“Auditions”:
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Means the ground Auditions held at locations on certain dates as
informed by the company or the producer to the selected Contestant(s).
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“Auditionee(s)”:
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The eligible Registrant(s)
who are selected for participation in the Auditions.
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“Back-up Participant(s)”:
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The Auditionee(s) selected to
participate in the Fastest Finger First (FFF) round of the Competition, only
in case any selected Participant(s) does not appear for the shoot at the
Studio, for any reason.
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"Company":
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ASIANET COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
(“ACL”) and/or its affiliates, the broadcaster of the Programme.
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“Competition”:
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Quiz Programme titled “KANNADADA
KOTYADHIPATHI – SEASON - 2”.
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“Contestant(s):
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The eligible Registrant(s), Auditionee(s),
Participant(s), Back–up Participant(s), Hot Seat Contestant(s) all
collectively referred to as “Contestant(s)”.
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Episode
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An episode of the
Program
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“Excluded
Registrant(s)”:
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Means and
includes, employees of the Company or any Group Company, employees of the
Producer, employees of the advertising agencies which has been appointed by the
Company, employees of the call centre engaged for this Competition, employees of the
back end IT service provider, employees of KPMG, participants who does not
fulfill the eligibility criteria of becoming a registrant and also employees
of the main sponsors and members of their immediate family.
Further, all those not
conversant in KANNADA and cannot read either English or KANNADA are
ineligible to enter the Competition. For clarification the Registrant(s)
should be conversant in KANNADA and should be able to read and understand
either English or KANNADA.
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“Main Sponsors”
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Includes
Title sponsors, Associate sponsors, Co-sponsors (Powered-by- sponsors) and
Telecom sponsors of the Competition.
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“Immediate family”:
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Means and includes the respective spouse, children and
parents of the employees, parents of the employees’ spouse and siblings of
the employees of the excluded
registrants.
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“Fastest-Finger First”
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Means that part of the show/episode of “KANNADADA KOTYADHIPATHI
SEASON-2” where the same question is asked to the selected Participants, who in
turn shall answer the same. The first
person to correctly answer the question shall be entitled to proceed to the
Hot Seat.
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“Hot Seat”
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Means the winner(s) of Fastest-Finger first and who sits before
the host of the Competition to participate further in the Show.
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"Lifelines":
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The three methods of assisting the Contestants to answer the questions
during the show namely "50/50" option, "Phone a Friend"
option and "Ask the Audience" option. These options may be amended from
time to time by the company at its sole discretion. The precise details of
the option and method of use will be explained in detail during each Show.
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"Programme":
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The recordings of the Competition in the Studio (including any
seasonal special/s recording).
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“Participant(s)”
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The Auditionee(s) who is selected to
participate in the Fastest Finger First round of the Competition.
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“Phone a Friend Candidate(s)”:
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Friends of the Participant who is selected and nominated by the Participant
as phone a friend candidate(s). Phone A Friend Candidate(s) shall be above 18
years of age and an Indian national residing in India.
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“Phases”:
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Means competition questions being aired during promotion from the
date and time as decided by the Company.
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“Producer”:
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Means the producer
of the Program which is Big Synergy Media Ltd.
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“Randomizer”:
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It is software
that generates random bits of information from a give set of data as per
predetermined parameters.
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“Registrant(s)":
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Any person(s)
who participates in the Competition and who (i) is
above eighteen (18) years of age as on date of registration; (ii) is a
citizen and Resident/Domicile in India ( possessing a valid address proof
for the same) and (iii) enters the Competition in accordance with the Rules
and Regulations stated below and is not an excluded registrant (s)
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“Rules & Regulations”:
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Means
present rules & regulations governing Phase 1 of the competition, as
amended from time to time.
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"Seasonal special(s)":
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Any episode(s) of the Show (defined below) specially recorded to
mark a specific time of the year.
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“Schedule”:
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An episode or a set of episodes to be recorded and/or recording dates
as pre-determined by the Company.
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"Show":
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Each episode of the Programme (including any
seasonal special(s) episode/s) that is telecast.
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"Episode Number and Date":
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The number and date of recording of the Episode
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“Special episode(s)”:
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Any episode/s of the Programme
recorded with Special Contestants who belong to a category as specified under
“Special Contestant”, which may include celebrities or children, or any other
category which may be decided upon by the Company in its sole discretion. Such episodes may have additional rules (as
amendments/attachments) to which the Contestants will have to comply with
along with all the other rules of the Competition.
