Roadies!!!
Roadies!!!
Roadies!!!
1. This online Contest is organized by Viacom 18 Media Private Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as
"Organizer(s)" and/or “Viacom18”).
2. MTV ROADIES BATTLEGROUND 11 ("Contest") is organized in India by Viacom18 for selection of
participants for the Sixteenth season of the reality show “MTV Roadies Real Heroes” (“Program”)
which is proposed to be produced by the Organizer and provides a platform to people with special
talents to showcase the skills through the website http://www.mtvindia.com/rbg (“Website”) and
channel 'MTV' in India. This is a user generated Contest that will culminate in 2 (two) individuals being
selected to participate in the Program.
3. The Participants understand that the Program requires mentally and physically strong Participants to
participate in various tasks as may be instructed by the Organizers from time to time during the Contest.
Only those applicants who are ready for such challenges and have the psychological strength to
withstand the risks and efforts involved in the tasks are advised to apply. Those applicants who are
selected as per absolute discretion of the Organizers after registration levels and further screening shall
have a chance to participate along with other casted participants, if any.
4. Shortlisted Participant shall compete with each other by means of an online Contest as more
particularly listed in this terms and conditions.
6. CONTEST DURATION: The Contest shall commence from 25th January 2019 at 12:00 am and shall
conclude on 15th February 2019 at 12:00 am or on such date and time as decided by the Organizer
(“Contest Period”).
a. The First Phase shall commence from 25th January 2019 or such other date as may be indicated by
the Organizer at 12:00 am (“Start Date for the First Phase”) and shall end on 5th February at
12:00 am/ pm or such other date as may be determined by the Organiser (“End Date for First
Phase”).
b. Mechanism: For participation under First Phase of the Contest, a Participant may choose to
submit their entries in either or all of below entry mechanism as per the terms mentioned herein
below and such other instructions as may be mentioned from time to time. Participation in all the
below entries of First Phase is not mandatory but participation in all or more than one entries may
increase chance of selection for next phase. However, the participants understand that multiple
participation does not guarantee selection in any manner.
A. Video Entry:
i) Participants may send in a video entry of maximum duration of 15 (fifteen) seconds telling
what are the heroic deeds done by them.
ii) To participate in First Phase of the Contest the Participant shall be required to upload the
video and/or email it to Viacom18 as below:
• Facebook page – Participant shall upload their video on their Facebook Page and tag MTV
Roadies official page on their participation post and use hashtag #RBG2019; OR
• Instagram page/ handle – Participant shall upload their video on their Instagram Page
and tag MTV Roadies official Instagram handle on their participation post and use hashtag
#RBG2019; OR
• Email their videos to official email id of Viacom18 at rbg@mtvindia.com.
iii) This Video Entry shall be valid from Start Date for the First Phase and shall end of the End
Date for First Phase.
c. Entries submitted by a Participant as per any mechanism provided above shall be original
unpublished work created by the Participant and that it shall in no manner infringe any rights
including intellectual property rights, including without limitation, the copyright of a third
person/party and subject to point 10 (Other Terms) and point 11 (Representation and Warranties)
below.
d. Entries submitted by a Participant which are adjudged the best content/entry and most interesting
videos adjudged by the Organizer, will be shortlisted for next phase and the Participant submitting
the entry shall be adjudged the "Shortlisted Participants” for next Phase of the Contest as
mentioned below.
e. The Organizer shall select and shortlist 20 (twenty) Shortlisted Participants who shall be
eligible for participation in the next Phase of the Contest, subject to the Terms & Conditions as may
be imposed by the Organizer.
f. The Organizer shall announce these Shortlisted Participants on 8th February 2019 or such other
date as may be indicated by the Organizer after 12:00 pm who shall be informed via any mode as
may be deemed appropriate by Viacom18 at its discretion. Along with announcement of such
Shortlisted Participants Organizer shall be announcing such challenge tasks to participate in the
next phase of the Contest.
