Welcome to ITM (Inspired Through Music). Our goal for you is to do your best, and have FUN! That being said, there are some ground rules that we ask that you abide by. Failure to follow these rules results in disqualification from the competition.
- You MUST be aged 18 or over by the 2nd September 2019
- You MUST be a member of the Smule! app community.
- You are NOT required to be a VIP Member.
- You MUST have a valid LINE account and provide us with your ID.
- Please do NOT change your LINE ID or SMULE NAME once the competition has begun. If for whatever reason you MUST change it, please inform any member of Admin before doing so.
- You MAY change your Line display name at any time.
- This is an English Speaking Competition. English language is the only language that may be used in the chat rooms unless otherwise stated in the notes.
- You MUST stay in the MAIN or QUIET room.
- You MUST stay in your Mentor room.
- Please respect each other. Drama, discrimination or any type of bullying in ANY of the chat rooms associated with an ITM competition will result in disqualification.
- Please note, we cannot resolve disputes between contestants outside of the competition arena. If someone is harassing you, please ignore/block them and report them to LINE/Smule.
- Chat about what you like in the main chat room but we do ask you try and avoid emotive subjects like politics, religion and football.
- NO Nudity, please.
- Unless stated in the notes of a chat room, please do NOT spam the chat rooms with OC’s. Please tag your OCs with #ITMoc and your fellow contestants will find them easily! We do not have a music sharing room.
- ITM entries MAY be posted in the ITM chatrooms for other contestants to listen to.
- Please do NOT advertise other competitions or your smule groups other than by uploading a single image to the appropriate album. You may however talk to fellow contestants about other comps that you are in as long as you do not advertise them.
- It is forbidden for contestants to add or remove members to or from any of the chat rooms. Should you do so, you will be automatically disqualified.
- You are NOT allowed to add notes, albums or announcements to the chat rooms.
- You MAY start group calls but please do NOT invite everyone in the room.
- You may NOT chat in the QUIET ROOM.
- If you are unsure of anything, always ask a member staff. Do not rely on the advice given by other contestants in the chat rooms, however knowledgeable or well meaning.
- This is a SMULE based competition. Any vocal sound appearing on your entry must have been made using the SMULE app. You are permitted to use the following audio equipment only.
- A device which runs the smule app (e.g. iPHONE)
- Headphones/Earpods and external microphones.
- You are NOT allowed to use any voice altering hardware or software.
- ITM Staff are not permitted to join your OC’s during the competition unless they have a prior relationship with you. E.g. in the same group. Please do not ask them.
- You MAY join ITM Staff OCs.
- In an effort to promote the #NoSmuleNDrive campaign we will disqualify any contestant smuling and driving whilst in this competition.
- Any dispute or personal matters about the rounds or any other members should be taken straight to a member of the creative team via PM. Please DO NOT voice your opinion in the main chat or in the chat rooms. You will be removed from the competition and if you had submitted an entry you will be disqualified.
- Scores are final (with the exception of a genuine admin error).
- Creative Team decisions are final in all disputes.
The following will result in automatic disqualification.
- Late submission
- Failure to submit
- Submitting a song opened prior to the release date of the round.
- Submitting a song you have previously sung in a Season 3 audition or round. (unless specified in a the round requirements)
- Changing anything once the entry has been submitted
- Adding anyone to any chat room
- Removing anyone from any chat room
- Posting notes/polls etc in any chat room
- Deleting any notes or images from the chat rooms.
- Changing the settings of any chatroom
- Submitting an Original Song (unless specified in a the round requirements)
- Submitting a song opened using freestyle (unless specified in a the round requirements)
- Leaving any of the required chat rooms.
- Repeatedly not following the rules of the chat room despite warnings.
- Using external audio processing equipment (e.g. reverb pedal)
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