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“Companion”
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The person accompanying the Participant for the Shoot of
the Program and who has completed eighteen ( 18) years of age as on the date
of accompanying the Participant and is a
citizen and Resident/Domicile in India
(possessing a valid address proof for the same) ,
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“Special Contestant”:
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Means and includes
celebrities, children and or any other criterion as may be decided by the
Company at its sole discretion.
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“Studio":
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AVM STUDIOS (FLOOR NO. 1), #
38 ARCOT ROAD, VADAPALANI, CHENNAI-600 026 or any other studio as may be
decided by the Company/ Producer where the shoot for the Competition / part
of the competition/ promos of the competition takes place.
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"Studio Part":
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That part of the Competition, which takes place in the studio whether
or not recorded for transmission.
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“Winner”:
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The Hot Seat contestant who correctly answers all question posed by
the Host of the show.
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Golden window/ Telco Partner Round
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A special contest wherein only the subscribers of the Telecom
partner(as decided by the company) can participate in the competition
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PERIOD
The
competition will be conducted in different Phases. The Company shall at its
sole discretion roll out the next Phases of the Competition
PHASE
- I comprise of the GENERAL ROUND only
General Round
One
competition question having four multiple choice answer options will be aired
each day during the promotions of the show beginning from December 15,
2012, for all BSNL landline telephone
and all mobile telephone subscribers, excluding any calls made from a public
call office (PCO). For clarification,
the last competition question for December 19, 2012 shall be aired upto December 20, 2012 ending 18:30 hours.
The
promotions will be aired inviting all viewers to register for the Competition.
The telephone lines and the mobile phone lines and SMS acceptance shall be open
for twenty three hours and thirty minutes (23:30:00 hours) i.e. beginning from
19:00:00 to next day 18:30:00 hours only. Detailed entry mechanism/ timelines
are as below:
Question
timelines for General Round PHASE 1 Period (where all viewers with BSNL
landline telephone and mobile telephone subscribers excluding any calls made
from PCO, can participate):
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Question
Lines Open Lines Close
Sl.No. Date Time Date Time
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1. 15-Dec-12 19:00:00
hrs 16-Dec-12 18:30:00 hrs
2. 16-Dec-12 19:00:00 hrs 17-Dec-12 18:30:00 hrs
3. 17-Dec-12 19:00:00 hrs 18-Dec-12 18:30:00 hrs
4. 18-Dec-12 19:00:00 hrs 19-Dec-12 18:30:00 hrs
5. 19-Dec-12 19:00:00 hrs 20-Dec-12 18:30:00 hrs
========================================================================
The timelines mentioned above shall be in
IST.
For
clarification, the lines for the last competition question asked on December
19, 2012, remain open for viewers to register upto
18:30:00 hours on December 20, 2012.
ENTRY
MECHANISM
To participate in
the competition, all the prospective registrant(s) has/have to give the correct
answer by choosing the correct option and sending the entry in the manner
prescribed herein below:
OTHER
MATTERS
a. For
AGE, registrant has to enter completed years as on date of registration (for
e.g. if a person is 25 years and 11 months old, they will have to enter 25);
i) For GENDER the registrant has to enter M for
MALE and F for FEMALE for registration through SMS.
ii)
For GENDER the registrant has to enter 1 for MALE and 2 for FEMALE for
registration through IVR.
b. For
PINCODE, registrant has to enter the PIN CODE for which he/ she has to furnish supporting documents as and when called for
by the Company;
c.
Each registrant may submit
multiple entries. Valid entries sent each day shall only be considered for the
random selection process for that day. It is to be noted that multiple entries
does not guarantee selection and no weightage
is given to number of calls made/SMSs sent at the time of shortlisting. Registrant is
advised to apply his/her discretion while making such multiple entries in view
of cost of SMS/IVR.
d. Calls
made from PCO, office board lines (EPABX or by any other system) and any other
telephone lines shall not be valid entry to participate in the Competition.
e. Telephony,
i.e., via landline, mobile (i.e., voice and/or SMS) is the only method
by which a Contestant can enter the Competition. Nevertheless the Company reserves the right
to introduce any other method/scheme/contest by which Contestants may enter the
Competition.
f. The
calls and/or SMS (together referred to as “Entry”) for participating
should have been completed on or before closing of the defined timelines in
order to be considered as a valid entry (“Valid Entry”).
PROCESS
OF SELECTION AFTER REGISTRATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION
LEVEL
1
SELECTION OF CONTESTANTS for General Round
The correct valid entries will be
shortlisted by the randomizer on a daily basis from the valid entries received
for each day.
