LIVE'S BEAUTIFUL BABY SEARCH 2006
OFFICIAL RULES
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
2. TO ENTER:
Send us a recent photo of your baby. Photos must have been taken in the last month and can not be the product of a professional photographer. Submissions must be the sole property of entrant and entrant must have all rights to reproduce and distribute the photo submitted. Any submission not meeting these requirements will be immediately disqualified.
To enter by mail, include with your baby's photograph, your name, address, day & evening phone numbers along with your child's name, date of birth and date when picture was taken and mail to:
LIVE'S BEAUTIFUL BABY SEARCH
Ansonia Station
P.O. Box 230234
New York, NY 10023-0004
Or you can enter by logging on to our Web site at: www.liveregisandkelly.com. There you will find instructions on the appropriate and acceptable file formats and sizes for submitting your entry electronically. Click on the e-mail address indicated and write your name, address and day & evening phone numbers along with your child's name and date of birth, attaching to the message the properly formatted photo. Entrants must be able to supply additional photo if necessary.
LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY can provide no technical support and accepts no responsibility for insuring the receipt of your e-mail and photo. If you experience any difficulties trying to submit your entry via e-mail, we recommend that you send your photo via U.S. mail to us at the above address.
Entries must be received by 5pm ET on Friday, February 10, 2006 to be eligible. Photos will not be acknowledged or returned. All entries become the property of "LIVE" and may be used in any manner, in any media, worldwide in perpetuity.
Finalists must be available to appear on "LIVE" in New York during the week of February 20, 2006. Choice of dates for any appearance is at "LIVE's" sole discretion. If winner is unable to travel on the dates selected winner will forfeit prize and an alternate winner will be selected, if time permits. If deemed necessary, LIVE will provide transportation and accommodation for the five (5) finalists asked to appear on the program. "LIVE" reserves the exclusive right to determine the details and/or necessity of such compensated travel arrangements. Federal, state and local taxes associated with all transportation and accommodations provided are the responsibility of the finalist. Any and all expenses not expressly mentioned above are the sole responsibility of the finalist.
3. PRIZES:
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a prize of $3,000 and will appear on a future cover of Parents Magazine. Four (4) runner-ups will each receive a prize of $500.
Winners are solely responsible for reporting and paying all applicable federal, state, and local taxes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued for any prize valued at $600 or more.
4. ENTRANTS:
Contestants must be between the age of 6 months and 48 months as of January 16, 2006 and legal U.S. or Canadian residents, with the exception of Guam, Puerto Rico and all other U.S. territories and possessions and the Province of Quebec, Canada and where prohibited by law. Employees and their immediate families/household members of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Buena Vista Television, their parent, affiliate, and subsidiary companies, advertising agencies, and promotional companies are not eligible to nominate or be nominated.
Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. One entry per child.
The finalists will be notified by telephone during the week of February 13, 2006. Three (3) attempts will be made to contact the finalists. If contact with finalists is not made within three (3) days finalist will be disqualified and an alternate will be selected if time permits.
5. SELECTION:
Ten (10) semi-finalists will be chosen from all qualifying entries. Entries will be judged by representatives of the "LIVE" staff and a representative of Parents Magazine.
The ten (10) semi-finalist's pictures will appear on LIVE and on LIVE's website. Viewers will have the chance to vote on-line for five (5) of the ten (10) semi-finalists. Only one (1) entry will be accepted per registered e-mail address. The viewers will be told on air when the on-line voting will begin and end. The five (5) finalists receiving the most individual votes will be invited to appear on the program.
The five (5) finalists will attend a photo shoot held by Parents Magazine. Based solely on photos produced from the photo shoot, representatives from the staffs of LIVE and Parents Magazine will decide who will win the title of "LIVE's Beautiful Baby."
In the event of a tie, selected entrants will each receive an equal number of copies of the cover of the same month's issue of Parents Magazine in addition to splitting any monetary prize.
All entries will be judged based on the visual appeal of the baby to the judging panels as evidenced by the photograph. All decisions of the judges are final and binding as to all contest matters.
All five (5) finalists' parent/legal guardian must supply proof of identity, sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification, provide their Social Security/tax identification number and must sign a liability release and a publicity release prior to their appearance and final qualification and appearance. Failure to timely comply with any requirement of these terms and conditions will result in the winning entrant being deemed ineligible for any prize.
6. RELEASES:
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, stolen, misdirected, delayed, damaged, mutilated, altered, tampered with, postage-due or illegible mail or for theft, destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software delays, interruptions or malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor, or for human error. Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to entrants or any other person's computer related to or resulting from entering or downloading any materials in connection with the contest.
If for any reason the Beautiful Baby Search is not capable of running on-line as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the control of the sponsor that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Beautiful Baby Search, the sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the internet portion of the Beautiful Baby Search and/or to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.
CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the legitimate operations of the sweepstakes may be a violation of the criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law. The sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the contest if its fairness is compromised or if it becomes technically corrupted.
Entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and WABC-TV, their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, prize suppliers and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from and against any claim liability, damage or expense arising from or relating to participation in this contest, attendance at the "LIVE" show, and/or acceptance, use or misuse of any prizes.
Entry constitutes permission to use all ten (10) semi-finalists and their respective parent/legal guardian's names, likeness, photographs, voices and biographical information as well as entries for programming, publicity or promotional purposes in any manner, and in any media, without compensation, worldwide, in perpetuity, to the extent permitted by law.
7. LIST OF WINNERS:
For a list of winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
WINNERS LIST - LIVE'S BEAUTIFUL BABY SEARCH
Ansonia Station
P.O. Box 230233
New York, NY 10023-0004
Requests for "Winner's List" must be received by March 24, 2006.
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