g. The Organizers may determine the correctness, quality, validity, creativeness and appropriateness
of the entries/content in their sole discretion based on the entries/content. The selection process
may vary and shall be as per the Organizer’s sole discretion. The Participants or any third party
shall have no right to question the process of selection.
a. The Shortlisted Participants shall be eligible to participate in the Second phase of the Contest by
performing the challenge tasks as may be announced by the Organizers and tasks shall submitted as
per mechanism mentioned below or as per instructions of Organizer from time to time.
b. There would be primarily 2 (two) categories of tasks in Second Phase, as mentioned below:
i. Hero Tasks;
ii. Real Hero Tasks
Each category mentioned above would have various challenge tasks under them. Shortlisted
participants would be required to select 2 (two) tasks one each from above 2 (two) categories.
c. Such tasks shall be announced on 10th February 2019 or such other date as may be indicated by
the Organizer.
d. In order to participate in the Second Phase, participants may be divided in two groups and each
group will be required to participate on two different dates of participation. Each participant shall
be required to participate as may their individual dates of participation on such time as may be
announced by Organizer.
e. The mode of participation shall be video “Facebook Live” application and each Participation shall
be required to send their entries on Facebook Live as per their announced slot (group, date and
time).
f. The entries shall be selected based jury discretion as per the best content/entry to be determined at
sole discretion of jury selected by Viacom18. Such jury shall be selecting/ shortlisting entries by
liking such shortlisted video at the time of ‘Facebook live’ event. Every task video entry submitted
by each Shortlisted Participant shall available for public on Facebook. The Organizer shall select
and shortlist total 2 (two) participants from the Second Phase who shall be eligible for participation
in the next Phase of the Contest, subject to the Terms & Conditions as may be imposed by the
Organizer (“Second Phase Participants”).
g. The Organizer shall announce these Second Phase Participants on 15th February 2019 or such other
date as may be indicated by the Organizer after 12:00 pm who shall be informed via any mode as
may be deemed appropriate by Viacom18 at its discretion.
III. Wild Card Round/ Droom.in Bum Mein Hai Dum Challenge:
a. Wild Card Round shall be independent of the Second Phase and shall be announced tentatively on
13th February 2019 or such other date as may be indicated by the Organizer.
b. The tasks of the Wild Card round will be revealed on the day of announcement and participants
will have 24 (twenty-four) hours from start date and time of the Wild Card round to send in their
entries to the Organizer
c. Participants would be required to upload the videos on his individual Facebook or Instagram page
or such other social media platforms as may be required and tag ‘MTV Roadies’ and/ or ‘Droom.in’
along with hashtag #RBG2019 as per specific instructions, if any, intimated from time to time
during the Wild Card round tasks announcements.
d. Total 2 (two) entries shall be selected based jury discretion as per the best content/entry to be
determined at sole discretion of jury selected by Viacom18will become eligible to be selected/
shortlisted for this Wild Card Round “Wild Card Round Participants”).
e. The Organizer shall announce the Wild Card Round selected entries on 15th February 2019 or such
other date as may be indicated by the Organizer after 12:00 pm who shall be informed via any mode
as may be deemed appropriate by Viacom18 at its discretion.
8. PRIZE:
a. Total 4 (four) Participants (i.e (2) two Participants shortlisted from First Phase and Second Phase
combined and 2 (two) Participants shortlisted from the Wild Card Round Participants) will get
chance to compete with Journey Phase contestants of the Program and only 1 (one) out of these
total 1 (one) participants will get 1 (one) time opportunity to participate as a ‘Roadie’ in the
Program subject to terms and conditions, rules decided and instructed by Organizers and Sponsors
(“Winner”).
b. Such Winner shall be required to approach the Organizer, in a manner, determined by the
Organizer, within 24 hours of announcement and confirm the acceptance of the Prize along with
providing requisite details, copy of citizenship proof, identity proof and address proof, copy of valid
passport, driving license etc. as may be required by the Organizer.
