1. Participants are highly suggested to come 30 minutes before the opening ceremony and must re-register at the place that has been provided before the opening ceremony starts.

2. All participants should wear dress formally: there are no jeans, no sandals, or slippery, no short pants, and no t-shirt.

3. All contestants must attend the technical meeting. Participants must take their number of order of appearance for the preliminary round in the technical meeting.

4. The moderator will open the competition to remind the important points of the competition rules, to introduce the judges in the beginning of the competition and to introduce every contestant.

5. During the whole rounds, the participants are not allowed to enter or out of the room without any permission from the committee.

6. During the round, the first contestant would enter the quarantine room. Once the first contestant has finished the preparation, the next contestant will then be allowed to enter the quarantine room.

7. The contestant is required to prepare himself/herself at the quarantine room. After entering the quarantine room, none of the contestants in the quarantine room may leave unless it is the time for him/her to perform. The contestant who needs to leave the room for certain important reasons should be accompanied by one of the committee members after getting permission from the committees.

8. The contestant must stay at the competition venue until the end competition, unless permitted by the committees.

9. The contestant will be disqualified if he/she does not appear after being called 3 (three) times by the proctor in the quarantine room. 

10. While waiting for the first contestant to be quarantined, the next contestant may not enter the competition room.

11. Notice the signs! Committee will give sign signals:

    • GREEN card: the time left for contestants is half of the maximum time.

    • YELLOW card: 1 minute before the maximum time runs out.

    • RED card: time is over and contestants have to stop.

12. The speech score will be based on:

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   13. All pager, mobile phone, or any device that may and will produce disturbing sounds               must be turned off during the competition.

   14. No dictionary and mobile phone are allowed in the quarantine room.

   15. The Judges decision is final, there will be no reconsideration after announcement.

   16. All competition rules are binding, absolute and might be altered, added, or eliminated           by committee if it felt necessary.

    17. Participants may not smoke, play cards, gamble, or bring any alcohol beverages. Any              possessions or usage of drugs, weapons, and/or any sharp objects are not allowed.

 

Spectators Rules:

1. During the course of each performance of each contestant, the audience is not allowed to get out/in of the room or talk. No person would be allowed to enter the room during performance.

2. Spectators must not interfere any of the participant’s performance, like giving directions or helping other participant during performance.

3. Spectators must remain orderly at all times.

 

***Additional rules and regulations that are not mentioned yet might be added by the committee and will be discussed during the technical meeting.