KWC Online registration

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A singer is eligible for KWC if he/she does not have a management contract or a recording contract with a major label as a singer or any kind of contract that would restrict the use of the contestant’s name, face, voice or audio and video recordings made during the KWC competitions. A contestant with a previous major contract may enter 5 years after it has ended.

The contestant must a) have a citizenship (i.e. a national passport and social security number) of the country he or she is representing or b) have lived in the country for the past 3 years. All entrants must be over 18 years of age by the end of national finals.

The KWC Organization has the right to disqualify any competitor in any stage of the competition, including one year after the World Final (in which case the title and prizes will be revoked), if it turns out that a competitor has given false information regarding her-/himself or that a competitor has infringed any rules of the KWC competition.

In signing this registration form a competitor grants all intellectual property rights, such as copyright and/or performer’s right and all other possible rights pertaining to her/his performance in the KWC competitions, to the KWC Organization. In the context of the KWC competitions, a performance is defined as a whole performance or any part of a performance. The grant of rights includes also a right to use competitor’s name, pictures, voice, recording of the voice, any information regarding competitor’s life, career, and/or interviews.

This means that KWC Organization has, without any compensation paid to a competitor, an exclusive right to use her/his performance and all other above mentioned rights and to grant these rights to a third party.

KWC will not refund the registration fee, should the contestant change their mind or be unable to participate. Refund is possilbe only if the competition is cancelled.

After having read the text above, I as a competitor of the KWC competition undertake myself to follow the above mentioned terms. All information I have given in this registration form may be used as KWC Organization finds best.

I will accept and commit myself fully to all prizes given by KWC Organization and local KWC Event Organizer. I will fulfill my obligations towards KWC Organization and local KWC Event Organizer if I will become the next Karaoke World Champion.

I do not have any other pending commitments (such as recording deals) or plans that in some way would prevent me from committing to the prizes and fulfilling my obligations that come with them. I declare that I have filled out this form truthfully.

I have read and accepted the KWC Event rules and will comply with them. I understand that by infringing any of the rules mentioned on the second page of this registration form, I will be disqualified.