c. Such Winner shall necessarily be required to be (i) above 18 (eighteen) years of age and meet any
other requirements stipulated by the Organizer and as per requisite laws. Such Winner shall also be
required to sign a release letter in the format required by the Organizer and any confidentiality and
release agreement and/or any other documents and writings, as may be required by the Organizer
and/or its parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies in relation to the Prize. The Organizer may
cancel the Prize and announce another Winner in place of the originally announced Winner, if:
i) the documents or details of the Winner are not correct in the opinion of the Organizer; or
ii) documents so required are incomplete, misleading or untrue; or
iii) the Winner do not sign the confidentiality, release letter or any other documents required, if
any, by Organizer and/or Sponsor in relation to the Prize, as applicable; or
iv) if the Winner do not approach the Organizer within 24 hours of the announcement of the Prize.
d. Such Winner expressly agrees that in addition to these terms and conditions stipulated herein, such
Winner shall comply with any terms and conditions that may be stipulated by the organizer and/or
its parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies and Sponsor in relation to the Prize.
e. In the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the Organizer, and the Prize not
being made available to the Winner or the Program being cancelled, such Winner expressly agrees
that he/she or any third person shall not have the right to claim any damages or monies from the
Organizer and by participating in this Contest such Winner waives his/her right to make any such
claims against the Organizer.
f. The final participation in the Program shall be subject to the Participant being selected and the
execution of a written agreement with the Organizer or such third party engaged by the Organizer
of the Program.
g. The gratification/prize for the eligible winner shall be at the discretion of the Organizer and the
prize shall be participation in the Program.
9. OTHER TERMS:
a. All registrations shall be subject to completion of the procedures by the Participant as per
instructions given by the Organizer or the authorized representatives of the Organizer. Organizer
shall not be liable for any failure of receipt or incomplete registrations. On verification, if any of
these documents are not found to be in order, the participation of the Participant to the Contest or
the Program may be terminated immediately by the Organizer.
b. Apart from the registrations, the Organizer may at its discretion provide a chance for entry to the
Contest/ Program for unregistered people also.
c. All costs incurred by the Participant including but not limited to production, traveling,
accommodation or food and the arrangements for the same shall be the responsibility of the
Participant and no claims for the same shall be made against the Organizer.
d. All Participants shall maintain the decorum of the audition rounds of the Program and shall abide
by the rules and regulations thereof. Further, the instructions given by the Organizer shall be
adhered to strictly. Any Participant who acts in contravention to the instructions of the Organizer or
creating nuisance either to the Organizer or the other Participants shall immediately be disqualified
from participating in the Program.
e. The decision of the Organizer in connection with the Contest and the Program including but not
limited to short listing the Participants will be final and binding and is non-contestable. The short-
listing process of the Participants shall include but not be limited to their qualities like presence of
mind, physical fitness, attitude etc. and such filtering and selection process shall be the sole and
absolute discretion of the Organizer as per their creative requirement for the Program. The
Participant shall not question such process. In case of any dispute or difference in respect of this
Contest, the decision of the Organizer shall be final and binding on all concerned.
f. The Organizer shall shortlist Participants after the Contest as required out of which only a limited
number of Participants shall be selected for further selection processes and/or final participation in
the Program. Even after final selection for the Program, the Organizer shall have the absolute right
to replace any of the Participants as per their discretion and creative requirement.
g. Each short-listed Participant shall enter into a full form agreement with the Organizer and in case
of failure to enter into such agreement; the Organizer shall replace the Participant.
h. The short-listed Participants shall be intimated by the Organizer directly by any personal medium
as per the details on record with the Organizer. The Organizer shall not entertain any questions,
correspondence, and enquiries on the manner of conduct of the Contest from any person
whatsoever.
i. The Participants shall at all times shall keep confidential the selection process and all details
regarding the Program which he might be informed of or which he might learn or come to know of
as a Participant in the Contest or as a short listed potential candidate. The Participant shall at no
time communicate to any third person or the media or give any interviews on his/her participation
in the Contest or potential participation in the Program without prior written consent of the
Organizer. Violation of this clause shall immediately disqualify the participant’s prospects of further
participation.
