Roadies New Season Auditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION / PARTICIPATE IN CALL FOR ENTRY FOR THE AUDITIONS OF

‘‘ROADIES (NEW SEASON)”

Viacom18 Media Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Organizer(s)"/ “Viacom18”) is the owner and broadcaster of the reality television program provisionally titled “Roadies (NEW SEASON)” (“Program”). This Program shall be produced by a third-party production house (‘Producer’) for and on behalf of Viacom18.

The Program is a reality show where the Participants (defined hereinafter) perform certain tasks given to them from time to time and Participants get eliminated basis the rules of the tasks, Audition and Program. The Program requires mentally and physically strong Participants to participate in various tasks and only those Participants who are ready for such challenges and have the psychological strength to withstand the risks and efforts involved in the tasks are advised to apply. Those applicants who are selected as per absolute discretion of the Organizers basis audition and screening process determined by the Organizers shall have a chance to participate along with other casted participants.

Viacom18 is conducting the auditions for selection of participants for participation in the Program (“Audition”) and is open for all Participants who comply with the eligibility criteria listed below and the participation shall be governed by the terms and conditions as detailed hereinafter and further Rules (defined hereinafter) determined and intimated from time to time at sole discretion of Viacom18.

Eligibility:

Participation is open to all individual participants who (“Participants”):

If citizens of India and hold valid proof of citizenship
If foreign national, have all required permissions such as work permits, visas, statutory registration documents, etc. from relevant authorities as may be required to enable them to legally participate in the Audition and/or the Program and their participation shall be subject to 10 (iv) of this Terms and Conditions.
Are above 18 (eighteen) years of age
Are viewers of the Program and Channel MTV India
Have and/or are able to provide a valid email address to Viacom18 when required
Have downloaded the Voot mobile application (owned and operated by Viacom18) on their mobile phone device and/or any other device (“Voot App”) and registered themselves on the Voot App
The Participant agrees that he/she will be required to submit all valid proofs of name/ age/ address/ nationality/citizenship, a valid passport and/or any other document if and as may be required by Viacom18 from time to time and undertakes to provide same when required.
Call For Entry:
Participation Period
Participation shall commence on 3^rd December, 2021 at 12 am (“Start Date”) and shall be concluded on 25^th December, 2021, at 11:59 pm (“End Date”) or on such date and/or such time as may be determined by Viacom18 at its sole discretion, collectively referred to as “Participation Period”.
Entries received after the Participation End Date and/or end hours during the Participation Period, if any, as might be intimated by Viacom18 at its sole discretion, shall not be entertained and shall be considered ineligible for the Audition. The Participation End Date/ end hours/ or the Participation Period may be extended and/or modified at the sole discretion of Viacom18 and the same shall be updated on the Voot App or such other modes at the discretion of Viacom18 and/or intimated via such mode, time, date, etc, as may be determined by Viacom18 at its sole discretion and the Participants shall be responsible to keep themselves updated by checking the terms and conditions / any amended terms and conditions with respect to any change /modification made in the terms thereof and any and all such modifications shall apply to all the Participants.
Participation Question

Viacom18 will invite participation from the viewers of the Program and desirous Participants, to provide their responses to the participant question i.e “A short introductory clip highlighting your personality & why are you a good fit for Roadies” (“Participation Question”). The Participation Question might be refreshed/changed and communicated from time to time to the viewers of the Program during the Participation Period at the sole discretion of Viacom18 and the Participation Video (defined later) shall be strictly in relation to the Participation Question. The Participation Question shall be displayed on the Voot App under the “Roadies (New Season)” page and/ or any other page on the Voot App and/or on television channel(s) of Viacom18 and/or such other medium as may be intimated by Viacom18.

Participation Video – Participation Mechanism:
Participants will be required to share their Participation Video by recording their entries to the Participation Question in the form of an audio-visual recording (“Participation Video”) and submit the same on the Voot App and/or the Voot website in the manner as instructed and detailed on the Voot App.
Any recording received by Viacom18 other than as per mentioned in the Participation guidelines/the terms detailed herein and/or in accordance with the specifications on the Voot App shall be deemed to be an invalid Participation Video and Viacom18 shall not be responsible or liable for any claims arising therefrom.
In the event the Participant uploads Participation Video on the Voot App multiple number of times before the end of the Participation hours for each Participation day / Participation week / Participation End Date during the Participation Period, Viacom18 at its discretion shall select any video submitted by the Participant as the Participation Video for the purpose of selection/ eligibility for the Audition.
The contents of the Participation Video shall be, at all times subject to the S&P guidelines as detailed in Annexure A hereto and the Participant shall ensure strict adherence to music rights clause 4 (v) (e) & (f) of the terms and conditions herein. In the event the Participation Video is not as per the S&P guidelines and/or music rights, the Participation Video shall be deemed disqualified.
Participant understand in order to participate in this Call for Participation Video for Audition, the Participant will be required to download the Voot App, follow the registration process as displayed therein and submit the Participation Video in the manner as prescribed hereinafter. Participation process shall include the following steps:
The Participant shall be required to click on the link/ CFE Audition banner for the Program as displayed on the Voot App and login/complete the registration process by using their social media logins such as Facebook or Google account etc as may be provided there or such other mode mentioned therein. Basic information of each Participant such as inter alia, i) Name, ii) Date of Birth, iii) Gender, iv) Address ( not mandatory), v) Nationality, vi) email address, viii) Contact number/ mobile number; ix) City; x) State; xi) existing social media account details(Instagram and facebook) (vide which the Participant has chosen to log in); (xii) Other details publicly available on their social media accounts or otherwise publicly available; (xiii) photo (less than 2Mb, video less than 50MB, and in mpg, mpeg, avi, mp4, mov. may be made available to Viacom18 due to participation/ registration using their social media logins and/or after manually filling in/ providing all the required details, the Participant shall upload / submit the Participation Video as per the instructions, steps and specifications detailed herein under (b) below and further detailed within the Voot App from time to time.
Requirements of the Participation Video:

The Participation Video should contain an audio-visual recording comprising of their entries on the Participation Question and each Participation Video shall be subject to (c) below.
Duration of the Participation Video: The Participant shall ensure that the duration of the Participation Video shall be for maximum of 1 (one) upto 3 (three) mins and any Participation Video exceeding the aforesaid criteria shall be rejected at sole discretion of Viacom18.
Size of the Participation Video: The maximum permitted size of the Participation Video can be 50 MB.
Technical Specifications: The Participation Video file can be uploaded by the Participant in the following formats: avi, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg or any other regular video format.
Number of times the Participation Video can be sent/ uploaded:
The Participant may upload and/or submit his/her Participation Video, multiple number of times before the Closing hours of the Participation Period, however, only one Participation Video shall be considered for purpose of further screening for next round.

By submitting the information on the Voot App and/or the Voot website, through documents, social media links, and /or otherwise, the Participant hereby waives all privacy rights and/or any other rights including but not limited to proprietary rights, copyrights, etc. and/or any privacy expectations that the Participant may have with respect to the use of the information furnished by the Participant in any manner. Viacom18 and/or Producer may use the information for sending out commercial information and/or for other commercial, publicity or promotional purposes and the Participant shall not raise any objection against the same.
Selection of Participants
Each Participation Video shall be adjudged by the jury engaged by the Organizer for this Audition and evaluated basis the quality of the Participation Video and such other requirement as may deemed fit by the Organizer. From amongst the Participants who have submitted Participation Video in accordance with and subject to compliance of the terms and conditions herein, if shortlisted, they will get one time opportunity to participate in the further rounds of selection/ shortlisting of the Audition as stipulated in this terms and conditions and as may be determined and intimated by Viacom18, subject to further rules, terms and conditions as may be intimated by Viacom18 and/or the Producer.
The Participant whose Participation Video gets shortlisted will get a one-time opportunity to participate and showcase their talent and participate in next round. The dates and other details of next round and participation requirements shall be determined by Viacom18 and/or the Producer and intimated to each such shortlisted Participant individually as per process mechanism laid below or otherwise as determined by Viacom18 and/or the Producer at its sole discretion. Participant shortlisted and invited for said further rounds of selection and participation for this Audition, understands and acknowledge that invitation for further rounds of selection shall in no way be construed to selection of the Participant for the Audition and/or for participation in the Program and/or as Selected Contestant of this Audition and/or the Program.
The Participant understands that getting shortlisted in the Audition (including each step of selection/ shortlisting before Audition as stipulated herein) is only a preliminary step towards Gratification and participation in the Program and it shall be the absolute and sole discretion of the Organizers to allow any other participation/ participants other than those participating through this call for entry process/ present shortlisting process/ final participants and based on creative requirements of Viacom18 and Program and the Participant acknowledges this right of Organizer without any dispute or claim.
Selection of the Participants for each next round in this Audition might be subject to the following:
A shortlisted Participant may receive a telephonic call/ interview from the Organizer either during or after the Participation Period for selection and verification purposes either prior to selection and announcement of each such Participant for next round or during or thereafter. The Organizer will attempt to contact such shortlisted Participant once. In case the shortlisted Participant is not reachable on the number provided or any other means of contact as may be instructed by the Organizer, the Organizer reserves the right to select another Participant as the shortlisted Participant. The shortlisted Participant acknowledges, agrees and understands that receipt of such calls from the Organizer shall not, in any manner, be deemed or considered as any indication that the shortlisted Participant may be selected/ declared for next rounds of this Audition or otherwise and such shortlisted Participant shall not be entitled to make any claims or demands on the Organizer based on the receipt of such calls. Shortlisted Participant will be considered eligible to participate in the audition only when he/she has been specifically declared and intimated by Organizer and not merely because he/she has been contacted by Organizer and/or the Producer or any person claiming to be representing the Organizer and/or the Producer or any sponsor or associated with this audition and/or Program. Mere participation in this Audition and sending the Participation Videos does not entitle the Participants to be selected for next rounds and/or win the Audition and the Participants will be selected by the Organizer based on a telephonic or video interview and further terms of each round of selection as per above or such other requirements as may be intimated by the Organizer from time to time. The selection process may vary and shall be as per the Organizer’s sole discretion. The Participants or any third party shall have no right to question the process of selection. The Organizer may determine the correctness, quality and validity of each Participation Videos in their sole discretion.
Various rounds of this Audition could be conducted by the Organizer remotely requiring each Participant and selection crew/jury, etc to stay at their respective homes and participate online through any third-party platform as intimated by Organizer from time to time.
In the event a participant clears multiple rounds of the Audition as per requirements of the Organizer, the shortlisted Participant might be required to travel to Mumbai for face-to-face/ on-ground selection round as one of the rounds of selection process and such Participant agrees to comply with all requirements of traveling, Covid19 protocols and requirements, etc. as might be required basis local government requirements and as intimated by the Organizer and/or Producer from time to time. The cost of traveling to and fro to such Audition location, stay if required , food and beverages, shall be borne by the participant .
The shortlisted Participants as soon as being informed by the Organizer of them being shortlisted for any round of the Audition is required to confirm their participation and availability, in a manner, determined by the Organizer, within 24 (twenty four) hours or such other time frame as intimated by Viacom18, of being informed and confirm the acceptance of participation along with providing requisite details, his/ her personal information, copy of citizenship proof, identity proof, PAN number, address proof, copy of valid passport, etc. and such other details and documents as may be required by the Organizer of the selected Participants.
The shortlisted Participant would also be required to sign a release letter, NOC, and/or a long form agreement or such other related documentations in the format required by the Organizer. Refusal by the shortlisted Participant to execute such documentations in accordance with the Organizer’s terms and conditions shall amount to refusal of the selection and the Organizer shall be entitled to choose and declare any other shortlisted Participants.
The Organizer reserves the right to cancel the Audition, remove a shortlisted participants of the Audition, even after announcement of such shortlisted Participants for further participation or as and announce another Participant in place of the originally announced Participants, irrespective of any stage of the Audition, if:

the documents or details of the Participant are not correct in the opinion of the Organizer; or
documents so required are incomplete, misleading or untrue; or
the Participant do not sign the release letter/ NOC/ long form agreement/ forms required, if any, by Organizer; or
the Participant do not comply with the requirements and instructions of Organizer.
if the Participant do not approach the Organizer within requisite time frames/ hours of the announcement of selection for next round and/or the Gratification/ Prize;
If it comes to the notice of the Organizers that the Participation Video/ any other details are not original and/or the Participant has breached the representations and warranties provided herein including infringement of copyright/ non-compliance of third-party platform.
If the shortlisted participant does not have a valid passport in timelines required by the Organizer.

In the event the shortlisted participant does not have a valid passport at the time of being selected/ announced as one of the shortlisted participant, they would be required to apply and procure a valid passport on their own and at their sole costs and expense. The Organizer reserves the right to cancel/ remove any shortlisted participant , even after announcement and announce another participant as winner in place of the originally announced participant, if such shortlisted participant fails to obtain a valid passport within required timelines intimated by the Organizer
The shortlisted Participant understand and acknowledge that in the event that he/she cannot comply with any of the requirements indicated by the Organizer for any reason, such shortlisted Participants shall not be considered as a eligible and such shortlisted Participants hereby waives all the rights to claim participation or make any other claims against the Organizer with respect to the Audition, Program, leaders/ mentors of the Program, and/or Organiser.
The shortlisted Participant understand that this is a one-time opportunity to participate in the further rounds of selection for the Audition of the Program. The date, time and other particulars of participation shall be informed by the Organizer from time to time and shall be subject to availability and possibility of all required conditions to conduct said Auditions. The shortlisted Participant shall make themselves present at the given time and as per details informed by the Organizer. Inability of any shortlisted Participant to make himself/herself present to for any particular rounds of the Audition for any reason whatsoever shall result in the disqualification of the shortlisted Participant and disentitlement to further participation, determined at sole discretion of the Organizer. The shortlisted Participant shall have no claims whatsoever against the Organizer for any reason.
The Organizer shall have the right to click photographs, take pictures, shoot audio-visuals, tape, record, mute, delete, edit, exhibit or portray them as the Participants and/or shortlisted Participants and/or publish any content recorded during said Audition and exploit it at discretion of Viacom18. By participating in the Audition, the Participants waive all copyrights and any related rights and consents of the Organizer’s right to click photographs, take pictures, shoot audio-visuals, tape, record, exhibit or portray them as the Participants/ shortlisted Participants and/or publish any content / Participation Video) submitted by them/ available with the Organizer. The Participants further grant irrevocable consent in perpetuity to use, edit, exhibit, publish, exploit and/or promote the same, in any and all applications including advertising, commercials, promotion, stories, text, illustrations, articles and commercial exploitation, throughout the world, in any and all media, mode or format whether now existing or hereinafter developed, including but not limited to radio, broadcast and television, newspapers, magazines, and electronic media, at any time without the Participants’ further knowledge or consent and without any compensation whatsoever.
It is specifically clarified that the shortlisted Participant should not carry, and shall not be entitled to take, any other electronic equipment during into the Audition, including any mobile phones, tablets, laptops, cameras, etc., and/or any other recording devices, other than device from which they are participating. Further, the Participants undertake that they would not do anything knowingly and/or unknowingly leading to disruption of any rounds of Audition and take utmost care to ensure there are no virus, trojans or any other aspects corrupting the online rounds during the selection process.
Further, all shortlisted Participant shall maintain absolute confidentiality with respect to all aspects of the Audition, Program, judges/ mentors, selection and next round details, shoot related aspects intimated and/or come to the knowledge of the shortlisted Participant to the release of the same in India. All the shortlisted Participant undertake not to divulge, publicize or disclose any details whatsoever, with respect to the Audition/ Program by the shortlisted Participant, to any other person or on any media platform, including on-air, on-print and/or online.
The Organizer shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to change/ modify/ replace or omit the Audition and the shortlisted Participant shall not have the right to claim any damages or monies from the Organizer. By participating in this Audition, the shortlisted Participant waive their right to make any such or other claims against the Organizer.
The Organizer takes no responsibility, liability or any other expenses for the shortlisted Participant and does not take any responsibility or liability in case any aspects of audition is cancelled or re-scheduled for any reason whatsoever.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Organizer shall not be responsible to bear or reimburse any costs and expenses incurred by the Participants in availing/ participating in the Audition and/or incurred otherwise. All such costs/ expenses incurred by the shortlisted Participant in availing/ participating in the Audition and/or incurred otherwise shall be borne solely by the shortlisted Participant.
For the purpose of clarification and avoidance of doubt, the selection/ shortlisting does not include any personal expenses of the shortlisted Participant and the shortlisted Participant shall be responsible for any additional expenses/incidental expenses required to be incurred to avail / participate in the Audition and/or incurred otherwise.
The shortlisted Participant hereby represent and warrant that they will comply with all the Rules associated with the Participation including but not limited to the Terms & Conditions mentioned herein and associated with the Audition, and that the shortlisted Participant shall personally be liable for any breach thereto.
The participation shall be governed by the terms and conditions as detailed hereinafter. Upon submitting the Participation Video (as per the terms of participation) on the Voot App in accordance with the requirements and criteria as laid down herein, the Participant hereby agrees to have read and understood all the terms and conditions stated herein and agrees to abide by the same.
The Terms and Conditions of and in relation to this Audition as stated herein, is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 ("Act") and rules thereunder as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. This is a legal and binding agreement between the Participant and Viacom18, that states the terms that govern the Participant’s participation in the Audition through the Voot App, , and/or any other platform/ third party platforms/apps, etc as communicated hereunder. By clicking on the ‘Submit’ icon, the Participant agrees to have read and understood the terms and conditions and hereby unconditionally consents, agrees and undertakes to abide, be bound by and adhere to the terms and conditions stated herein and made applicable to users/ participants of each such platform. These terms and conditions contained herein shall subsist until the first telecast of the last episode of the Program and /or any such extended duration as may be deemed fit by Viacom18 and hence, the rules shall continue to apply on the Participants.
Gratification/ Prize:
