Win $20K Cash And Become Australia's Next Comedic Free Thinker

Nova is joining forces with our friendly finance partner Liberty to find Australia’s next Comedic Free Thinker. And the very funny Joel Creasey is on board to help find them! It could be stand-up, a song, or visual performance - film it (up to 60 secs), upload it, make Joel laugh - and launch your comedy career today! You’ll win $20k cash, an opportunity with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a mentorship with Joel Creasey and you'll become the Liberty Comedic Free Thinker!
Competition Terms and Conditions (Game of Skill)
Schedule to Terms of Entry
This Schedule together with the Terms of Entry constitute the Competition Terms of Entry for the Promotion. Please read
the Terms of Entry attached to this Schedule which applies to the Promotion.
1. Promotion Liberty ‘Free Thinking’ Competition
2. Promoter Nova Entertainment Pty Ltd (ACN 093 553 989) Level 5, 33 Saunders Street Pyrmont NSW 2009
3. Promotional Partner Liberty Financial Pty Ltd (ABN 55 077 248 983) of Level 16/535 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC. 3000
4. Station/s and
Website/s
Nova 96.9 - www.nova969.com.au
Nova 100 - www.nova100.com.au
Nova 106.9 - www.nova1069.com.au
Nova 91.9 - www.nova919.com.au
Nova 93.7 - www.nova937.com.au
www.novafm.com.au
5. Promotion Period Promotion Period
Entry into the Promotion commences at: 6:00am AEST Monday 6 August 2018
Entry into the Promotion closes at: 11:59pm AEST Friday 21 September 2018
Voting Period
Voting commences at: 6:00am AEDT Monday 8 October 2018
Voting closes at: 11:59pm AEDT Sunday 28 October 2018
6. Eligible States and
Territories
Clause 2
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
7. Age Restriction
Clause 2
Entrants must be: 18 years of age or over.
8. Maximum Number
of Entries
Clause 3
Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish however each entry must be submitted via a
separate entry and must independently comply with these Competition Terms of Entry.
For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise expressly stated, entrants may only win one (1) Minor Prize
and one (1) Major Prize in the Promotion.
Entrants into the Promotion are not eligible to vote or receive a Voter’s Prize.
Voting
Voters may submit as many votes as they wish during the Voting Period however each vote must be
submitted via a separate voting form and must independently comply with these Competition Terms of
Entry.
For the avoidance of doubt, Voters are not eligible to receive a Minor Prize or the Major Prize.
9. Entry Method Website Entry
Clause 3 During the Promotion Period:
a) Entrants must visit the Website, complete the entry form in the manner required and upload a
maximum 60 second video of the entrant completing a comedic performance (for example,
the performance could be a stand-up, a song or a visual performance). Acceptable video
formats are; .mp4, .mov and .avi. Video files submitted for this competition cannot exceed
the 10mb. Any file sizes bigger than the above specifications will be deemed invalid. Links to
relevant websites are also accepted when applicable.
b) Each valid entry submitted during the Promotion Period will be individually reviewed by
representatives of the Promoter. At the discretion of the Promoter, the Promoter may call
entrant/s during the judging process to discuss the entrant’s entry. For the avoidance of
doubt, if an entrant is spoken to by a representative of the Promoter, it does not mean that
the entrant is deemed a Finalist or a winner.
Minor Prize
Between 9:00am AEST Monday 24 September 2018 and 5:00pm AEST Friday 5 October 2018:
Representatives of the Promoter, Liberty Financial Pty Ltd, Joel Creasey and Melbourne International
Comedy Festival (together, the Judges) will determine the five (5) entries deemed to be the “best”
(based on the Judging Criteria in the Judge’s sole and absolute discretion) from all entries received
within the time period specified and award each of those entrants a Minor Prize, and deem each of
those entrants a finalist (each, a Finalist).
Voting Period
Between 6:00am AEDT Monday 8 October 2018 and 11:59pm AEDT Sunday 28 October 2018, the
entries submitted by each of the five (5) Finalists will be featured on the Website.
During this time, members of the public (Voters) will be invited to:
a) Visit the Website, complete the voting form in the manner required and ‘vote’ for their
favourite Finalist; and
b) Answer in 25 words or less the question: “Why do you like this comedic act the most?”.
All valid answers received from Voters will be individually reviewed by representatives of the Promoter
based on the Judging Criteria.