j. The Participant(s) hereby agrees and confirms that he/she is not under any exclusive or other
contracts whereby their participation or selection, as per Viacom18’s requirements, maybe
jeopardized.
k. The Participants shall ensure that the entries submitted by a Participant as per point 6(c) above
shall be original unpublished work created by the Participant and that it shall in no manner infringe
any rights including intellectual property rights, including without limitation, the copyright of a
third person/party and subject to Representation and Warranties below.
l. Mere participation in the Contest or being shortlisted to the next level does not entitle the
Participants to win the Contest or be eligible to participate in the next level or win the Prize.
m. Any Participating Teams or members thereof found manipulating scores/points using any means
considered unfair by the Organizer shall be penalized or disqualified in the sole discretion of the
Organiser. No Participating Team or participants shall associate themselves with any advertisers,
brands or be seen as promoting any product or brand and any Participating Teams or participant
indulging in this shall be liable to be disqualified at the option of Viacom18 and Viacom18 shall also
reserve its right to seek damages on account of the same. No Participating Team or participant shall
show MTV or Viacom18 or any of the Sponsors in bad light. Entries and Posts shall be original and
shall not be in breach of any third-party rights. In the event any Entries and Posts are not original
or are in breach of any third-party rights, the Participant and each member of the Participating
Team as may be applicable, shall be responsible for indemnifying Viacom18 on account of any
losses, damages, expenses, costs, loss of face and goodwill on account of the same. All Posts and
Entries shall comply with the laws of the India and shall not be in bad taste, in defamation of
someone, obscene or in breach of any rights of a third party.
n. All incidental costs, if any, that may arise from participating in the Contest will be borne by the
Participant.
o. The Organizers shall not be responsible in case of any network problem such as breakdown of
machinery, poor network availability, disruption in the network, inconvenience/ hindrance caused,
and/ or the cost of usage charged by the service provider or otherwise. Any dispute in connection to
the same shall be settled between the Participant and the service provider without involving
Organizers.
p. In the event there is a tie between two Participants as Shortlisted Participants or as the final
Winner, then the same shall be resolved through a random draw. The selection process may vary
and shall be as per the Organizer’s sole discretion. The Participants or any third party shall have no
right to question the process of selection.
q. It is in Organizer’s sole discretion to use/not use the entries and the Participant(s) shall not have
the right to claim any damages or monies from Organizer and by participating in this Contest the
Participant(s) waive their right to make any such claims against the Organizer whether or not credit
is provided to the Winner(s) and/or whether or not the entry content is used and whether or not the
entry content is promoted by the Organizer.
r. Income tax, gift tax or any other statutory taxes, duties or levies as may be applicable from time-to-
time, shall be payable individually by each member of the Winning Team. In case any member of
the Winning Team fails to comply with the applicable laws or pay the requisite taxes, costs, levies,
charges, expenses, etc., if any, such member shall indemnify the Organizer of any losses, expenses,
costs, actions, claims, etc. for the same.
s. Winner expressly agree that the Prize is good, full, complete, total and valuable consideration for
the rights assigned by the Winner to the Organizer herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which such
Winner hereby acknowledge.
t. The Participant(s) understand that the Participant(s) are relying upon the foregoing
representations and warranties, grants of rights and licenses, and releases in permitting the
Participant(s) to submit the entries. The Participant(s) acknowledge that they shall not terminate or
rescind the grants of rights and licenses and/or the releases contained herein.
u. Each Participant understand that the vote under any task for each phase will be deemed to have
been casted and has received an acknowledgment of receipt of his/her vote shall be considered for
counting only when such vote reaches the server of the concerned internet operator. Any
unclear/incorrect/incomplete vote, including absence of valid user and e-mail id, incomplete vote,
shall be considered invalid vote and deemed null and void.
