
the right to replace at its discretion any Participant who for
any reason fails or is disqualified from or unable to
participate in the Competition with another replacement
Participant, notwithstanding that such replacement Participant
may have been previously eliminated from the Competition and
each Participant shall agree to participate in the Competition
as and when required by the Organizers to do so.
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There is no obligation on the part of the Organizers to record
or broadcast any Competition in which a Participant has
appeared or any part of his / her contribution to a
Competition.
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The Participants(s) shall ensure that Participant must always
behave appropriately when taking part in the Competition and
observe the Competition Rules and any other rules or
regulations in force at the studios and / or locations. The
Organizers reserves the right in its absolute discretion to
remove from the Competition, studio premises or location any
Participant and the Participants(s) who breaks such rules and /
or fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such
Participant.
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In the event of a tie between two (or more) Participants, the
Organizers in consultation with the Jury, shall be entitled to
determine in its absolute discretion which Participant is
eliminated and/or which Participant goes through to the next
round (as appropriate) and for this purpose it shall be
entitled to make such arrangements or request such further
performances from the Participants as it in its absolute
discretion deems necessary.
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In the event of any dispute concerning the operation of any
element of the Competition or these Competition Rules, the
decision of the Organizers will be final.
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These rules are additional to and do not supersede all Release
Forms signed by the Participants(s) and in the event of any
conflict between any Release Form and these Competition Rules,
the Release Form will prevail
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None of the Participants(s) shall, without the prior written
approval of the Organizers, speak to the press or any other
media nor give any interviews or comments relating to the
Competition. The Participant shall not disclose any information
whatsoever relating to the Organizers to any other party.
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The selection and number of Judges, and the way the Competition
is judged, at each stage of the Competition shall be at the
Organizers sole and absolute discretion but after consultation
with Organizers and the Judges’ and/or Producer’s decision
(including, where appropriate) at all stages of the Competition
is final. No enquiries, appeals, verbal or written, shall be
entertained. The Participants(s) shall accept and abide by all
decisions made by the Organizers and/or the Judges (including,
where appropriate) concerning, without limitation, the rules of
the participation, these Terms and Conditions and all other
rules, procedures and regulations of the Competition, each
stage of the Competition and any other matters relating to the
Competition including the production thereof.
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The Organizers, Company, the Judges, the advertising agencies
and any person or entity connected with the production
(including the format owners and the broadcasters of the
Competitions), administration or judging of the auditions, the
Competition or the Competition (the “Relevant Parties”) shall
be under no liability whatsoever to the Participants(s) or the
Contributors, in respect of any loss, damage suffered by the
Participants(s) or Participants or Contributors arising from or
pursuant to the Competition or for any and all loss, damage,
cost, expense or injury to life or property sustained by the
Participants or Contributors at any stage of the Competition
and during production thereof whether or not caused by (1) the
administration (including scheduling) of the Competition
including any failure of transportation or inability for any
reason to appear before the judging panels; (2) the
Participant’s or any third party’s participation in the
auditioning process, or being selected or disqualified; (3) as
a result of the decisions of the Judges, Organizers; (4) as a
result of any comment, remark, judgement, view, criticism,
critique, opinion and/or observation made and/or passed by any
of the Judges and/or Producers; and/or (5) any printing,
typographical or technological errors in any materials
associated with the Competition. Notwithstanding the generality
of the foregoing, the Relevant Parties expressly exclude
liability for all direct, indirect and consequential loss or
damage, including but not limited to loss or damage to other
equipment or property or for loss of profit, business, revenue,
goodwill or anticipated savings pursuant to the Competition. In
no event will the measure of damages include, nor will the
Relevant Parties be liable for, any amounts for indirect,
incidental, consequential, or punitive damages of any party,
including third parties; or for damages attributable to the
Participants; or circumstances beyond the Relevant Parties
including the Organizers reasonable control.
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These Terms and Conditions and the Competition shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India
and the Participant(s) submit irrevocably to the jurisdiction
of the Courts in Mumbai.
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If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by any
court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable
in whole or part, the other provisions of these Terms and
conditions and the remainder of the affected provisions shall
continue to be valid.
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Expenses of participation & logistics
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All cost including but not limited to travel and accommodation
cost for attending the Auditions at the venues as informed by
Organizers shall be borne solely by the Participants and the
Organizers or its sub-contractors shall not be liable for the
same.
