Cosplay Karaoke Cup 2022 Powered by Brother

RULES AND GUIDELINES

Description

Cosplay Karaoke Cup is a lively singing contest where winners of previous Cosplay Karaokes will compete once more on the Cosplay Mania stage to a song of their choice (from any Anime, J-pop, J-rock, etc.)

With the return of Cosplay Mania this year, it’s time to finally settle once and for all. From our karaoke winners of Anisong it 2019 to this year’s Cosplay Karaoke Encore, who among them has the golden voice and will be this year’s Cosplay Karaoke Cup champion?

Disclaimer

• Registration and participation in this contest constitutes that the cosplayer gives the right and the authority to the Cosplay Mania organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to take pictures and/or videos of registered cosplayer, teams and its members and will be the sole property of the organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to be used for future publications and/or advertising promotions.
• Cosplay Mania organizers and its staff and their relatives up to the 2nd degree of affinity or consanguinity are disqualified from participating in the competition. This includes parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, uncles or aunts, first cousins, nephews or niece and brother or sister.

Cosplay Karaoke Cup Mechanics

In this competition, only a limited number of slots will be open with each slot being filled by winners of several competitions. For this year’s Cosplay Karaoke Cup, slots will be filled up from the following events:

•  Anisong it 2019:

• Day 1 - 3 Champions

• Cosplay Matsuri 2020:

• Champion
• Runner-up

• Fanfes Online 2021
• Cosplay Carnival 2022:

• Cosplay Karaoke: Anime Edition - Champion
• Cosplay Karaoke: Mainstream Edition - Champion

• ACX 2022:

• Cosplay Karaoke Encore: Day 1 & 2 Champions
• Cosplay Karaoke Encore: Day 1 & 2 Runner-ups

If a Cosplayer already has a slot and secures another one, the next-highest award will be given the slot instead. For instance, if Cosplayer A already won as the Day 1 Champion for the Anisong it 2019, and they won again in ACX 2022 as the Cosplay Karaoke Encore's Day 2 Runner-Up, they will be competing as the Day 1 Champion from Anisong it 2019 instead. The next highest scorer for the Runner-Up position of Cosplay Karaoke Encore Day 2 will be given the slot to compete in the Karaoke Cup.

Cosplayers are required to submit their minus one and Video/Picture Background. For additional information, please see the Song assignment and Minus-one as well as the Video/Picture background section below.

Cosplay Karaoke Cup Guidelines

1. Cosplayers must be in costume, although the costume does not necessarily have to be from any specific series. The costume could even be an original costume, but bonus points could be provided for particularly creative costumes.
2. Cosplayers have to sing onstage the song of their choice though must not exceed the allotted performance time (including entering and exiting the stage) which has a maximum of four (4) minutes. Exceeding the time limit will result in a score penalty.
3. All kinds of costume props must be handled with utmost care and must not be harmful to his/her fellow cosplayers, event staff and event attendees.

• The following materials/props are prohibited due to a potential of harming fellow cosplayers, staff or damage to property:

• Any kind of sharp and/or bladed objects that will be used as costume props that could cut human flesh.
• Any kind of pyrotechnic equipment/s that will be used as costume props that could render damage to the venue and/or property.
• Any fragile material that could potentially break if mishandled, intentionally/unintentionally hit by something/someone, or used as prop that could also affect the safety of staff members as well as other cosplayers (i.e. wind chimes, wine glass, etc.)

4. The Cosplay Karaoke Cup organizing team, Cosplay Mania organizers and its staff will not be held responsible for damage or injury resulting from mishandling and/or negligence of a cosplayer in his/her use of props/materials throughout the duration of the event.
5. Fanservice (ie. yaoi, yuri, etc.) is allowed but should be “General Patronage”. Violation of the General Patronage rating as well as the following guidelines maybe grounds for Cosplay.ph management to disqualify any participant on said grounds:

• Any obscenity, political messages or endorsements;
• Hate symbols and/or speech;
• Excessive blood and gore;
• Any kind of extreme kind of fanservice (ie. kissing, PDA, etc.) that is deemed inappropriate for minors; and
• Costumes that are too revealing (ie. exposes private parts) are prohibited.

• Scantily clad and/or sexy costumes are allowed but not encouraged.

6. Cosplayers under eighteen (18) years of age as of the event date must have their parent/s and/or legal guardian/s sign the waiver/image release form which will be distributed at the event.
7. The event organizers reserve the right to disqualify any cosplayer who ignores and/or violates any of the aforementioned guidelines above also including but not limited to:

• Unsportsmanlike conduct towards other competitors
• Unruly behavior towards competitors, organizers and staff
• Violation of any of the ongoing level 1 COVID-19 restrictions.

• As per the current Level 1 restrictions, wearing only a face shield is not allowed and as such must wear a face mask at all times.

