Crystal Mics T&Cs

Specific Rules - SingStar® Crystal Mics Competition  

1. This Competition is open to residents of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom aged 7 years or over.

2. To enter, you must submit a video recording of you performing a song from a PLAYSTATION 3 SingStar® title or from the SingStore.  A list of the permitted songs is available at www.singstargame.com.  Entries can be submitted either at www.singstargame.com or in-game to My SingStar Online.  Your entry will only be uploaded to www.singstargame.com or to My SingStar Online and be eligible for entry to this Competition if:

• it complies with the SingStar Code of Conduct (available at the www.singstargame.com and My SingStar Online); and
• you have accepted these terms and conditions; and
• you are of a suitable age for the song performed (as determined by your stated age on your submission or PlayStation® Network registration and the age rating for the song).

3. Entrants aged 13 and under will only be eligible for the Competition if their parents consent to it.

4. No purchase is necessary, although you will need a PLAYSTATION®3 console (“PS3”) and a copy of a PS3 SingStar title to be able to submit entries to My SingStar Online.

Heats

5. The first part of this Competition comprises five fortnight-long heats which will  open and close on the following dates:

duração de duas semanas, que abrem e encerram nas datas a seguir indicadas:

The closing date for all entries is 23:59 GMT on 2 June 2009.

6. You may submit more than one entry, however no entrant may win more than one place in the Final.

7. Each entry submitted to the Competition via www.singstargame.com or in-game via My SingStar Online will be put to the vote by visitors to www.singstargame.com or members of the My Singstar Online community respectively. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. 

8. For each heat, the three (3) entrants via www.singstargame.com whose entries receive the most number of votes by the relevant heat’s closing date will win a place in the Final.

9. For each heat, the three (3) entrants via MySingStar Online whose entries receive the highest ratings by the most number of people by the relevant heat’s closing date will win a place in the Final. 

10. In the event that an entrant that has already been allocated a place in the Final achieves a top three place in a later heat, the entrant with the most votes outside the top three in that later heat will win a place in the Final.

11. If, in one heat, two or more entrants are tied on the same top three score and that tie means that more than three entrants are potentially eligible for a place in the Final, the tied entrants will face a “run-off” to determine which of them will take the Final place.  In such run-off, visitors to www.singstargame.com and My SingStar Online will be asked to vote for the tied entrants in a head-to-head contest.  The entrant whose entry receives the most votes in the “run-off” will be awarded a place in the Final.

12. Each of the 30 Finalists will receive:

• one copy of SingStar Abba and SingStar Queen for PlayStation 2 or PLAYSTATION 3 and either SingStar Pop Hits for PlayStation 2 or SingStar Pop Edition for PlayStation 3 (as the Finalist may chose).
• one set of “crystal” SingStar microphones (two microphones per set); and
• a set of fancy dress costumes.

13. Finalists will be notified by e-mail within 2 days of the closing date of the respective heat and must claim their place in the Final within 14 days of the notification.  If a Finalist fails to claim their place in the Final after this time, their place will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed place to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Competition rules.

14. The Finalists’ prizes shall be dispatched by first class post to the address specified by the entrant in their response to their notification from the Promoter. The Promoter will use reasonable endeavors to dispatch the prize within 14 days following the closing date for the last heat but does not accept any responsibility for prizes that are dispatched later than this.

15. The Promoter will publish the names and countries of residence of the Finalists on the Promoter’s websites and at My SingStar Online within 14 days of the closing date of the last heat

The Final

16. The Final will begin on 2 June 2009 and close on 30 June 2009 (the “Final Closing Date”).

17. Each Finalist must make a video recording of a performance of a track to be notified to them by the Promoter before the the Final begins and submit that performance to www.singstargame.com or My Singstar Online by the Final Closing Date.

18. The Finalist that is judged by a panel of independent judges to have given the best performance in the Final will be the Winner.  The Winner’s prize is to be featured in broadcast and film advertisements, print advertising, print media and other promotional material for the forthcoming SingStar® products (at Promoter’s election).  The Winner may be required to complete any additional documentation to enable the Promoter to use the Winner’s likeness and name in the promotional materials described in this paragraph.

19. The Winner will be notified by e-mail within 14 days of the Final Closing Date and must claim their prize within 14 days of the notification.  If the Winner fails to claim their place in the Final after this time, their prize will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed place to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Competition rules.

20. The Promoter will publish the Winner’s name and country of residence on the Promoter’s websites and at My SingStar Online within 45 days of the Final Closing Date in the case of the winner.
 
21. The Promoter’s General Rules apply to this Competition.  Please click here to view the General Rules.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of these Specific Rules and the General Rules, the terms of these Specific Rules shall take precedence.

The Promoter is: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited, 10 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7LP, United Kingdom