Voter’s Prize
Between 9:00am AEDT Monday 29 October 2018 and 5:00pm AEDT Monday 5 November 2018, the one
(1) Voter deemed to have submitted the “best” answer (based on the Judging Criteria in the
Promoter’s sole and absolute discretion), together with their vote, will be awarded the Voter’s Prize.
Major Prize
Between 9:00am AEDT Monday 29 October 2018 and 5:00pm AEDT Monday 5 November 2018:
The Judges will select the one (1) Finalist deemed to be the “best” (based on the Judging Criteria in
the Judge’s sole and absolute discretion) and will award that Finalist the Major Prize.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Major Prize winner will not necessarily be the Finalist who received the
most votes from members of the public during the Voting Period, but rather, will be determined by the
Judges in their sole and absolute direction (based on the Judging Criteria).
10. Entry Restrictions Any content which entrants submit as part of this promotion must be original, accurate, unaltered and
the entrant’s own work. Any entry submitted that does not meet this requirement (as determined by
the Promoter in their sole and absolute discretion) may be deemed invalid.
The decision by the Promoter to accept or reject an entry is in the Promoter’s sole and absolute
discretion and no correspondence will be entered into.
Entrants must be able to take the Major Prize between Monday 12 November 2018 and Friday 16
November 2018. Final prize fulfilment date to be at the sole and absolute discretion of the Promoter.
By entering this Promotion, an entrant consents to their voice, name, location, image (likeness or
otherwise) and recorded content (photo and or video) and any other information submitted to the
Promoter being broadcast on air and/or published online (destinations include but not limited to
www.novafm.com.au and www.liberty.com.au) as well as the Promoter’s, the Stations’, Liberty
Financial Pty Ltd’s and Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s social channels (including but not
limited to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and podcasting, and each entrant consents to the
content of their entry being broadcast on air and/or published online.
The Finalists’ and Major Prize winner’s participation in this Promotion may be filmed and recorded. The
content captured (audio, image, video) will be edited at the Promoter’s discretion and will be
published online (destinations include but not limited to www.novafm.com.au and
www.liberty.com.au) as well as the Promoter’s, the Stations’, Liberty Financial Pty Ltd’s and Melbourne
International Comedy Festival’s social channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter) and podcasting, and each entrant consents to the content of their entry being broadcast on
air and/or published online.
Entrants into the Promotion (eligible for the Minor Prize/Major Prize) will not be eligible for the Voter’s
Prize. Voters will not be eligible for the Minor Prize/Major Prize.
Entries in the Promoter’s judgment that contain offensive, defamatory or otherwise objectionable or
inappropriate material or that infringe any third-party rights (including intellectual property rights) will
be deemed invalid.
11. Judging
Clause 4
All valid entries will be individually judged by the Judges at the Promoter’s premises between the dates
and times indicated in Entry Method above. All valid entries will be judged based on the Judging
Criteria.
12. Judging Criteria
Clause 4
All valid entries will be judged by the Judges based on originality, creativity and suitability or as
otherwise specified by the Promoter (in the Promoter’s sole and absolute discretion).
13. Prize
Clauses 8 - 15
Voter’s Prize:
There is one (1) Voter’s Prize to be won consisting of $5,000, to be transferred to the winner’s nominated
Australian bank account.
Minor Prize:
There are five (5) Minor Prizes to be won, each consisting of $1,000 to be transferred to the winner’s
nominated Australian bank account.
Major Prize:
There is one (1) Major Prize to be won, consisting of:
• If the winner’s ordinary state of residence is QLD, WA, SA or NSW, the winner will receive return
flights to and accommodation in Melbourne, VIC, up to a maximum value of $3,000 (for the
avoidance of doubt, if the winner’s ordinary state of residence is VIC, the winner will not
receive this portion of the Major Prize);
• $20,000 to be transferred to the winner’s nominated Australian bank account;
• Half day mentoring session with Joel Creasey;
• Half day coaching session with Nova Entertainment’s Creative and Programming team.
The mentoring and coaching sessions will take place at the Promoter’s Melbourne office (Level 2, 678
Victoria Street, Richmond VIC 3121) at a date and time to be advised by the Promoter (in the
Promoter’s sole and absolute discretion and subject to availability).
The Major Prize is valued up to $23,000.