Upon completion of the all rounds of selection of this Audition, if eligible and selected, 10 (ten) participants shall be selected and declared as one of the selected contestants of the Program (“Selected Contestant”)by the Organizer and each such Selected Contestant shall get one-time opportunity to participate as one of the contestant of the Program, as determined by Viacom18 at its sole discretion and subject to these terms and conditions as applicable (“Prize”/ “Gratification”). The Prize shall be subject to creative discretion of the Organizer, format of the Program and such rules, regulations and terms and conditions of participation in the Program and execution of a release/ long form agreement as per standard template as might be provided and required by the Organizer. Judges and the Organizer’s decision shall be final and binding at all times.
Organizer shall not be liable for the travel and other related expenses required to be undertaken by the Selected Contestant Winner in order to avail/ utilize the Prize and no claims shall be entertained by the Organizers.
The Selected Contestant understands that this is a one-time opportunity to participate the Program. All particulars of availing the Prize including the longform agreement shall be informed by the Organizer through such mode as deemed appropriate by the Organizer. The Selected Contestant shall make themselves present at the location at such time, date, venue as informed by the Organizer. Inability of any Winner to make himself/herself present to avail the Prize for any reason whatsoever shall result in the disqualification of the Winner and disentitlement to the Prize. The Selected Contestant shall have no claims whatsoever against the Organizer for any reason.
The Organizer shall have the right to click photographs, take pictures, shoot audio-visuals, tape, record, exhibit or portray them as the Winner and/or publish any content recorded during the participation and utilization of the Prize and exploit it at discretion of Viacom18. By participating in the Contest and accepting the Prize, the Selected Contestant waive all copyrights and any related rights and consents of the Organizer’s right to click photographs, take pictures, shoot audio-visuals, tape, record, exhibit or portray them as the Winner and/or publish any content / Participation Video submitted by them. The Winner further grant irrevocable consent in perpetuity to use, edit, exhibit, publish and/or exploit the same, in any and all applications including advertising, commercials, promotion, stories, text, illustrations, articles and commercial exploitation, throughout the world, in any and all media, mode or format whether now existing or hereinafter developed, including but not limited to radio, broadcast and television, newspapers, magazines, and electronic media, at any time without the Selected Contestant’ further knowledge or consent and without any compensation whatsoever.
Further, all Winner shall maintain absolute confidentiality with respect to the Audition, various rounds of selection, storyline and contents came to their knowledge during Audition and/or utilization of the Prize, audition details, Program, venue, shoot related aspects shown to and/or come to the knowledge of the Winner prior to the release of the same in India. All the Selected Contestant undertake not to divulge, publicize or disclose any details whatsoever, with respect to the meet and greet by the Winner, to any other person or on any media platform, including on-air, on-print and/or online.
The Organizer shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to change/ modify/ replace or omit the Prize listed above and the Selected Contestant shall not have the right to claim any damages or monies from the Organizer. By participating in this Contest, the Selected Contestant waive their right to make any such or other claims against the Organizer.
The Organizer takes no responsibility, liability or any other expenses for the Selected Contestant and does not take any responsibility or liability in case the Prize and/or Program is cancelled or re-scheduled for any reason whatsoever.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Organizer shall not be responsible to bear or reimburse any costs and expenses incurred by the Winner in availing the said Prize and/or incurred otherwise. All such costs / expenses incurred by the Winner in availing the said Prize and/or incurred otherwise shall be borne solely by the Selected Contestant.
For the purpose of clarification and avoidance of doubt, the Prize does not include any personal expenses of the Winner and the Winner shall be responsible for any additional expenses/incidental expenses required to be incurred to avail the Prize and/or incurred otherwise.
The Selected Contestant hereby represent and warrant that they will comply with all the Rules associated with the Contest including but not limited to the Terms & Conditions mentioned herein and associated with the Prize, and that the Selected Contestant shall personally be liable for any breach thereto.
By virtue of participation and registration, the Participant hereby agrees to the following conditions and undertakes as follows:
1. The Participant is competent to contract and does not suffer from any disqualification or such other infirmity which may cause the contract to be void or voidable at the option of the Participant.
2. The Participant confirms that he/she is an adult and is entitled to enter into a valid agreement. The Participant acknowledges that he/she has voluntarily chosen at his/her free-will participate in the Audition and is willing to bear all risks, costs & consequences arising from such participation in the Audition and/or the Program.
3. The Participant represents that he/she has not been accused or convicted or is otherwise involved in any criminal offence and/or is not under inquiry or trial by the police or judiciary which has not been disclosed to Viacom18 and /or Producer. That the Participant is not required to be present before any authority including police or any court of law for a term of twelve (12) months from the date of application and has no other disability which would prevent his/her participation in the Audition.
4. All participation, and if selected to participate in the Program shall at all times be subject to technical and creative discretion of the Organizer.
5. Any foreign national participating in the Audition and if selected for participation in the Program shall be required to procure all required permissions such as work permits, visas, statutory registration documents, permissions to travel internationally and locally and submissions of all relevant documentations, etc from relevant authorities as may be required under law or otherwise to enable them to legally participate in the Audition and said participation at any given stage of participation, shall be subject to on-going global pandemic and provided all on-going travel and social distancing restrictions (be it international / domestic and/or local) has been uplifted and relevant permissions from appropriate authorities/ any third persons, etc as might be required by the Organizer from time to time have been procured and submitted. The Organizer shall have right to disqualify such Participant at any time during the Audition and if selected participating in the Program in the event the documents, details of the Participants are not correct, or the documents so required are incomplete, misleading or untrue or such other reasons which the Organizer deems fit in its sole opinion and the Organizers decision shall be final and binding. The foreign national participating in the Audition and if selected participating in the Program hereby understands that in event required work permits, visas or any other statutory requirements from relevant authorities are not procured by such foreign national to participate in the Audition and if selected participating in the Program, it may lead to arrest/ deportation of such foreign national from India or such other actions as such relevant authority may deem fit. The foreign national hereby agrees that the Organizer shall not be in any manner responsible for any damages, loss of opportunities or any other loss, claims, expenses etc arising from participation in the Audition and/or Program. The foreign national hereby agrees to fully indemnify the Organizers against any claims for expenses, damages, or any other payments of any kind, including but not limited to that arising from his/her actions or omissions while participating in the Audition and/ or the Program or arising from any representations, misrepresentations or concealment of material facts or failure to adhere to terms and conditions of participation.
6. Employees of Viacom18 and /or Producer and/or their associates and affiliate companies/ sponsors of Viacom18, will not be qualified for the participation in the Audition and requested not to register for the same.
