PRIDE STARS – Application Terms and Conditions
Introduction and Definitions
This Application is for consideration to be a participant in a talent search contest within a series of Pride events, provisionally entitled ‘Pride Stars’. By submitting an Application you hereby confirm that you satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and that you accept and agree to the following Application Terms and Conditions.
The following definitions shall apply to the Application Terms and Conditions:-
“Applicant/ you” shall mean anyone who applies to the Contest.
“Application” shall mean an application to participate in the Contest within the Programme.
“The Broadcaster” shall mean the Pride Stars.
“The Contest” shall mean the talent competition within the Programme, consisting of the Selection Stages and the Participation Stages as more particularly set out below.
“Eligibility Criteria” shall mean the criteria which Applicants must satisfy in order to enter the Contest and which form part of the Application Terms and Conditions.
“Option Agreement” shall mean an agreement between Base Connection SL and each Participant granting Base Connection an option to enter into certain contracts with the Participant governing the Participant’s musical/ performing abilities.
“Participant” shall mean anyone who is selected by the Producer for one (1) or more of the Participation Stages of the Contest.
“The Prize” will be a recording contract with Base Connection sL designated record company.
“The Producer/we/us” shall mean Wall to Wall Media Ltd.
“The Programme” shall mean a series of programming produced by the Producer for the Broadcaster and provisionally entitled “Pride Stars”, together with all spin-off programming including but not limited to the spin-off provisionally entitled “Pride Stars Home Edition” and/or Programme-related content created for exploitation in any and all media.
“The Pride Stars Companies” shall mean collectively Base Connection SL or any of their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated or related entities.
The Contest will consist of the Selection Stages and the Participation Stages:-
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. Age: In order to apply for the Contest, you must be at least 16 (sixteen) years of age on 31st August 2012 (“the Minimum Age”). All Applicants who meet the Minimum Age, including persons who are significantly older than the Minimum Age are welcome and encouraged to apply.
2. Impropriety: . You may not be eligible to enter the Contest if you or any of your close family members (spouse, ex-spouse, parents, siblings, children or step-children) or co-habiting partner are/is (i) an employee of any of the Pride Stars Companies; or (ii) substantively involved with the development, production, distribution or other exploitation of the Programme or the Contest and such connection (as set out in sub-clauses (i) – (ii) above), would in the opinion of the Producer, in its absolute discretion, create the appearance of impropriety or unfair advantage with regard to the Contest. You are obliged to disclose any such connections in the Questionnaire (see Clause 16 below).
3. Health: You understand and acknowledge that the Contest may be physically and mentally demanding and that you will need to be in a sufficiently robust state of physical and mental health in order to participate. All Applicants who believe they meet this criterion, including people with disabilities, are welcome and encouraged to apply. If you are selected as a Participant in the Contest, you may be required to undergo a medical examination by a qualified medical professional selected and paid for by the Producer, in order to confirm that you meet all physical and psychological requirements.
4. Contractual Arrangements: You must be able to demonstrate that from the time you are selected as a Participant in the Contest you are not bound by or subject to any type of contract which would prevent you from fully participating in the Programme or from entering into a recording agreement and that no such contract will come into force during your participation in the Contest and/or Programme.
6. Criminal Record: When requested by the Producer, you must disclose details of any criminal convictions and/or unspent convictions other than driving offences which have not resulted in a ban or a more serious sentence. If selected as a Participant in the Programme, you shall notify the Producers immediately if there are any criminal charges which have been brought or are threatened to be brought against you on or after the date of your Application or if any information you provide in your Application becomes inaccurate between the date of your Application and the transmission of the final episode of the Programme. All Applicants who are selected for the Participation Stage of the Contest may also be subject to the appropriate background checks.
7. Ability to Travel/ Expenses: If as a result of your Application you are selected as a Participant in the Contest, you must be willing to travel at your own expense to any location where the relevant stage of the Contest is taking place as notified to you by the Producer. You will be notified of the locations for each stage of the Contest as soon as reasonably practicable. You will be responsible for paying all expenses relating to the Auditions, including without limitation travel, subsistence and accommodation.
8. Changes: The Eligibility Criteria may be amended, revised or changed at any time and in any fashion in the Producer’s sole discretion.
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
9. Process: Applications can be made online at www.pridestars.com.
10. Purpose: You agree to use the Website only in accordance with the purpose and instructions set out on the Website and you may not, and you may not assist anyone to, or attempt to, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, adapt, modify, copy, reproduce, lend, hire, rent, perform, sub-license, make available to the public, create derivative works from, broadcast, distribute, commercially exploit or transmit the Website including without limitation your Application or any other information or material submitted by you or any other Applicant via the Website. In addition, you agree not to disrupt or try to disrupt the Website or to use the Website to distribute viruses or other harmful programs, or to use the Website to engage in harmful, harassing or otherwise objectionable activity, including activity inhibiting access to the Website by others.
11. Service: The Application function on the Website and any related service (collectively “the Service”) is provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. We do not guarantee that the Service will operate efficiently or be free from errors or omissions nor that it will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. The Service may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond our control. We will not be liable to you or to any other person in the event that all or any part of the Service is suspended, discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
12. Copyright: All copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the Website are vested in the Producer or its licensees. Nothing set out in these terms and conditions shall be construed as granting any licence of any copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property to you or any third party. By uploading your Application you grant to the Producer and its licensees permission to use, edit and modify the information in the Application, subject to Clause 20 below, for the purpose of processing your Application.
