Movida Corona Rules
WHAT IS MOVIDA CORONA?
MOVIDA CORONA 2011 is a European House Music DJ contest divided in three phases.
• Phase 1: Play-Off Rounds.
• Phase 2: National Finals.
• Phase 3: The European Grand Finale.
The aim of the contest is to detect and promote new talents in the European DJ scene.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
In order to take part in the contest all Participants must sign the following MOVIDA CORONA 2011 Terms and Conditions.
Number 1
MOVIDA CORONA is a House Music mixing DJs contest. No other styles are allowed due to the fact that MOVIDA CORONA promotes only DJs that fit into this style.
Number 2
Due to the fact that the event is sponsored by a premium beer brand, all participants must be 18 years old or older (unless the legal drinking age of the participating country differs, in which case the participants must be of legal age on this country and are subject to local laws).
Number 3
During the term of the contest and during all related exhibitions, press interviews, or practices, Participant shall endorse CORONA EXTRA or CORONITA in accordance with such reasonable instructions as GModelo may give from time to time, and Participant undertakes to act accordingly.
Number 4
Participant agrees that during the contest, GModelo shall have the worldwide exclusive right, license and privilege, to use the names, nicknames, likenesses, videos, photographs, tracks, performance, or other reproductions of the Participant for the purpose of promotion, advertising and endorsement of MOVIDA CORONA and CORONA EXTRA and CORONITA.
In consequence, all the Intellectual Property rights, title, and interests, accrued in connection with the participation in MOVIDA CORONA by Participant shall be transferred in exclusivity to GMODELO. This transfer shall be made with no other limitation than those legally established and/or the reserve of authors’ moral rights. This transfer includes all the exploitation rights thereto related, including but not limited to the public reproduction, distribution and transformation of the materials.
No payment or fee shall be paid to Participant for such transfer and/or licence.
Participant assures that the tracks submitted via Soundcloud for his participation in this contest have been created solely by the Participant, without the help and/or intervention of third parties, ceasing the rights for the usage of the tracks to GModelo.
GModelo undertakes to ensure that Participant’s name, photographs, music, videos and reputation is not used in promotion, advertising or public relations activities, which are harmful or offensive.
Number 5
All Participants of MOVIDA CORONA shall be available for any international promotions and/or productions (photography and music sessions) connected with this contest made by GModelo, Pachá and/or any third party involved.
All reasonable cost relating to such activities, including travel and accommodation, will be agreed with each Participant in advance.
Number 6
Technical rider will be provided by the Organization.
Number 7
All sessions must be played in real time; no pre-recorded complete or partial sessions will be accepted.
Number 8
The organization shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of Participant’s equipment.
Number 8 bis
For MOVIDA CORONA 2011 one of the winners will be able to be selected through Facebook, reason why GMODELO will launch an application called Facebook Chance to vote for the Dj, so he can compete with the rest of the DJs chosen in the contest.
DJs upload a music session taking into consideration the contents of these terms & conditions, the winning DJ is the one most voted by internet users. The winner will go straight to the semi-final and the prize will be the same as in a National Final, i.e., a trip to the European Grand Finale, flight, hotel and formal meals. After that he continues in the normal contest, in case he is one of the winners of the semi-final, he goes straight to the Grand Finale, as seen in the following numbers of these terms & conditions.
Number 9
The performance of the DJ in the National Finals shall be 30 minutes.
Number 10
The performance of the DJ in the Grand Finale shall be 30 minutes.
Number 11
There will be four (4) Participants in each National Final and three in the European Grand Finale.
Number 12
Only one candidate will be selected to represent each country in the European Grand Finale*.
Number 13
The three finalists for the Grand Finale will be selected during a pre-selection house style session of 10 minutes for each contestant.
Number 14
Each contestant will be judged based on three major categories: technique, music selection and image/ public response.
Number 15
The judges’ decision is final and there cannot be appeal and/or correspondence. The jury for the national finals will be composed of**:
• Tour DJ (40% weight value of total score)
• GModelo Staff (40% weight value of total score)
• Club owner (10% weight value of total score)
• Central agency member (10% weigh value of total score)
Number 16
The winner of each national final will be announced before the end of the party.
Number 17
Each national final winner and his manager will receive a trip to the European Grand Finale (including Flight, Hotel Reservation and formal meals).
The Hotel Reservation is personal. As a consequence, GModelo shall not accept nor bear the costs for persons different to the national final winner and his manager.
The Hotel may require you to show them photo ID you may also need to provide a credit/debit card swipe to cover any extra bills you may run up on your room.
Number 18
The jury for the European Grand Finale will be composed of:
• International Guest DJ (30% weight value of total score)
• Club representative (30% weight value of total score)
• Corona member (20% weight value of total score)
• Central Agency member (10% weight value of total score)
• And the Audience (interactive voting system) (10% weight value of total score)
Number 19
The prize for the winner of the Grand Finale will consist in 1 session as Dj in Pachá, participating in Movida Corona´s 2012 tour and 3 cd´s of Pachá recordings. Second and Third finalists will travel to Miami winter´s conference 2012.
In case of unforeseen circumstances, GModelo reserves the discretional right of changing the prizes of the present contest for any prizes of similar characteristics.
Movida Corona aims to help launch the professional career of the winning DJ, as such through the contest GModelo commits with Grand Finale finalists (1st, 2nd and 3rd positions) to help them to play at the best clubs of house music in Europe.
Number 20
After the Grand Finale three finalists, agree to play in the subsequent year, at least five (5) Sessions as “Official Movida Corona DJ”. The Sessions shall have absolute preference, and shall not conflict with any other events in which the finalist takes part.
Each Finalist, herein expressly agrees that any no payment or fee shall be paid to Finalist for such playing in that Sessions.
Number 21
Participants are prohibited to drink any other brand in public than CORONA EXTRA or CORONITA at events organized by GMODELO
Number 22
The DJs shall act as “Goodwill Ambassadors” for CORONA EXTRA and CORONITA.
The organization will reserve the right to disqualify any DJ in case of:
- Intimidation, obstruction or abuse of fellow DJ’s, venue staff, promotional staff, customers or Judges by either the competing DJ or any person related with him.
- Misuse of the equipment provided or the venue facilities.
- Not being in at his turn and ready to perform his session. Holding up proceedings without valid reason.
- Use of any misleading pre-recorded or pre-set pieces that could be miss-interpreted as your performance/skills on the night.
- Carry out any action which tends to discredit or bring into disrepute the products or image of GModelo.
Number 23
All events dates are subject to change. GModelo shall not have any liability thereto related.
All the Participants shall attend all MOVIDA CORONA Regional and/or National events or finals. The absence during one of them disqualifies the Participant.
If for whatever circumstance, the winner cannot attend the next stage, at the sole discretion of GModelo, one of the runner’s up may be offered the chance to compete as substitute.
Number 24
These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Spain without giving effect to any choice-of-law or conflict-of- laws provisions or rules (Spanish, foreign or international) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Spain.
All disputes concerning the validity, interpretation, enforcement, performance and termination of this Agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Madrid, Spain.
NOTES:
*Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania will select one representative only for the Grand Finale from all three countries.
**Belgium and Luxembourg will select only one representative for the Grand Finale from both countries.
***The United Kingdom will send a representative per region (England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) to the Grand Finale.
**** In case that a jury member is not available the local GModelo staff will assign a replacement.