v. Neither Viacom18 nor the Channel shall be responsible in case of any kind of network problem,
technical failure whatsoever and/or the data charges/costs charged by the network operator(s)
and/or any other problems which may occur due to the failure of the mechanism or misuse of the
mechanism or any kind of problems in connection thereto. Any dispute in connection to the same
should be settled directly between the viewer/subscriber and the operator(s) without involving
Viacom18 and/or the Channel in any manner.
w. Neither Viacom18 nor the Channel shall be responsible for any unauthorized access to user data
and/or for any compromise on private / confidential user related, or any other data, including but
not limiting to user ids, email address, names, or any other user related details.
x. Upon the viewer’s voting for the favorite Shortlisted Participant, the user and email id or phone
number from which the viewer(s) has voted during the timelines would get registered with the
respective network provider(s) who will collate the total number of votes received for each
Shortlisted Participants and send the same to Viacom18.
y. Viacom18 shall have the sole discretion to bring any Participant in the Program/Contest as a wild
card entry for participation in the further rounds of the Program/Contest, if any and thereafter such
wild card entry shall be subject to all terms and conditions stated herein and as may be informed
from time to time. In no event shall the Participant or the viewer(s) dispute the decision made by
Viacom18 and/or the Channel in this regard.
z. The elimination of the Participant/Participating Team and/or the decisions made by Jury/judges of
the Contest, Organiser and/or the Channel shall be final and binding and in no event shall the
viewer(s)/Participating Team/Participants dispute the decision made by the Jury/judges of the
Contest, Organiser and/or the Channel.
aa. Each Shortlisted Participants understands and hereby agrees that each task/activities performed by
each such Shortlisted Participants during the Contest (“Content”) shall be recorded and may be
broadcasted by Viacom18 and/or the Channel as a part of the Program and in consideration of the
Prize and opportunity given to each Shortlisted Participant to become part of the Program by the
Organizer as mentioned above, each such Shortlisted Participant(s) assign to Organizer, its parent
companies, affiliates, brands, subsidiaries, successors, licensees and agents and such third parties
that they designate or license the content or entries/recorded performances during Phase 3 of the
Program from time-to-time (all of the foregoing, the "Licensed Entities") an exclusive, worldwide,
perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, fully sub-licensable and transferable right and
license to use, assign, issue copies, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, transmit, display, communicate to the public, perform, sell,
license, sub-license, assign, and exploit (commercially or otherwise) such Content, in whole or in
part, in any media, format or technology, whether now known or hereafter discovered, and in any
manner including all promotional, advertising, marketing, publicity, and commercial uses and
ancillary uses thereof, without any further notice or payment to or permission needed from each
such Shortlisted Participant(s). Without limitation of the foregoing, submission of Content
constitutes the agreement from the Shortlisted Participant(s) that the Licensed Entities have
absolute rights (but are not obligated) to broadcast the Content or any part thereof on any platform
whatsoever, (whether now existing or launched in the future) and for any purposes whatsoever, and
to reproduce, adapt and distribute the Content in all media whether now known or later developed.
Nothing contained in Section 19(4) of the Copyright Act, 1957 shall apply to the assignment granted
herein. Shortlisted Participant(s) expressly agree that the Prize is good, full, complete, total and
valuable consideration for the rights assigned by the Shortlisted Participant (s) to the Organizer
herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which the Shortlisted Participant(s) hereby acknowledge.
bb. Without limitation of the foregoing, in no event will the Shortlisted Participant(s) be entitled to,
and the Shortlisted Participant(s) shall waive any right to, enjoin, restrain or interfere with:
i. use and exploitation of such Content as permitted hereunder; or
ii. the exploitation of any of the Licensed Entities' rights hereunder.
cc. The Shortlisted Participant(s) understand that the Organizers are relying upon the foregoing
representations and warranties, grants of rights and licenses, and releases in permitting the
Shortlisted Participant(s) to submit Content. The Shortlisted Participant(s) acknowledge that they
shall not terminate or rescind the grants of rights and licenses and/or the releases contained herein.