8. Costumes that were partially or wholly fabricated by any of the judges are disqualified from participating in the competition. Costumes owned by any of the judges are likewise disqualified.

Requirements

Cosplayers must submit the following information/item:

1. The Cosplayer’s real name;
2. The Cosplayer’s stage name;
3. The Cosplayer’s working contact details (mobile phone AND email);
4. The name of the character that the cosplayer is cosplaying as;
5. The series from which the character came from;
6. The top 3 song titles and artist they would like to perform on stage

Note:

• The information above must be truthful; falsifying any of the information will result in instant disqualification and the cosplayer will not be allowed to join the succeeding year's competition as an additional penalty. All registration information will be kept in the strictest of confidence and other cosplayers will not be informed whether a particular competitor has entered the contest or not. 

Song assignment and Minus-one

• Once registration has been confirmed, cosplayers will receive an email mentioning that their details have been received and that their designated slot has been secured. Additionally, once the song list provided is checked, the top most song will be automatically assigned to them provided that it has not yet been selected or assigned to another cosplayer.

• If all the songs provided on the top 3 list are not available, they will be informed via email and need to submit another list of top 3 song choices.

Video/Picture background

1. Background visuals for their performance that is either:

a)     A single, high-resolution static background (minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels, file type JPEG or PNG) that will be shown during their stage performance or;

b)    A video for the background (16:9 aspect ratio, 1920 x 1080 pixels) with a length maximum of four (4) minutes in DVD or .MP4 file format.

Submission of files

• All files should be compressed in a single zip file with a file name of “CC” and their real name as the file name (ie. CCBruceWayne.zip.)

• Cosplayers will be informed via email about the date of their submission deadline.
• Failure to submit their files before the given deadline could be grounds for penalties and/or disqualification.

Attendance, and call times

• All Cosplay Karaoke Cup Finalists, will be required to confirm their attendance at the Cosplay registration desk on or before 2:00 PM on October 2, 2022.
• They will be provided a contestant number and tag upon confirmation. They must be present at the holding area no later than 2:30 PM to prepare for the competition in full costume.
• Please take note that all Cosplay Karaoke Cup Finalists are still required to purchase a Silver or Gold Ticket to be able to enter the event Halls.

Judging Criteria

A panel of judges will judge the contest with the following criteria in mind:

1. Voice Quality (45%): The quality and clarity of the singer’s voice as well as the singer’s proper use of diction.

2. Performance Quality (40%): Overall quality of the performance including synchronization of the vocals with the music as well as their overall stage presence.
3. Costume Theme (10%): The creativity of the costume being worn as well as how it matches the Karaoke song.

4. Audience Impact (5%): How well the performance inspires the audience to react or sing along.

Judging Penalties

In addition to the judging scores, penalties will be imposed on the following rule infractions:

1. Exceeding Time Limit (5% Infraction): For every one (1) minute or fraction thereof that the performance exceeds the time limit of four (4) minutes, a 5% score deduction will be applied.
2. Unsportsmanlike Behavior (10% Infraction): For actions that are demeaning to the other contestants or that incite conflict in the competition or the use of vulgarity on the audience, judges, event staff or other contestants, a 10% score deduction will be applied. If this unsportsmanlike conduct continues, it may result in disqualification and ejection from the venue grounds.
3. Intentional Violation of Contest Rules (20% Infraction plus 1-Season Suspension): For proven cases of cheating, dishonesty and sabotage, a 20% score deduction will be applied. In addition, the offending contestant will be given a 1-Season Suspension where they will be unable to join the competition for the remainder of the competition as well as the next year's competition.
4. Misconduct (10% Infraction): For instance where a contestant’s inappropriate behavior, excessive actions or mishandling of props had ended with damage, delay or injury.

 The Judges’ decisions are final and cannot be appealed.

Award Categories

At the end of the contest, the scores will be tabulated and the highest scores based on the costumes and performances will be determined. Ties will be broken based on the discretion of the judges. The awards will be as follows:

1. 2nd Runner-up – P10,000 worth of cash and prizes
2. 1st Runner-up – P20,000 worth of cash and prizes
3.  Cosplay Karaoke Cup Champion – P30,000 worth of cash and prizes

NOTE:

• All winners (in no particular rank or order) will be contacted at least 30 to 45 minutes before the awarding ceremony and must be present at the backstage area so that winners can properly be briefed as well as introduced to the stage team for proper handling before the actual awarding ceremony program

• Please ensure that the contest and registration team are able to reach you at the registered phone number you have provided in the event that you are one of our winners.

• If there is a compelling reason for the cosplayer not to be present during the awarding ceremony, they will be required to inform an organizer beforehand and provide a proxy for themselves during the awarding ceremony.
• If the winner(s) are not present prior to or during the awarding ceremony, the next highest scoring cosplayer will be awarded the prize instead.

Rules are subject to change and revisions without prior notice.

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