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The arrangements for travel and stay of the Participant(s)
selected for the Final Round Participant(s) in the Gala Round
shall be arranged by the Organizers. shall not object to the
arrangements so made by the Organizers and shall ensure that
during the shooting of the Competition from the Gala round the
Participants stay with them in the same accommodation
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The Organizers or any of the affiliates connected with the
Competition shall not be liable for any cancellations and/or
delays in the train/ flights/ cars arranged for the
Participant(s) due to any reason including but not limited to
force majeure, logistical problems at the airports/ railway
stations/ roads etc and the Participants(s) shall not have any
claim against the Organizers and/or any of its affiliates
connected with the Competition for the same. The Organizers or
any of the affiliates connected with the Competition shall not
be responsible for any such eventuality and the Participant(s)
undertakes not to claim any compensation from the Organizers
for the same.
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Prize
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The ultimate winner of the Competition shall stand a chance to
perform in the event to be organised by the Organizers
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The winners of each Jam with the Judges round will stand a chance
to win INR 1 Lakh
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Other terms
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The procedures for registration and participation in the
Competition are subject to the Terms and Conditions stated
herein. Non-conformance by any Participants(s) to the rules of
the Competition will disqualify the Participant from
participation or winnings, immediately.
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All registrations shall be subject to completion of the
procedures defined in the Terms
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Registration to the Competition does not guarantee the
selection of the Participant(s) to proceed with the
Competition. Registration also does not entitle any
Participant(s) to a prize or award.
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Taking part in the registration process shall be deemed to be
acceptance by the Participants(s) to receive promotional
messages from the Organizers or any third party so authorized
by the Organizers.
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If the operation of the Competition (including without
limitation the operation of the related telephone systems, call
centre operations, and software systems); the recording;
broadcast of any/any/all the Competition is prevented by an
event of force majeure, the Company may cancel all or any part
of the Competition, or take such other decision as it deems
fit.
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Notwithstanding a Participant's participation in the
Competition, there is no obligation on the part of the
Organizers to broadcast any Competition in which he/she has
taken part, or any or all his / her contribution as recorded by
the Organizers.
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The Organizers reserves the right to re-schedule the date(s) of
registration, call-backs, Auditions, recording at the Studio of
the Competition and broadcast, at its discretion.
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In case the winner Participant(s) and/or the Participant is
found to be in violation of all rules/process of the
Competition, the Organizers reserve the right to initiate legal
proceedings against Participant(s) including but not limited to
having the concerned winner to refund the prize money won on
the Competition together with penalty interest as deemed fit by
the Organizers.
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The Organizers reserve the right to change the structure of the
Competition as it sees fit including without limitation by
adding / reducing / altering Auditions/rounds to the
Competition.
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The Organizers reserves the right to amend (add, delete or
modify) the Terms and Conditions governing the Competition
and/or the Participant selection process prospectively or
retrospectively, at its discretion and without prior notice, to
improve the Competition or remedy any issues that occur.
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The Organizers has the right at any time to terminate the
Competition without any prior intimation or notice to the
public and the Organizers is not obligated in any manner
whatsoever to compensate any person or persons including the
Participants(s) who have participated in the Competition and/or
accommodate any person or persons who have been selected in the
Competition for the Competition.
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Use of mobile phones will not be permitted during the shoot,
and during the Auditions. It may lead to disqualification.
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Registration does not guarantee the selection or participation
of the Participant(s) and such selection shall be as per the
sole discretion of the Organizers or its affiliates.
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The Organizers of the Competition is empowered to take a
decision on any case not covered by the present Terms and
Conditions.
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In the event of any fault, misunderstanding or dispute
concerning any part of the Competition, and/or the operation of
the telephone system, Auditions, Call-backs, the selection of
Participant(s) at any stage, or the validity of any question or
answer options, the decision of the Organizers shall be final
and binding on all Participant(s).
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You shall notify the Organizers immediately if there are any
criminal charges brought against you or if any information you
provide in your application becomes inaccurate between now and
the date of first transmission of the Competition
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If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by any
court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable
in whole or part, the other provisions of these Terms and
Conditions and the remainder of the affected provisions shall
continue to be valid.
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If Participant(s) are unclear as to the Terms and Conditions of
participation he/she will have to send an email to
XYZresponse@setindia.com. The Organizers shall make reasonable
endeavours to respond thereto. The above shall not, however, be
a ground for extension of time / deadlines as specified herein.
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All decisions made by ENIL in this matter will be final and
binding and no correspondence will be entertained on the same.
