Please read the rules and regulations clearly : 

1 - Anyone can participate to Manilascope acoustic cover contest. However you must be based in the Philippines because of the video shoot, and you must be able to participate to the live performance.  

2 - Entry must be based on pure, natural, beautiful voice, regardless of instruments used. Musical instruments are allowed but they are not what will be highlighted.  

3 - Only a personal name can be registered, not a group. Contestant can have their own group but only the contestant must be the performer.

4 - This project is about discovering talent, hence it will be free for whoever is willing and qualified to join. We, Manilascope, will take on the cost of the production

5 - In order to qualify for an entry, contestant must submit a performance showing their talent of the VOICE and their interpetation. Sorry we can not accept ready video by the contestant themselves, as we feel each contestant need to perform as close as possible to a live condition of a concert. And to be fair, all contestant will be subject to the same conditions. 

6 - Only ballads songs are entertained and mostly songs of a famous singer are desired. Other hard rocks, jazz etc.. based on the performance of the instrument is considered as void. Also it must be a COVER song, meaning a popular song by a popular artist that the candidate is covering for. However, you are encouraged to have your own style and interpretation of the songs, you can depart from the original as much you wish as long as we recognize the song somehow. You can have a maximum of 4 songs per singer. 

7 - As we produce the video, the full ownership of the copyright remains with manilascope, each performer will surrender the right to any claim on any copyrught thereafter, and accept to be taken for the video in full agreement.

8 - We would invite best performers / highest ratings to participate to an evening of "Manilascope Acoustic Evening" to be scheduled twice a year. 

9 - Contestants share and invite their facebook friends to like and to vote for them. However each voter can only have one vote for one same contestant. 

10 - Last, but not least : we reserve the right to refuse whatever entry we feel not appropriate, not respective of the style, format and type of songs without having to justify.