AARP is searching for the next American singing sensation! Whether your jam is soul, rock, hip-hop, country, pop, opera or whatever gets your groove on for the chance to be crowned #AARP Superstar and win the grand prize of $5,000. So join AARP as they celebrate the power of music and sing your heart out in the AARP Superstar contest. Now accepting submissions through August 2.
Official Rules: US, Contest entry 50+ (as of August 2, 2020), Voting Sweepstakes entry 40+. June 21 – August 2, 2020 at 11:59 pm ET. There is a limit of one vote per entry per person per day.
Entry: Periods:
- Contest Entry: June 21 to August 2
- Sweepstakes Voting Entry: August 8 to August 21
How to Enter the Contest:
You must login with your AARP credentials. If you do not have an AARP account you can create one for free Here.
After you login you submit an original video file created by you, showing you singing (without music) any of the songs licensed by the Sponsor from The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a complete list of which is available at ascap.com/repertory or BMI, a complete list of which is available at repertoire.bmi.com.
The Video must be in one of the following formats: AVI, MOV, WMV, MP4, MPEG, FLV, 3GP, and 3G2; must be under 100 MB, and must be no longer than 2 minutes total in length.
Judging Criteria: The 10 Semi-Finalists will be determined by a Sponsor-selected panel of judges based on the following criteria: Overall Performance (50%); Singing Ability (50%). All eligible Contest Entries will be judged from 12:01 a.m. ET on August 3, 2020 through 11:59 p.m. ET on August 7, 2020.
Voting Sweepstakes: During the Finalist Voting Period, there will be a voting element for the Contest, which will comprise a portion of the five Finalists determination. All Entries will be reviewed and approved for level of appropriateness and eligibility by Sponsor’s agency. During the Finalist Voting Period, persons wishing to vote must login with their AARP credentials. If you do not have an AARP account, you can create one for free Here. Once a vote has been submitted and received by Sponsor, the person submitting the vote will earn one Sweepstakes entry.
Entrants are prohibited from soliciting votes, and voters are prohibited from soliciting votes on behalf of Entrants, by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes, payments or other inducements to members of the public (including, without limitation, offering to trade votes), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and all associated votes may be void and such Entrants disqualified.
Contest Grand Prize (1): $5,000, awarded in the form of a check.
Sweepstakes Voting Prizes (10): $100 gift card.
Where are these lists? I follow the links and only get the full catalogs. Nothing indicates anything like Sponsor-Licensed Songs on either site.