📝 PAGE 4 – Terms, Rules & Conditions

Welcome to the UpcomingsWatch Acting Challenge 2025.
To keep the challenge fair, organized, and enjoyable for everyone, please read the following terms and conditions carefully before submitting your entry.

By participating, you agree to abide by all rules outlined on this page.

🔐 1. Eligibility Requirements

To enter this challenge, you must meet the following simple requirements:

✔ You must be interested in acting

This challenge is designed for people who want to showcase talent and creativity.

✔ You must be comfortable with your content being shared

By submitting your entry video, you grant UpcomingsWatch the right and permission to:

• Repost your video on our social media pages

• Feature your performance on our WhatsApp Channel

• Include your entry in compilations, announcements, or promotional materials related to the challenge

This permission applies only to the video you submit for the challenge.

✔ All ages & all locations can participate

No age limits, no regional restrictions.

✔ Following our platforms is optional

Following our Instagram and WhatsApp Channel is not compulsory, but:

• It helps you receive updates faster

• It ensures you see results and announcements immediately

• It keeps you connected with industry opportunities we share daily

⚠️ 2. Submission Rules

To ensure fairness and consistency:

1. Entries must recreate the sample video embedded on the Challenge Details page.

2. Participants must upload their video to any platform of their choice (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) and submit the link through the official application form.

3. Only one entry per participant is allowed.

4. Entries must be submitted before midnight, Saturday 13th December 2025.

5. Videos containing hate speech, explicit content, dangerous acts, or illegal behavior will be disqualified immediately.

🎬 3. Judging Criteria

Judging is done based on:

⭐ Creativity

Your originality and interpretation of the scene.

⭐ Acting Prowess

Emotion, expression, clarity, timing, and believability.

⭐ Performance Quality

Not camera quality — but your delivery.

❌ We DO NOT judge based on:

• Camera quality

• Background aesthetics

• Whether your video matches the original exactly

• Expensive equipment

• Editing skills

This challenge is about talent, not technical perfection.

🔍 4. Disqualification Conditions

Participants may be disqualified if:

• They submit content stolen from someone else

• Their video contains profanity, violence, or harmful behavior

• They violate copyright rules

• They submit after the deadline

• They use AI-generated content or deepfake videos

• They intentionally harass or attack other participants

UpcomingsWatch reserves the right to refuse or remove any entry that violates community standards.

📢 5. Permissions & Content Usage

By entering the challenge, you:

✔ Grant Us:

• The right to repost, reshare, or feature your entry video

• The right to use your submission for promotion, announcement, or recap content

• The right to display your name or social handle when showcasing entries or results

✔ Understand That:

Your video remains your property, but you grant us a non-exclusive permission to use it in relation to the challenge.

🏆 6. Results & Winner Announcements

• Winners will be announced on our WhatsApp Channel, Instagram Page And Youtube Channel

• Participants are encouraged to follow so they don’t miss updates

• Judges’ decisions will be final and not open to debate

📅 7. Challenge Timeline

• Challenge Launch: As announced on our platform

• Submission Deadline: Saturday, 13th December 2025 (11:59pm)

• Judging Period: 2–5 days

• Winner Announcement: Posted on all UpcomingsWatch socials

🌐 8. General Guidelines

Please observe the following best practices:

• Ensure your submission link is accessible (public, not private)

• Keep your performance clean and respectful

• Use good lighting so we can see your expression clearly

• Aim for clear audio and steady camera placement

• Do not tag us in offensive or harmful content

• Avoid copyrighted music unless it is part of the original clip

🛡 9. Acceptance of Terms

By submitting your entry, you acknowledge that:

• You have read and understood these terms

• You voluntarily grant UpcomingsWatch content usage rights for the challenge

• You accept the judging criteria and final results

• You understand that failure to follow the rules may result in disqualification

👍 Thank You for Participating

We created this challenge to empower rising talents and celebrate our growing community.
We look forward to seeing your creativity, passion, and performance.

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