Rules of the contest

What’s Different?

• Please provide your own mp3. You can always use clipconverter.cc to rip them from YouTube. If you can’t provide an mp3, please contact us via alc@sixteenfive.com. Keep in mind that mp3s will be edited to fall within the time limits as determined under the section of Special Requirements. If an mp3 is deemed unusable the ALC organiser will propose an alternative. 
• Submission Deadline is August 14th 23:59:59 CET, for all entries and alterations
• Voting time for the final: 5 days & 4 hours

Submitting Your Entry/ies (including mp3)

• Please provide your own mp3. You can always use clipconverter.cc to rip them from YouTube. If you can’t provide an mp3, please contact us via alc@sixteenfive.com.

• Up to 3 entries per person
• Joint entries counts as 1 entry per person
• Only ESC Nation MB or #esc chat regulars can enter
• There is no limit on entries based on each song, but after 3 ALs based on 1 song, a warning will be given on the angel-chiara page.
• Entries must be kept anonymous, anyone revealing their entry will be disqualified. (This includes posting ‘anonymously’ on the ESC Nation MB, as moderators can still see who you are.) Please don’t give yourself away in any way on the MB, in the chat or on Facebook etc.
• Entries may be submitted in word document, text document, html file, or just typed into the email.
• Entries can be altered/swapped as many times as required during the submission period.
• After submitting an entry, you will receive a confirmation email, which will also contain the mp3 that will be used for your entry, please check this is the correct version!
• Submission Deadline is August 14th 23:59:59 CET, for all entries and alterations

Contest Format

THE SEMI FINALS

• 4 semis, with entries split equally between them, top 5 entries will qualify
• Voting time per semi: 6 days & 4 hours (all semis launch at 20:00 CET)
• Voting style: ESC-style (1-8, 10 and 12 pts)
• Partcipants MUST vote in their entry’s heat
• All ALC participants can also vote
• Non-ALC participants may also vote, votes will be combined to form 1 jury

THE FINAL

• 20 qualifiers plus 10 direct finalists
• Voting time for the final: 5 days & 4 hours (launch at 20:00 CET)
• Voting style: ESC-style (1-8, 10 and 12 pts)
• Final partcipants MUST vote
• All ALC participants can also vote
• Non-ALC participants may also vote, votes will be combined to form 1 jury

Special Requirements

• Any special requirements (video, specialist mp3s) must be requested in good time, and provisions must be discussed fully with the organizer.
• Mp3s will be time limited, and restricted to Eurovision music only.
• Videos must not be uploaded by anyone other than the ALC producer, for anonymity reasons.
• If you would like the producer to check English spelling then just ask!

Extra Information to Provide

• Information if you are unavailable for any period August 14th – Sept 11th (just in case).
• Designation of which entry will be in the final for direct finalists.

The Draw

• Entries will be placed in their semis and running order via a draw.
• Songs with more than one AL based on them will be kept apart where possible in the semis.
• Special placement requests depending on availability will be accommodated as much as possible.
• ALs by the same writer will be kept apart where possible.
• Entries on a similar theme but with no song / writer relations will NOT be kept apart deliberately.

After Submission

• After the submission period ends, each writer will receive an email, confirming the html presentation of their entry/ies
• Once you have entered an entry and the deadline has passed, that is it, and all content rights to your entry/entries remain with the ALC organiser.
• Whatever your reasons, withdrawing is not allowed.
• By all means you may disqualify yourself by failing to vote fairly, but your entry will remain on the ALC site forever regardless.

Contact

• If you need to contact the organisers for any reason, always use alc@sixteenfive.com
• This includes if you want a message on the MB deleting if you consider it ruins your ALC anonymity.
• Reporting this in the usual way on the MB will only alert all moderators (many of whom are also participants) as to who you are, so please contact me directly!