Competition Rules and Procedure

1. General

1.1. This contest is open to all stage magicians of all countries. There is no limit to age or sex.
1.2. To qualify for the contest, each applicant must be a paid registrant the AMA 2005.
1.3. All applications for the competition must be received by the Organize Committee by 31 August 2005.
1.4. Application materials should include:

- Convention Registration form and Competition Registration Form.
- A VHS/DVD/VCD tape of the Act ( The tape need not be professionally done. It is only to show the overview of your competition act. Clarity is vital.)
- Detailed stage requirements of the performing program.
- Weight and Volume of the Properties.
- Four photographs size 4 x 3 cm.

1.5. All the application materials, photos, videotape will not be returned.
1.6. All finalists will be notified by 31 August 2005.
1.7. Each contestant’s competing act cannot change after being selected the finals. The contestant will be disqualified if the competing act is different from that of the videotape selected by the Organizing Committee.
1.8. All contestants, by their participation in the contests, agree to all the decisions of the judges, which are without appeal.
1.9. Any prize-winning contestant may be asked by the Organizing Committee to perform again his act at the last show of the Convention without any fee.
1.10. The Organizer retain the following rights during the competition : Press Interviews, Photography, Printing, Live Broadcast, Audio & Video recordings, Producing &Selling of Video Recordings. No monetary compensations will be made for any of the afore mentioned, by the Organizing Committee.

2. Awards:

Stage Competition
First Prize: US $ 2,000-
Second Prize: 1,000-
Third Prize: 500-

3. Competition Performances

3.1. Each contestant has to be ready to perform his act at least ten minutes before the scheduled time. Any contestant not ready on time may be disqualified.
3.2. All contestants must present a complete act (not a single trick) of a least 5 minutes and ant most 10 minutes.
3.3. Disruption to a contestant act caused by the sound, lighting and stage personnel will be allowed to perform again.
3.4. All contestants should bring their own music on CD, MD or DAT form and given to the Organizing Committee upon registration. A rundown of the music tracks and the contestant’s name should be properly indicated.
3.5. The order of appearance of each competitor will be determined by the Organizing Committee according to the form and the content of each competitor’s act.

4. Scoring

4.1. Both competition will be judged by an international jury of 5 members invited by the Organizing Committee and chaired by the organizer himself.
4.2. The Organizing Committee will also select an official time-keeper for both competitions.
4.3. The Jury will judge all the contestants with fairness, and judge according to the merits of each performance.
4.4. Points will be awarded to each contestant on his showmanship, equipment, dressing, technical skill, on the original of his performance and on its program (entertainment value). The weight of each these scoring elements will be different according to class of the performance, as indicated on the judging forms.
4.5. Each judge will give a total score up to 100 points to each contestant. After each contest performance, the scores on the judging forms will totally added and the total and averaged among the judges.
4.6. As one of the key judging criteria is originality, contestants are strongly discouraged from performing an act that closely resembles well known acts. An obvious copy may even lead to disqualification.
4.7. At the end of the competition and after completion of primarily score the scores will be handed to the president of the Jury, who will gather the Judges in a meeting to award the different prizes