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Heats are being held across
England throughout January, February. Starting at Baby Blue Liverpool on Sat 9th
January, then the Frog & Bucket Preston on Sunday 10th January 2010
Semi
Finals being held late March, early April
To enter please download and complete this
application
form then email it
here before Thursday 31st December 2009.
The Rules
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Acts must meet one the following entry
criteria:
- Born or educated in
England
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- Resided in
England
for more than twelve consecutive months.
- Married to someone English.
- Have at least one English Parent, Grandmother or Grandfather.
2. Acts
must perform their own, original, material.
3.
Acts must stick to the allotted
time for each round.
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For the Heats the acts can perform a
maximum 7minute set.
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In the Final, the acts can perform a
maximum 10 minute set.
Please note that Failure to adhere to
competition rule 2 or 3 will result in either points being deducted from
audience voting or elimination from the competition. Ha Ha Comedy Promoters will
decide what action to take in each separate case, and will take any action that
they see fit, either at the heat or afterwards.
4.
Acts must be
available to perform if required in one of Semi Finals and at the Final on
Friday 23rd April 2009
5.
In all cases the Ha Ha
Comedy Promoters reserve the right to make any decision they deem necessary, and
each case will be judged on its own merits. Any decision the Ha Ha Comedy
promoters and their representatives make is final.
6.
The winner, runner up
and 3rd place of each heat will be decided by an audience vote. These
three acts will then proceed to a semi final.
7.
In the event of a tie
between two acts for third place at a heat the crowd will decide with a “cheer
off”.
8.
In the semi finals voting and qualification will follow the same format
as the heats.
9.
The winner and second
placed act per semi final will go through to the Final.
10.
Two spaces at the
final will be reserved for the wild card entrants. These will be reserved for
any two semi finalists of who failed to win through the audience vote. The wild
card entrants will be decided by representatives of Ha Ha Comedy.
11.The
final will be judged by a team of industry professionals chosen by Ha Ha Comedy.
12.
Entrants consent to being filmed and
recorded by Ha Ha Comedy where required for the Campaign and for films or
recordings made pursuant to this rule being used for any media established now
or in the future.
13.
Entrants, by entering waive in favour of
the Ha Ha Comedy and those authorised by it any so-called “moral rights”
they may have in relation to the recording of their performance and any
interviews carried out as part of the marketing campaign of competition.
14.
Entry to the Competition by Entrants is
done at their own risk. Attendance by Entrants at any Event staged by Ha Ha
Comedy and travel to and from any such Event is also at the Entrant's own risk
and expense and the Ha Ha Comedy accepts no responsibility or liability in this
regard.
15.
Whilst every
attempt will be made to fit you into a heat that is easiest for you to travel
to, this may not always be possible. Early entry is advisable if you need to get
to a specific heat.
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