13. Liability: You are solely responsible for paying all expenses you may incur when you access or use the Website including without limitation your internet or data service provider charges and any excess charges to that provider if you have a limit on the amount of data you can download together with all costs of the equipment and facilities you need to connect to and use the Website. Neither the Producer is responsible if your own equipment or software is not compatible with the Website. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Producer accepts any liability for:
a. any damage to your computer or software or for any loss of data that results from your use of the Website;
b. any technical failure, malfunction, suspension and/or any termination of the Service or Website which may result in any Application not being properly received or recorded or any alleged loss of opportunity or future earnings which might result therefrom;
c. any claims brought against you by a third party; and/or
d. any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage arising from your Application, the use of the Service and/ or the Website , including, without limitation loss of profits, loss of data, loss of anticipated earnings and loss of contract, however caused.
14. Producer’s Decision: The Producer shall have the right to refuse entry into the Online Auditions or disqualify any Applicant/ Participant who in their absolute discretion fails to satisfy any of the Eligibility Criteria or is otherwise in breach of these Application Terms and Conditions. The decision as to which Applicants will be selected and/ or invited to attend any stage of the Contest (and the time and location of any stage of the Contest, including without limitation the Open Auditions and Call-Backs) shall be in the sole discretion of the Producer whose decision in all matters relating to the Contest will be final and binding. The Producer reserves the right at any point after an Application has been received to remove or disqualify an Applicant/ Participant at its discretion from the Contest.
16. Audition Release Forms/Questionnaire: In the event that you attend an Open Audition or Call-Back you will be required to sign a release form (“the Release Form”), whereby you will grant all consents necessary for the Producer to film and record such audition and to use recordings featuring your image and/or voice in connection with the Programme and/or ancillary rights in the Programme and to exploit the same in all media throughout the world in perpetuity without the need for payment to you. A Release Form will be sent to you when we invite you to attend an Open or Call-Back Audition. When you are invited to an Open Audition, you will also receive a questionnaire (“the Questionnaire”) and certain other information relating to your attendance at the Open Audition (“Additional Information”). You must read through the Release Form, Questionnaire and Additional Information before you attend the Audition , and ensure that you understand the content of any documents you are required to complete/ sign, before completing/ signing them. You hereby acknowledge that you understand terms and conditions of the Release Form and the style, nature and format of the Programme and that we reserve the right to exploit all Auditions whether successful or unsuccessful in any and all media. Applicants attending an Open and/ or Call-Back Audition are requested to print off, complete and sign Release Form and the Questionnaire and submit these to the Producer at the Open Audition/ Call-Backs. Minor Applicants will in addition be required to obtain a Parental Consent confirming the consent of their parent(s)/ legal guardian(s) to (i) the Release Form for the Open Audition covering the terms of the Minor Applicant’s participation in the Open Audition and the Application Terms and Conditions and (ii) if selected for a Call-Back, the Release Form for the Call-Back Auditions covering the terms of the Minor Applicant’s participation in the Call-Back Auditions.
17. Programme Contract: Should you be selected subsequent to the Open Audition to take part in the Blind Auditions you will be required to sign a further contract with the Producer setting out the terms and conditions of your participation in the Programme (“the Programme Contract”). Such Programme Contract will incorporate inter alia the rules and regulations for the Contest and Programme as determined by the Producer (“the Rules”). You agree to abide by the Programme Contract and the Rules and acknowledge the Producer’s right to change the Rules verbally or in writing at any time in its sole discretion.
18. Truthful Information: You hereby warrant in submitting your Application that you have read, understand and satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and that all personal details and/or information given as part of the Application process (whether in the Application, Release Forms, the Questionnaire and/ or otherwise) are truthful, accurate and in no way misleading and the Producer reserves the right to disqualify you if you have supplied untruthful, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information, have failed to abide by the Eligibility Criteria or Rules and/or are in breach of any of the terms hereof.
19. Confidentiality: You will not without the Producer’s prior written consent disclose or publish in any medium whatsoever (including without limitation on Facebook, Twitter or other social networking sites) or discuss with any third party any information which may come to your attention relating to the Programme, the Producer, the production team, the Broadcaster or any Participants in the Programme, or your Application or potential involvement in the Programme, other than the fact of your Application or where such information is already in the public domain.
20. Data Protection: We operate a data protection policy and will carry out our obligations in this respect. The information you provide about yourself on the Application, the Release Forms, the Questionnaireand/or otherwise as part of the Application procedure will be used by the Producer to assess whether or not to select you as a Participant the Programme. If you are successful, any of this information which is not of a sensitive nature may be used in connection with the production and promotion of the Programme. By submitting this Application you consent to any information you provide, including without limitation any sensitive personal information, being used for these purposes. We may use the information you provide to verify your age and identity and to carry out background checks with law enforcement and government agencies. We may share your information with the Pride Stars Companies as part of the selection process and in connection with the production and promotion of the Programme. If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal information or if you would like to update your information because your details have changed, please contact info@pridestars.com.
21. Changes: The Application Terms and Conditions may be amended, revised or changed at any time and in any fashion in the Producer’s sole discretion.