“I Look Like Beyonce”

Official Contest Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio stations 92.9 WTUG-FM (“Station”), owned and operated by Townsquare Media Inc., 142 Skyland Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405, during normal business hours (8 a.m. through 5 p.m.) Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the Beyonce Contest (the “Contest”) as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:

 

  1. No purchase is necessary.  Void where prohibited.  All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
  1. Only legal U.S. residents age 21 or older with a valid Social Security number at the time of entry are eligible to participate in this contest. Employees, agents, representatives, or affiliates of the Station, Townsquare Media Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, participating sponsors, other radio stations, television stations and print advertising companies serving the metro area, and their immediate family members and household members are not eligible to participate.  The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents, children, grandchildren and cohabiting significant others.
  1. Those who have previously won any contest from the station in the past thirty (30) days are ineligible to win. The Station reserves the right to limit the number of times an individual may enter a contest or drawing and/or waive/alter this eligibility requirement at its discretion.
  2. The contest will begin on Monday, August 1, 2016 and will run through Friday, August 26, 2016 (the “Contest Period”).
  1. Contest Entry: Contest entry is open from 8 a.m. Monday, August 1, 2016 to 11:59 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 2016. Listeners may enter the contest by sharing a photo on social media. The photo can be posted to the station’s Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/92.9wtug) or the listener’s Instagram or Twitter account; all entries must include the hashtag #ilooklikebeyonce in order to be eligible. On Friday, August 19, 2016, station personnel will randomly select nine (9) finalists from the eligible entries received. Station personnel will call, email, or direct message these finalists at approximately 9 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016. A listener chosen as a qualifier has until 8 a.m. Monday, August 22 to respond to the station’s message; if s/he fails to do so, and alternate qualifier will be chosen at random from the remaining pool of eligible entries. Qualifiers will be invited to visit the WTUG studio the week of Monday, August 22, 2016-Friday, August 26, 2016; during that visit, qualifiers will have the opportunity to participate in the station’s nightly Facebook Live session. Qualifiers will be given a specific date and time; if they are unable to attend, no makegood session will be scheduled. There is no monetary value to the station tour and Facebook Live session; participation will not affect a qualifier’s chance of winning the Grand Prize in any way.
  1. One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected on Friday, August 26, 2016 via a karaoke contest at Archibald and Woodrow’s, 5600 McFarland Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405. The karaoke contest will be held at 10 p.m.; all qualifiers will be required to check in with station personnel before the contest. Check in begins at 8 p.m. and ends at 9:45 p.m, and a valid photo ID is required for check-in. Any qualifier who fails to check in before 9:45 p.m. will be eliminated from the contest, and no alternate qualifier will be chosen as a replacement. Each qualifier will perform one (1) Beyonce or Destiny’s Child song for the karaoke contest. The contest winner will be chosen by crowd applause; in the event of a tie, station personnel will select a winner. Any decision made by station personnel in the event of a tie is final and non-negotiable. The winner of the karaoke contest will be named the Grand Prize winner of the Beyonce Contest. The grand prize package consists of the following: two (2) tickets for the Beyonce’s Formation Tour concert at the New Orleans Superdome on Saturday, September 24, 2016, estimated value $250; two (2) night’s stay at a hotel in New Orleans, LA. Hotel name and address will be announced at a later date; estimated value of the hotel stay is projected to be $500. Total Grand Prize Package Value is approximately $750.00. All expenses and fees associated with the grand prize not expressly included in the foregoing prize description are the sole responsibility of the winner.  Winner will be required to provide HOTEL NAME with a valid credit/debit card to secure the property against incidentals. Room at HOTEL NAME and Suites is limited to four (4) occupants. Hotel and sales taxes, tips, meals, telephone, rollaway beds, cribs, safe, parking and any other incidental charges at the hotel are not included. Winner is responsible for all taxes and incidentals, and they must be paid directly to the hotel upon checkout. Trip is awarded in conjunction with Sun and Fun Media (hereafter referred to as SFM). WTUG will assist the contest winner in submitting a reservation request form with SFM to plan the winner’s New Orleans. Trip may not be reserved for holidays/events or other dates at the discretion of SFM.
  1. Odds of qualifying depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received and listeners participating at any given time. Once qualified, the odds of winning are one in nine (1 in 9).
  1. All State, Local, Federal and or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings, and as such, the contest winner will be required to complete a W9 to be sent to Townsquare Media before receiving his/her prize. This is non-negotiable; any listener who refuses to submit the W9 form will be deemed ineligible, and an alternate winner will be chosen from the remaining eligible entries received.
