9th Annual Talent Quest Contest @ Lost Beach
Qualifying nights:
- Every Monday & Thursday, April 6th thru April 30th
- You may enter any of the 4 categories on each of these nights (one category per person).
Time:
- 7:30 p warmup — 8:00 start — NO entry fee (most places doing Talent Quest are charging an entry fee, but never at The Beach!).
- It is recommended to be here at 7:30 and sign in (max of 20 contestants per night — first-come-first-served).
Categories:
- Men's Country
- Women's Country
- Men's Pop
- Women's Pop
- "Pop" is a fairly general music term — however, it does exclude styles such as rap, metal, etc. Please discuss with the KJ/DJ prior to song selection, or read standard Talent Quest rules at the Talent Quest site.
- At the Regionals and Nationals, there is an Over-50 category but we will not be doing that grouping at Lost Beach — it is acceptable for a contestant who wins in one of the above categories to enter into the Over-50 at Regionals and/or Nationals should they choose to.
Judging:
- We are using Celebrity Judges again year (as opposed to audience voting).
- Minimum of 5 Judges - Drop the highest and lowest scores and average the remainder.
- Top 2 from each of the 4 groups on each qualifying night will come back for the Semi-finals.
- Judging is calculated in the following manner:
- 1-30 points for vocal
- 1-10 points for stage presence
- 1-10 points for dress
- This is the same scoring patterns as used in the Regionals and Nationals.
Semi-Finals:
- Men's Country on Monday, May 4th
- Women's Country on Thursday, May 7th
- Men's Pop on Monday, May 11th
- Women's Pop on Thursday, May 14th
- There will be 16 singers on each night of the semi-finals. Judges will pick the top 5 from each category to move on to the Finals.
Finals:
- All groups compete on Thursday, May 21st. There will be a total of 20 people singing that night (i.e. 5 Men's Country, 5 Women's Country, 5 Men's Pop, & 5 Women's Pop).
- All finalists will receive a trophy & prizes; the top 3 from each category will be eligible to move on to the Regionals.
- Regionals will be held in Oklahoma City and Tulsa - specific dates will be discussed with winners at our finals night (locations for Regionals are allowed to set dates from July 17th to Aug 23rd).
Misc:
- No CDs/CDGs allowed. Our database of songs is over 9000 songs — there should be sufficient selection for song choice.
- Entrants can retry every Monday or Thursday during Qualifying nights.
- One song per entrant per night (Qualifying, Semi, & Finals).
- No live props (ex: guitars, harmonicas, etc.)
- Contestants may not leave the stage/singing area (i.e. no wandering among the crowd/audience).
- Contestants may sing the same song as other contestants.
- Songs containing vulgar or explicit sex lyrics will not be allowed. Any offensive behavior can result in immediate disqualification.
- No contact with judges prior to or during the competition.
- Order of singing will be done by random drawing.
- Check out www.talentqst.com for more details, rules, prizes, etc.
See a list of the judges.