The shortlist of valid entries in
PHASE 1-GENERAL ROUND PERIOD by the randomizer will use the pre-defined
reservation criteria on a reasonable endeavours basis which is as follows:
GENERAL ROUND:
%
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MALE
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FEMALE
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b) Passport
c) Voter ID, or
e) Ration card
a) Passport
More over there will be special/ celebrity episodes/ weeks for which
shortlisting of contestants will be performed through an alternate process of
registration/casting by Production House/Channel.
Based on Company’s requirement and
creative discretion, the final selection of contestants for Fastest Finger
First of any Episodes/week of the Show will be made from amongst the
shortlisted pool of Auditionees.
The Company shall not in any way be
responsible to or made accountable by any of the candidates selected for Faster
Finger First if he/she does not reach
the hot seat due to selective episodes
meant for Celebrity /Special Episodes as may be
decided upon by the Company at its discretion.
The representatives of the Producer
(“Representatives”) will notify the selected Auditionees
of their selection for the Fastest Finger First round and ask for confirmation
of their details (name, gender, date of birth and address), after which the
Representatives will inform the selected Auditionees
of the shoot date and documentation requirements, based on finalized shooting
schedules.
The
Participant is requested to carry a valid English/KANNADA Identity proof and 4
passport size colour photographs of the Participant(s) to the Studio for the
shoot. In case of non-availability of
Participant or of his/her supporting documentation, further participation will
not be permitted.
Upon confirmation by the selected Auditionee of his/her availability for the Fastest Finger
First round, he/she shall qualify for the said round.
The Participant needs to mandatorily
bring along one Companion for the shoot of the Episode. The Participant(s) and his/her respective
companion will travel at their own risk.
It shall be the duty of the Participant
to ensure that the Companion is
made fully aware that they too shall be on camera, should he/she make it to the Hot Seat and that they shall have to sign any
relevant documents as may be
required by the Producer with respect to
their accompanying the Participant and shall have to adhere to the
same clothing rules/instructions as shall be applicable to the Participant at
the time of Shoot.
The Participant shall ensure that the Companion shall carry an original
and valid photo identity proof along with a photocopy of the same which
may/shall be required to be shown /produced to the Producer at the Studio.
The Producer shall be responsible for
the travel (shortest route possible upto a maximum of
3rd AC rail fares from the city of their residence to the studio at Chennai and back) and hotel arrangements (boarding/ lodging) and local
conveyance of the Participant(s) and one Companion who have confirmed
attendance with the Producers. The
travel and stay arrangements will be made as per the Producer’s discretion and
any request in this regard by the Participants shall not be entertained. However, in case of Participant(s) residing
in Chennai the Producer shall not be responsible for making any accommodation
arrangements. Where the Participant incurs the
travel expenses on his own, the producer shall reimburse such travel expenses
on actual basis on submission of
supporting documents upto a maximum of
upto 3rd AC for the Participant and one Companion.
In the event of the failure of
any Contestant to attend the Studio by the stipulated time by the company or
producer for any reason whatsoever the Company shall be entitled to exclude
such Contestant(s) from the Show and the Studio Part of the Competition.
There
will be a minimum of (One) reserve Contestant,
in the First phase one for
each week who will be selected,
contacted and arrangements made for his / her attendance on the Agreed Show
Date in accordance with the procedures outlined above and who shall be entitled
to take the place of Contestants in the event that the Show Dates for
Contestants cannot be agreed and/or Contestants fail to attend on the Agreed
Show Date and/or Contestants are excluded from the Studio Part of the
Competition. The stand-by Contestant and his companion will be eligible for all
travel and stay reimbursements.
On
the Agreed Show Date Contestants will be met at the Studio by a representative
of the Company. Contestants will be
required to sign an agreement in standard form for contributors to television programmes and shall include (i)
their confirmation that they have understood and agreed to the rules of the
Competition, (ii) agree to terms and conditioned defined in the agreement and (iii) their consent to the recording of
their contribution to the Show in question, and thereafter to the broadcast and
all other audio visual exploitation of the same and to the publication of
his/her name and photograph in any media.
The rules and regulations with
regard to the Studio Part of the Competition/prize and/or any other activities
will be communicated and explained directly to the Contestants by the Company
at the Studio itself on the day of the recording of the Show.
Participation in the Competition by
sending entries in any of the aforesaid manner shall be considered to be
acceptance of these Rules and Regulations.