  1. All prizes are awarded “as is.” Prizes are nontransferable and cannot be exchanged.  No substitute prize will be awarded to a winner who declines to accept a prize.  The Station reserves the right to require contestants to be present at drawings in order to win their prize.  The Station shall not be responsible for the failure of participating sponsors to deliver the prizes or any part thereof as described herein.
  1. As a condition to receiving the prize, any potential winner must complete and sign a Winner’s Affidavit and Release, releasing the Station from all liability in connection with winner’s participation in the contest and acceptance, use, or non-use of the contest prize. Grand Prize Winner will be required to sign contest release forms and W9 in addition to a trip reservation request with SFM. Winner is required to complete these forms at the office of WTUG, 142 Skyland Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 during regular business hours (8 a.m. 5 p.m. weekdays). Winner must complete these forms no later than 4:59 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2016. After such time, ownership of said prize reverts back to the Station to be disposed of at its discretion.  The winner then loses all claims and rights to said prize.  Proper identification must be presented by any winner to claim prize.  
  1. All entrants and winners agree that the Station shall have no liability for any injury, misfortune, or damage to either persons or property incurred by entering, participating in, winning or losing any contest and/or by the acceptance, use, or non-use of any prize received in connection with this contest.
  1. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained on or within, shall become the sole property of the Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion.  The Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Station’s website.  
  1. All entrants and winners agree to give the Station and its licensees, affiliates, successors, and assigns the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use, re-use, broadcast, or publish their name, city of residence, photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched or distorted in character or form, and winner’s voice, recorded or live, for any reason the Station deems necessary without compensation, unless prohibited by law.  All winners release, discharge, and agree to hold the Station harmless from any and all claims they may have against the Station in connection with the taking, production, or the use of winners’ name, city of residence, any photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched, or distorted in character or form and without restrictions as to any changes, transformations or alterations, and including winners’ voices, recorded or live. All winners further acknowledge that the Station owns or will own exclusively any photographs of such winners used for such purposes, including the copyrights in them, regardless of the form in which they have been or may be produced and used, and all winners assign all such ownership rights to the Station.
  1. By participating in the Contest, each participant agrees to receive email communications from the Station regarding Station events and contests.  By participating in the Contest, where allowed by law, participants agree that the Station may disclose personal information obtained from participants in the Contest to third parties and use such information for marketing and other purposes.  
  1. By participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Station personnel. Persons who violate any rule, gain unfair advantage in participating in the Contest, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike, disruptive, annoying, harassing or threatening behavior is prohibited. The Station will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or the Contest and the Station’s decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If the conduct or outcome of the Contest is affected by human error, any mechanical malfunctions or failures of any kind, intentional interference or any event beyond the control of the Station, the Station reserves the right to terminate this Contest, or make such other decisions regarding the administration or outcome as the Station deems appropriate. All decisions will be made by the Station are final. The Station may waive any of these rules in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OR WEBSITES, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, STATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  1. By participating in this contest, each participant agrees to waive any and all claims for damages for death, personal injury, loss of property or property damage that he or she may sustain as a result of his or her participation in the contest and/or the use of any prize, and any damages or losses arising from the implementation or carrying out of the contest or any participant’s failure to win the contest or receive the prize, and to release the Station, Townsquare Media Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, and all contest sponsors from any and all liability arising out of or connected in any way with his or her participation in the contest, even though that liability may arise out of an intentional act, omission, negligence or carelessness  on the part of the persons or entities mentioned above.
  1. A winners list may be obtained after Tuesday, August 30, 2016 by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the following address:  142 Skyland Boulevard East, Tuscaloosa, AL 34505.

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