KroaKING SEASON 5 - Ts & Cs
KroaKING is an annual karaoke contest conducted by Opus, Bangalore. It places emphasis on musicality and stage performance in a bid to find some of the best voices of the country and provide them with a platform for their singular talent.
Over the past 4 years, KroaKING has grown and unearthed some fabulous talent among young singers, from different cities across India even, some of whom have since gone on to record songs for prominent names in the music industry. We also picked a Wild Card Entry through the Online KroakOrder  
The Finalists of the contest also record a song for the annual KroaKING CD, produced for distribution by Opus at the myopusradio.com studio.
In its 5th year, KroaKING is bigger and searching for talent across a minimum of 6 cities in the country - Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Goa, Jaipur.

ELIGIBILITY
1. Contest is open to all - age/ sex/ nationality no bar.
2. The contest is open to contestants who have taken part in previous seasons, in other rounds as well as in other cities.
3. If you don't qualify through one of the city rounds, you can try from another city or attempt the Online Kroak Application: Sing-a-Ling for a chance to be the Wild Card Entry that goes straight to the Finals!
 
BANGALORE ROUNDS
1. Each participant must register on the day of a qualifying round and pick a song that they will sing.
2. Winners will be picked at the end of each qualifying round, who will go into the Semi Final Round.
3. Slots for the each of the Semi Final Rounds will be announced thereafter.
5. Two Semi Final Rounds will take place over two days, where the Finalists will be shortlisted.
6. The Grand Finale will take place in Bangalore where the Bangalore Finalists, other city round Finalists and the Wild Card Entries will compete.

BANGALORE DATES
OPUS: 26th May | 2nd June | 9th June | 16th June | 23rd June - Wednesdays
OPUS IN THE CREEK: 4th June | 18th June - Fridays

SEMI-FINALS:
2nd July - Opus in the Creek
7th July - Opus

OTHER CITY ROUNDS
One Winner from each of the 6 cities will be brought to Bangalore to compete in the finals directly.

OTHER CITY DATES
HYDERABAD - 17th June, 10 Downing Street
CHENNAI - 24th June, 10 Downing Street
PUNE - 25th June, Curve
MUMBAI - 27th June, Blue Frog
GOA - 3rd July, Down The Road

WILD CARD ENTRY
All Wild Card Entry Winners will be picked from our Online Kroak Application: Sing-a-Ling and brought to Bangalore to compete in the Finals directly.

FINALS
17th July, 7 pm onwards at Opus in the Creek (Brookefields), Bangalore

FORMAT FOR SEMI-FINALS
1. Qualifiers from each week participate at the Semi-Finals across 2 dates
2. An email will be sent communicating which the respective dates for each of the qualifiers
3. Three Semi-Finalists are selected from each Semi-Final through an Audience Poll.
4. There are 2 categories/themes for the Semi-Final, which will be announced via email to all the qualifiers.
5. For either round, participants cannot sing songs that they have performed before at Kroaknights (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) or at any time during the contest.
6. The results for each Semi-Final will be decided by an audience poll.
7. Results for each Semi-Finals will be announced on  the next day.

FORMAT FOR FINALS
1. Participants cannot sing songs that they have performed before at KroaKnights (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) or at any time during the contest.
2. There will be 2 rounds of competition. The criteria for each round will be announced shortly after the Semi-Finals.
3. Only the selected Finalists will move to Round 2. All Finalists are strongly advised to have two songs ready regardless of the results.
4. Finalists will be judged by a panel of 5 eminent Musicians and Entertainers. List of judges will be communicated shortly after the Semi-Finals. Their decision will be final.

CD RECORDING
All Finalists record a song each for the annual KroaKING CD, produced for distribution by Opus at the myopusradio.com studio.
The roster for the recording sessions will be sent out to the Finalists.

CONTACT DETAILS
Priyanka: +91 9008303330 | Shonali: +91 9845244610 |
Email: opus@trumpit.com
www.myopus.in    |   www.kroaknights.com

Note: All communication for rules, regulations, roster etc. will be via email and SMS.

May the Kroak be with you!