7. The registration does not guarantee the selection of the Participant’s Video to be displayed /exhibited on the Voot App and/or selection/ shortlisting for the next round or participation in the Program and/or otherwise and such selection including the selection criteria /process shall be as per the sole discretion of Viacom18 at all times. The Participant shall not and waives any right to question the selection/evaluation process, non-selection of the application / entry and/or the selection of any other applicant/participant.
8. The number of Participants to be selected through any participation mechanism and the number of Participants who shall be finally selected for the Program shall be at the sole discretion of Viacom18 at all times and decision of Viacom18 shall be final and binding.
9. In the event of large number of registrations, the chance to be selected may be strictly on submission of the application on the first come first basis till closure of the participation hours for each round of the Audition as more particularly stated above or otherwise informed by the Organizer from time to time. No further requests for participation shall be entertained by Viacom18. Viacom18 reserves its right to reduce / extend the hours, days, dates, Participation Period or any other aspects of mechanism for this Audition as per its sole discretion at any point of time. Viacom18 reserves the sole discretion to change/modify the terms of this Audition at any time without prior intimation.
10. The Participant acknowledges, agrees and undertakes to abide at all times by all the rules, regulations, terms and conditions for this Audition as laid down herein and as determined / modified from time to time by Viacom18.
11. The Participant and/or Selected Contestant may be required to sign / execute a declaration/ registration form/ release letters/ long form agreement for participation in the Audition and/or for availing the Prize as per these terms and conditions along with the terms of the declaration form, if any, as required by Viacom18 and same shall govern the Participant’s participation at all times in the Audition.
12. Viacom18 shall have the sole discretion to discontinue/cancel any particular round/ mechanism/ Audition in entirety, at any point of time and the Participant shall not raise any claim due to such discontinuation or cancellation at any time whatsoever.
13. The Participant understands and undertakes that for him/her to be able to claim the Prize, it is his/her responsibility to pay all the direct taxes and other ancillary charges (gift tax, income tax, etc.) to the relevant authorities and furnish the relevant challans to Viacom18 on request.
14. Taking part in the registration process shall be deemed to be consent by the Participant to receive promotional messages about the shows and programs of the Viacom18 and messages relating to the Program from Viacom18 and/or any third party so authorized by Viacom18.
15. In the event of any violation to the aforementioned or in case it comes to the knowledge of Viacom18 that the details submitted by the Participant in the application/ Participation Video/ or otherwise are not correct or in case the Participant does not meet the criteria mentioned in these Terms & Conditions, the Participant may immediately be disqualified from being considered to be a Participant for the Audition and/or the Program and shall solely remain liable for any action (criminal/civil) arising therefrom.
16. The Participant who shall be required to submit the KYC documents including documents for age proof, address proof or any such other document as required by Viacom18 within 24 hours (or such other time as sole decided and/or communicated by Viaocm18) of receipt of communication from Viacom18. In case the Participant fails to meet the criteria or fails to provide the necessary KYC document within 24 hours (or such other time as sole decided and/or communicated by Viacom18) of receipt of communication from Viaocm18, Viacom18 shall forfeit the Gratification of the said Participant and the Participant shall be disqualified from further participation in the Audition and/or the Program.
17. The Participant hereby agrees to indemnify Viacom18, the Producer and their respective affiliates, sponsors, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives from and against any claims that might arise from their actions or omissions or arising from any misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts or breach of any representations, obligations or terms as stated herein.
General Terms
If for any reason the Audition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, technical failure in transmission, on the Voot App, on any third party platform,, and/or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Audition, Viacom18 reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who may be responsible or who tampers with the entry /Audition process, and/or to cancel, modify or terminate the Audition and/or any part thereof. Further, Viacom18 reserves the right to take legal action against such Participant who has committed a breach under the Cyber laws (Information Technology Act, 2000 including all its amendments thereof) and/or any other laws as may be applicable from time to time and Viacom18 shall be entitled to such remedies in law as applicable.
Viacom18 shall not be held responsible in the case of a server shut down or loss of Participation Video and/or data and/or on-going online meetings on any platform/ third party platform.
Viacom18 shall not be responsible for any delay in receipt or non-receipt or incomplete receipt or corrupt receipt of Participation Video / other details of the Participant. Viacom18 shall not be responsible for any technical difficulties or data corruption that may arise during recording/upload of the Participation Video/online rounds of audition or otherwise. Further, Viacom18 shall not be responsible and/or liable in any manner whatsoever in case the Participants are unable to register their entry and participate in the Audition due to failure on part of the internet service provider, facility provider, etc. Shortlisted Participants/ Selected Contestant shall be intimated as per the contact details given. Viacom18 does not accept any responsibility in case the Shortlisted Participants/Winner(s) do not respond to the calls (maximum one call attempts shall be made) or communication from Viacom18 and/or its representatives or Viacom18 is unable to contact the Shortlisted Participants/ Winner(s) due to any incorrect and/or incomplete communication detail provided by the Participant and/or delay in receipt of communication and/or non-receipt of such communication due to technical reasons (such as network errors) or Shortlisted Participants/Winner is unable to respond for any reason whatsoever. In such cases, Viacom18 shall forfeit the Gratification for the said Participant and the Participant shall not raise any claim on Viacom18 in any manner whatsoever.
The Winner shall be either directly contacted by Viacom18 and/or its representatives and the Winner shall be announced in a manner as deemed fit by Viacom18 in due course of time including displaying the names of the Winner on Voot App and/or on-air announcement on television channel MTV India, as determined by Viacom18. The Participant shall be solely responsible to check the results of each round of Audition from time to time.
For purpose of any online rounds of participations, each Participant agrees to adhere to below and needs to have following for smooth round of participation:
Uninterrupted internet access;
In the event any online round is conducted on any third party platform, a registered account with any third party platforms , if required by such third party platform as per its terms and conditions or any other rules applicable to conduct such online meeting;
Agree to adhere to all terms and conditions of such third-party platform as might stipulated on such respective platforms and may be communicated by them from time to time.
Agree to all rounds of participation on any medium, including but not limited to zoom, google meet, live streaming, telephonic conversations, if any, etc, as might be intimated by the Organizer from time to time and agree to being recorded in both audio-visual and/or only audio recording, determined by Organizer at its sole discretion and Grant of Rights to all such recording as more particularly stated in point (xx) below.
The Participant hereby represents that he/she is not under any exclusive contracts with any other third party/ agency or is not under any kind of disqualification under law to enter into an agreement with Viacom18 as the case may be and/or to participate in the Audition and the Program, if selected.
The Participants shall at all times make themselves aware of the selection process and all details regarding the Audition which he/she might be informed of or which he/she might learn or come to know of as a Participant in the Audition.
