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Guidelines

  General

  • This is a Forum related competition, and so you need to be a regular on our Forum to enter it.

  • You need to pick 8 members for your band.

  • You can only have one member from any one band, and they must still be
    alive when you select them.

  • You can only pick band members from groups/artists in your own CD or download collection at home (except for your Breakthrough Artist).

  • They can multi-task, i.e. they can play an instrument and sing.

  • Apart from your main solo artist, you can only have a maximum of two
    others (selected as either your Wildcard / Breakthrough Artist / Rising Star).

  Breakthrough Artist

  • Your Breakthrough Artist is your hot new tip for 2008.

  • They can only have released a maximum of one UK album as of Dec 31st 2007.

  • Your Breakthrough Artist should be aged 25 or under on Dec 31st 2007.
    The benefit of the doubt will be given to new groups/musicians where age
    is unknown, but pick a new Damon Albarn collaboration for example, and
    they will be excluded.

  • Since they might be obscure, you can name either the band or band member (unless they are a solo artist).

  • They will only score chart points for material released in 2008, i.e. an album
    or single released in Dec 07 won't score you any points if it is in the charts in January 08.

  • Your Breakthrough Artist will however, earn you bonus points for album and single chart positions, and anything earned in the "other points" category.

  • They will score more bonus points if their 2008 releases relate to their debut album or material. For those who struggle to find somebody just starting out
    you can pick someone who is due to release a second album, however while this material still earns you bonuses, they are not as good.

  Rising Stars

  • You need to select two rising stars for 2008. These are simular to your Breakthrough Artist, but might be better known.

  • Again, they can only have released a maximum of one UK album prior to 2008, but will score charts points for anything in 2008 regardless of release date. There is no age limit, and you will also earn bonus points for them.

  • Unlike your breakthrough artist however, you do need to own some of their material at home.

  Band Members

  • One guitarist

  • One drummer

  • One other instrument (keyboards, trumpet, spoons etc)

  • One solo artist

  • One wildcard (lead singer of a group, or any of the above)

  • One breakthrough artist

  • Two rising stars

You don't select a lead singer, but one or
more of your band will be singers anyway.

  Band Name

  • Just keep it reasonably clean!

  Transfer Window

All bands have a punch up at times, therefore...

  • You can make changes to your band before Dec 31st.

  • You can substitute two members of your band during May, but you
    should try to replace them with members who play a simular instrument.

  • You cannot substitute your Breakthrough Artist or Rising Stars.

  • If one of your band members does leave their group during the year, you will continue to score points for them as if they had stayed (you will score points for the group rather than the individual).

  Scoring

  • Make sure you are familiar with how the scoring works before choosing your band members. Check the Points page for all the scoring information.