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Liability
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The Organizers and/or the Company is in no manner whatsoever
responsible and/or shall not be held liable in any manner
whatsoever, for any physical injury, death, mental trauma
caused to any Participants(s) / Participant(s) in any manner
whatsoever, in relation to the Competition.
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The Organizers will not be responsible for any loss / theft of
belongings of the Participant(s) on the sets of the
Competition/Studio, before/during/after the shoot of the
Episodes/Competition, or at the time of the Audition.
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The Organizers or any of its affiliates will not be liable for
any loss of earnings, employment or otherwise caused to the
Participant(s) arising because of participation of the
Participant(s) in the Audition or the Competition, if selected
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Organizers and its sub-contractors cannot and shall not be held
accountable/liable for any disruptions / stoppages /
interruptions or cancellation of the Audition or Competition
because any factors beyond their control.
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The Participant(s) hereby agree to indemnify the Organizers or
its affiliates against any claims that might arise from their
actions or omissions or representations or information’s
provided by them about themselves and about the Participant(s)
at any time.
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The Participant(s) agrees that he/she shall hold harmless the
Organizers and the Company, its employees, officers,
sub-contractors or any other person in connection with the
prize won by him/her or his or her child being the Participant
and/or in relation to the Competition including but not limited
to the procedure in the Competition and shall also not file in
person/ through any family member and/or third party any
applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts
or forum in India against sponsor and/or the Company/Organizers
to claim any damages or reliefs.
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Organizers and its sub - contractors shall not be held
responsible or accountable to any of the Participant(s), for
any loss, injury or any other liability which may arise,
enrooted while coming to the venue of Audition or while
attending the Studio / Competition / Shoot or while
participating in the Competition and for which the
Participant(s) will be required to sign an indemnity in favour
of the Organizers.
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The Company and each of its related companies, their respective
parent company (if applicable) and affiliates and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders,
agents, Producers, Judges, the host, the advertising agencies,
the sub-contractors used by Company for the Competition, and
any person or entity connected with the production (including
the format owners and the broadcasters of the Competition),
administration or judging of the auditions, the Competition or
the Competition (the “Relevant Parties”) shall be under no
liability whatsoever to the Participant(s) in respect of any
loss, damage suffered by the Participant(s) or the
Participant(s) arising from or pursuant to the Competition or
for any and all loss, damage, cost, expense or injury to life
or property sustained by the Participant(s) or Participant(s)
at any stage of the Competition and during production thereof
whether or not caused by (1) the administration (including
scheduling) of the Competition including any failure of
transportation or inability for any reason to appear for the
Audition/before the Judges; (2) the Participant’s or any third
party’s participation in the Audition, or being selected or
disqualified; (3) as a result of the decisions of the Judges or
Organizers; (4) as a result of any comment, remark, judgment,
view, criticism, critique, opinion and/or observation made
and/or passed by the Host / Judges and/or Organizers; and/or
(5) any printing, typographical or technological errors in any
materials associated with the Competition. Notwithstanding the
generality of the foregoing, the Relevant Parties expressly
exclude liability for all direct, indirect and consequential
loss or damage, including but not limited to loss or damage to
property or for loss of profit, business, revenue, goodwill or
anticipated savings pursuant to the Competition. In no event
will the measure of damages include, nor will the Relevant
Parties be liable for, any amounts for indirect, incidental,
consequential, or punitive damages of any party, including
third parties; or for damages attributable to the
Participant(s) or Participant(s); or circumstances beyond the
Relevant Parties including the Organizers reasonable control.
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In addition, all Participants agree that the Relevant Parties
shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special, exemplary or consequential damages arising out of any
use of the content or application or other information
submitted by Participants.
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The Participant waives his/her/their right to file in person
and/or through any family member and/or third party any
applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts
or forum in India against the Company and/or any parties
related to the Competition to claim any damages or any reliefs
or otherwise.
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No waiver by the Company of any breach or default hereunder shall
be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or
default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only
and shall not be given any legal import.
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The Participant(s) warrant that prior to playing the Competition,
it shall be deemed that You have read, understood and have agreed
to be bound by the Terms and Conditions herein and your
Participation in this Competition will be construed as an
acknowledgement and acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set out
herein.
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Any of the T&Cs contained herein, if held to be illegal or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same
shall be deemed severed from these T&Cs and shall not affect
the enforceability of any other provision herein.