TITLE 1: PRELIMINARY
PART I : APPLICATION
1. The tournament entitled “ASTRO BEATBOX BATTLE” is a BEATBOX competition organized and produced by the MELOCRATIE Association, based in Orléans.
1.1 These rules apply to any participant competing in the ASTRO BEATBOX BATTLE.
2. Participants will be required to accept and sign a code of conduct upon arrival.
3. MELOCRATIE provides the sound system, stage space, dressing rooms, catering, accommodation and a meal on the evening of the battle
PART II : REGISTRATIONS
4. Participants must arrive directly at the times indicated by the organizer.
5. The competition is open to any participant selected by the organizers and aged over 13.
6. A participating minor must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
7. All applicants have an equal opportunity to participate, regardless of race, gender, or experience.
8. The competition is only open to beatboxers. Only sounds from the human body are permitted.
TITLE 2: COMPETITION
PART III : SELECTIONS
9. Participants are selected by Melocracy. They are recruited for their remarkable qualities or through elimination events such as QUALIF or WILDCARD.
10. A WILDCARD is a video where a battle candidate performs for 2 minutes. Video judges establish a point ranking. The TOP 10 of each judge reports points to the candidates and extras.
11. The winner of the wildcard is the one with the most points in the general classification, that is to say after adding the scores of each judge.
12. The following candidates are reservists and may be called up in the event of withdrawal.
PART IV : JURY
13. A jury composed of 3 or 5 judges, attending the competition.
14. The jury makes an individual decision at the end of each game and designates the winner who advances to the next stage.
PART V : FORMAT
15. BATTLE
15.1. The selected competitors compete 1 against 1 according to this format:
Part. 1 – Round 1 / Part.2 – Round 1 // Part. 1 Round 2 / Game. 2 – Round 2.
15.2. Each round lasts 90 seconds maximum.
15.3. The Battle is broken down into these stages:
Top16 = 1/8 final // Top8 = 1/4 final // Top4 = Semi-final // Top 3 = small-final+Final.
15.4. The format can be either a Top 16 or a Top 8.
- REWARDS
16.1. The winner of the competition is automatically selected to participate in the next ASTRO BEATBOX BATTLE.
16.2. Various rewards are given to the finalists depending on the Prize Partners engaged for the event.
PART VI: PROHIBITIONS
- Prohibited Actions That May Lead to Jury Penalties
17.1. Touching or hitting the opponent during his round.
- Actions leading to disqualification
– Insult or use insulting language or expressions of a sexual, racial, physical or religious nature.
– Any participant called 3 times by the Speaker and who does not appear on stage will be declared “DISQUALIFIED”.
– The participant deemed aggressive, offensive, dangerous or exhibiting inappropriate behavior by the organizers will be disqualified from the competition and asked to leave the premises immediately. Measures prohibiting access to future events may be taken against him.