Caprices New Talent Contest by Orange

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ORANGE PRESENTS THE NEW TALENT CONTEST 2012

The Caprices New Talent Contest is a project conceived and organized by the Caprices Festival for 7 years now. Its aim is to discover and promote young emerging artists. Any band which composes his own songs can register for free.

After passing several steps of qualification, eight bands have the chance to shoot a video on the basis of a live performance, which will make them enter the last and final phase of voting. After this phase, the winner will have the chance to perform on the Main Stage of the Festival as opening act of an internationally renowned artist.

The jury consists of Orange, various music professionals and Caprices.

CAPRICES NEW TALENT CONTEST DIFFERENT STEPS

STEP 1
Band registration online from January 15 until mid-February. Each band creates an artist profile in which it incorporates tracks, photos and videos. Artists profiles and artistic contents are directly visible to visitors from mid-January and open to vote.

STEP 2
1st stage of voting (mid-January to mid-February). Visitors can vote for their favourite band. 6 bands will be selected by the jury and 2 by the public, according to the online votes.

STEP 3
First selection (mid-February). The jury selects six bands and the public two, the eight bands shoot a video directed by Canal 9 (made of 2 or 3 songs) in Sierre, and in presence of the jury (mid-February, duration 2 days). A special Canal 9 show LED will be shot during this stage of selection.

STEP 4
Second stage of voting (early March). The videos made in February are posted online and a new round of voting takes place (in March) to designate the public's favourite, whilst the winner of the 2012 New Talent Contest will be selected by the jury.

STEP 5
Each finalist will be invited to perform live during a Canal 9 TV show. ( March-April )

STEP 6
The two bands will play at the Festival, the winner selected by the jury will perform on the Chapiteau stage as opening act of a world-renowned artist, and the public favourite will perform on the Barakazik stage. Furthermore, a special Canal 9 TV show will be realized on the winner of the New Talent 2012.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

• all bands, singers, able to perform live may take part in the contest

• bands must be based in Switzerland

• participants must produce their own music and be able to certify the legal rights to it (cover bands are not allowed to take part in the contest)

• participants are required to include at least 3 audio tracks and 1 video in their profile (live performance, rehearsal, video …)

• participants must be free during the 2 days of shooting in Sierre mid-February, and one night (dates to be agreed on with the band) for the LED TV show on Canal 9, and during the festival from April 11 to 14, 2012.

• Caprices New Talent Contest reserves the right to cancel any account which does not meet the pre-requisite conditions for participation or contains any indecent content.

• Caprices New Talent contest regularly monitors the progress and the source of votes and reserves the right to disqualify any band or singer using fraud to increase their number of votes.

• The New Talent Contest is open to public. Participation in the final for under 18 is subject to parental consent.