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Events: Otaku Idol: Rules

OTAKU IDOL 2009- Rules for Entry

Welcome to Otaku Idol 2009!

GENERAL RULES

  1. All contestants must be 15 years of age or older, Submissions must be on audio CDs, MP3 or WAV formats only
  2. Submissions should be by Internet (email preferred, AIM accepted as well.) Please do not send the email until you are ready to submit your entry.
  3. If selected for the contest, all contestants must be registered for Otakon, and provide the Otaku Idol staff with full submission no later than July 3, 2009.

"DEMO TAPE" GUIDELINES

  1. All songs must be in Japanese, or other East Asian language. No songs, even of East Asian origin may be performed in English. Intermittent English is fine, but the primary language should be Japanese (Chinese, Korean etc)
  2. Otaku Idol is not responsible for providing you with music for your submission. CDs with karaoke tracks may be obtained from such retailers as CDJapan, YesAsia, Amazon Japan and many others, while MIDI files can be gotten from sites like Yamaha's Music-Eclub (Japanese only). The listing of these retailers does not constitute in any way an endorsement by Otakorp Inc, and are merely intended as a resource. Please do not post to the Otakon forum or mailing lists requesting MP3s or links to illegal download sites..
  3. A-cappella is acceptable
  4. Internet submissions must be submitted no later than June 3, 2009. No internet submissions will be accepted after that date.
  5. An FAQ for how to record your demo song will be included with these guidelines. They may also be posted on the Otakon BBS.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Email mikeflury@hotmail.com for submission instructions. DO NOT SEND THE ACTUAL DEMO SONG FILE TO THIS EMAIL. Make sure to include your submission form with this email and a URL to download your submission. You must email me the name of the song, who the artist/band singing the song is and your name.

The best way to submit is to use a free service like RapidShare (http://www.rapidshare.de) or your own personal webspace so that no one has to worry about clogging email boxes. Simply email the URL to mikeflury@hotmail.com.

You may also send your demo songs to Otaku Idol via AIM, however, contact me first via email or PM on the Otakon BBS, and then I’ll get back to you on who to send your song to. PM me at Shadowvash04 on the BBS.

SUBMISSION JUDGING:

  1. Our panel of judges, from many different musical disciplines, will listen to all of the entries, and each judge will vote on whether or not to pass the submission to the next round. From there the entries will be pared down to 10 contestants and five alternates. The decisions of our judging panel are final.
  2. Once the 10 contestants are chosen, the 10 finalists will be contacted via email, AIM or PM on the Otakon BBS with further instructions. If you do not receive an email, IM or PM from me after June 7, 2009, you are not chosen for Otaku Idol 2009.

AT THE CONTEST

This is where we’re doing something different this year. Like last year, the categories for songs are as follows:

  1. First Round: Contestants need to sing a song from an Anime

    Second Round: Contestants who are not eliminated need to sing a song from a J-Pop/Rock group/singer.

    Final Round: Contestants who are left need to sing a song of their choice, using either of the categories above or they may choose to sing a song from a video game or based on a video game (i.e. Omoide wa Okkusennman, which uses the Dr. Wily Stage 1 theme from Rock Man 2, look it up on youtube, it’s awesome.)

    Songs that are acceptable from a video game must still follow the Otaku Idol guidelines i.e. song must be NON-ENGLISH (scattered English is permitted).

  2. No lyric sheets are allowed.

  3. 5 contestants will be eliminated in the first round, 3 in the second, and then the remaining 2 will sing for the championship.

  4. The Judge's Panel will eliminate contestants in the first two rounds only, leaving the rest up to the crowd.

  5. Contestants will be judged on tone/pitch, stage presence, and overall performance.

If there are any issues you have, please PM me on the Otakon BBS at Shadowvash04 (preferred) or email me at mikeflury@hotmail.com.

Mike "Shadowvash" Flury
Otaku Idol Guy 09

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