LIVE’s Halloween Costume Photo Contest
I. NAME OF SPONSOR(S): LIVE with Kelly & Michael (“LIVE”), American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (Hereinafter collectively referred to as “Sponsor”).
II. ELIGIBILITY
Entrants must be: 18 years of age or older as of October 21, 2014; a legal resident of the 50 U.S., D.C. or Canada (except the Province of Quebec), with the exception of Guam, Puerto Rico and all other U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited by law.
Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., WABC-TV, LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Disney/ABC Domestic Television, any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the sweepstakes or supplying the prize, and their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to nominate or be nominated. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.
III. HOW AND WHEN TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. “LIVE’s Halloween Costume Photo Contest (the “Contest”) will run from Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m ET and continue through Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Entry Period”). To enter the “Contest”, viewers will submit a photo of himself/herself in a Halloween Costume.
To submit their Halloween Costume photo, viewers should: 1) visit www.LIVEKellyandMichael.com or the Live with Kelly & Michael Facebook page and click on the LIVE’s Halloween Photo Contest link; 2) follow entry form instructions by submitting entrant’s first and last name, mailing address, daytime phone number, email address and date of birth; 3) upload their Halloween Costume Photo; 4) confirm that entrant has the rights to submit the Photo and that it complies with the Section “V. PHOTO REQUIREMENTS” of these rules; and 5) agree to abide by the Official Rules and Sponsor’s Terms of Use.
Entrant may be asked to consent to receive promotional emails from Sponsor and affiliated entities. This consent is not required to enter the Contest and does not increase your chances of winning.
Note: Entrants accessing the contest through Facebook are providing their information to Sponsor and not to Facebook. Facebook is neither sponsoring, endorsing nor administering the Contest.
Sponsor can provide no technical support and accepts no responsibility for insuring the receipt or successful submission of entrant’s registration and/or Halloween Costume photo. Sponsor is not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software. If for any reason the sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the sweepstakes. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web-site or app, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this sweepstakes.
Limit one (1) Entry per person/per email address during the Entry Period.
Mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated methods will be disqualified. If canceled, for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right at its discretion to determine the winner using all non-suspect eligible entries received up to the time of cancellation. In the event of a dispute over an electronic entry, prize will be awarded to the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account, not the name on the entry form.
ENTRANT REQUIREMENTS: Entry must include Entrant and must be submitted between Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m ET and continue through Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The entry may include other people in addition to Entrant, provided that any such persons or their legal guardians have authorized Entrant to do so. Only an Entrant may be eligible for a prize. Each Entrant and his/her Entry must comply with all Contest eligibility requirements as set forth in these Official Rules as well as comply with the Entrant Photo Agreement and Photo Requirements.
IV. HOW AND WHEN WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED AND NOTIFIED
All Halloween Costume Photo entries will be judged on Creativity, Appearance, Originality and Overall Appeal.
Grand Prize Winner will be contacted by phone or email. If winner does not contact LIVE at the number or email specified within 24 hours, the winner will be disqualified and an alternate will be selected from the remaining valid entries from the same entry pool. Failure to timely comply with any requirement of these terms and conditions will result in the semi-finalist entrant being deemed ineligible for any prize. Each Canadian resident who is a potential winner will be required to answer correctly a mathematical skill testing question without assistance of any kind whether mechanical or otherwise to be declared a semi-finalist and be eligible to collect a prize.
In the event an Entrant is deemed ineligible, fails to comply with contest procedures, or is not available to claim prize during specified dates, then an alternate semi-finalist will be selected with the next highest Judging Score from the same entry pool as the original entry was selected. Final determination of semi-finalists is always conditional on verification of eligibility and compliance with all rules and procedures.
V. PHOTO REQUIREMENTS
Each Entrant must own the camera equipment used to take the Photo prior to entering this Contest. Entrant must not be submitting their entry as a professional photographer. Each Entrant must adhere to the following guidelines and requirements:
1) Halloween Costume Photo must be in either a .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG or .GIF file.
2) Halloween Costume Photo must not exceed 1 MB.
3) Halloween Costume Photo must be original and Entrant’s own creation and Entrant warrants that he/she has secured all necessary rights relating to its use and the use of the content in the Photo.
4) Halloween Costume Photo cannot contain the first name, last name, phone number(s), address, email address of the Entrant or any other person.
5) Halloween Costume Photo must not contain or depict any objectionable, unlawful, defamatory, obscene, sexually explicit, threatening, abusive, harassing, hateful, discriminatory, threatening, or vulgar material and must be otherwise fit for publication/posting/uploading, as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion.