The Major Prize winner may (in the Promoter’s, Liberty Financial Pty Ltd’s and Melbourne International
Comedy Festival’s sole and absolute discretion) also be eligible to receive the opportunity to:
• be involved in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival;
• become the ‘voice’ of Liberty Financial Pty Ltd for one (1) year;
• record voiced commercials with Joel Creasey that may (in the Promoter’s sole and absolute
discretion) be aired on the Station (however the Promoter is under no obligation to record
any voiced commercials involving the winner or put any voiced commercials involving the
winner to air),
(Additional Elements).
For the avoidance of doubt, these Additional Elements of the Major Prize are subject to availability and
the suitability of the winner, to be determined by the Promoter, Liberty Financial Pty Ltd, Joel Creasey
Competition Terms and Conditions
Terms of Entry
1 Schedule and Terms of Entry
(a) These Terms of Entry must be read together with the Schedule
for this Promotion. The Schedule defines certain terminology
used in these Terms of Entry. By entering the Promotion,
entrants accept these Terms of Entry.
(b) To the extent of any inconsistency between the Schedule and
these Terms of Entry, the Schedule prevails. For the avoidance
of doubt, the Promoter’s General Terms of Entry (available on
the relevant Website) do not apply to this Promotion.
2 Eligible Entrants
(a) Eligible States and Territories. Entry is open only to residents of
the Eligible States and Territories specified in the Schedule
(refer to checked boxes) who comply with the Age
Restriction.
(b) Associated persons and entities. Directors, officers,
management, employees and other staff (and the immediate
families of directors, officers, management, employees and
other staff) of the Promoter or of its related bodies corporate,
or of the agencies or companies associated with this
Promotion or of any Australian commercial radio broadcaster
are ineligible to enter.
(c) Using different identities. Any person who is discovered to
have used or attempted to use any more than one name in
order to enter any Promotion run by the Promoter except in
the case of a legal change of name in this Promotion is
ineligible to enter this Promotion.
(d) Previous Winnings. A person is ineligible to enter this Promotion
if that person or anyone from the same family or household
has won prizes to the value of $500 or more in any
promotion(s) run by the Promoter or any radio station owned
or controlled by Nova Entertainment Pty Ltd in the thirty (30)
days prior to the commencement of the Promotion Period.
(e) Correct Information. Entrants must only register in their own
name. Any entries of an entrant who is deemed by the
Promoter to have provided incorrect, misleading or fraudulent
information may, at the sole discretion of the Promoter, be
deemed invalid.
(f) Proof. The Promoter may require entrants to promptly provide
identification including (without limitation) proof of identity,
proof of age and proof of residency (to the Promoter’s
satisfaction, at its sole discretion) in order to confirm the
entrant’s identity, age, residential address, eligibility to enter,
participate and claim a Prize. In the event that the entrant fails
to produce such proof that entrant will be ineligible for the
Promotion.
3 Entry Method
(a) Promotion Period. To enter the Promotion, entrants must follow
the Entry Method during the Promotion Period. Entries must be
received by the Promoter during the Promotion Period.
and Melbourne International Comedy Festival in their sole and absolute discretion at the time of
winning.
Where any Additional Element of the Major Prize is not awarded for any reason (as determined by the
Promoter in its sole and absolute discretion), the winner will forfeit that Additional Element of the Major
Prize and the Promoter will not be obliged to provide any substitute prize.
14. Prize Restrictions
Clauses 8 - 15
Entrants must be able to take the Major Prize between Monday 12 November 2018 and Friday 16
November 2018. Dates and schedules of the Major Prize are not under the Promoter’s control and are
subject to change. The Promoter takes no responsibility for any date or schedule changes.
For the avoidance, under no circumstances will the Major Prize winner be paid for any duties
undertaken during the coaching session with Nova Entertainment, or for any other aspect of the Major
Prize.
15. Total Prize Value Up to $33,000.
16. Notification of
Winners
Clause 17
Winners will be notified by one or more of the following by 5:00pm AEDT Friday 9 November 2018
? mail ? email ? telephone ? in person ? on-air at the time of winning ? Website(s) ? social media
17. Prize Claim Date
Clause 18
Prizes must be claimed by 12:00pm AEDT Monday 12 November 2018
18. Prize Delivery
Clause 8
The Voter’s Prize and Minor Prizes will be transferred to the winner's nominated Australian bank account
via electronic funds transfer.
The Major Prize winner will be required to attend the Promoter’s Melbourne office (Level 2, 678 Victoria
Street, Richmond VIC 3121) to accept the Major Prize.
19. Additional
Conditions
N/A