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When? 25th June!
Where? Radiogrounds

Rules

All rules must be followed by all participants. The seriousess of the rulebreak depends on how the situation is dealt, you could be thrown out of the contest altogether (and banned from future events) or Judges could refuse to mark a certain area of your piece. Despite this, all participants must take each and every single rule seriously.

1. The Submissions are allowed to be of any Music Genre, the broader the spectrum the better.
2. The entering song is not allowed to be a cover version or remix and is not allowed to sample another artist's work.
3. The minimum Time limit of the song is 2:30 (minutes) the maximum length of the track is 4:00 (minutes)
4. There may not be more than one act for each country, if the country you want to represent is taken by another artists you must either choose another country or PM the occupying artists, offering to collaberate. Both artists must confirm the collaberation before the later artists application is accepted.
6. All tracks must be in by June 19th, prefferably submitted before. If you have to delay your track a few days you must tell me before that date. The first 5 submitters will have the opportunity to choose their place in the running order.

The Scoring Process

On the final night a slideshow will be shown where points are given for each category, the points given will be; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12.

The judges score each piece in the main categories out of 10, all the scores are then added and the highest scores allocated the points above.

The Categories

Representation: The way your piece reflects the country, whether it's the choice of structure, instrumentation or musical style. The easiest way to gain points here is through lyrics and the choice of instrumentation.

Originality: Arguably one of the most challenging categories. Does your piece use those dreaded cliché chords? You have no chance here. Originality means that your piece stands out from the rest and offers a new taste to the Judges pallette.
Instrumentation: How well does your instrumentation fit together, is it layered well? Is it suitable for your style?

Musicality: Harmonies and melodies are catchy and sucessful. Chords match with all notes and there is nothing out of place.

Entertainment: Although opinonated, it would be pretty unfair to judge a music contest without scoring the entertainment value. Make sure your piece isn't long winded and an that parts change before the listener gets bored.

These judge scores are then totalled up and then artists are appointed the correct points.

Exterior Points
Judges are not the only people who determine the outcome of the contest. New for RAC 4, all participants will be seperated into blocks of 5 (People in their running order area). Each participant will be invited to select and rank their top 5 entries of the contest, they will not be allowed to list anyone for their block in the votes. Each block is then totalled and the points allocated, just like the Judges categories. There is also chance for participants to win further points by bringing support to the broadcast and having the most viewer votes.

The following shows how much each scores system is worth in the overall result:

Judges = 42%
Blocks = 50%
Public Vote = 8%