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Concept
Fanpop's Got Talent (FGT) is an annual talent competition. In this contest, fanpop Users compete kwa submitting some material to the FGT spot that demonstrates some talent during a set submission period. After that period ends, the body of fanpop Users then vote on their juu choices, which are relayed to a panel of judges for the final decision. The winner gets kudos and a warm glowy feeling.
Judging
The duties of a judge are essentially to tally kura and provide feedback to participants - they do not actually do any judging beyond each casting their own vote. Instead, they are zaidi like moderators.
In 2009, there are four judges, continuing in the role from last year's pool of judges and judge alternates. They are:
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In 2008, there were three judges for Fanpop's Got Talent. They were picked at bila mpangilio from a pool of nominees, with two alternates who would fill in for the judges if any were unable to fulfill their duties.
For the first Fanpop's Got Talent (2008), there were 9 nominees. The judges picked were:
* Saul_Mikoliunas
* claire-aka-bob
* amazondebs
The first alternate was:
* germany123
The sekunde alternate was:
* cowgirlfromhell
original FGT logo, kwa aholic
Entering
Each fanpop User can submit one (1) entry per FGT competition.
Entries must be ilitumwa to au linked to the FGT spot and titled as "<username>'s entry".
Each entry must have maneno muhimu and a description.
Each entry must also include the following in its keywords, at a minimum:
* your username
* the mwaka of your submission (to sort between future competitions)
* the talent(s) that are to be demonstrated
* "fanpop's got talent"
In addition, the following rules also apply to certain types of submissions:
Videos: any entries imewasilishwa as video must be between one (1) and ten (10) dakika long.
Images: picha ilitumwa must include proper credits. Image entries may include up to five (5) images, but multiple picha must all be of the same subject.
Links: wewe may link to other content that demonstrates your talent (either on fanpop au elsewhere), but wewe are encouraged to post au link to new content, rather than something that is "old" to the users and judges.
Deadline
All submissions must be ilitumwa to the spot during the submission period. For FGT 2009, the submission period started at 00:00 GMT on 8 June 2009 and runs through 23:59 GMT on 4 July 2009.
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For FGT 2008, the submission period started at 00:00 PT on 14 June 2008 and ran through 23:59 PT on 4 July 2008.
Voting
As entries are submitted, users may rate and maoni on the submissions as usual. This does not in any way relate to the actual voting for the competition.
Voting begins immediately after the submission period ends, and lasts for one (1) week. An makala listing all of the FGT entries will be ilitumwa shortly after the submission period closes, for easy reference.
When voting, each user may cast two votes: his/her first choice and his/her sekunde choice. In voting, users are encouraged to vote solely on the basis of the entry and the talent(s) the participant has specified. When judging the talent(s), users should also consider the five following criteria:
1) Showmanship
2) Effort
3) Difficulty
4) Entertainment value
5) Originality
The kura are cast kwa sending a message with "FGT <year> voting" as the subject to the appropriate judge. For FGT 2009, the full details of voting will be revealed later.
For FGT 2008, the rules stated that which judge wewe send your vote to depended on the first character of YOUR username, as follows:
* If your jina la mtumiaji started with any number au the letters A - H, then your vote was sent to link
* If your jina la mtumiaji started with any letter from I to Q, then your vote was sent to link
* If your jina la mtumiaji started with any letter from R - Z, then your vote was sent to link
If wewe send your kura with the wrong subject line au to the wrong judge, it may get Lost in the shuffle, so vote carefully!
Competition/determining a winner
The judges tally the kura of the users and announce first, sekunde and third place winners after the week-long period of voting is completed. Those winners get the acclaim of their peers and maybe some graphic embellishments (personalized icons, for instance) as prizes, as well as that warm glowy sensation.
image kwa Saul_Mikoliunas
References
This information is available in the spot already, but I, at least, found it baffling trying to find it all and keep it straight in my head. So I've gathered it here. If I've missed anything au got something wrong, please let me know so I can (and will) correct it.
The sources used to compile this makala are as follows:
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