Viacom18 reserves the right to change/ modify these terms and conditions and/ or criteria of the Audition, at any time at their sole discretion, without any prior notice and without assigning any reasons for the same. The Participants shall make themselves aware of any change in the terms and conditions/rules of the Audition and the Participants shall be bound by any such revised /amended terms and conditions/amended rules. Viacom18 shall not be responsible and/or liable towards any Participant and/or any third party in relation to the same.
The decision of Viacom18 in connection with the Audition including without limitation the winning Participants and the Gratification / Prize, the mode and timelines of the delivery of the Gratification etc. shall be final and binding and is non-contestable. In case of any dispute or difference in respect of this the decision of Viacom18 shall be final and binding on all the Participants including all the person / parties concerned.
The selected Participants whose Participation Video has been selected to be telecasted / exhibited in the Program and/or on the Voot App and /or otherwise shall not be intimated by Viacom18. In case the Participant wants to check if their Participation Video has been published on Voot App and/or otherwise, the Participants shall be required follow the Program on the television and/or to browse the Voot App to check if their Participation Video has been selected to be published on the Voot App and/or the Program and/or otherwise. The decision of Viacom18 on all matters relating to the Participation Video/ all aspects of the Audition, shall be final and binding and Viacom18 shall not entertain any questions, correspondence, and enquiries on the manner of conduct /evaluation and/or selection criteria of the Audition and/or of selection of any Participation Video for publishing on the Voot App from any person /party whatsoever.
Apart from the prospective entitlement of the Participation Video of the selected Participant to be declared as selected participants (and thus eligible for next round of Audition and if cleared all rounds, for Gratification) and/or being selected to be played /telecasted during the Program and/or published on Voot App and/or otherwise, as per the sole creative discretion of Viacom18, subject to selection and written intimation by Viacom18 to such selected Participant(s) (as decided by Viacom18 as per its sole discretion), the Participant/selected participant or his/her legal heirs will have no other rights or claims against Viacom18/Producer and their respective affiliates/sponsors, etc. Further, Viacom18 has the sole, unfettered and absolute discretion to select the Participants for participation in the Audition and that Viacom18’s decision in this regard is final and absolute.
Viacom18 shall not be liable for any loss, damage, injury, mental/psychological issues like anxiety, depression, stress etc. or even death caused to the Participant during his/her participation in the Audition during the Participation Period and /or any time thereafter.
Viacom18 will also not be liable for any loss of earnings, employment, opportunity and/or otherwise caused to the Participant and arising as a result of his/her participation in the Audition.
Viacom18 shall have the absolute right to replace the Participation Video(s) published on Voot App and/or telecast in the Program and/or otherwise from time to time as per its discretion and creative requirements without any liability to any Participant / person/party whatsoever.
The Participant should not have any criminal records, or such other issues hampering participation in the Audition and hereby agrees that Viacom18 shall have sole authority at its discretion to disqualify any Participant from participation in the Audition at any time. Viacom18 shall also have the right to disqualify a Participant/Winner and choose another Winner in case any such person is unable to provide an email address and any other relevant details required by Viacom18 to contact the Winner and/or provide the gratification, or for any other reason, as required by Viacom18.
All registrations shall be subject to completion of the procedures by the Participant as per instructions given by Viacom18 or the authorized representatives of Viacom18, if any. Viacom18 shall not be liable for any failure of receipt or incomplete registrations. The Participant shall retain the registration code, voucher code or any other communication sent by Viacom18 in relation to the Audition, if any.
Participation in this Audition implies acceptance, without protest, of all the rules set forth by Viacom18 for the Audition and the terms and conditions herein contained. Acceptance of the terms and conditions by the Participant irrespective of such participation leading to final selection or not, constitutes permission for Viacom18 and/or Producer including any party authorized by Viacom18 to click photographs, call and/or record videos of the Participant through any mode/medium and use the Participant’s name, photographs, likeness, voice, audio-video, comments for advertising and promotional purposes in any mode, media, format, medium for worldwide territory for purposes of advertising and trade without any compensation whatsoever.
To enable registration of a Participant and/or to make the Gratification available to the Selected Contestant, personally identifiable information which may include without limitation name, complete address, date of birth, citizenship details, passport details, email id, twitter handle/ account name, facebook handle/ account name, Instagram handle/account name etc. of the Participants/Winner ("Personal Information") may be collected by the Organizer to enable the Organizer to administer and promote this Audition and the Selected Contestant. If Participants do not truthfully provide all requested Personal Information, the Organizer may determine that such Participants are not eligible to receive the Gratification in this Audition.
On request of Viacom18, the Participant may be required to make arrangements for Viacom18 to have access to his/her residence, work place, or any other places etc. and obtain necessary permissions from his/her parents, siblings, friends, colleagues to be photographed, interviewed and to record or click their photographs, videos etc. Furthermore, if the Participation Video / online rounds of audition features any person other than the Participant, the Participant shall be solely required to take the necessary consent/permissions from such person(s) appearing in the Participation Video / online rounds of audition and the Participant shall indemnify Viacom18 from and against any claims with respect to the same.
Any photographs, Participation Videos, rounds of auditions (online, telephonic, on-ground or otherwise), audio visual recordings, audio / video clips, performance executed (including audio and video), musical recordings (audio and video), content, materials, audio / video clips, bytes, etc. provided/uploaded/submitted/ performed by the Participants and/or otherwise available with the Organizer (‘Content’) shall upon creation /submission/ receipt/ availability be deemed to have been assigned exclusively, in perpetuity, and throughout the entire world, in favor of Viacom18 and shall become the property of Viacom18 and accordingly all intellectual property rights including copyrights as per the Copyright Act, 1957 and/or any other equivalent provision thereof under applicable laws, in the Content shall vest with Viacom18 and Viacom18 shall have unfettered exploitation rights in and to the Content, through any and all modes and medium of exploitation, throughout the world in perpetuity. The Participant expressly agrees to his /her subsequent participation, if any being recorded and telecast as a part of the Program or otherwise on the Voot App or otherwise on online platforms and/or for promotion of the Program and/or on a stand-alone basis, as required by Viacom18 through any mode, mediums and formats, whether existing now, or developed in future (“Recording”) and all the all rights (including intellectual property rights) in and to such Recording shall be deemed to have been assigned exclusively, in perpetuity, and throughout the entire world, in favor of Viacom18. The Participant hereby grants to the MTV India and Viacom18/ its affiliates/group companies etc., the unfettered right to exploit exclusively and in perpetuity, throughout the universe, the Content and /or Recording, and its derivatives thereof and/ or any part thereof, through any and all means including but not limited to the right to use the Participant’s