Competition is open to adult citizens
of India i.e. only those who have completed 18 years of age on the date of
registration and the citizen should be of sound health and mind.
Persons must enter the Competition on
their own behalf and entry(ies)
by proxy will not be accepted, even for their family members.
Employees of the Company or any Group
Company, employees of the Producer, employees of the advertising agencies which
has been appointed by the Company, employees of
the call centre engaged for this Competition,
employees of the back end IT service provider, employees of KPMG, employees of
the advertising agency appointed by the Company, and also employees of the main
sponsors and members of their immediate family are ineligible to enter the
Competition. Further, all those not
conversant in KANNADA and/ or cannot read either English or KANNADA 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 Producer/Company may result in
disqualification. The Company also
reserves the right to disqualify a Contestant at any stage in case a
discrepancy is found to exist in the information furnished/provided/stated by
the Contestant during the conversation with the Producer/Company or any of the
Company’s sub-contractors and vendors in the Competition, and/or in the
information stated in the documents furnished by the Contestant.
The Contestant(s) shall undertake,
warrant and guarantee to the Company that the Contestant has the full legal
capacity to participate in the Competition in accordance with these Rules &
Regulations.
By registering for the Competition,
the Contestant(s) represents that he/she is medically fit and do not have
present or past psychological ailments.
If in the past he/she 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 Company/Producer
in writing along with a copy of the certificate from a qualified medical
practitioner declaring him/her to be fit for participation in the Competition.
Contestant(s) will not be confirmed
as Contestants for the Show 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 Contestant(s) to be medically
fit for participation. Nevertheless the
final decision regarding their participation in the Studio Part of the
Competition rests entirely with the Company.
The Contestant(s) represent that
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 Company in writing. That the Contestant(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).
The Contestant(s) acknowledges that
he/she has voluntarily chosen 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.
It is a condition of entry and
participation in the Competition that the Contestant(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
Contestant’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 Contestant Release Form or the Rules
& Regulations or otherwise prevent the Contestant(s) from participating in
the Competition/ Program or the broadcast, promotion, exploitation or
sponsorship thereof.
Each Contestant 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. Contestants are also not permitted to wear or mention
any competing TV channel names, or names of competitors of sponsors of the
Competition. The Contestant shall adhere to the Clothing instructions that shall
be provided to him/her in this regard.
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, whether or not such
sender is registered on the National Do Not Call registry.
Contestant is required to furnish
necessary supporting documentation as proof of age, address, name, photo
identity and nationality i.e. one original and attested photocopies
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.
Company/Producer may, at its
discretion contact the Registrant(s) and/or Contestant(s), if required, for any
clarifications needed for the information provided in the registration.
Company has 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.
In case there is any mismatch of
Contestant(s) details in any round of the Competition, the Contestant(s) may be
disqualified from further participation in the Competition, if Contestant is
unable to resolve discrepancies.
All personal details and information
requested by and supplied to the Company by each Contestant must be truthful,
accurate and in no way misleading. The Company reserves the right to disqualify
any Contestant(s) from the Competition or Audition in its sole discretion,
should the Contestant(s) at any stage supply untruthful, inaccurate or
misleading personal details and/or information.
If at any time, including after
disbursement of prize, any information submitted by the Contestant(s) is found
to be incorrect, false, or otherwise misrepresented or misleading, the
Contestant(s) shall be liable to refund all amounts received from the Company
Company shall keep all the
information collected from the Contestants confidential and shall share the
same with the Producer for the purpose of inviting the Contestants, if
selected. Company shall ensure that the Contestants are contacted by the
Producer or on behalf of the Producer only for the purpose present Program and
all such information collected by the Company/Producer shall be destroyed if
the Contestants are not selected. Company shall not share the information so collected
with any party, save and except for the purpose of the present Competition. The
Contestants by providing the aforesaid sensitive personal information hereby
agree that the company shall have the right to share the information so
collected with such other third party and the Producer as required for the
purpose of the Competition and hereby agreed that they shall not file any claim
against the Company for sharing for such personal information.”
None of the Contestants shall,
without the prior written approval of the Company, 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/Program or write blogs, post
any messages in social networking or any site including but not limited to
Facebook and Twitter.
The Contestant(s) shall not disclose
any information whatsoever relating to the Company/Producer to any other party.
Violation of this clause shall immediately disqualify the Contestant’s
prospects of further participation.
The Contestant(s) shall at all times
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 Contestant(s) or as a short listed potential
candidate.