6) Halloween Costume Photo must not include materials (language, phrases, quotations, trademarks, artwork, or products or brand names not owned or licensed by the Sponsor or its affiliates) etc.), belonging to or copyrighted by third parties.
7) Halloween Costume Photo must not contain any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation.
8) Entrant represents and warrants that he/she has obtained permission of any person (or if applicable, the legal guardian of any minor) included in the Halloween Costume Photo. Furthermore, any Entrant who is selected as the Grand Prize Winner will provide the Sponsor with signed releases establishing the necessary permissions were obtained within the time specified by the Sponsor. Sponsor has the right to disqualify any Halloween Costume photo and subsequently any Entrant’s Entry that does not adhere to the above criteria or is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion.
VI. PRIZE
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a trip for two (2) to New York to attend the taping of the “Live with Kelly & Michael.” The exact date of the taping is at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
Prize includes: two (2) roundtrip coach class airline tickets to a New York City area airport; four (4) nights’ hotel accommodations (one room, double occupancy, room & tax only); transportation to and from the NYC airport to the hotel. Estimate Retail Value: $3,500
Final actual value at time of booking and travel may be substantially more or less depending on dates of travel, point of origin and ticket availability. All expenses not specifically provided for herein are the winner’s sole responsibility. Some restrictions may apply.
Winners are not entitled to exchange or transfer prizes or to obtain cash or other substitutes, but Sponsor in its sole discretion may transfer or substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and paying all applicable federal, state, and local taxes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued for any prize valued at $600 or more. The Grand Prize winner will be required to submit a valid executed IRS Form W-9.
The round-trip coach-class air transportation element of the prize begins and ends at a commercial airport near winner's residence. Sponsor reserves the right to structure travel route in its sole discretion. If a winner lives within 100 miles of New York, N.Y., air transportation will not be provided but ground transportation (or alternate transportation) may be arranged in Sponsor’s sole discretion. No extension or change of trip dates permitted once trip dates have been confirmed by Sponsor. The prize restrictions/conditions stated herein are not all-inclusive and may be subject to additional restrictions/conditions, which will be stated in the Affidavit/Release (described below) and/or trip prize travel documents. If a travel prize winner is a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a Minor, he/she must be accompanied by his/her parent/legal guardian and such person must accompany the winner as the travel guest. If winner elects to travel without a guest, no additional compensation will be awarded. If a Prize trip is outside the U.S. or Canada (if winner is a resident there), winner and guest(s) (if applicable) are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary travel documents including passports and visas. The U.S. State Department requires all international travelers to present a government issued passport for U.S. Customs re-entry after air, land or sea travel. For more information please visit the State Department's consular website www.travel.state.gov or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's website www.dhs.gov. Prize winner and guest, if any, must travel together on the same itinerary and all trip components must be taken together on the same trip. In the event that a prize component is not available during the time of the trip for whatever reason (e.g., weather conditions), then remaining elements of prize or prize components shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor’s prize obligation to winner and no additional compensation will be awarded in lieu thereof. Prize winner and/or his/her travel guest(s) must have/present at least one major credit card in good standing in order to check into a hotel. All other expenses and incidentals not specifically mentioned as being included are excluded and are winner's sole responsibility including, but not limited to, taxes, air transfers, government fees, unspecified ground transportation, gratuities, hotel incidentals, telephone calls, government fees, souvenirs, gift shop purchases, spas, travel documents, service charges and travel insurance premiums, trip and travel insurance, and required immunizations if applicable.
VII. RELEASES
By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all respects.
By participating in the sweepstakes/contest and/or accepting any prize that they may win, entrants agree to release American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., WABC-TV, LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Disney/ABC Domestic Television, their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, advertising and promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) and Facebook from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in the sweepstakes and/or acceptance or use of the prizes. v Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials in programming or promotional material, in any media now known or hereafter created or conceived, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.
To claim prize winner must: (a) provide proof of winner’s age, residency, and legal status; (b) sign and return eligibility, publicity, liability, rules compliance and any other releases requested by Sponsor; and (c) have winner’s intended guest(s) or travel companion(s), if any, sign and return releases requested by Sponsor; all within the time period(s) specified by Sponsor.
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS; WINNERS’ LIST
Void where prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify and/or suspend the sweepstakes in the event of tampering or other circumstances, including but not limited to acts of God or civil disturbance that render it impractical or impossible to complete or fulfill the contest as originally planned.
List of semi-finalists and winners will be posted at www.LivekellyandMichael.com for 60 days following the conclusion of the contest.