name, photographs, likeness, voice, audio visual / videos, photographs, videos, Content, Recording, etc. provided/submitted as aforesaid to Viacom18 and/or recorded by Viacom18 / Producer during the Audition and/or during the Program through all media including without limitation television, radio, print, mobile, internet and/or any other such media, technology in existence, whether now known or devised in the future, from time to time, for unlimited transmission in perpetuity for the territory of entire world, as the MTV India/Viacom18, may deem fit. Viacom18 shall not be obliged to exploit the Content /Recording (if made), into the final version of the Program. The Participant agrees that on submission/creation of the Participation Video, all intellectual property rights including copyrights in the Content/Recording/Participation Video shall vest with Viacom18 and shall be available to Viacom18 for exploitation through any and all modes, mediums, platforms, throughout the world in perpetuity. The Participant hereby agrees that Viacom18 shall have complete, unfettered and exclusive exploitation rights in and to the Content /Recording and have all the rights to exploit, edit, integrate other content with Content/Recording, distribute, exhibit, sell, transfer, license, sub-license, monetize and exploit the Content/Recording on various platforms and through various format, modes, media including but not limited to satellite, internet, digital, cable, wireless networks (Wireless LANs, WIFI, Broadband) WAP, imode any other modes of wired or wireless distribution or exploitation via radio frequencies etc. whether circuit switched or packet switched. These shall include linear transmission or re-transmission of Content /Recording via terrestrial, satellite television, MMDS,SMATV, DTH, IPTV, HITS, SSL, XDSL, DBS, cable television, mobile technologies, internet etc. streaming through internet / broadband / IPTV/ WAP/ iMode / other Mobile Technologies, digital TV (including DBV-H, DBV-T etc.), all forms of on demand (SVOD, TVOD, AVOD, NVOD, PPV etc.) whether free or pay & shall include Free TV & Pay TV and shall also include all forms of non-linear transmission/exploitation including through web, internet, IPTV, mobile, applications, etc. Interactive multimedia, clips, Home Video Rental & Sell Through (including DVD, Compact Disc, Laser Disc, Blue Ray Discs, Video Compact Disc, Video Cassette, Videograms, embodying in any manner in any storage medium, VHS and such other rights), Download to Own, Download to Rent, commercial video, Internet multimedia, communication to public within aircrafts, Railways, Ships, boats, vessels, surface transport and hotel and commercial establishment rights and also include modes, media and formats of exploitation: (i) in existence now, (ii) in existence now but not in commercial use on the date of execution hereof, and (iii) as may be developed in future.
The Participant agrees and acknowledges that Viacom18 has exclusive creative prerogative in respect of the Audition, participation requirements and all aspects of the Audition and/or Program and the nature and manner of editing of the Program and/or the Participation Video and/or recordings from online rounds shall be as per the sole creative discretion of Viacom18 including all rights to edit/modify the Content/ Participation Video and integrate other content /materials/Participation Video/online rounds with the Content / Recording for the purpose of exploitation and/or for creating promos for marketing and promotional purposes.
The Participant does not and shall not have any right to receive or claim any remuneration/compensation, fees at any time whatsoever, towards the usage /exploitation of the Content /Participation Video/ recording from online rounds by Viacom18 and/or any party authorized by Viacom18 and further the Participant hereby irrevocably grants and assigns to Viacom18, free and clear of any and all claims, all of the Participant’s rights and interests in such Content / Recording exclusively and in perpetuity, throughout the world, and in all media, now or later known or devised.
The Participant shall ensure that the photos and/or Participation Videos including the statements, comments, remarks made by the Participant in the Participation Video or otherwise by him/her in any public domain in relation to the Audition and/or Program including but not limited to their performances in the Participation Video are not obscene, vulgar, defaming, derogatory or objectionable, denigrating women or children, hurting religious sentiments, depicting violence or shall not comment on any matters that are sub-judice or shall not infringe the rights of a third person and shall not infringe copyright, right of privacy or any other rights whatsoever of any person nor violate any applicable Indian or international laws, statutes. Further, the Participant shall be solely responsible to obtain all necessary permissions, licenses, approvals etc. as may be required prior to submitting the Participation Video(s) to Viacom18 and any third party claims/objections received if any shall be solely resolved by the Participant without involving Viacom18 in any manner whatsoever.
The Participant hereby represents and warrants that he/she will comply with all the terms and conditions stated herein including without limitation all rules, regulations, policies as communicated by Viacom18, and/or its parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies in relation to the Audition.
Under no circumstance, shall Viacom18 and/or their directors, employees, officers, affiliates or subsidiaries, be liable to the Participant and/or any third party for any lost profits or lost opportunity, indirect, special, consequential, incidental, or punitive damages whatsoever. The Participant specifically agrees not to file in person/through any family member and/or any third party any applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts or forum in India against Viacom18 and/or their directors, employees, officers, affiliates or subsidiaries to claim any damages or relief in connection with the Audition/ Program.
The Participants hereby agree and undertake that they shall not accept or undertake to accept or give or undertake to give, either directly or indirectly, any gifts, commission or other favor, of any kind whatsoever, to facilitate their winning the Audition. Any knowledge of such an act shall lead to immediate disqualification of such Participants and Viacom18 shall be entitled to take any and all action(s) against such Participants, as deemed fit by it.
The Participant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Viacom18/Producer its affiliates and their respective employees, officers, directors and agents, sponsors, contractors, etc. from and against any claim, loss, liability, damages, cost (including legal costs) of any person, firm or corporation, including, without limitation, legal fees, arising out of any breach by the Participant of any representations, misrepresentations or concealment of material facts and/or the Participant’s actions or omissions while participating in the Audition and/or the Program and/or breach of any terms of this agreement, warranty, performance and/or any of the terms and conditions as stated herein or in event if any of Viacom18’ rights get affected in any manner whatsoever. In the event of any claim, the Participant will promptly adjust, settle, defend or otherwise dispose of such claim at its sole cost. If the Participant is not diligently and continuously pursuing this matter, Viacom18 may take such action on behalf of itself and/ or as attorney for the Participant, to adjust, settle, defend or otherwise dispose of such claim, in which case the Participant shall, reimburse Viacom18 for any costs and penalties incurred thereof or such other indemnity in the amount thereof. In addition to the above indemnities by the Participant, the Participant waives any right of inspection or approval of or, in and to any Participation Video /content and/or video shoot and/or Content /Recording including any other recording and exploitation of the same by the Viacom18 in any manner whatsoever.
The grant of rights, representations, warranties, indemnities given by the Participant and the Participant’s confidentiality obligations contained herein and any such provision that is intended to survive and/or by its very nature should survive, shall survive the expiration of the term as contained herein.
The terms and conditions shall be governed, interpreted by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and the Courts of Mumbai, India shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any suit or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this terms and conditions.

