Official Rules — Yezema Medrek

1. Eligibility

The contest is open to solo artists and bands worldwide who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry, unless prohibited by local law.
Employees of Yezema Medrek and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate.
Each entrant may submit one profile photo (JPG, PNG, or WEBP format, max 8 MB) and one performance video of an original track (MP4, MOV, or WEBM format, max 3 minutes and 200 MB).

All submissions must be received within the official contest period.
There is no entry fee for the first season.
By submitting an entry, you confirm and warrant that: (a) you own 100% of the rights to the composition and master recording submitted; (b) you grant Yezema Medrek a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use 30-second clips of your entry for promotional purposes; and (c) Yezema Medrek may disqualify any entry that violates these rules.

The contest consists of three rounds.
Round 1 (Audition): Judges will review all eligible entries and select 10 contestants to advance. Selection will be based on public choice (contestants with the highest number of votes).
Round 2 (Semifinal): The semifinal results will be determined by a combination of 60% public votes and 40% judges' votes.
Round 3 (Grand Final): This final round will determine the winner.
Grand Final Scoring: The final score will be calculated based on the following components.
Judges' Panel (50%): A panel of three independent judges will score each finalist on a scale of 1–10 based on Melody, Production Quality, Originality, and Emotional Impact. The final judge score is the average of all three judges' scores.
Public Vote (50%): The final public score is determined by the contestant's percentile rank among all finalists, not by the raw vote count.
Final Score Formula: (Judge Average × 0.50) + (Public Percentile × 0.50).

Voting is always free. Sending a gift to a contestant is optional support and is never a condition of entering, voting, or winning.
One vote per verified email address or SMS per day is permitted.
Automated voting, bots, and paid vote services are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.
Yezema Medrek reserves the right to remove any suspicious votes and adjust scores accordingly. All decisions regarding voting are final.

Grand Prize: to be announced once the contest begins.
Prizes are non-transferable. If a winner is disqualified, the prize will be awarded to the next highest-scoring eligible entrant.
Gifts sent by supporters do not affect judging, scores, or prize eligibility in any way.

In the event of a tie in the final scores, the entrant with the higher number of public votes will be declared the winner.

Yezema Medrek reserves the right to disqualify any entry for the following reasons:
Copyright infringement or the use of unlicensed samples.
Vote fraud or manipulation.
Content that is deemed offensive or hateful, at the sole discretion of Yezema Medrek.
Failure to respond to a winner notification within 48 hours.

Winners will be announced on the final day via the official website, social media channels, and the contest platform.
Judges will not provide individual feedback. A summary of the winning criteria will be published.

Yezema Medrek is not responsible for technical failures, lost submissions, or voting platform outages.
We reserve the right to extend, modify, or cancel the contest in the event of force majeure or other unforeseen circumstances.

By submitting an entry, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of the official rules stated above.