RULES & REGULATIONS:

THE KARAOKEFEST SINGING COMPETITION WILL CONSIST OF 5 QUALIFYING ROUNDS AT PARTICIPATING CLUBS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING IN APRIL OF 2004. CHECK THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING CLUBS FOR SPECIFIC DAYS AND TIMES. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT NIGHT'S COMPETITION, YOU MUST BE SIGNED UP IN PERSON BY 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE STARTING TIME FOR THAT ROUND.

THERE WILL BE ONE CLUB-FINAL ROUND HELD AT EACH PARTICIPATING VENUE. THE ORDER OF PERFORMANCE FOR ALL PREMLIMINARY, CLUB-FINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS WILL BE SELECTED BY DRAWING. THE FINALS WILL BE HELD AT KARAOKEFEST.

SIX CONTESTANTS (OR MORE IF THERE ARE TIES) WILL BE CHOSEN FROM EACH PARTICIPATING CLUB EACH WEEK TO COMPETE IN THE CLUB-FINALS. AT THE CLUB-FINALS, ONE MALE & ONE FEMALE WILL BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FINALS AT KARAOKEFEST.

THERE WILL BE A NOMINAL ENTRY FEE OF $5.00 EACH TIME YOU ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY. THERE WILL BE A TWO DRINK MINIMUM FOR CONTEST PARTICIPANTS.

YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. AT SOME VENUES ALL CUSTOMERS MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE TO ENTER THE ESTABLISHMENT BY LAW. IF YOU ARE UNDER 21 BUT OVER 18, YOU MUST QUALIFY AT A VENUE THAT ALLOWS MINORS.

YOU MAY COMPETE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH BUT ONCE YOU HAVE QUALIFIED AT A PARTICULAR CLUB YOU MAY NOT COMPETE AT THAT CLUB AGAIN UNTIL THE CLUB-FINALS. YOU MAY QUALIFY AT MORE THAN ONE CLUB (OR ALL OF THE PARTICIPATING CLUBS IF YOU WISH). YOU MAY COMPETE IN EACH VENUE'S CLUB-FINALS UNTIL YOU ARE SELECTED AS A FINALIST. ONCE YOU ARE SELECTED AS A FINALIST AT ANY CLUB, YOU MAY NOT COMPETE AGAIN UNTIL THE FINALS. ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO DO SO WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFIED. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

EACH CONTESTANT WILL SING ONE SONG. DUETS MAY NOT COMPETE.

YOU MAY NOT CHANGE YOUR SONG AFTER THE SIGN-UPS ARE CLOSED.

YOU MAY BRING YOUR OWN CDGs OR CDs AS LONG AS THEY ARE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED DISKS. NO COPIES!!! ALSO, NO TAPES, LASER DISKS, DVDs OR VCDs !!!

NO KJ HOSTING THIS EVENT MAY COMPETE AT ANY VENUE. OTHER KJs NOT HOSTING THIS EVENT, BUT WHO MAY BE EMPLOYED AT A PARTICIPATING VENUE, MAY NOT COMPETE AT THAT VENUE BUT MAY COMPETE AT OTHER VENUES. NO EMPLOYEE OF ANY PARTICIPATING VENUE MAY COMPETE AT THAT VENUE BUT MAY COMPETE AT OTHER VENUES.

AT THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS AND CLUB-FINALS, VOTING WILL BE DONE BY THE CONTESTANTS THEMSELVES. AT THE END OF EACH QUALIFYING ROUND, PERSONALIZED BALLOTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH CONTESTANT. EACH CONTESTANT WILL VOTE FOR A PRE-DETERMINED NUMBER OF SINGERS WHOM THEY FEEL WERE THE BEST. YOU MAY NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF AND YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ENTIRE BALLOT. IF YOU DO VOTE FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR BALLOT IS FILLED OUT IMPROPERLY, YOUR BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED AND YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THAT ROUND. YOU MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE VOTING AND THE RESULTS OF THE VOTING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION. IF YOU LEAVE BEFORE THE VOTING AND THE RESULTS OF THE VOTING, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THAT NIGHT'S COMPETITION, HOWEVER, YOU MAY COMPETE AGAIN IN A FUTURE QUALIFYING ROUND.

THE CLUB-FINALS AND FINALS WILL BE DECIDED IN A SIMILAR FASHION, HOWEVER, THE VOTING ORDER WILL BE WEIGHTED IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE (ASK YOUR KJ FOR DETAILS).