In the event the Contestant(s) uses a
public phone or phone or sim card not registered in
his name for registration, the Company will not be responsible to track the
registered Contestant(s).
In case the Company is unable to
reach the registered Contestant(s), the registration entry will be deemed as
invalid.
In the event it is not possible to
determine with certainty the person who registered from a particular telephone
number/mobile number, that entry would be disqualified. Registrant(s) are
requested to use phone numbers which are unique to them.
Company/Producer 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 Registrant(s).
Post submission of the entry via SMS,
IVR the Registrant(s) will not be permitted to modify / alter / change any
details / answer submitted.
Only the entries received after the
registration questions are broadcast on the Channel/registration is opened will
be considered valid.
The Company shall endeavour to make
all reasonably practicable arrangements to minimise telephone system
difficulties and website downtime, ensure uptime of systems, back-up of data,
telephone system capacity, and prevent other technical impediments, but cannot
provide any guarantee in respect thereof as these are dependent on external
utilities/ service providers.
Company and its sub-contractors are
not responsible for delayed receipt or non-receipt or incomplete receipt or
corrupt receipt of Registration entries.
The Company accepts no liability and
shall not be responsible and/or liable in any manner whatsoever in case the
Contestant(s) are unable to participate in the Competition due to failure on
the part of the telecom operator, facility provider, etc,
or due to capacity constraints.
The number of Auditionees
to be selected shall be at the sole discretion of the Company / Producer.
The Company / Producer shall
shortlist Participant(s) after the Auditions at all venues as required, out of
which only a limited number of Participant(s) shall be selected for further
selection processes in the Competition.
Any Contestant who
has made it once to the Fastest Finger First round of the Competition shall not
be eligible to participate in any of the further episodes of the Program. However he shall
be eligible to participate as a Home-viewer in the competition.
Auditions will be subject to such
timing stipulations and requirements as may be determined by the Company and
the Company makes no representations, warranties nor provides any undertaking
to any of the Contestant(s) that any or all of the Contestants will be able to
take part in Audition.
The Company shall not be liable nor responsible for any damages, losses, costs, expenses or otherwise
suffered by any of the Contestant(s) in the event that the Company is not able
to permit the Contestant(s) to take part in the Audition or Competition in
accordance with any of the foregoing provisions.
All cost incurred for participating
in Auditions is to be solely borne by Auditionees.
If an Auditionee
is unable to appear for the Audition at the stipulated venue and time, he/she
shall be disqualified from further participation.
Company shall not entertain any
request by the Auditionees for change in the dates
and venues of Audition.
The Audition process may take more
than one day, and the Auditionee would be required to
be present for the entire period of the Audition as informed by the
Company/Representatives.
Notwithstanding any other provisions
in this rules and regulations, the Company may, at its sole and absolute
discretion, cancel or reschedule the Auditions, or hold additional Auditions on
such other dates and at such places as it may determine and the Contestant(s)
shall adhere to and abide by any and all instructions, requirements and timing
stipulations as determined by the Company and shall attend at any and all such
additional Auditions.
Persons from the first set of
Auditions may be considered in the second shoot schedule, if the need arises,
at the sole discretion of the Company.
For purposes of Auditions, the Auditionees mandatorily needs to be accompanied by ONE
other person, who cannot be a member of the media, but under no circumstance will
any person other than Auditionee will be allowed to
enter the venue.
Cameras and photography by the Auditionee will not be permitted at the Audition or the
Shoot venues.
The Contestant(s) understands that
getting shortlisted in the Audition is only a preliminary step towards further
participation in the Competition and it shall be the absolute and sole
discretion of the Company/Producer to allow participation based on creative
requirements.
Following are the dates and venue
details for AUDITION:
Company shall have the right to alter/change the venue and dates of the auditions at its sole discretion.
Apart from the Registrant(s), the
Company may at its sole discretion provide a chance for entry to the
Audition/Competition/levels/entry mechanisms for unregistered individuals also,
based on programming needs, should they arise, or in the event of participation
selection process or system failure.
Company also has the right to conduct
“celebrity special Episodes” or “seasonal special Episodes” where certain
persons of prominence may be invited to participate in the Show without being
required to go through the participation selection process.
Even after final selection for the
Show, the Company/Producer shall have the right to replace any of the
Participant(s) as per their discretion and creative requirement, for the
betterment of the Competition or Show.
The Company also reserves the right
to increase or decrease the ratio of the Contestants in each Show i.e. increase
or decrease the number of Contestant(s) who can participate in the Program,
without any prior intimation to the Contestant(s) and/or the public.
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