I HEREBY AGREE, CONFIRM AND DECLARE THAT THE INFORMATION I HAVE PROVIDED / SUBMITTED HEREIN IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND I FURTHER AGREE THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR MY APPLICATION/PARTICIPATION AND I HEREBY CONFIRM TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME. ALL INFORMATION GIVEN BY ME, WHETHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING IS TRUE AND COMPLETE AND THAT I SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE TO INDEMNIFY VIACOM18, IT’S AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSORS, PRODUCER, CONTRACTORS/REPRESENTATIVES/AGENTS/PARTNERS AGAINST ANY LOSS/DAMAGE/CLAIMS, ETC. ARISING DUE TO ANY MISREPRESENTATION AND/OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ME AND /OR ANY ACT AND/OR OMISSION ON MY / PART AND I AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE RULES AND TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE.

Annexure A

S&P GUIDELINES

1. Ensure the Participation Videos/ Audition rounds do not denigrate or defame the Organizer, the Program or the host/participants/leaders/ mentors/ guests /any crew of the Program.

2. Ensure the Participation Videos/ Audition rounds do not contain threats or threatening language towards any person especially women.

3. Ensure the Participation Videos/ Audition do not disrespect or desecration of national flag, national emblems, national anthem, any government office or office bearers (ex. PM Modi), political parties or leaders or any discussions on any matters CAA, because or related to migrant crisis(as directed By SC).

4. Ensure no abusive language, nudity or obscene gestures are permitted in the and no direct abuses towards the contestants are contained therein.

5. Ensure no brands or sponsors are defamed.

6. Ensure there is no mention of any religion, caste or community.

7. Avoid content related to sub-judice cases from public domain.

8. Avoid content related to COVID19 and do not share any false, fake or rumored information.